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Old City Jewish Art Center
February 2010
OCJAC: First Friday

 
Oil on canvas, watercolors, botanical collages, pencil drawings, photographic prints, landscapes, still life, realism, grapes, olives, dates, pomegranates, figs – What do they all have in common? 
 
Please join us on Friday, February 5th from 5-9 PM for First Friday
“Tu B’Shevat – New Year for Trees” Art Exhibition at (OCJAC) Old City Jewish Art Center 119 N. 3rd St. and find out what they have in common.
 
This wonderful exhibition features these artists: educator/painter/and print maker Paulette Bensignor, fine arts painter Susan Forbes, botanical collage artist Rachel Isaac, photographer B. Leah Palmer, and water colorist Barbara Rosenzweig.  See works of art that include fruits of the holy land of Israel, landscapes, trees, botanical bouquet collages, and much more.
 
“Man is a tree of the field,” and the Jewish calendar reserves one day each year (the New Year for Trees on the 15th of Shevat) for us to contemplate our affinity with our botanical analogue and what it can teach us about our own lives.  For man is a tree of the field. (Deuteronomy 20:19)
 
Don’t miss “Meet the Artists’ Reception” scheduled for Sunday, February 14th from 2- 4:00 PM.  Come meet the artists.  See the
Tu B’Shevat Art Exhibition, sample refreshments in celebration of Tu B’Shevat and really enjoy a warm friendly socializing atmosphere.   
 
Gallery hours are Tuesday – Thursday from 1-6 PM.  “Tu B’Shevat – New Year for Trees” Art Exhibition from February 5-24th. Please stop by to browse in our BIG small crafts area, knitted art to wear, ceramics and more.
 
For more information, please call Sherry at 215-923-1222 and go to our website at www.ocjac.org .

Hope to See You There!
 
Old City Jewish Art Center
119 North 3rd Street, Philadelphia PA
215-923-1222

Lisa Silveri, with Coldwell Banker Preferred, in Center City Philadelphia announces some luxury real estate rental opportunities that put you on top of the world overlooking the city of Brotherly Love.

The Dorchester, 17th Floor – 3 Bedrooms at 224 West Rittenhouse Square.

Waterfront Square, 28th Floor Penthouse overlooking the Delaware
River and the city skyline.

Browse the Listings

Call Lisa at 215-990-3159 to get more info or to make an appointment
to see any of these or similar properties

The next meeting of the Roxborough Business Exchange will take place

Thursday Feb.4th at
The Lyceum Wellness Center at
8:00am-9:00am

The RBE is for Philadelphia Region business people desiring to be busier and serve the communities of Northwest Philadelphia and Eastern Montgomery County including Roxborough, Manayunk, East Falls, Andorra.

* Meet active, local business members in our community
* Exchange business leads
* Accountability for your marketing efforts
* Develop a strong network of local business referrals
* Enhance our community through local service events
* Monthly meetings
* Come and deliver a 45 second commercial about your business

For more information on attending events or joining the RBE, contact Bill Pezzello, at 215-508-5555, or Dave Schiman, at 215-298-3446

The links between our health and the indoor environments are growing stronger every day. Learn how to make your home healthier by reducing pollutants that enter our homes through everyday products and how to make safer choices. This presentation by Jim Quigley, MS, BBEC, a Building Biology Environmental Consultant from Healthy Spaces, will discuss mold and moisture, allergens and air cleaners, lead and other heavy metals, and electromagnetic fields.

This evening of information will be at our office, on Butler Pike.
Thursday, February 11th @ 7 PM – 8:30 PM
Please RSVP: 610-567-3520, or Email: homeopathy1@yahoo.com

Wellspring Homeopathic Care
3138 Butler Pike
Plymouth Meeting PA
www.lindabakermd.com

Wordsworth Academy’s Spirit Program is a small private school in Fort Washington, PA for students who face both severe mental and behavioral challenges. Many of the students face not only mental and emotional challenges but also come from families that struggle financially. At Wordsworth they learn not only their ABCs, but also skills to help them face life once they leave school. One important lesson that is stressed is love for all mankind because you are not alone, but part of the world.

The plight of the people devastated by the earthquake in Haiti has inspired students in Ms. Lois DiMarzio’s class to organize a relief collection effort. At Wordsworth they receive both breakfast and lunch to help make sure they are fed. While the food and drink are not supplied by Starbucks, they are still nutritious and belly filling. The students realized that not only don’t the children in Haiti have plain juice, they don’t even have water. This explanation really struck home.

The students have started a collection effort. They have made signs by hand that they placed all over the building. The printing is not the neatest, but the message is clear. Wordsworth Cares about Haiti. A letter was sent home asking for just $1 donation. Everyone can spare a dollar. Ms DiMarzio reports one of her students, a boy with both physical and mental challenges who lives in a foster home brought in his only dollar to donate to the fund. The brother and mother of another student who comes to school with holes in his clothes, both found a dollar to help their fellow man.

The students are excited to be able to help people less fortunate than them. It tugs at your heart strings to see these kids who face so many challenges themselves happy to help their fellow man. Perhaps it helps them to realize there is someone worse off than them that they can help.

These children struggle through life every day. They know hardship. They have reached out to help others in more dire circumstances than them. Perhaps this will inspire the last of the skinflints to open their wallets to help.

Lois Hottinger DiMarzio

For more information contact:
Kerry Costello Null
Wordsworth Academy Spirit
Pennsylvania Ave & Camp Hill Rd
Fort Washington, PA 19034

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Harleysville, PA – 1/22/10

Due to the tremendous tragedy Haiti has suffered, Prudential Rittenhouse Realty Group, of Harleysville PA, wants to help in any way possible. We have decided to participate by sending very much needed personal care items. If you would like to help, we welcome and thank you for your participation.

We are collecting Hygiene Kits to send to Haiti. The following items are needed to assemble a kit.

* One hand towel measuring approximately 16. x 28. (no fingertip or bath towels)
* One washcloth
* One wide-tooth comb
* One nail clipper (no metal files or emery boards)
* One bar of soap (bath size in wrapper)
* One toothbrush (in original packaging)
* Six Band-Aids

No toothpaste please!

You can help in one of three ways.
1. Drop off one or more completed kits.
2. Drop off any items listed above and we will assemble the kits and mail.
3. Financial contribution towards shipping. The cost is $2.00 per kit to mail.

Call 215-256-6543 For More Info or Visit 418main.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sustainable Upper Dublin

A new organization, Sustainable Upper Dublin, has been formed within this Montgomery County PA community with the goal of promoting a more sustainable lifestyle, consistent with keeping Upper Dublin a place where we would all like to live and work for many years to come.

With a strong emphasis on “Going Green”, the group hopes to build grass roots awareness regarding a host of different environmental issues.

Sustainable Upper Dublin would like to invite all parents, students, and community members to their next free community event which will be held tomorrow night (Wednesday, January 20) at 7:00 PM in the Upper Dublin Township Building.

The event will feature the much discussed, animated video “The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard.” All are welcome to attend.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Jane Douglass, REALTOR, with Prudential Fox and Roach in Blue Bell PA
presents a historic home for sale in Lower Gwynedd PA.

The home is in fantastic shape and features 7 bedrooms, a pool with poolhouse all on 2.7 acres.

Ms. Douglass is a 25+ year Marketing Veteran of Luxury Estates, Manor Homes, & Classic Pennsylvania Farm Houses in Southeastern PA.

She specializes in the Philadelphia Area the includes Montgomery County, & Bucks County PA.

She is also a member of The Historic Real Estate Program of the National Trust For Historic Preservation.

Jane offers the professional experience, confidence, & heartfelt concern needed to meet the needs of home sellers, purchasers, & transferees.

If you need an extraordinary Realtor to find an outstanding property for you, please Contact Jane Douglass at (215)542-2200.