Rabbi Hershy and Miri Gourarie are the co-directors of Penn State Chabad. COVID-19 has changed the way they run their organization, but the virus has not changed their mission of offering support for Jewish undergraduate students at Penn State’s University Park campus.
From left, Rabbi Hershy Gourarie takes a photo of his wife Miri Gourarie with Penn State students, Emily Sachs and Paige Goldstein, as they pick up their Shabbat-to-go bags on October 16, 2020 outside their home in State College. / Photo by Emily Moskowitz.
Rabbi Hershy and Miri Gouarie are the co-directors of Penn State Chabad. COVID-19 has changed the way they run their organization and events, but it has not changed their msision and purpose of being there for Jewish undergraduate students at Penn State. / Photo by Emily Moskowitz
A sign on the door of the Gourarie’s home in State College reminds visitors to wear a mask before entering their home. Ths sign was placed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. / Photo by Emily Moskowitz
Rabbi Hershy Gourarie puts the roof on the sukkah in the backyard of his home for the holiday of Sukkot on October 1, 2020. Sukkot began at sundown on Friday October 2, 2020. / Photo by Emily Moskowitz
Malka Abelev, the student engagement coordinator for Chabad at Penn State, teaches a class on mental health and Judaism to a group of Penn State students in the Chabad sukkah in State College Pa., on October 1, 2020. / Photo by Emily Moskowitz
Miri Gourarie, right, records herself using Facebook Live to tell students to come to the “Sukkah Truck” on East College Ave in State College, Pa. on October 7, 2020. Her husband, Rabbi Hershy Gourarie is standing on the left of the truck, and their two children, Mushka, 4, and Yossi,2, are behind them. / Photo by Emily Moskowitz.
Ezra Gershanok, left, a Penn State senior, shakes the lulav and etrog with Rabbi Hershy Gourarie for the holiday of Sukkot on the “Sukkah Truck” in downtown State College, Pa. on October 7, 2020. / Photo by Emily Moskowitz.
Mushka Gourarie, 4, hands out brownies to Penn State students on the “Sukkah Truck” in downtown State College, Pa., on October 7, 2020. / Photo by Emily Moskowitz.
Rabbi Hershy Gourarie brings Shabbat-to-go bags to Penn State students, Shane Walker, left, and Josh Degen outside the Rabbi’s home in State College, Pa., on October 16, 2020. / Photo by Emily Moskowitz.
