JGS of Greater Philadelphia December 2016 Meeting

[Lois Sernoff jglois@verizon.net]

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JGS of Greater Philadelphia December 2016 Meeting

The 3rd Annual STEVE SCHECTER MEMORIAL LECTURE

Date: Sunday, December 11, 2016 (please note earlier time) Time: 12:30 PM
Place: Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel 8300 Old York Road Elkins Park, PA 19026

Speaker: Rabbi Lance Sussman, Senior Rabbi at Keneseth Israel and Professor
of American Jewish History

Topic: The Golden Age of Philadelphia
Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D., the eighth senior Rabbi of Keneseth Israel in Elkins Park,
PA, is an affable, scholarly Rabbi who revolutionized worship in his 167 year old
Reform synagogue, introducing Visual Tefillot and Illustrated Sermons. For KI
children, Sussman created the KI Puppets, Ave. Q sized Jewish themed creatures.
Sussman is Torah Turtle while other staff play Shema Sheep, Bracha Bear and
Shira Salamander. As Chair of the CCAR Press, Sussman helped launch the Reform
movement's latest prayer books.

Sussman has taught at Princeton, Temple Universities and Hunter College among
others. His research on the Trefa Banquet was featured in the PBS series, "God in
America." Sussman's tours of "Jewish Gettysburg" and "Colonial Jewish
Philadelphia" are always filled. He founded the Cheltenham Area Multifaith Council
and is involved in Jewish-Muslim Dialogue. For several years, Sussman ran an
exchange program for KI teenagers and their counterparts in High Schools in
Frankfurt, Germany. He inspires through warmth and inclusiveness

Mentors will be available from 12:00-12:30 PM to help with your research efforts.

JGSGP website http://www.jgsgp.org is now available with latest news, upcoming
meeting notices, and links to Philadelphia resources. We can also be found on
Facebook.

Please note that JGSGP has a Speaker's Bureau which is available to local groups
on the various subjects concerning genealogy.

Lois Sernoff [JGS GreaterPhiladelphia]
<JGL...@verizon.net>
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