C OMMUNITY / mazel tovs
B I RTH
ALANA SARI ABRAMS
Jason and Erica Abrams announce the
birth of their daughter, Alana Sari Abrams,
on Sept. 22. Alana Sari is named in loving
memory of her maternal great-grand-
mother Anne Soltoff and her paternal
great-grandfather Solomon Perez.

Her grandparents are Rich and Mindy
Soltoff , Robert Abrams and Bonnie
Abrams. In addition, Alana Sari is the
great-granddaughter of Bert and Harriet
Soltoff , Jean Snyder and the late Jack
Snyder. Sharing in the joy are aunt Ariel Abrams and uncle Scott, aunt Amanda and cousin Sawyer
Soltoff and her extended family.

Photo by Staged Kids Photography
COMMUNITYBRIEFS JLV Names Chief Development Offi cer
JEWISH LEARNING VENTURE named Rhona
Gerber as its chief development offi cer.

“JLV inspires and empowers individuals and
families to make Jewish life, learning, and commu-
nity relevant and meaningful,” according to a news
release. committees at Kohelet Yeshiva, Perelman Jewish Day
School, Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy and Mekor
Habracha. She is chair of the Center City Kehillah.

“As an active and committed member of the
dynamic Philadelphia Jewish community, I sought
to synthesize my personal and professional passion.

Jewish Learning Venture gives me the opportunity to
do that,” Gerber said. “My son was also the fi rst gener-
ation of PJ Library kids; it’s like coming full circle.”
KleinLife to Off er New Touring Options
KleinLife announced the start of a new venture called
“Starr Tours at KleinLife” that will off er a schedule
of escorted one-day and overnight excursions to
popular destinations throughout the United States
and Canada.

In addition to an assortment of Starr trips acces-
sible from the KleinLife parking lot, Starr Tours of
Hamilton, New Jersey, and KleinLife will off er exclu-
sive trips for the KleinLife community escorted by
Andrea Kimelheim, KleinLife’s travel coordinator.

Th e monthly excursions will include day trips to
Broadway, Washington, D.C.’s United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum, Harriet Tubman’s Underground
Railroad in Cambridge, Maryland, as well as a three-
Rhona Gerber
Courtesy of Jewish Learning Venture
night getaway to see castles in New York state. A travel
education program is in the works.

Buses will depart from KleinLife at 10100 Jamison
Gerber brings more than two decades of nonprofi t Ave. in Northeast Philadelphia.

and political fundraising expertise to her role,
For specifi c excursion dates and details, visit starr-
recently spending six years as development director tours.com/kleinlife or call 800-782-7703.

of CeaseFirePA, a statewide gun-violence prevention
organization. Several Jews Named Feasterville Business
Gerber was the founding chair of the Temple Beth Association Offi cers
Zion-Beth Israel preschool and was active on many Ron Hyman, the owner of the Insurance Shops in
JEWISHEXPONENT.COM JEWISH EXPONENT
Ron Hyman
Courtesy of the Feasterville Business Association
Feasterville, was elected president of the Feasterville
Business Association.

Other Jewish offi cers include Dennis Markowitz,
a private tax and business consultant in Langhorne
named treasurer, and Stu Coren, president of Rosen
Coren public relations and marketing agency in
Langhorne, as recording/corresponding secretary.

Directors include Susan Harrison, co-owner of
the Greater Philadelphia Abstract Co. in Feasterville-
Trevose; Ray Greenberg, president of Financial
Expertise in Feasterville; and Ted Hauptman of the
Law Offi ces of Ted Hauptman in Feasterville, who is
serving as the organization’s legal counsel.

Th e association is now in its 73rd year. ●
— Compiled by Andy Gotlieb
JANUARY 6, 2022
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