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    • Noontime Knowledge and Literatour Berks

      Cynthia Handler, A German Jew's Triumph: Fritz Oppenheimer and the Denazification of Germany

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      Drawing on uncovered letters and documents, this book tells ...

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      Cynthia Handler, A German Jew's Triumph: Fritz Oppenheimer and the Denazification of Germany

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Jun

1 2025

Chabad Colorful Profiles Session 3

10:00AM - 11:00AM  

Chabad Lubavitch of Berks - Orthodox
2330 Hampden Blvd
Reading, PA

RSVP Required - $60 per person

Unsung Heroes

A business woman saves thousands from the Inquisition and rebuilds Jew…

Jun

1 2025

Federation Annual Meeting

10:00AM - 12:00PM  

Jewish Cultural Center
1100 Berkshire Blvd. Suite 125
Wyomissing, PA

Installation of new board members, officers and brunch to follow.

Jun

1 2025

Tikkun Leil Shavuot

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Reform Congregation Oheb Sholom - Reform
555 Warwick Drive
Wyomissing, PA

Join KZ and RCOS for an evening of learning and excitement. Come celebrate the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai. 

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Jun

2 2025

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Jun

3 2025

JCC & JFR CLOSED

12:00AM - 12:00PM  

JCC and JFR Closed for Shavuot 

Jun

2 2025

KZ Shavuot Service

9:30AM - 11:30AM  

Kesher Zion Synagogue - Conservative
555 Warwick Drive
Wyomissing, PA

For more details contact Kesher Zion at 610-374-1763 

Jun

2 2025

Celebrate Shavuot

5:30PM - 7:30PM  

Chabad Lubavitch of Berks - Orthodox
2330 Hampden Blvd
Reading, PA

Free Admission All are welcome Cheesecake and ice cream bar 

featuring Shavuot activities and dairy bar 

 

Jun

3 2025

KZ Shavuot Service 2

9:30AM - 11:00AM  

Kesher Zion Synagogue - Conservative
555 Warwick Drive
Wyomissing, PA

For more details contact Kesher Zion 610-374-1763

Jun

3 2025

KZ Yizkor

11:00AM - 1:00PM  

Kesher Zion Synagogue - Conservative
555 Warwick Drive
Wyomissing, PA

For more details contact Kesher Zion 610-374-1763

Jun

4 2025

JFS Food Pantry

9:00AM - 10:30AM  

Olivet Boys and Girls Club
330 S 19th St
Reading, PA 19606

First Wednesday of the Month - Olivet Boys and Girls Club Pendora Unit

Questions call Carole or Sari at the Jewish F…

Jun

5 2025

JFS Friendship Circle

1:00PM - 3:00PM  

Jewish Cultural Center
1100 Berkshire Blvd. Suite 125
Wyomissing, PA

Program details to come. 

Optional lunch is $7 at 1 pm and program at 2pm

Jun

5 2025

The Hello Girls

2:00PM - 3:00PM  

Jewish Cultural Center
1100 Berkshire Blvd. Suite 125
Wyomissing, PA

Learn how America’s first female soldiers helped win World War I. Hallie Vaughan, dressed in uniform, portrays “…

Jun

5 2025

KZ Community Minyan

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Kesher Zion Synagogue - Conservative
555 Warwick Drive
Wyomissing, PA

Please help KZ make a minyan. For more details contact KZ 6103741763

Jun

7 2025

Bat Mitzvah Leah Leisawitz

12:00AM - 12:00PM  

Kesher Zion Synagogue - Conservative
555 Warwick Drive
Wyomissing, PA

 

More details to come 

Jun

8 2025

Chabad Colorful Profiles Session 4

10:00AM - 11:00AM  

Chabad Lubavitch of Berks - Orthodox
2330 Hampden Blvd
Reading, PA

RSVP Required - $60 per person

Heroes and Hostages 

Four rabbis are captured by 10th-century pirates, Germany's fo…

Jun

9 2025

JCC Mahjong

1:00PM - 3:00PM  

Jewish Cultural Center
1100 Berkshire Blvd. Suite 125
Wyomissing, PA

New players always welcome. 

Jun

9 2025

Arts, Culture & Ideas-

1:30PM - 3:00PM  

The Highlands of Wyomissing
2000 Cambridge Ave.
Wyomissing, PA 19610

A conversation with one of the greatest film makers, Martin Scorsese, about his storied career and the films that ins…

Jun

10 2025

JFS Food Pantry

9:00AM - 10:30AM  

Reading Hampden Heights SDA Church
2706 Old Pricetown Rd
Temple, PA 19560

Second Tuesday of the Month Reading Hampden Height SDA Church

Jun

10 2025

JCC Romeo Club

12:00PM - 2:00PM  

Paolo's Restaurant and Bar
2480 Lancaster Pike
Reading, PA 19607

New members welcome. Meets the first Tuesday of every month unless it falls on a holiday. 

Jun

10 2025

Summer Happy Hour

5:30PM - 7:30PM  

The Bar Cart
713 Penn Ave
West Reading, PA 19611

Appetizers from Taqueria Comalli featuring a cash bar

Open exclusively for our event. All are welcome. 

Jun

11 2025

Noontime Knowledge at the Berks History Center

1:00PM - 2:30PM  

Berks History Center
940 Centre Ave
Reading, PA 19601

Join Federation at the Berks History Center on Wednesday, June 11, 1pm. Get an inside “look” with Amber Vroman, t…

Jun

14 2025

KZ Shabbat Services

9:30AM - 11:30AM  

Kesher Zion Synagogue - Conservative
555 Warwick Drive
Wyomissing, PA

For more information contact Kesher Zion at 610-374-1763

Jun

14 2025

RCOS Tot Shabbat

10:00AM - 12:00PM  

For more details contact [email protected]

Jun

16 2025

Illustration with Erica Perl

1:00PM - 3:00PM  

Exeter Community Library
4569 Prestwick Dr
Reading, PA 19606

 

Erica S. Perl author and Illustrator A new summer long program Illustration!

Recommended for ages 6 and up

You will…

Jun

16 2025

JCC Mahjong

1:00PM - 3:00PM  

Jewish Cultural Center
1100 Berkshire Blvd. Suite 125
Wyomissing, PA

Weekly Mah Jongg games from 1pm - 3pm.

Experienced Mah Jongg players welcome.

Jun

17 2025

Magic and Folklore in Judaism

6:30PM - 8:00PM  

Exeter Community Library
4569 Prestwick Dr
Reading, PA 19606

Join Rabbi Yosef Lipsker and Dr. Paul Delfin to teach us about magic and folklore in Judaism. Learn about dybbuks, go…

Jun

19 2025

JFS Friendship Circle

1:00PM - 3:00PM  

Jewish Cultural Center
1100 Berkshire Blvd. Suite 125
Wyomissing, PA

Optional lunch @ 1pm is $7 and program at 2pm

 

KEN PIERSON is a singer/songwriter who has been performing in the …

Jun

19 2025

Musical Entertainment by Ken Pierson

2:00PM - 3:00PM  

Jewish Cultural Center
1100 Berkshire Blvd. Suite 125
Wyomissing, PA

KEN PIERSON is a singer/songwriter who has been performing in the tri-state area for over 25 years.  Ken is a talent…

Jun

19 2025

KZ Community Minyan

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Kesher Zion Synagogue - Conservative
555 Warwick Drive
Wyomissing, PA

Please help KZ make a minyan. For more details contact KZ 610-374-1763

Jun

20 2025

RCOS Services by the Stream

6:00PM - 8:00PM  

Wertz Red Bridge Recreation Area
Tulpehocken Rd
Wyomissing, PA 19610

Join RCOS at the Wertz Red Bridge Recreation area for services by the stream. 

Open to the entire community. BYO pi…

Jun

20 2025

KZ Kabbalat Shabbat

6:30PM - 8:30PM  

Kesher Zion Synagogue - Conservative
555 Warwick Drive
Wyomissing, PA

For more details please contact Kesher Zion 610-374-1763

Jun

21 2025

KZ Shabbat Services

9:30AM - 11:30AM  

Kesher Zion Synagogue - Conservative
555 Warwick Drive
Wyomissing, PA

For more information call Kesher Zion at 610-374-1763

Jun

23 2025

JCC Mahjong

1:00PM - 3:00PM  

Jewish Cultural Center
1100 Berkshire Blvd. Suite 125
Wyomissing, PA

Weekly Mah Jongg games from 1pm - 3pm.

Experienced Mah Jongg players welcome.

Jun

26 2025

Israel Update with Avi Melamed - Webinar

12:00PM - 1:30PM  

Jewish Cultural Center
1100 Berkshire Blvd. Suite 125
Wyomissing, PA

Register here

Avi Melamed spoke as our Leo Camp guest lecturer this past Fall and was lauded for his unbiased discus…

Jun

28 2025

KZ Shabbat Services

9:30AM - 11:30AM  

Kesher Zion Synagogue - Conservative
555 Warwick Drive
Wyomissing, PA

For more information please call Kesher Zion at 610-374-1763

Jun

29 2025

PJ Library Ice Cream Party

2:00PM - 4:00PM  

Sweet Ride
542 Penn Ave
West Reading, PA 19611

This summer, PJ Library of the Jewish Federation of Reading/Berks is hosting free ice cream parties! Come enjoy ice c…

Jun

29 2025

KZ Sanctify the Moon Celebration

5:00PM - 7:00PM  

Kesher Zion Synagogue - Conservative
555 Warwick Drive
Wyomissing, PA

Come join your keshion zion family for a picnic (bring your own dairy meal) as we sanctify the moon.

Please RSVP at …

Jun

30 2025

JCC Mahjong

1:00PM - 3:00PM  

Jewish Cultural Center
1100 Berkshire Blvd. Suite 125
Wyomissing, PA

Weekly Mah Jongg games from 1pm - 3pm.

Experienced Mah Jongg players welcome.

Jun

30 2025

JCC Movie Monday

1:00PM - 3:00PM  

Jewish Cultural Center
1100 Berkshire Blvd. Suite 125
Wyomissing, PA

Movie for June: An American Pickle starring Seth Rogen

Preserved in pickle brine for 100 years, an Orthodox Jewish f…