Raymond and Teena Verbit of Wynnewood and Evelyn Portnaya and Roman Tenenbaum of Blauvelt, New York, announce the engagement of their children, Daniel Verbit and Irene Tenenbaum.
Daniel is a graduate of York College of Pennsylvania and received his MLIS from The University of Alabama. He is a scholarly communications and digital initiatives librarian at Jefferson University. Irene is a graduate of Barnard College and received her MBA from Cornell University. She is an associate director working on payer market access at Merck.
The couple met at a Shabbat dinner at the Old City Jewish Art Center in 2019. They reside in Philadelphia and are planning a spring wedding.
Sharing in the couple’s happiness are Irene’s sister Anna, brother-in-law Alex and nephews Isaac and Theo, Daniel’s sister Linda, brother-in-law Jeremy, nephew Nathan and niece Aviva.