TASTE OF NEW YORK

IGNITING JEWISH LIFE ON CAMPUS

THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2025
6:30 PM
PRINCE GEORGE BALLROOM
15 E 27TH STREET NEW YORK

HONORING

JASON & TRICIA PANTZER
MARK & VIRGINIE COHEN
RYAN JOSEPHSON

JEWISH HERITAGE PROGRAMS AND LUBAVITCH HOUSE AT PENN PRESENT

OUR MISSION

To engage with and energize individuals not normally involved in Jewish communal activities, through peer-to-peer programming. JHP inspires college students to participate in activities that celebrate Jewish pride and tradition. It helps each individual understand their own ability to have an impact in making the world a better place.

OUR INSPIRATION

“Each individual has the capacity to build communities and endow communities with life. So that every community member becomes a source of inspiration.”
— The Lubavitcher Rebbe

JHP's Current Programs

Community

Created a vital Jewish community and a safe space through engagement programs at Penn and five additional JHP campuses (Texas Austin, Vanderbilt, Michigan, Temple, Penn State).

Jewish Identity

Provided training and programming to bolster Jewish identity and support of Israel.

Israel

Helped launch six Faculty Trips to Israel from major universities across the country after October 7 and a pilot program allowing forty Israeli graduate students to attend Penn this summer.

Jewish Content

Created the Institute for Jewish Spirituality and Society, which identifies and disseminates powerful Jewish content for university faculty relevant to their fields of study (published four books and held eleven conferences) 

Support

Enhanced and supported Chabad at Penn.

Light 4 Israel

Special Projects such as Light4Israel Campaign, which distributed 250,000 Shabbos candles across the US in just 2½ weeks after Oct 7 and reached over 10 million people via social media

JHP IS A PROJECT OF CHABAD AT PENN

HONORARY CHAIR

JASON & TRICIA PANTZER

MARK & VIRGINIE COHEN

HONORARY CHAIR

RYAN JOSEPHSON

ALUMNI HONOREE

COMMITTEE IN FORMATION

JENNIFER BIRCH

PATRICIA CAYNE

SARAH & MIKE DIAMOND

RANDY JOY EPSTEIN

TAYLOR FREEMAN

PAUL GERMAIN

DAN HAROUN

JEFF & EMILY HOROWITZ

SAM LESSER

ROBERT LOBEL

ZOYA RAYNES

DAVID SHNEID

ALLY SCHOENBERG

MATT SHERMAN

JEFF & LINDA SOLOMON

ALI WASSERMAN

DAN WINSTON