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The Gershman Y, The Center for Arts and Culture on the Avenue of the Arts, is the Center City branch of the Jewish Community Centers of Greater Philadelphia. Home to the internationally known Jewish Film Festival and a host of the Jewish Book Festival, the Y is a lively destination for a diversity of cultural programming, serving Philadelphia's intellectual and cultural communities for over 75 years.

The Gershman Y also houses the Borowsky and Open Lens Galleries. The Borowsky Gallery is known as an art space devoted to innovative, thought-provoking shows in all media, of interest to Jewish audiences and the wider cultural community. The Open Lens Gallery is one of Philadelphia's few art spaces dedicated to fine-art photography.

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    Gershman Y

    401 S. Broad Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19147

    Phone: 215-446-3021   |   Official Website

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  • • Current Events

      05/22/13

      A Night of Mah Jongg Madness Gershman Y A Night of Mah Jongg Madness Presented by Gershman Y at Gershman Y May 22, 2013 5:00 pm Wine and Mah Jongg, 7:00 pm Buffet Dinner and more Mah Jongg cost: $32 Come with friends or make new ones! Enjoy delicious food and wine while playing mah jongg. Please note if you can bring your Set or if you prefer to play at a slower table, and bring your 2013 Mah Jongg Card! Questions about the event? Call Ld Marantz: (203) 216-6996

      01/10/13- 05/30/13

      Open Mah Jongg Play Gershman Y Open Mah Jongg Play Presented by Gershman Y at Gershman Y January 10-May 30, 2013 Looking for a pick-up game of mah jongg? The Y hosts a weekly session with snacks. Meet new people, chat, and have fun. Want to play but don’t know how? The Gershman Y’s mah jongg instructor Ld Marantz is happy to put together custom courses for you and friends. Call 215-446-3012 for more details.

  • • Upcoming Events

      06/08/13

      Beauty School Drop-Out GayBINGO! Gershman Y Beauty School Drop-Out GayBINGO! Presented by AIDS Fund Philadelphia at Gershman Y June 8, 2013 Grease is the word! This fun event is open to anyone who enjoys campy humor. Cash prizes will be awarded in each game. The AIDS Fund grant program supports organizations in the Philadelphia Region that provide AIDS and HIV-related services, education, and prevention including increasing public awareness of HIV/AIDS issues.

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• Current &
  Upcoming Events

  • Current Events

    05/22/13

    A Night of Mah Jongg Madness Gershman Y A Night of Mah Jongg Madness Presented by Gershman Y at Gershman Y May 22, 2013 5:00 pm Wine and Mah Jongg, 7:00 pm Buffet Dinner and more Mah Jongg cost: $32 Come with friends or make new ones! Enjoy delicious food and wine while playing mah jongg. Please note if you can bring your Set or if you prefer to play at a slower table, and bring your 2013 Mah Jongg Card! Questions about the event? Call Ld Marantz: (203) 216-6996

    01/10/13- 05/30/13

    Open Mah Jongg Play Gershman Y Open Mah Jongg Play Presented by Gershman Y at Gershman Y January 10-May 30, 2013 Looking for a pick-up game of mah jongg? The Y hosts a weekly session with snacks. Meet new people, chat, and have fun. Want to play but don’t know how? The Gershman Y’s mah jongg instructor Ld Marantz is happy to put together custom courses for you and friends. Call 215-446-3012 for more details.

  • Upcoming Events

    06/08/13

    Beauty School Drop-Out GayBINGO! Gershman Y Beauty School Drop-Out GayBINGO! Presented by AIDS Fund Philadelphia at Gershman Y June 8, 2013 Grease is the word! This fun event is open to anyone who enjoys campy humor. Cash prizes will be awarded in each game. The AIDS Fund grant program supports organizations in the Philadelphia Region that provide AIDS and HIV-related services, education, and prevention including increasing public awareness of HIV/AIDS issues.

• Past
  Events

  • Past Events

    05/16/13	Passport to World Cinema: Our Children Gershman Y
    05/11/13	Prom Queen GayBINGO! Gershman Y
    05/09/13	The Yellow Ticket Gershman Y
    05/02/13	Up All Night with Carol Miller Gershman Y
    05/01/13	Saul Kaye: The Jewish Blues Gershman Y
    05/01/13- 05/09/13	Philadelphia Jewish Music Festival Gershman Y
    04/21/13	Documentaries & Dialogue: Deaf Jam Gershman Y
    04/21/13	New Filmmaker Series: OC87 Gershman Y
    04/20/13	Documentaries & Dialogue: Life In Stills Gershman Y
    04/16/13	Becoming Barbra with William Mann Gershman Y
    04/13/13	One Look Divas GayBINGO! Gershman Y
    04/10/13	How Jewish Food Became Jewish Gershman Y
    04/07/13	In Our Prime: The Invention of Middle Age Gershman Y
    03/23/13	Red Carpet GayBINGO! Gershman Y
    03/21/13	Passport to World Cinema: The Angels' Share Gershman Y
    03/10/13	Art, Jews, and Food with Daniel Belasco Gershman Y
    02/26/13	Kosher Gospels: What Judaism Has to Say About Christianity Gershman Y
    02/21/13	Passport to World Cinema: The Fifth Season Gershman Y
    02/16/13- 02/18/13	Israeli Dance Marathon Gershman Y
    02/12/13	Women From the Ankle Down: The Story of Shoes and How They Define Us Gershman Y
    02/10/13	Behind the Scenes of Center City with Paul Levy Gershman Y
    02/10/13- 02/17/13	Mini-Course on Israel Gershman Y
    02/09/13	Oz: The Gay and Powerful GayBINGO! Gershman Y
    02/04/13	Documentaries & Dialogue: Mendelsohn's Incessant Visions Gershman Y
    01/31/13	Passport to World Cinema: January Screening Gershman Y
    01/16/13- 02/06/13	20s/30s Intro to Israeli Dancing Gershman Y
    12/13/12	Reconciling Lives - German-Jewish Dialogue Gershman Y
    12/12/12	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Film Screening Gershman Y
    12/09/12	10th Annual Latkepalooza Gershman Y
    12/08/12	Reject Rockettes GAYBingo! Gershman Y
    12/02/12	American Dreamers Gershman Y
    11/18/12	Free Men Gershman Y
    11/17/12	Downtown Express Gershman Y
    11/10/12	Chains and Whips Excite Me GAYBingo! Gershman Y
    11/09/12	20s/30s Shabbat Dinner Gershman Y
    11/05/12	Omar Killed Me Gershman Y
    11/04/12	Inside the 2012 Presidential Election Gershman Y
    11/04/12	Kaddish For A Friend Gershman Y
    11/03/12	The Day I Saw Your Heart Gershman Y
    10/31/12	Stars of David Theater Outing Gershman Y
    10/18/12- 11/15/12	Intro to Judaism Gershman Y
    10/16/12	Inside The Jewish Bakery Gershman Y
    10/16/12- 12/18/12	Hebrew from Scratch Gershman Y
    10/15/12- 11/12/12	Kosher Gospels: Judaism on Christianity Gershman Y
    10/14/12	Jewish Artists & The Barnes Gershman Y
    10/10/12	Angels in America Theater Outing Gershman Y
    10/04/12	The Last Testament: A Memoir By God Gershman Y
    10/03/12- 10/24/12	Conscientious Objectors: Post-War Political Films Gershman Y
    09/27/12	Take Me out To The Ballgame Gershman Y
    09/23/12	Crack Bam Brunch: A Day of Mah Jongg Gershman Y
    09/23/12	Make Your Own Comix Family Workshop Gershman Y
    09/23/12	Family Art Workshop - Make Your Own Comix Gershman Y
    09/15/12	Cher Madness GAYBingo! Gershman Y
    09/13/12- 11/18/12	Pekar's Israel: Illustrations By JT Waldman Gershman Y
    09/13/12- 11/18/12	Roy Lichenstein In His Studio: Photographs By Laurie Lambrecht Gershman Y
    09/13/12	Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me Gershman Y
    09/06/12- 12/20/12	Mah Jongg Open Play Gershman Y
    08/08/12	Vertigo - The Artist as a Filmmaker Gershman Y
    07/11/12	The Future and Beginners - The Artist as a Filmmaker Gershman Y
    05/17/12	Opening Reception for Turn Here and A History of The Future Gershman Y
    05/16/12	Deli Duos Featuring Susan Watts and The Fabulous Shpielkehs Gershman Y
    05/10/12	Hunger - The Artist as a Filmmaker Gershman Y
    05/10/12	Jennifer Weiner: Then Came You Gershman Y
    05/10/12	Author Jennifer Weiner Celbrate 'Then Came You' Paperback Launch Gershman Y
    05/08/12	Visions Gershman Y
    05/06/12	Jewhooing the Sixties: American Celebrity and Jewish Identity with Author David Kaufman Gershman Y
    05/03/12	Opening Reception for David Adika Gershman Y
    04/11/12	'Stranger Than Paradise'- The Artist as Filmmaker Gershman Y
    03/13/12	Kosher Chinese with Author Michael Levy Gershman Y
    03/11/12	The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism with Author Deborah Baker Gershman Y
    03/04/12	Opening Reception for Mending = Art and Between Color and Light Gershman Y
    03/04/12- 05/06/12	Mending = Art Gershman Y
    03/02/12	Jews and Fashion Shabbat Gershman Y
    02/18/12	Israeli Dance Marathon Gershman Y
    02/05/12	Making Philadelphia the Greenest City in America Gershman Y
    02/02/12- 05/03/12	Deep Breath Baking: Yoga Meets Challah Gershman Y
    01/27/12	Scottsboro Boys Shabbat Gershman Y
    01/19/12	Opening Reception for Corporeal and Trail of Hope Gershman Y
    12/17/11	An Evening with Al Jaffee Gershman Y
    12/04/11	Hezbollah and the Endless War against Israel Gershman Y
    11/19/11	Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival Presents: The Round-Up (La Rafle) Gershman Y
    11/17/11	Lunch with Author Myla Goldberg Gershman Y
    11/17/11	Jewish Perspectives on Urban Agriculture and Food Justice Gershman Y
    11/12/11	Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival Presents: Restoration (Boker Tov Adon Fidelman) Gershman Y
    11/08/11- 11/15/11	Jkidphilly New Beginnings and the Expectant Parents Class Gershman Y
    11/06/11- 12/15/11	Bellydancing Gershman Y
    11/02/11- 12/07/11	The Meaning of Judaism Jewish Philiosophy and Extistenialism for Beginners Gershman Y
    11/01/11	30s and 40s Wine Tasting Gershman Y
    10/27/11	Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders gave us nightmares, conquered Hollywood and invented modern horror Gershman Y
    10/25/11	Modern Jewish Classics Gershman Y
    10/23/11	Boiling Mad: Inside Tea Party America Gershman Y
    10/23/11	Syposium: Imaging and Imagining Our Cities Gershman Y
    10/19/11	Lights! Camera! Philadelphia! Gershman Y
    10/19/11	The Theatrical World of Wendy Wasserstein Gershman Y
    10/18/11- 11/08/11	Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years Gershman Y
    10/17/11	Open Lens Gallery: Before and After Utopia Gershman Y
    10/16/11- 11/20/11	Playwriting Workshop Gershman Y
    10/16/11	Jewish Mural Arts Trolley Tour Gershman Y
    10/11/11	The Choosing Gershman Y
    10/11/11- 04/17/12	The Ethics: Pirke Avot-The Ethical Foundations Law is instructed by Rabbi Ira Stone of the BZBI Synagogue Gershman Y