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...
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...
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...
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...
Cindy Warkow: Leading Efforts in the World of Women’s Philanthropy
Cindy Warkow never saw herself in Jewish philanthropy. Yet today she serves as chair of Women of Vision, an affinity group of the Jewish...
Rabbi Eric Yanoff: Bala Cynwyd Resident Found Creating Community Is His True Calling
Adath Israel’s Rabbi Eric Yanoff didn’t always know he wanted to be a rabbi. But one summer during college, when Yanoff was working at...
Rachel Ezekiel-Fishbein: KI Member and PR Pro Celebrates 3 Decades in Business
Rachel Ezekiel-Fishbein was working full time at an advertising and public relations agency in Philadelphia in 1995 when she was due to have her...
David Ferleger: Philadelphian Builds a Legacy of Activism
David Ferleger, Esq., has always wanted to help people. He went to college in the tumultuous 1960s, and decided as a young person that...
Or Ben Ari: Mount Airy Resident Finds a Home at JFCS
Or Ben Ari was born and raised in Kissufim, a kibbutz in Israel where “social justice is inherent.” The kibbutz is also known as...