At Penn State, JHP runs as PSJew Greeks — a chapter built around Jewish life in the Greek community. Working out of the Chabad house in State College, it brings together Jewish students from fraternities and sororities across campus.
As one of the chapter’s co-presidents put it, the goal is “to make Jewish students around the Penn State and Greek life community feel welcome and to make meaningful connections with other students who have similar backgrounds.” Across the year that looks like babka and challah bakes, hamantaschen before Purim, speakers, and socials — the annual Babka Bake alone draws more than 100 students.
What Our Students Say
Tuesday night my fraternity, Beta Sigma Beta, hosted the Chabad PSJew Greeks annual Babka Bake. Last night in particular was my favorite event of the semester with over 100 students in attendance making babkas, playing fun games, and socializing with great music! It was awesome to see Jewish students from around campus coming together to have a great time while strengthening our Penn State Jewish community.”
— Jack Kramer, Co-President of JHP PSU, Class of 2027
I think JHP is amazing honestly. It gave me a much bigger Jewish community here than I thought I would have before coming to college. Going into a sorority with not many Jewish girls, I was able to find that in other sororities and still make and maintain those connections through events and recruitment.”
— Hailey Natenzon, Class of 2028
It was my first time coming to PsJew Greeks (JHP) and I had a great night. I never had hamantashen before so it was fun to make them and try it also while meeting so many new friends at my table. I’ll definitely be back soon.”
— Alex Tepper, Class of 2029
It was amazing to see so many people come together in one place. The energy in the room was unreal, and it really felt like our community showed up in a big way.”
— Ethan Drossner, Class of 2028
