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B AR MITZVAH
B I RT H S
ETHAN FERRARA
DALIA ELYSE WEISS
Ethan Ferrara was a bar mitzvah on Nov. 14. His
mother Rachel Lenetsky, grandparents Marvin
and Diana Lenetsky and sister Lily Max Butchin
were all called to the Torah.

Photo by Marvin Lenetsky
ANN IV ERSARY
Stephanie Weiss and Barry Edwards, along with
big brother Jonah of North Bethesda, Maryland,
announce the birth of their daughter and sister,
Dalia Elyse, on Oct. 21.

Dalia is the granddaughter of Susan and
Arthur Weiss of Richboro and Suzanne Edwards
of Rockville, Maryland, and the late Stephen
Edwards. Sharing in the happiness are aunts and
uncles Rachel and Josh Miller, Cory and Martin
Weiss, Beth Panitz and Michael Edwards, and
cousins Lila, Jordyn, Isaac, Miles, Samuel and
Seth. Dalia Elyse is named in loving memory of
her paternal great-grandmother, Dorothy Rubrum, and her maternal great-
grandmothers, Leonna Kapnic and Esther Weiss.

Photo by Stephanie Weiss
BERNSTEIN Neil and Janet Bernstein celebrated their 65th
wedding anniversary on Jan. 8.

Their loving family wish them another 65
years of happiness, including children Steven
and Renee, Mindy and Ken; grandchildren
Adam and Elaina, Brad and Stephanie, Chelsea,
Kenny; and great-grandchildren Nathan, Nova,
Milee and Arah.

Photo by Mindy Hilbert
EZRA NATHAN SOLISH
Jackie and Tom Guilfoyle of Manhattan, New
York, formerly of Ambler, and Bonnie and
Larry Solish of Philadelphia announce the
birth of their grandson, Ezra Nathan Solish,
on Dec. 24.

The parents are Heather and Scott Solish of
Brooklyn, New York. Also celebrating are his
brother Xavi, Aunt Allison and Uncle Paul Gittens and cousins Sammy, Natty
and Ben.

Ezra Nathan is named in loving memory of maternal great-great-uncle Nathan
Markovitz. Photo by Jackie Guilfoyle
COMMUNITYBRIEFS Abramson Family Donates $2.5M for New
CHOP Emergency Department
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
announced on Jan. 5 a $2.5 million gift from The
Abramson Family that will be used to build the
emergency department of a new 250,000-square-foot
inpatient hospital in King of Prussia.

The Madlyn K. Abramson Emergency Department
— the first dedicated pediatric emergency depart-
ment in the King of Prussia area — is scheduled to
open in the fall. It will include 20 beds equipped
with the latest technology and the most advanced
diagnostic equipment.

The emergency department will be adjacent to
and operate with CHOP’s existing King of Prussia
Specialty Care & Surgery Center and Urgent Care.

CHOP announced the expansion in 2018.

The Abramson family has supported CHOP since
the early 1990s, including helping to fund a pediatric
research center in 1995. The Leonard and Madlyn
Abramson Pediatric Research Center more than
doubled the space available for scientific discovery at
CHOP. In addition, three generations of the Abramson
family have held volunteer leadership roles at CHOP.

“I am so excited for my family to be a part of
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CHOP’s expansion into the suburbs, as we know the
new hospital will help so many families,” said Madlyn
Abramson’s granddaughter Stephanie Wolfson
Cohen, who is a member of the CHOP Foundation
Board of Overseers and the King of Prussia Hospital
Advisory Council.

Three Local Organizations to Receive
Covenant Foundation Grants
The Covenant Foundation, which provides money
to support Jewish education in North America,
announced $1.7 million in new grants on Jan. 6,
including to three area organizations.

Jewish Learning Venture of Jenkintown will
receive $50,000 to train educators to be jkid-
ACCESS Guides “in order to engage families raising
Jewish children with disabilities while simultane-
ously providing Jewish experiences and learning for
those families.”
Makom Community will receive $53,000 to serve
Jewish families in South Philadelphia by expanding
its daily after-school enrichment programs for pre-K
through seventh-grade students.

And Jewish Family and Children’s Service of
Greater Philadelphia will receive $20,000 to expand
its youth/teen volunteer engagement program by
JEWISH EXPONENT
developing a Jewish service-learning curriculum with
volunteer opportunities for Jewish youth and teens in
the five-county Philadelphia region.

Four-Part KleinLife Program to Explore
‘United States Presidents in Retirement’
A four-part free virtual series for adults called “United
States Presidents in Retirement” begins on Jan. 18
from 12:30-1:45 p.m. through KleinLife.

Attorney David Hudiak will lead the series.

“In this series. participants will get an up-close-
and-personal look at the chief executives’ lives after
their terms in the White House,” Hudiak said. “Some
led mundane lives while others led a combination
of mundane and noble lives. In addition, we’ll also
delve into their presidencies, their personal lives and
deaths, and some fun facts about their retirements.

Above all, all former presidents proved to be human,
like you and me.”
Other sessions will be on Jan. 25, Feb. 1 and Feb. 8
from 12:30-1:45 p.m.

To register and receive a Zoom link, contact Mariya
Keselman-Mekler, KleinLife’s counseling and program
manager and certified art therapist, at 215-698-7300,
ext. 185, or email mkeselman@kleinlife.org. l
— Compiled by Andy Gotlieb
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