Highlights

JHP Penn 

• Students made 2000 PB&J sandwiches that were donated to local homeless shelters. As a Director of one of these shelters said “These small acts of generosity by JHP make a meaningful difference in helping combat food insecurity and supporting our vulnerable neighbors with compassion and hope”.
• 2200 students participated in Shabbat for 1000, simultaneously celebrating Shabbat and sharing Shabbat dinners across campus
• Mentoring Retreats remained a highlight of the 2025–2026 academic year with more than 65 students and 30 mentors participating
• JHP’s 1:1 Mentorship Program continues to deepen students’ professional journeys by matching them with accomplished alumni and business leaders for personalized, semester-long mentoring relationships tailored to their individual interests and career aspirations.

JBN

• Grew our membership to 185 and still counting.
• Launched a new Women’s Initiative, building a community where Jewish businesswomen can connect and thrive.
• Developed a new online Member & Mentor Portal designed to strengthen connections across its growing professional network

IJSS 

• Held a conference at Stanford University with a distinguished group of faculty and graduate students from Stanford’s Departments of Education, Ecology, and Religion, and professors and deans from other universities.
• Hosted a special event at Lilah’s in Philadelphia, introducing IJSS, featuring an intimate panel conversation with renowned restaurateurs Michael Solomonov and Yehuda Sichel

JHP Penn

• 100 students participated in Shabbat for Strength
• 100 students attended the Rally for Support of Israel
• 1800+ students participated in Shabbat for 1k across campus

CogWell

• MTV partnership announced at event with 172 students participating 
• 258 Neumann students attended a CogWell session at Freshman orientation

JHP Penn State

• 120 students participated in Chanukah Donut Wars
• 350 students participated in a Mega Shabbat
• 460 students attended Pesach seder

Despite the COVID-19 campus shutdown, dozens of students participated in 17 virtual events including mentoring, leadership training, Israel, Social Vision, and other guest speakers. And we held 4 socially distanced Shabbat dinners (including one in our Sukkah village) and 2 mitzvah week events when students made close to 4,000 PB&J sandwiches for the homeless.

We became the recipient of Temple’s Fox School sponsorship of our JBN Power Lunch Series

JHP executive Director, Menachem Schmidt, receives the Avi Chai Jewish Genius Grant Award which he uses to help launch Old City Jewish Arts Center.

JHP now engages annually with more than 25% of the Jewish undergraduate population at Penn.

JHP Programs events surpass 100,000 total participants.

JHP co-founded at University of Pennsylvania by our Executive Director Menachem Schmidt and Associate Executive Director Ephraim Levin, in partnership with 2 student leaders, Ron Dermer and Paul Germain.