Bruce Katsiff: Jewish Philly Photographer Looks Back on Lengthy Career
Bruce Katsiff’s parents were Jewish immigrants, so, like many immigrant parents, they cared deeply about education. They wanted all three of their sons to...
Leora Kling Perkins: Ohev Shalom Rabbi Finds a Home
In the summer of 2024, Leora Kling Perkins was hired as Ohev Shalom of Bucks County’s new rabbi. She was replacing Rabbi Eliott Perlstein,...
Daniel Weiss: Wynnewood Resident Helps Build Kaiserman JCC
Today, Daniel Weiss is a Kaiserman JCC board member of five years, a longtime boys soccer coach for JCC Maccabi Philadelphia and a leader...
Meredith Rose: JFCS Open Arms Adoption Network Director Is Changing Lives
Meredith Rose is the mother of two. The Chestnut Hill resident gave birth to her son, Ethan, 29 years ago. Her daughter, Katherin, joined...
Jenny Hanley: Perelman Jewish Day School Teacher Emphasizes Jewish Values
Jenny Hanley, 37, has been a third-grade general studies teacher on Perelman Jewish Day School’s Stern Campus for a decade. At this point, she’s...
Stacy Jarett Levitan: Leading Disability Advocacy In The Philadelphia Jewish Community
Growing up in St. Louis, Missouri, Stacy Jarett Levitan’s family were active members of United Hebrew Congregation. But when it came time for her...
Kaitlyn Arms: Furthering Her Grandfather’s Legacy In Jewish Activism
For Kaitlyn Arms, education initiatives manager at Gratz College, working in Jewish professional life was a calling of sorts. Her grandfather was the late...
David Magerman: Lower Merion Philanthropist on Finding His Jewish Path
David Magerman is a man on a Jewish mission.
Since 2016, he has donated upwards of $38 million to build Kohelet Yeshiva, a K-12 Orthodox...
Rabbi Menachem Schmidt: Helping Bring Jewish Values to Generations of Philadelphians
Today, one of the biggest and most well-known Jewish organizations on college campuses is Chabad. From Middlebury to Madison to Missoula, Chabad-Lubavitch centers dot...
Nicole Caine: Helping to Support Jewish Futures Through Philanthropy
Nicole Caine originally wanted to work in disability rights policy implementation. But when she was in graduate school at Syracuse University, she took a...