E-News
November 8, 2006
News Flashes for the Week
JHP Presents Shabbos for 3000!! Incredible!!
All in one night!
The planning, work & efforts of all JHP Fellows, interns, students, rabbis, chefs/cooks and staff were realized last Shabbos. 4 separate JHP events all connected! 3000 Jews all celebrating Shabbos, brought together & interconnected by JHP & their faith, all in one night! - A realization of the capabilities of JHP - How wonderful!
At the same time! - Preparing & cooking chickens, challahs, and kugels for 1500! with all the Shabbos trimmings for Penn’s JHP Shabbos for 2000!! Can you picture! - Jewish students throughout Penn’s Jewish body, 1500 of them going to 70 locations, simultaneously, at the same time, to celebrate, bring in the Shabbos by attending Shabbos dinner.
All in 1 night!
At the same time! Hundreds of JHP young professionals scuttling along to attend JHP “Persian Shabbos” at B’Nai Abraham Shul! Our master chef, Pinchas Ravaei, who volunteers his time for this effort, prepared and served Persian delicacies like “Ghondi” (a Persian Shabbos specialty), along with other Persian delights.
All in 1 night!
At the same time! 1000s of artistic young dilettantes, Jewish, scuttling into the Old City Jewish Arts Center (OCJAC) on 3rd Street, as part of Philly’s “First Friday” festival, to experience the beauty & sweetness of Shabbos, traditional Shabbos fare and works of art presented by renowned Jewish artists with, of course, a Jewish theme. This week, water was the theme to coincide with this week’s Torah Parsha, about Noah & the flood. Complete Shabbos dinner followed at the OCJAC.
All in 1 night!
At the same time! - At Logan Hall, on Penn’s campus - JHP/Lubavitch House at Penn Rabbis Levi Haskelevich & Ephraim Levin presided. 140 students attended the traditional Shabbos dinner. After dinner, Dan Alon, Israeli survivor of the Munich Olympics massacre, was a featured speaker & drew 300 Jewish people, together, celebrating Shabbos.
All in 1 night!
JHP, definitively, turning the city of Philadelphia inside out & upside down! 3000 Jews all celebrating Shabbos, brought together & interconnected by JHP & their faith, all in one night!
Quote of the Week
“It makes me feel great that all these young Jewish professionals, like me, are in a synagogue celebrating Shabbat instead of being in a bar.”
– JHP Chef/Supporter, Dr. Pinchas Ravaei, Temple Alumnus
JHP- A Deeper Look
The students in JHP are a dedicated group. Once that Jewish spark inside them is rekindled by their involvement in JHP, there is no letting up, as they realize what being Jewish really is & what JHP is capable of awakening. Through JHP they discover that we are all connected & hence, want to rekindle that spark in others. Empowered by being JHP interns, they spread the wellsprings of being Jewish while on campus and continue their involvement in the Jewish community after graduation.
JHP Live & Silent Auction 2007
Our annual JHP Live & Silent Auction 2007 is in the planning. Past auction items have included tickets to sporting events & memorabilia, hotel stays, cruises, vacation resort packages, get-a-ways, gift certificates to Kosher restaurants, retail shops, jewelry, artwork, beauty & health items and other related auction items.
