Mentoring in the Penthouse: JHP Spring Leadership Retreat! At Residence 2 Liberty, on the top Floor, the highest in Philly, in the most dramatic setting, among the most amazing group of mentors assembled, Gary Erlbaum, President, Greentree Properties, Susanna Lachs, Esq., Wayne Kimmel, Managing Director, ETF Venture Funds, David Adelman, CEO, Campus Apartments, just to name a few; 156 student leaders from Penn, Temple, NYU, Binghamton, Pitt & Delaware unite to kick off the JHP Retreat. For more detailed credentials & list of mentors that attended, see below.
Luncheons, shabbos dinners, mentoring sessions, Jewish learning, leadership training, student bonding, brainstorming, initializing JHP programs and social interaction followed. These activities produce strength and improvement of JHP on campus. The retreat ended with students taking over the lobby in the Sheraton for Havdalah. Mentors' Bios & Credentials
Purim Carnival at Penn, Monday, Feb. 26: “Pin the Payos on the Rabbi:” 200 students devoured Sushi & Humantashen at Houston Hall while listening to the Chassidic rock music of the Baal Shem Tov Band & the sounds of “Penney loafers,” a cappella group from Penn.
Students “tried to pin the Payos on the Rabbi,” had their faces painted, were mesmerized by card tricks, shaved balloons & entered raffles to win an ipod, theatre tickets & more, all in celebration & remembrance of the miracle of Purim.
“Chassidic Andy Warhol”
DON’T MISS, THIS FRIDAY, March 2, 5-9pm at the Old City Jewish Art Center (OCJAC), Breathtaking Exhibitions! Mark Segal – “Puppets and Other Stuff,” “Animated, Life Like, Real” & Yitzchok Moully – “Chassidic Pop Art” All in a Shabbos environment with Kiddish every 20 minutes & Shabbos bill of fare.
Purim Parade & Carnivale! In celebration & spirit, please join in, Saturday, March 3, 7pm, at Rittenhouse Square, parading down South Street to Head House Square, with Mummers, New Orleans Jazz Band, Jugglers and more.
Continuing in spirit, join us for a Purim Carnivale Bash, 8pm to 11pm, Lounge 125, one of Old City’s premier night spots, 2nd St, bet Chestnut & Walnut.
Sunday, Purim Festival continues on South & Passyunk
Sigmund ‘Zivey’ Moskow, Feb. 25, 2007 It is with deep sadness we mourn the passing of our friend and colleague, Sigmund ‘Zivey’ Moskow, Feb. 25, 2007.
Zivey’s contributions to Lubavitch House & JBN, from their beginnings, and to the Jewish community at large were exemplary. For over 20 yrs. he was Master of Ceremonies at the monthly JBN luncheons & helped create the organization. He will be greatly missed.
Services were held Tues. 1 P.M. Joseph Levine & Son, N. Broad St. above 71st Ave. Int. Har Nebo Cem. The family returned to the late residence, 1109 Concord Ave., Drexel Hill, PA 19026 where Shiva will be observed. Contributions in his memory may be made to the Abraham & Mary Moskow Memorial Fund, c/o Phila. Lubavitch House, 4032 Spruce St., Phila., PA 19104
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