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Or Hadash Welcomes You!

Or Hadash: A Reconstructionist Congregation, is a progressive, engaging and creative community that welcomes people of all backgrounds, including interfaith families, LGBTQ individuals, as well as people of all races, ethnicities and disabilities. We strive to make Judaism meaningful through study, prayer, cultural, musical and other artistic expression. Social action and acts of tikkun olam are also important ways to engage at Or Hadash. We want all people to know that they are completely welcome and that they can quickly become an integral part of our friendly community.   

Or Hadash is holding hybrid in person Shabbat services on Friday night and Saturday morning. Please click here to see Or Hadash's current Covid-19 policy.

We are looking forward to having everyone join us in person, vaccinated and masks recommended, or online! Please contact the office, we close at 2pm on Fridays, if you have any questions about services.

This Friday, May 26, our shortened Kabbalat Shabbat & Shavuot Services start at 7:30 pm led by Rabbi Alanna. Our Tikkun Leil Shavuot program will follow services, beginning with the Shabbat Havurah story slam at 8:15 pm. Join us in the sanctuary vaccinated and masks recommended, or if you are not ready to join us in person, watch us on our YouTube channel. Remember that we have our own custom YouTube URL, find us at https://www.youtube.com/c/orhadashsynagogue. 

Shabbat morning services on Saturday, May 27 will be led by Rabbi Alanna.Torah Study begins at 9:00am in the boardroom, with a bagel breakfast before it at 8:45 am. Shabbat morning services begin at 10:00 am in the sanctuary. Both TS and services are hybrid, join us vaccinated and masks recommended, or if you are not ready to join us in person, watch us on Zoom. Non-members wishing to join on Zoom must contact the office by noon on Friday.

Shabbat Havurah

Join us for Shabbat Havurah - Get in on the Spirit of Shabbat at Or Hadash

It's great to take a deep breath at the end of a long week and create a separation between the week and the weekend. That's what Friday night Shabbat rituals help us do, create a Shabbat frame of mind. How we get to that frame of mind is probably different for each of us, but for many it may include some version of a relaxed evening meal with friends, lots of talking and kibitzing, and some Shabbat rituals. Please join with your fellow Or Hadashers on any (or all) of six Friday nights this year when we will come together to create a Shabbat frame of mind. Empty-nesters, school-age families, and everyone in between, are encouraged to participate. 

3-Part Harmony, begins with Tot Shabbat

June 2, 2023 - 6:00pm

Three-part Harmony, every month (usually first Friday night), with monthly birthdays celebrated. 1st part is Tot Shabbat at 6:00 pm, preschool families can get the week's wiggles out with singing, movement and stories as we greet Shabbat with fun. 2nd part is a Dairy/Pareve Potluck Dinner at 6:30 pm. 3rd part is a 7:10 pm Intergenerational Family Kabbalat Shabbat service. Birthdays are celebrated on the bimah during services and with a cake at the oneg.

Wear Orange 2023

June 3, 2023 - 1:45pm

Join us on Saturday afternoon June 3rd in Ambler. The Or Hadash Gun Violence Prevention Task Force is proud to be a part of this community event and pleased to have the support of the Or Hadash congregation. We join with Moms Demand Action and Everytown for Gun Safety and other congregations of the Wissahickon Faith Community in addressing this tragic and confounding concern in our society. There will also be a Wear Orange March from the Ambler Business District to Knights Park beginning at 1 pm, details on the updated flier.

Refa'enu: A Service of Healing - Now Digital

June 6, 2023 - 7:00pm

Healing services are held 4-5 times each year on select Tuesday evenings at 7 pm. This service is intended for those who are seeking physical or emotional healing for themselves or someone they care about. We share inspirational and comforting readings and music and enjoy the warmth and support of our community. The service usually lasts about an hour and is open to all, no RSVP needed.

Zoom link is sent to members that morning. Interested nonmembers should contact the office or Debbie Karl no later than noon that day.

Mah jongg at OH

June 6, 2023 - 7:30pm

Mah jongg at OH is a welcoming group that now plays every two weeks on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 PM and select Thursday mornings at 10:30 AM. Please bring your 2023 card and RSVP to Karen Stranz. The group is vaccinated and masked. Send any questions to Karen Stranz. See the schedule below.

POWER Advocacy Day in Harrisburg

June 7, 2023

The Anti-Racism Task Force has been working with the organization POWER Interfaith on the issue of inequitable funding of public schools in Pennsylvania which affects students of color disproportionately. POWER Interfaith is composed of over 50 congregations in our area as well as statewide. POWER is proposing a Moral Budget to the Pennsylvania Legislature that will provide full and fair funding of all public schools, level up funding to the one hundred poorest schools and funding for toxic schools repair and more.

The 12 Step Havurah meeting

June 7, 2023 - 7:30pm

The Or Hadash 12 Step Havurah is meeting at 7:30 pm every first Wednesday of the month. Everyone is welcome. The power of the 12 Steps in helping anyone to cope with everyday life is the motivation for the 12 Step Havurah. Join us as we use Rami Shapiro’s book, Recovery--the sacred art: The Twelve Steps as Spiritual Practice (

Evening Torah Study

June 12, 2023 - 7:30pm

For congregants who are interested in learning more about Torah, lay-led Torah study will take place the second and fourth Mondays every month. The approach is entirely different than on Shabbat. It’s an enrichment program, where we’ve proceeded in depth verse by verse. A knowledge of Hebrew is helpful, but not necessary. For more information, please contact Marty Jacobs or Jeff Chebot. Open to all!

And now there is Torah Study via Zoom!

Summer Mussar

June 13, 2023 - 7:30pm

Summer Mussar (ethics based on Jewish texts) will be taking place for the 13th consecutive year at Or Hadash (on Zoom once more). These biweekly sessions are intended to be both maintenance for ongoing Mussar students as well as an introduction to Mussar for new students. This summer we will again be studying “Morality” by the late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. The book describes how to lead a more meaningful life through accepting our responsibilities to others, to society, and to humanity.

Or Hadash Singing Circle

June 14, 2023 - 7:00pm

The first meeting of the Or Hadash Singing Circle was at Or Hadash in the sanctuary on Wednesday, February 8th at 7:00pm. If you need a ride please let us know. Future meetings will be monthly on the second Wednesday of the month.

Here are three links for the pieces we hope to start with. To access the recordings, copy and paste the links into your browser. 

Evening Torah Study

June 26, 2023 - 7:30pm

For congregants who are interested in learning more about Torah, lay-led Torah study will take place the second and fourth Mondays every month.  The approach is entirely different than on Shabbat. It’s an enrichment program, where we’ve proceeded in depth verse by verse. A knowledge of Hebrew is helpful, but not necessary. For more information, please contact Marty Jacobs or Jeff Chebot. Open to all!