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Name: Gaby Schwartz

Connection to Tribe 12: I am a proud 2021 Tribe 12 Fellow Alumni!

What did you stress bake during the pandemic? CUPCAKES!!

Highlight of my Spotify wrapped: Apparently, I listen to A LOT of Eminem. NO SHAME.

I’m not awake until I… Drink my coffee & wash my face.

Restaurant I take out-of-towners to: Poke Burri Philly

New Years resolution: Make new friends, connections, eat attempt to eat healthier & launch my lifestyle cannabis blog!!

Favorite Mitzvah: Anything related to animal (both wild and domestic) welfare advocacy.

Jewish holiday I could celebrate every day: Hanukkah

Currently bingeing… The Witcher!

Best dessert in Philly: Cupcakes from Termini Bros Bakery

Check out Gaby’s fellowship venture!

Name: Rabbi Megan GoldMarche

My job at Tribe 12: The new Executive Director starting February 1, 2022

My pandemic silver lining was…Shabbat dinners with my family- pre-pandemic we often hosted upwards of 50 people weekly, which we loved, but the intimate family dinners were a treat!

Favorite thing about myself: Making new people feel comfortable – I get a lot of great stories on airplanes

Jewish holiday I could celebrate every day: Sukkot- because it brings people together for good food and community outdoors- we barely had to change how we celebrate in pandemic!

Quirkiest hobby: Craft beer buying

Highlight of my Spotify wrapped: everything my toddler makes me listen to on repeat- luckily she lets us intersperse Spice Girls with Cocomelon

Secret superpower: Hosting 30 people for Shabbat dinner in a room that should not fit more than 10 (pre-pandemic of course)

Philly is the best city for… Reuniting with old college friends (I am a Penn Alum)… I have a hazy memory of great margaritas- I am ready for restaurant recommendations

Name: Elijah Tomaszewski

Connection to Tribe 12: 2021 Tribe 12 Fellow and LGBTQIA+ Tribe member

Favorite Mitzvah: Sippur Yetziat Mitzrayim – relating the story of Exodus during Pesach. It connects us to everyone who came before us and the ones who are yet to arrive, and calls us to take action against today’s injustices

Best dessert in Philly: Sufganiyot from Dottie’s Donuts

Highlight of my Spotify wrapped: I was in the top 0.1% of listeners for Port Arthur (a Philly band!)

Favorite Jewish food: Shakshuka, latkes, coconut matzah bark, Bissli Pizza

If I didn’t live in Philly I’d live… in Berlin!

Favorite way to recharge: Singing along to my karaoke playlist

Most awkward social interaction: I once told a customer to “have a day”

New Years resolution: Pitch my manuscript!

Life hack: Meal prepping freezer breakfast sandwiches so I can feel like a human before work in the morning

Favorite Philly Jewish thing: The South Philadelphia Shtiebel! (and the Theatre Tribe at the Philly Fringe)

Learn all about Elijah’s Fellowship venture!

Name: Rory Michelle Sullivan

Connection to Tribe 12: 2018 Fellow, Couples Tribe, 30s Tribe, general lover of Tribe 12!

Did you make a pandemic friend? Yes! several!

New Years resolution: Wake up at 7:00am every day again.

Life hack: Using paper I get in the mail – bills, insurance notices, etc. – as printer paper. I almost never need to buy paper.

If I didn’t live in Philly I’d live… in Vienna

Quirkiest hobby: Rearranging my room

I’m not awake until I… Write my morning pages (for you Artist Way fans out there)

Claim to fame: Can remember 10-20 names of people just introduced in a circle (immediately after hearing them, all bets are off for the next day)

On a Friday night you’ll find me… Wishing I was at a Shabbat dinner but probably just hanging at home

Get to know Rory’s fellowship venture here!