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Events @ PSJC
Welcome to the PSJC Events Page! Here you can find a listing of all of the classes, religious services, social and special events that are coming up at PSJC.
Events @ PSJC
Welcome to the PSJC Events Page! Here you can find a listing of all of the classes, religious services, social and special events that are coming up at PSJC.
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A Landmark Celebration in 2025!
Rabbi Carter’s 25th Year at PSJC
& Our Historic Shul’s 100th Birthday!
We hope you will join us for many events in this joyful and momentous year.
More details will be provided soon.

Mazal Tov to Rabby Hayley on her installation and Todah Rabah to everyone involved for the inspiring celebration!
There’s still time to add your tributes here.
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GALA Celebration & Fundraiser
Sunday, June 8, 2025 | 5:00PM
Enjoy a festive spring Gala with dinner, live music, and dancing to celebrate
Rabbi Carter’s 25 remarkable years of service, our beautiful landmark synagogue, and the stalwart early PSJCers who helped sustain the shul over the years. The party will take place inside the building -- and also in our beautifully renovated yard!
When you are asked, please contribute generously to keep our PSJC community growing and thriving for the next 100 years. We are all responsible for this place and for each other.
Building Trivia Night
Friday, February 7, 2025 | 6:30 PM
Following a moving Lev Tahor (lay-led) Kabbalat Shabbat Service and homespun potluck dinner, we’ll enjoy a rollicking PSJC Building Trivia Game. Did you know that Rabbi Hayley’s office wasoriginally designed to be a “Sukkah” with a retractable roof? Did you know that the synagogue president in1941 was Rudolf Sanders, the owner of the former Sanders Theater
(now Nitehawk)? Bring a dish to share and your love for PSJC for a fun Friday night together. *Prizes will be awarded!*

Hevra Kadisha 20th Anniversary
Friday, March 7, 2025 | 6:30 PM
Join us for a festive dinner to celebrate the 20th anniversary of our Hevra Kadisha (Sacred Burial Fellowship). Our Hevra Kadisha volunteers watch over and care for PSJC members and their immediate relatives who have died in our community. Eat, drink, and celebrate the historical roots of this special caring fellowship at PSJC. More details to come.
Detail from Prague Hevra Kadisha Ceremonial Hall, 1912 (founded 1564)
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PSJC History Project- Opening Night Cocktail Party
Saturday, March 22nd | 7:30PM
Join us for a fascinating trip down memory lane as we explore the origins of our beloved shul. It’s a story that involves synagogue mergers, relocations, new names, evolving customs, changing populations, and legal intrigue.
There’ll be a musical Havdalah service, snacks, cocktails, history display to peruse, and enlightening conversations with several original shul members from the 1970s, 80s, & 90s.
Al Steinfeld-- early member and leader who helped create the shul as we know it today- will headline. You won’t want to miss this!
50th Anniversary Journal cover for Bnai Jacob- Tifereth Israel,1950.

More Celebratory 2025 Programs to come
Scavenger Hunt/Architecture Talk
Great PSJC Bake-Off
Movie in the Yard
Member Art Exhibit & Party
End of Year Celebration
Want to help us pull these fabulous programs together? Contact us at celebrate@psjc.org. Thanks!