Last week YPN celebrated Sukkot with hookahs, food, and drinks! Over 60 young professionals gathered under the sukkah in front of the Old City Jewish Art Gallery in Old City. They enjoyed the hookahs and delicious spread prepared by OCJAC Co-Director Emunah Wircberg. In the sukkah, they all made a blessing on Chava’s homemade honeycake and […]
JHP@Penn Student Leader Spotlight: Kacy Fishman
Kacy Fishman is a sophomore and is currently leading the efforts for Penn’s Shabbat for 2000 taking place on October 16th! Here is what Kacy has to say about her experience with Penn and JHP: “When I came to Penn last fall all the clubs, organizations, and new opportunities were not only exciting, but also […]
Leading the Way with PB&J at Penn
This past Thursday was JHP’s semi-annual PB&J-A-Thon at Penn, where we reached our goal of making 1,000 sandwiches for a local homeless shelter. The weather was absolutely beautiful, which certainly helped encourage students who were walking through Locust Walk to stop and do a mitzvah. Kenn Kweder – a UPenn celebrity – provided musical accompaniment […]
JHP@Penn Student Leader Spotlight: Courtney Lipson
Courtney Lipson is a Sophomore at Penn and serves as JHP@Penn’s Recruitment Chair. She joined JHP as a Freshman and considers it one of the best decisions she has made at Penn. “Coming from a small suburb of New York, Penn seemed like a huge place where it was easy to get lost,” Courtney says. […]
Friends in LA: JHP is Hiring at USC
JHP at USC Campus Coordinator Job Description The JHP Campus Coordinator acts a campus liaison to the JHP interns (student leaders) who make a commitment to change the face of the Jewish community on campus. Your role as Campus Coordinator involves engaging with and supervising the interns, while providing them the support to plan meaningful […]
JHP@Penn Semester Kick Off Shabbat Dinner
This past Shabbat JHP@Penn student interns got together for a beautiful Shabbat dinner in the basement of the newly-finished Lubavitch House at Penn building. The JHP interns brought many friends for the delicious dinner that Rebetzing Flora Levin helped prepare. There were over 30 students socializing, eating and learning words of Torah from Rabbi Ephraim […]
