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GOLDEN SLIPPER CLUB & CHARITIES PASSOVER SEDER
(BALA
CYNWYD, PA) The
Golden Slipper Club &
Charities' (GSC)
tradition of holding a Passover Seder for the senior Jewish
community continued in 2013. This year's Seder took place
at Har Zion Temple in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania on Monday,
March 18, a short time before this year's actual Passover
holiday on March 25 through April 2, 2013. Passover is a
holiday in which Jews celebrate their liberation from
slavery to freedom.
This year's Seder
committee members, along with events coordinator, Ann
Hilferty and executive director, Paul Geller, worked hard
coordinating the various entities to make the Seder run
smoothly. The 2013 committee includes co-chairs Jackie
Gilberg and Barry Sacks, as well as Seder committee members
Ron Abrams, Chuck Barsh, David Biloon, Jeffrey Brenner,
Robin Cohen, Robert Gilberg, Charlie Hoffmann, Roy Kardon,
Rabbi Fred Kazan, Sherman Leis, Howard Levin, Lisa Litman,
Linda Ostach, Jim Shulman, Shelby Simmons, Michael Simon,
Alexander Singer, Dan Singer, Lee Tabas Robert Tabas, Ted
Tabas, Scott Wechsler and Rabbi Eric Yanoff. Stephen H.
Frishberg is Club president.
The Golden Slipper
Seder may be the only one that these appreciative guests
attend each year. The seniors look forward to seeing
friends from other centers, dancing to the music of Hal
Martin, singing with Cantors Lisa Litman and Sherman Leis,
hearing prayers, enjoying stories by Rabbi Kazan and, of
course, a delicious meal provided by Betty the Caterer.
Over 400 seniors enjoyed the Seder, as thousands of others
have over Golden Slipper's 90-plus year history.
Each year, approximately
40 Golden Slipper members volunteer and/or attend the
Seder. They organize transportation of the seniors from
various centers including the Golden Slipper Center for
Seniors, Klein JCC, Tabas House, and Ner Zedek-Ezreth in
Northeast Philadelphia and as far away as Saltzman-Dubin
House in New Jersey. They ride buses with the guests,
escort them to the tables, set up, clean up, and generously
sponsor tables and donated goods and services. They
coordinated with the Rabbis and Cantors, and made sure each
senior left the Seder with Goldenberg Peanut Chews.
Golden Slipper Club extends its thanks to all those who
volunteered or donated services.
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Golden Slipper Club &
Charities has taken a hands-on
approach to support programs and services for the Greater
Philadelphia area’s youth, needy and elderly, with some 600
active men and women who volunteer their time to serve
people in need. Golden Slipper's motto is charity,
good fellowship and loyalty, first and foremost, in all its
endeavors. It provides charitable services to those in
need in the community. Golden Slipper Camp sends
approximately 600 children to overnight camp in the
beautiful Pocono Mountains. Golden Slipper Center for
Seniors provides a daytime activities facility which
offers social and recreational activities and meals for over
300 senior citizens. Other programs offered to help the
community include HUNAS (Human Needs and Services)
which gives emergency grants to those in need and the
Slipper Scholarship Program, which provides college
scholarships to deserving and promising young students.
Golden Slipper Club &
Charities
215 N. Presidential Boulevard • 1st Floor • Bala Cynwyd, PA
19004
Phone: 610-660-0510 Fax: 610-660-0515
Web:
www.goldenslipperclub.org Email:
info@goldenslipper.org
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