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NEWSMAKERS Challah for Hunger brought Joshua M. Finer on as its board treasurer.

Finer is an analyst at Argosy Private Equity, serves as vice president of
operations on the executive board of Temple University Young Alumni
Association and is a member of the Next Generation Committee of
Philadelphia Youth Basketball and Young Leadership Academy of the
Jewish Relief Agency.

Stuart Weitzman spoke at
the National Museum of
American Jewish History
(NMAJH) in front of the Jane,
Stuart, Elizabeth and Rachael
Weitzman gallery on Jewish life
in colonial America. He talked
about his upcoming March
26 program at Congregation
Rodeph Shalom.

Stuart Weitzman
Joshua M. Finer
The Alumni Showdown, part of the festivities of the National Hockey
League’s Stadium Series in Philadelphia, served as an announcement of
a $7 million donation from Snider Hockey to renovate the Class of 1923
Arena at the University of Pennsylvania, which will become operational
year-round and a home to Snider Hockey programming.

From left: Scott Hartnell, Philadelphia Flyers alumni member; Bill Whitmore,
chairman of the board of directors of the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation;
Willie O’Ree, Hockey Hall of Fame member and first black professional hockey
player; Amy Gutmann, University of Pennsylvania president; Paul Holmgren,
Philadelphia Flyers president; and Michael Chism, Snider Hockey alumni member
The sound of constant callers was heard all day Feb. 24 at Jewish Family and Children’s
Service in Bala Cynwyd as Super Sunday participants kept busy during the Jewish
Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s annual fundraising event.

Volunteers work the phones for the of Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s Super Sunday event.

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Students at Abrams Hebrew Academy in Yardley have learned
about American and Israeli history by dressing up as wax
museum historical figures. On Feb. 15, a group of third- and
fourth-grade students dressed up as national monuments and
people from American history, and on Feb. 21, the sixth-grade
Hebrew language teachers and students put together an Israeli
“wax museum” at Abrams for the first time.

From left: Maiyan Amar, Abigail Beigman, Rebecca Feldsher,
Ora Weinstein, Sarah Adler and Mikaela Senders
West Laurel Hill Cemetery celebrated its 150th anniversary.

From left: Montgomery County Commissioner Valerie Arkoosh, state Rep. Pamela Delissio (D-194),
Nancy Goldenberg, West Laurel Hill Cemetery and Funeral Home president and CEO; and George Manos,
Lower Merion Township commissioner
The sixth-grade teachers and students in their Israeli wax museum
KleinLife recently hosted a red carpet salute to the 91st Academy
Awards. Some 150 members and guests posed for a personal
photo with a replica of the famed Hollywood statue on a red
carpet, voted for their favorite movies and actors, enjoyed Oscar-
related brain games and ate a celebratory lunch.

From left: Ginny Heyer, West Laurel Hill Cemetery and Funeral Home family services representative, and
David and Glenda Glassman
The Philadelphia-Israel Chamber of
Commerce announced West Pharmaceutical
Services, Inc. as the winner of its Life
Sciences and Bio Innovation Award. West
Pharmaceutical is a manufacturer of packag-
ing components and materials for injectable
drugs and other health care products.

From left: Marci Lyons-DiCamillo, Ron Homer and Shelley Geltzer,
program director of active adult life
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