Sheitel service
Salon Elana
129 Upland Terrace, Bala
(610) 812-7220
Aliya Shaw 267-625-9420
Clothing for Women and Girls
Jody’s Collection-Women and girls
(215)500-8707
2 N. Highland
Cleaning Ladies
Ask around to other families, many people share. Services offer whole home cleaning for fixed price but usually more expensive etc.
Alterations/Dressmaker
Orna Tusia-(610)952-7268
Shoshi Cohen- (610) 896-1980
Yehudis Rivka (650)580-2941 rivka.volkov@yahoo.com
Katie (does pick up and drop off for a few extra dollars) 347-247-5320
Food shopping
Gentiles Market- Fruits and Veggies as well as cholov yisroel milk with Kreider Farm label(need to make sure the milk has hebrew letter of the hebrew date to indicate mashgiach there at milking, most of the time its there)
Giant – Full line of Kosher groceries, including Cholov Yisrael dairy, meat, fish and pas Yisrael bakery (watch out for dairy non-CY baked goods)
Produce Junction-Broomall and Philly locations for eggs, fruits and vegetables
House of Kosher-full service grocery store in the NE, including Sushi, Pizza, baked goods, catering…they do deliver, see their website
Acme – large kosher section, david eliot chickens and chk meat, kosher fish and bakery
Aldi
Trader Joe’s
Farmer’s Market near Trader Joe’s has chalav Yisrael milk, cream, an half & half at the “Amish” stand
Costco – chalav Yisrael shredded cheese and cheese slices only in King of Prussia branch. Many kosher items and seasonal too.
[NPGS(kollel store in lakewood) – 3 locations – 231 Main St./2080 W.County Line Rd./152 James Street and Bingo-Lakewood]
Restaurants
Shalom Pizza
NY Bagels*
C&R Tavern
Zagefen (dairy)
Star of David
Espresso Cafe (Northeast)
Palace Royal (Northeast)
Cherry grill – Chinese (Cherry Hill, NJ)
Baked goods
Best Cake Bakery (only has pareve)
Giant Kosher Bakery
Acme Kosher Bakery
Rolling Bakery-Elkins Park
Wine, Judaica
Jack Levin-corner of Old Lancaster and Sycamore 610-203-6175, will deliver
Bala Judaica
Hospitals
Lankenau Hospital-has a SHABBOS room with kosher food. Lankenua has a kosher menu (not all dairy is cholov yisroel) for all inpatients
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Bryn Mawr Hospital (children’s ER!!)
CHOP – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
OB/GYN Practices
Women for Women
OB/GYN at DCMH
Womenwise Midwifery
The Birthing Center (Bryn Mawr)
The Birthing Center at Penn
Pediatricians
Advocare Mainline Pediatrics (Dr. Mindy Rosenblum) -(610) 642 9200
CHOP care in Roxboro – It’s about a 20 minute drive, but we really like them.
CHOP in Bryn Mawr
Dentists
Kids Grins Pa-484-451-8800 301 West Chester Pk
Eaglecrest Pediatric Dentists (484)454-3568
Broomall Pediatric Dentistry (484)454-3230
General Dentists
Dr. Andrew Rosenfeld- (215) 473-7717
Dr. Mindy Benjamini (484) 278-4737
General Practitioners for Adults
Dr. Gary Gilman-lankenau medical office building (online appointments too!)
Dr. Michele Hirsch- On E. Lancanster
Electrolysis and Ear Piercing
Wynnewood Salon on Manoa Rd, Emily Jones- (610) 896-6183
Gmach’s
Tablecloths-Mrs. Rachel Bieberfeld
Bikur Cholim of Philadelphia-Malki Schwartz 215-805-8668
Maxwell Taxi Service for shabbos-code 613-
Costume Gmach – Check the LMS listserv a few weeks before Purim for location.
Bridal Gmach – Call Orna (see dressmaker section above)
Beth Hamedrosh children’s and adult clothing
Baby and toddler clothing and equipment, for donations or requests 610 667 9854
LMS Listserv
Go to http://lowermerionshuls.com/ to sign up. Great place to get rid of moving boxes or to tap into general philadelphia jewish community for jobs/buying/selling/babysisters etc
Jewish Lending Library
Lieba Bauminger on Stoneway Ave (718)909-7712
Mrs. Helig at the Yeshiva (215)877-1389
Local Schools:
Cheder Chabad of Philadelphia
(610)520-1480
Caskey Torah Academy
Mesivta
Kosloff Torah Academy (Girls’ High School in Bala_
Kohelet Yeshiva and Lab School
Gan Chabad Montesorri Preschool
Shuls/Minyan
Chabad of Penn Wynne-(610)529-9011
Beth Hamedrosh-(610)642-6444 (daily (6:30/6:40 shachris (depends on laining) mincha/maariv check (http://www.bethhamedrosh.org/) sunday 8am shachris.
Chabad of The Mainline daily see website. Sunday 8:30am
Lower Merion Synagogue multiple minyanim daily see their website
Kollel-several daily Minyanim in Bala
Mikvaos
Women/Men/Kailim: http://www.lmcmikvah.org/ Lower Merion Community Mikvah 484-808-5626 – 111 Union Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
(women) Chabad of Cherry Hill-make appt at least 48 hrs before
(women) Chabad of Delaware
Keilim – can use local streams for keilim when it has not rained. Otherwise need to wait for 3 clear days to use stream. (example powder mills and remington road easy access near playground to stream.