Philly Faces

Teenagers don’t typically spend a lot of time thinking about their legacies. Impressions, sure, but legacies are a decidedly less frequent topic of thought...

It’s kind of like this: Trisha Swed, 30, isn’t a scientist. But in her academic studies and her years working directly with Jewish young adults...

For a time, Koach Baruch Frazier felt spiritual, but disconnected from religion. That all changed after taking a college course on world religions. Coming out...

When Benji Pollock got back from a coast-to-coast bike trip, he longed for more. In the summer of 2015, he rode with a team from...

A ukulele isn’t a hard thing to describe. Picture a guitar, but small. However, size can be misleading, as the shorthand for the cute...

There’s much fun to be had in arguing about who should win an Academy Award. “Joker” or “Little Women” for Best Picture? Quentin Tarantino...

Jared Fenton, 24, is the type of person who, unprompted, praises his parents at length for the example that they set for him when...

The Forward described her as “a kind of next-gen Dr. Ruth” while the Philadelphia Gay News called her “the sex educator you wish you...

Adam Fishbein wants to advocate for people with disabilities and influence disability policy in the public or nonprofit sector. That’s why, at just 21, he...

Harry Schley may be one of the few people in Philadelphia able to speak both Yiddish and Japanese. The 31-year-old Philadelphia native is a Ph.D....