C ommunity
Akiva Hollinger, an immigrant to Israel originally
from Allentown, was the second-place finisher of
Nefesh B’Nefesh’s inaugural Entrepreneur Boot
Camp Pitch Night, a finale event where partic-
ipants of the organization’s six-week boot camp
presented their business ideas to a panel of indus-
try leaders. Hollinger’s company, Negev Family
Fabrication, creates affordable custom bunk beds for
small apartments.

From left: Yosef Abramowitz, CEO of Energiya Global
Capital and co-founder of the Arava Power Co.; Rabbi
Yehoshua Fass, co-founder and executive director of Nefesh
B’Nefesh; Akiva Hollinger; Amanda Borschel-Dan, Jewish
World editor and archeology editor at The Times of Israel;
Beth Newmark, general partner of Emmaleh Student Housing
in Be’er Sheva; and Shariel Gun, who heads the joint KKL-
Nefesh B’Nefesh “Go Beyond” initiative
The University of Pennsylvania held a memorial lecture honoring
the late Norman M. Hall, a doctor who spent most of his career at
Good Samaritan Hospital in Pottsville and who played a role in
establishing the Sheba Medical Center in Israel. Dave Chokshi, the
chief population health officer at New York City Health + Hospitals
and an alum of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of
Pennsylvania, spoke at the lecture.

From left: John Chawluk, a doctor in Pottsville; Patrick J. Brennan, chief
medical officer of Penn Medicine; Dave Chokshi; Jack Greenberg, a doctor in
Philadelphia; and Wall’s son, Harry Wall
From left: Patrick J. Brennan, chief medical officer of Penn Medicine, and Dave Chokshi
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