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DYLAN MICHAEL RUBENSTEIN
Rena and Hal Rubenstein of Pembroke
Pines, Florida, formerly of Philadelphia
and Margate, New Jersey, announce the
March 6 bar mitzvah via Zoom of their
grandson, Dylan Michael Rubenstein
Dylan is the son of Eric and Shawna
(née Lahn) Rubenstein and brother of
Jordan of Forest Hill, Maryland. He is
the grandson of Jeff Lahn of Montreal.

Courtesy of Rena and Hal Rubenstein
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COMMUNITYBRIEFS Einstein Healthcare Network Appoints
Ken Levitan as President and CEO
EINSTEIN HEALTHCARE NETWORK’S board of
trustees named Ken Levitan as president and CEO.

Levitan has served as the network’s interim
president and CEO since Jan. 1, succeeding Barry
Levitan also worked for Einstein between 2005-’15
before leaving to become executive director in the
health care provider practice at Ernst & Young.

Einstein, which was founded in 1865 as the Jewish
Hospital, counts about 1,000 beds and more than
8,700 employees in Philadelphia and Montgomery
County. Moving Traditions Founder and CEO to
Step Down Next Year
Moving Traditions co-founder and CEO Deborah
Meyer announced that she is stepping down at the
end of March 2022.

“Together, for more than two decades, and during
the challenging last 14 months, we have nurtured the
wellbeing, resilience and compassion of more than
28,000 Jewish youth, within Jewish community,”
Meyer wrote. “We have trained and coached more
Ken Levitan
Courtesy of Einstein Healthcare Network
Freedman, who retired in December.

Levitan most recently served as chief administra-
tive officer, with oversight of strategic partnerships and
alliances and responsibility over human resources,
information services, strategy/planning and perfor-
mance improvement and government relations.

He will lead Einstein through completion of the
merger with Jefferson Health.

“We believe that Ken’s leadership qualities, intimate
knowledge of Einstein and insights will greatly benefit
Einstein as we integrate with Jefferson Health,” said
Lawrence S. Reichlin, chair of the board of trustees.

JEWISHEXPONENT.COM From left: Moving Traditions Board Chair Rabbi Darcie
Crystal and co-founder and CEO Deborah Meyer
Courtesy of Moving Traditions
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than 2,200 adults to mentor youth.”
“Now we are helping Jewish clergy and educators
to support Jewish preteens and teens as they leave
social isolation and navigate the return to in-person
activities, in this profoundly changing world.”
The organization’s board of directors formed a
transition committee that will search for Meyer’s
successor. “It has been an honor to work closely with such
a talented and visionary leader,” said Rabbi Darcie
Crystal, who chairs the organization’s board of direc-
tors. “This is a bittersweet moment for all of us
connected to the organization.”
Moving Traditions says it “emboldens youth by
fostering self-discovery, challenging sexism and
inspiring a commitment to Jewish life and learning.”
The organization said that, to date it has worked with
more than 28,000 preteens and teens and trained
more than 2,300 adults as family education program
leaders. Scholar-in-residence at Congregation Beth El
to Discuss ‘Plagues, Libel & Suspicion’
Congregation Beth El of Yardley will host at 1 p.m.

on May 23 its virtual scholar in residence, Tzafrir
Barzilay, a Kreitman Postdoctoral Research Fellow at
Ben Gurion University, on the topic of “Plagues, Libel
& Suspicion.”
Barzilay, who is the author of the forthcoming
book, “Poisoned Wells: Accusation, Persecution, and
Minorities” by the University of Pennsylvania Press,
will talk about how the aftermaths of plagues —
such as the pandemic — historically have unleashed
social unrest, wars, famines and waves of violent
antisemitism. Visit bethyardley.org to register on Zoom. l
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