Welcome to the Jewish Federation of Reading/Berks


THE STRENGTH OF A PEOPLE     |   THE POWER OF COMMUNITY

 

Tickets are limited

Literatour is a community-wide celebration in its sixth year with 11 exceptional events featuring authors, celebrities, and cultural influencers throughout Berks County from September 2024 to May 2025.


Literatour is being presented by Jewish Federation of Reading in partnership with Exeter Community Library.

Jewish Federation of Reading is happy to be an affiliate of the Weitzman Museum Store, part of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History Museum in Philadelphia. Enjoy tax-free Judaica purchases while supporting two Jewish institutions with every purchase! (double mitzvah!) By shopping through the link below, our Federation will receive 10% back on your purchase.

Join your JCC today!

Romeo Club

Tuesday, December 3

Paolo’s Restaurant & Bar

2480 Lancaster Pike, Reading (Shillington)

12:00 p.m.

 

We hope to see you there!

 

Call 610-921-0624 if you have

any questions.

New members are always welcome

 

Bus Trip To Philly

Wednesday, December 4

Jewish Federation of Reading/Berks 

invites the community to celebrate 
Jewish Heritage Night
at a basketball game with the 
Philadelphia 76ers vs. Orlando Magic.

$80 per JCC member

$90 per community member and/or their 
children (non-JCC member)

$50 per youth (18 and under) 

 

Limited number of tickets available.

Registration closes Wednesday, 
November 27, 2024
or until event is sold out.

Questions? Please email Margo Levin at 

margol@jfreading.org

 

Thursday, December 5

2:00 at the JCC

 

Many women have been overlooked in our history for some actions and achievements that we now are applauding. Join Hallie Vaughan to meet Lydia Darragh, Vesta Stout and Merle Egan Anderson.

 

RSVP to info@jfreading.org or call 610-921-0624. 

Exeter Community Library

Janice Cohn

“The Christmas Menorahs”
Sunday, December 8 

4:00pm

 

The orig­i­nal ver­sion of The Christ­mas Meno­rahs appeared thir­ty years ago, inspired by a series of efforts to com­bat hatred in Billings, Mon­tana. When a spate of attacks on Jews, Black peo­ple, and oth­ers threat­ened their com­mu­ni­ty, res­i­dents of Billings were deter­mined to express their sol­i­dar­i­ty and take action. In this new edi­tion of the book, which is sad­ly still rel­e­vant, Jan­ice Cohn and Bill Farnsworth relate how one Jew­ish fam­i­ly refus­es to be intim­i­dat­ed by big­otry — and, in the process, the fam­i­ly learns that their empa­thet­ic and coura­geous neigh­bors will defend the val­ues of their town.

Time to say Good Bye

 

Tuesday, December 10 at 7:00 pm

 

Goggleworks Center for the Arts

Learn more about Jewish Federation’s Israel Emergency Relief Fund.  Israel needs you, please give generously. For more information, please click on the link below:

 

The Lakin Holocaust Library & Resource Center is proud to celebrate its 30th anniversary this year! $30 for 30 campaign

Your gift of $30 will allow us to transcribe more than two dozen video testimonies of local Holocaust survivors held at the Lakin HRC. These transcriptions will allow students at Albright College and researchers around the world to better search and 
analyze these important first- person accounts of survival during the Holocaust. This vital addition will ensure that the 
survivors' legacies live on and stories are heard.

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