ABOUT THE PROJECT

Using music and the visual arts, the story of those starved, beaten, tortured and murdered will be told through three major events. The Theresienstadt Project is an unprecedented collaboration between the Jewish Federation of Reading, Reading Public Museum and the Reading Symphony Orchestra along with Fleetwood Area High School, Holocaust Library and Resource Center at Albright College, Berks Classical Children’s Chorus and Berks Opera Workshop.

Great Decisions 2012

Great Decisions is the name shared by a national civic-education program and publication of the Foreign Policy Association. Published annually, the Great Decisions briefing book highlights eight of the most thought-provoking foreign policy challenges facing Americans today. Great Decisions provides background information, current data, and policy options for each of eight issues and serves as the focal text for discussion groups. each week's session includes a short video produced by internationally renowned scholars and a focused discussion on the issues.

                  Tuesday mornings 10:00am to 11:30am
                    March 6, 13, 20, 27 April 3, 10, 17, 24
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Pictorial history of community available

    The newest addition to Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series is "Jewish Reading and Berks County" from local authors Laurie Grobman and Jessica Didow, with forword by Tammy K. Mitgang.
    Proceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to the Jewish Federation of Reading and the Laboratory for Public Scholarship and Democracy at Penn State Berks. There is a limited quantity of books for sale at the JCC $18 until December 21. The price will be $21.99 after that date.
    The book boasts more than 200 vintage images and memories of days since, Reading and Berks County's first documented Jewish settlers, Lyon Nathan, Meyer Jossephson, and Israel Jacobs, arrived in the 1750s.
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JFS Cookbook makes delicious debut

The Jewish Family Service Cookbook premiered with a tasting of appetizers and desserts from recipes featured in "A TASTE OF OUR WORLD." The cookbook contains a plethora of old and new recipes of the most discriminating cooks. New purchases may be ordered online, mailed if requested for an additional $5, or purchased at the Jewish Cultural Center, 1100 Berkshire Blvd., Suite 125, in Wyomissing, Monday through Friday, from 8:30 am until 4:30 pm. The cookbook and stand are $20 each - great for holiday gifts, house gifts, birthdays, and a wonderful addition to your very own cookbook library! All proceeds benifit the work of our Jewish Family Service.


Jewish Cultural Center

Jewish Federation of Reading

1100 Berkshire Blvd. Suite 125

Wyomissing, PA 19610

610-921-0624

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