• HaMotzi Dinners for the Food Insecure ~ Sunday Dinner Times:
    • Drive-Through: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    • Dine-In: 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
    • Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel 
      8339 Old York Road
      Elkins Park, PA 19027
      (Old York Road and Township Line Road)
      Septa Bus Route 55 or Route 77
      Septa Regional Rail Line Station: Jenkintown

To RSVP for the HaMotzi Dinners, please CLICK HERE or call 215-887-8700

To Volunteer, please email Linda Roth or call 215-887-8700

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE. Financial donations of all sizes are welcome! Sponsorship of a dinner is $1,800.

Keneseth Israel is heavily involved in Social Action. We firmly believe in Tikkun Olam, or "Reparing the World." We provide ample opportunity to get involved and make a positive impact, not only within the Jewish community but also within our local, and global, communities. If you would like to be involved in any of these projects, please contact the clergy office at (215) 887-8702. Please check e-KI every week for other opportunities throughout the year.

Let Those Who are Hungry Come and Eat at KI! You can make a different and help fight food insecurity! 

In the spirit of community, we would like to invite you, your family and anyone in need of a meal to join us for monthly dinners from 2-3pm (Drive-through) or 5-6 pm (Dine-in) on the following dates:  CLICK HERE FOR DATES!

(All dates are the 4th Sunday of the month, except those months with a *)

We are proud to launch “HaMotzi: KI’s Anti-Hunger Campaign,” as an umbrella for our projects and initiatives to fight hunger and economic inequality through direct service and political advocacy. The following are the ongoing Social Action Projects at KI.

KI Mitzvah Garden – /Greenhouse Volunteers Needed – A joint project with the Women of KI and Congregations of Shaare Shamayim, the food grown in the Mitzvah Garden is distributed to KleinLife and KleinLife - Montgomery County Branch, KI’s Cook for a Friend plus HaMotzi meals and food bags. Some of our garden members are sharing their gardening knowledge with the children in the Richard E. Rudolph, Jr. Preschool. We are also thrilled to now have a beautiful new greenhouse brought from Congregations of Shaare Shamayim which can be used year-round for education purposes and to grow food. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Lynore Eisman @ lynore@comcast.net
Volunteer Opportunities: Prepare the garden, plant seeds, harvest produce, cook into meals
Time Commitment: Several hours throughout the Spring and Summer

High Holiday Food Drive - Nonperishable food is collected between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur to give to KI HaMotzi Tzedek Center and other local pantries.
Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteers needed to acquire bags, staple cover letter, and distribute on Yom Kippur morning.
Time Commitment: Several hours on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

Families Forward Philadelphia Homeless Shelter – Family homeless shelter located in West Philadelphia. KI has a working relationship to provide artwork for shelter, after-school tutoring, personal care items, food and clothes as needed.
Volunteer Opportunities: Collect items for delivery, after-school tutoring, health screenings, game nights
Time Commitment: Varies from volunteer to volunteer

Kehillah Act Against Hunger Advocacy – Join members of all the local synagogues to learn more about hunger in PA and engage in dialogue advocacy to promote state legislation to most affectively help those in need
Volunteer Opportunities: Attend monthly meetings

Sefer Book Project - Collection of “gently used” books in the coat room. Books have gone to Philadelphia Reads, to various Philadelphia schools, and to the local public libraries.
Volunteer Opportunities: Bring in children’s books, pack them, and donate them.

American Red Cross Blood Drives – KI organizes a blood drive for the ARC once every four months Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteers are needed prior to each drive to call and schedule potential donors.
Time Commitment: Every 4 months
Requirements: Be able to make phone calls

Nonperishable Food Collection – designated for KI HaMotzi Tzedek Center and other local pantries,
Volunteer Opportunities: Bring a can of food to synagogue each time you come.

KleinLife "Cook for a Friend" program

MLK Day of Learning and Service

If you would like to be involved in any of these projects, please contact the clergy office at (215) 887-8702.

Please check e-KI every week for other opportunities throughout the year.

  • Partnering with Jenkintown Food Cupboard for eggs and nonperishable food
  • Weinrich’s Bakery generously donates desserts

To volunteer or RSVP for the HaMotzi Dinners please call 215-887-8700 or email: Linda Roth ~ lindaroth@aol.com
Sue Fried ~ Simcha1818@gmail.com
Paulette Sterman-Soroko ~  pstermanbeach@gmail.com

 

Comments made by our guests:

“Sitting at round tables allows you to interact with more people and you feel like it is a real dinner.”

“There is much more food and choices here than at other meals. The food is also much better!”

“I came early to help. It is the least I can do for such warmth and hospitality. This meal is such a blessing to me!”

 

KI Volunteer Responses

“Call me any time you need help. This is the most worthwhile project I have participated in at KI.”

“This is what KI should be doing. Makes me very proud!”

“I get much more out of these dinners than any of the guests.”

“Loved the feeling of community,” remarked Music Arts volunteers