Last week, students from all across the University of Pennsylvania’s campus celebrated Jewish tradition by participating in Jewish Heritage Program’s bi-annual Shabbat for 2,000 event. Students broke organizational records by hosting over 100 individual Shabbat dinners on Penn’s campus alone. Raquel Levitt, a sophomore double-majoring in Communication and Consumer Psychology is this semester’s Vice President […]
Signature Events
What’s Happening in JHP? – December 7th Edition
YPN & The Modest Mom Make Challah Emunah Wircberg (The Modest Mom) taught many YPNers all about the history of Challah last week. Did you know that if you make more than 5 pounds of challah you have to rip off a small piece of dough and burn it until its inedible? This symbolizes […]
YPN Grilled n’ Chilled
JHP’s Young Professional Network celebrated summer Tuesday night with a successful Grill n’ Chill. In addition to enjoying delicious BBQ, together they were able to make and donate sandwiches to feed over 600 people at St. John’s Hospice Homeless Shelter in Philadelphia. As a treat after their efforts, Arta Tequila led a tequila tasting as […]
A Special JBN: Wawa and the Red Cross Highlighted Corporate Philanthropy in Philadelphia
Yesterday, JHP’s Jewish Business Network hosted Wawa CEO Chris Gheysens and American Red Cross Eastern PA CEO Judge Renée Cardwell in conversation about the role of corporate philanthropy in a life-saving Philadelphia initiative. Independence Blue Cross generously hosted our group of over 100 JBN members and guests to learn more about the American Red Cross project to reduce […]
YPN Boot Camp Beat the Heat
Last night our very own YPN Fellow Mike Markovitz taught a boot camp for a group of our young professionals in front of the Philadelphia Art Museum steps. The hot weather did not hold anyone back from coming out to kick-butt and get a great work out in. With over 20 young professionals we worked […]
YPN Escapes the 80s!
YPN Event: Escape the 80s YPN Escaped the 80s… in 50 minutes! YPN participated in an interactive team building exercise with an 80s theme. They were given an hour to solve puzzles to get out of the room and were able to do it with 10 minutes to spare. The room held 14 people […]
