Penn Hillel Annual Report 2021-2022

The Great Adaptation

What an exceptional year for Penn Hillel!

Esther Perel, the popular relationship therapist and author described the challenge of this past year as “The Great Adaptation: how do you stay grounded when the ground is moving?” This truly encapsulated for me the past year at Penn Hillel. For an organization dedicated to developing meaningful connections among students and young adults, the pandemic has brought immense challenges to Penn Hillel’s student leadership and staff .and they delivered! I am so proud of our significant accomplishments this past year as we played a critical role in supporting the well-being of our student community.

This was the first year since the start of the pandemic where we began to emerge into the “new normal”. The halls and rooms of our building were bustling with activity since day one, as students both new and seasoned sought to take full advantage of opportunities to hang out, eat, drink, learn, celebrate, and grow together. On Friday nights, our dining hall was often packed, with lines leading out the door (of course, the tastiness of the Shabbat chicken had something to do with that as well). Our Jewish learning initiatives were filled with students that were exploring their Jewish heritage, many for the first time. We filled two buses of students on our summer Birthright trip, as well as supporting 25 students on our first ever Birthright Onward program - serving Penn undergrads who stayed in Israel for the summer while working internships and exploring the country.

We had world-class speakers visit our auditorium - from Michael Eisenberg, an Israeli VC entrepreneur who spoke about the intersection of Judaism, business, and Israel; to Roots, an initiative which pairs a West Bank settler with a Palestinian grassroots activist in order to break down previously rigid ideological camps.

Every program and activity was planned with the ultimate goal of keeping our students and young adults healthy and uplifted. We leaned in to providing the wellness and mental health care that our students sought, and will continue to grow in this space in the year to come.

Additionally, we will expand our programming in the upcoming year to ensure that those students who do not see themselves as “Hillel regulars” will also have access to the wisdom and growth of our tradition.

I am incredibly proud of our work from this past year, and am excited to see us continue to move from adaptation and resilience to renaissance.

Thank you for your support, we truly could do none of this sacred and important work without you.

In friendship, Gabe

Rabbi Gabe with NSO Leadership

Penn Hillel: Student Profiles

CAMERON LANDIS

CLASS YEAR & SCHOOL: College of Arts and Sciences, 2022

MAJOR: Anthropology

LEADERSHIP: Member of Penn Men’s Track and Field, Teaching Assistant for Malagasy Language Courses, Pincus Jewish Learning Fellowship

MAYA HARPAZ

CLASS YEAR: The College of Arts and Sciences, 2025

MAJOR: Economics and Political Science

LEADERSHIP: PIPAC President, Hillel First Year Leadership Board, Penn Political Review, Sigma Delta Tau

Briefly describe your Jewish background prior to coming to Penn:

Prior to Penn, I knew that according to my matriline I was Jewish, but beyond that there was nothing overtly “Jewish” about the way I was raised. I am from the small town of Madison, Ohio which is about an hour drive from any substantial Jewish community or infrastructure. I did not have a Bar Mitzvah, attend Jewish Day School, celebrate Jewish holidays, or know anything substantial within Judaism.

I grew up in a Reform Jewish household and always had a strong connection to my Israeli heritage, although I was not very religious. I connected my Jewish values with my passions for music and political activism. I performed at my temple on Shabbat and high holidays by playing guitar and singing with the cantor. I was a Fellow for the Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism (RAC) where I campaigned for gun reform, reproductive rights, and Israel.

What motivated you to get engaged with Penn Hillel?

My original motivations were two-fold. I would frequent the dining hall for the quality/taste of the food and friendliness of the dining staff, but at that time, not for any Kosher reasons. Second, I saw the vibrant community here at Penn and realized if I got over my own apprehensions and fears of “not knowing anything” I could participate and have access to it.

My Jewish identity and community were very important to me prior to Penn and through Hillel, I was hoping to build a new Jewish community and create a stronger relationship with my religion. Before I even moved into Penn, Hillel was already sending me postcards about their NSO events and I was so excited to take advantage of what they had to offer. Coming into a new large university was definitely nerve-wracking and Hillel became a safe space for me to build a Jewish community.

What have been your most rewarding, inspiring, and/or surprising Penn Hillel experience(s) thus far and why? What were your main take-aways from these opportunities?

I am consistently impressed at the breadth of Jewish opportunities and groups that Penn Hillel supports, and how they work to bridge gaps between Jews of various backgrounds and observances. On any given Friday night there are multiple services taking place within the building and nonetheless many of us will meet and dine together in Falk Dining Hall right after these end for Shabbat Dinner.

The most rewarding Penn Hillel experience has been my time in the Penn Israel Public Affairs Committee (PIPAC). As a part of RAC in high school, I was able to lobby Congresswoman Nita Lowey for gun reform and I felt on top of the world. Now in PIPAC, I get that feeling multiple times a month when we lobby Congress members on such a personal and important topic of fighting for pro-Israel legislation. Getting to speak directly with members of Congress is not something every policy organization can offer and we have made amazing connections with so many Congress members already.

To keep this very simple, when I came to Penn, I would not have even told people I was Jewish, and moving forward it is difficult for me to imagine a life without being actively Jewish playing an important role.

My experience at PIPAC has helped me obtain my position as a Diamond Summer Intern for AIPAC in the Political Affairs Department. As someone who hopes to work in public policy, I have learned so much about lobbying, being a leader, and why this work is so important. I am sure that I will continue to fight for pro-Israel legislation and strengthen my connection to Israel, a passion that would not be so important to me without my experiences at Penn Hillel.

“Hillel became a safe space for me to build a Jewish community.”

Maya Harpaz

How do you think your experiences with Penn Hillel might influence you going forward?

“I am consistently impressed at the breadth of Jewish opportunities and groups that Penn Hillel supports...”

Cameron Landis

Adapting to the “Almost ” Normal

THE 2021-22 SCHOOL YEAR PROVIDED BOTH EXTREMES OF THE PANDEMIC. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN STUDENTS UNMASKED FREELY AND THE PANDEMIC FELT FAR REMOVED, AND THERE WERE OTHER TIMES, NAMELY DURING THE OMICRON SURGE, WHEN PROGRAMS WERE CANCELED AND CLASSES WERE REMOTE.

Penn Hillel adapted to changing circumstances to provide students with a normal and safe college experience. With 9 in-person learning fellowships, 22 Shabbat dinners held within the building and dozens more outside of it, along with the countless on-campus events, Penn Hillel mainly provided in-person opportunities during the 2021-22 school year. Penn Hillel also supported students as they quarantined and dealt with the pandemic. Hillel staff led a Zoom Passover Seder, delivered soup to quarantined students, and continued virtual meetings if that was the student’s preference.

Penn Hillel

to engage and talk with

being there

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In a high-pressure environment that all too often drives students to disconnect from those around them, Penn Hillel strives to build meaningful relationships with students on their own terms in a variety of ways including one-on-one coffee conversations and powerful Shabbat experiences.

ONE-ON-ONE COFFEE CONVERSATIONS

A coffee conversation is far more than a chat about Jewish life at Penn. Penn Hillel staff is invested in learning more about students’ personal lives, passions, and any challenges they face on campus.

SHABBAT EXPERIENCES

Shabbat is a time when students come together as a community and are able to unplug, unwind, and can be open and vulnerable with their peers.

Bringing Penn to Israel and Israel to Penn

Following the nationwide reckoning with race and social Israel engagement and education is a core part of the mission of Penn Hillel. Through a diverse set of opportunities for advocacy, education, travel, and cultural exchange, Hillel seeks to help students gain greater knowledge of and deepen their connection to Israel.

ISRAEL SHABBAT ACROSS PENN (ISHAP)

On November 12th, over 300 students attended small Shabbat dinners across campus and engaged in conversations about Israel.

MICHAEL EISENBERG BOOK RELEASE

American-Israeli Venture Capitalist Michael Eisenberg spoke to over 150 students at Penn Hillel about his experience and new book.

ADVOCATING FOR ISRAEL

Student leaders ran Israel Week in the spring, hosting 10 Israel-themed events ranging from political conversations to an Israeli music spin class.

IMMERSIVE ISRAEL EXPERIENCES

51 Penn students attended Birthright with Penn Hillel in May ‘22, and 19 stayed the summer through Penn Hillel’s Onward Israel cohort.

First Year Leadership Board

Arriving at college can be a challenging time for anyone, all the more so during a pandemic. In fall 2020, Penn Hillel created the First Year Leadership Board and gave incoming freshmen a place to further their Hillel involvement, gain leadership skills, and make friends in the Jewish community.

In 2021-2022 the First Year Leadership Board was continued and scaled up. The FYLB consisted of 41 freshmen, up from 16 the year before. The program was run by 6 sophomore mentors who organized the cohort into committees who planned events both for the group and for the greater Jewish community. Events included social events, like a late-night carnival, and educational events, like a conversation with local State Representative Jared Solomon.

While the FYLB focused on leadership development and peer networking during the fall, the focus shifted in the spring to creating a welcoming environment for the incoming freshmen class of 2022. 23 members of FYLB cohort are now part of planning Hillel’s New Student Orientation for fall 2022. FYLB served a crucial role in welcoming freshmen to campus and transforming them into Hillel leaders.

FIRST YEAR LEADERSHIP BOARD

Emily Albert Tess Asness

Cohen

Doft David Dunlop

Eisenstein

Engel

Federman

Feldman

Finerman

Gaither

Glat Andie Goldmacher

Golub

Grossinger

Harpaz

Himmelfarb

Hirshman

Hochberg

Josephson

Kalishman

Katz

David Katz

Kaufman

Krasilovsky

Lane

Lepani

Lieberman

Minsk

Sarah Silver Carly Spandorfer

Waldbaum

Wenger

“FLYB has allowed me to cultivate a Jewish community that shares a common identity and culture. Being on the community service committee has been an amazing way for me to connect Judaism with my desire to give back.”

PEYTON RONKIN, C’26

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President, Rebecca Kanter

President, Lilah Katz

Vice President of Social Affairs, Bri Fisher

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Vice President of Tzedek Social Justice, Hannah Shedlo

Vice President of Shabbat and Holidays, Eitan Weinstein

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We apologize for any errors or omissions. All gifts to Hillel are greatly appreciated. Due to limitations, contributions of $180 and more are listed.

STUDENT LEADERSHIP COALITION

Orthodox Community at Penn (OCP) Co-Chair, Shirel Garzon Orthodox Community at Penn (OCP) Co-Chair, Ethan Rutta Shira Chadasha Co-Chair, Sadie Waldbaum Shira Chadasha Co-Chair, Yoni Perla Shivyon (Trad Egal at Penn) Co-Chair, Anna Leventhal Shivyon (Trad Egal at Penn) Co-Chair, Josh Chertok Reform Jewish Community (RJC) Chair, Julia Polster Penntorship Chair, Rebecca Metzman Russian Speaking Jewish Community Intern, Victoria Gribman

JELP Co-President, Andrea Lang JELP Co-President, Ian Zang JBagel Co-Chair, Sarah Kane JBagel Co-Chair, Sarah Bernstein Penn Israel Alliance Chair, Sarah Bender TAMID Co-Chair, Hailey Steinberg TAMID Co-Chair, Jeremy Kogan PIPAC Co-Chair, Noah Rubin PIPAC Co-Chair, Maya Harpaz

SSI Co-Chair, Sammi Janower

SSI Co-Chair, Ben Kaufman

Nariya Co-Chair, Leah Lerner

Nariya Co-Chair, Ben Moss Horowitz

Shabbatones Co-Chair, Leah Lerner

Shabbatones Co-Chair, Michal Shechter

PENN HILLEL NATIONAL BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Deborah Shapiro (L’92), Chair

Daniella Rohr (C’10) and Sam Adelsberg (C’10)

Susanna Lachs Adler (C’74, ASC ’76) and Dean Adler (W’79, L’83)

Jackie Einstein Astrof (C’93) and Joshua Astrof (W’93, C’93)

Kenneth Baer (C’94)

Ellen and Adam Beren Kimby (C ‘95) (WG ‘00) and Lawrence Berger (W ‘94) (WG ‘00)

Suzanne (C’92) and Jacob Doft (W’91)

Chancellor Arnold Eisen (C’73)

Jane and Ishaia Gol

Adam Hanover (C’10) Kim and Alan (W’87) Hartman

Sally Katz (C’82)

Caroline (C’11) and David (C’11) Klatt Debbie Kupfer Cosgrove (C’91) and Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove Susan and Martin Lautman Elayne (C’90) and Howard Levkowitz (C’89, W’89)

Leora Mogilner and Richard Linhart (W’83)

Debra and David Magerman (C’90)

Meryl (EAS’81, W’81) Joseph Mark (WG’82)

Jason Merrin (ENG’13) and Rachel Liu (ENG’13) Elayne and Barry Moss (W’85) Arlene (C’59) and Albert Perlstein (W’57, GGS’96) Julie (C’79) and Marc Platt (C’79)

Allison Rosenthal (L’91) and Bennett Rosenthal (W’85, WG’86) Leslie (W’92) and Ricardo (W’93) Salmon

Max Schapiro (C’08, W’08)

Deborah (L’92) and Steven Shapiro (C’89, L’92)

Esther and Claudio Szajman

Rabbi David Wolpe (C’81)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Kenneth Baer (C’94), President

Guy Abramovitz (WG ‘04)

Kimberly Berger (C ’95) (WG ‘00)

Suzanne Doft (C’ 92)

John Feldman (W’ 71)

David Forsted (MD ‘74)

Pasha Gol (C ‘12)

Jill Golub (C ‘17)

Lilah Katz (C ‘24)

Sally Katz (C ‘82)

Len Lodish

Jodi Miller (C ’91, WG ’97)

Ronald Perilstein (W ‘80)

Albert Perlstein (W ’57)

Justin Pines (C ‘05)

Jodi Schwartz (C ‘81, WG ‘84, L ‘84)

Robert Steiner (C ‘60)

Steven Weitzman

Leora Zabusky (C’95)

Why We’re Invested

As we consider our family’s philanthropic choices, we seek outorganizations that are focused on teaching leadership and emphasizing social justice and community service. Penn Hillel focuses deeply on these areas, ensuring that the next generation of Jewish leaders will value their tradition while going out to help change the world.

MARI AND DANIEL SKOVRONSKY

It is a pleasure to support Penn Hillel’s important work of fostering vibrant Jewish life on campus. By engaging bright, active college students, we are assured that Penn Hillel is not only building our Jewish communities of tomorrow, but expanding the understanding of what it means to be Jewish in America today.

LEORA AND JONATHAN ZABUSKY

A Word from the Hillel Presidents

To all of those who have supported Penn Hillel through donations, time, effort, and passion, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

In the past year, Penn Hillel has readjusted to a new normal, expanding programming, establishing new precedents, and focusing on revamping in-person engagement. Our approach has been two-fold: uplifting internal student leadership and expanding our external reach for optimal engagement and connection for our community. In the past year, we launched a newly structured and highly successful student leadership Executive Board, revamped and expanded our first year leadership board to create more freshman engagement opportunities, and supported students as they made space for growth and change in our religious subcommunities. To bring in new students and engagement, Penn Hillel worked as always to make our building and community accessible, inclusive, and welcoming to all. With vibrant programming and community building such as Israel week, interfaith discourse, late night carnivals, and monthly free shabbats, we focused on being an open space that all students could feel excited to enter.

In the coming year, we are so excited to see what Penn Hillel can become. We hope to build on the mantra that Penn Hillel is a place for every Jewish student, and underscore our commitment to that idea with action. These past few years have been difficult, but now, more than ever, our community has proven to us its adaptability and resilience. All of this would not be possible without our phenomenal staff and Penn Hillel supporters, to whom we’re incredibly grateful.

Best,

THANK YOU to our key partners

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