Masquerade Ball in celebration of Purim took place at the National Museum of American Jewish History (NMAJH) March 9, 2017

Bryan Leib, Jessica Barmash, Jake Markowitz, Miranda Rosenberg and Michael Spanier

Nearly 200 Young Friends and their friends came out to enjoy the night, donning masks and their dancing shoes.

Scott Utish, Alex Weiner and Shana Golen

The mission of the Young Friends of NMAJH is to inspire and involve the young professional community (ages 21-40) of Greater Philadelphia through social, educational, networking, and philanthropic programming celebrating American Jewish history and culture.

Lauren Cooper and Karim Merchant

Instructors from Society Hill Dance Academy were on hand to demonstrate their skills, and then they taught a class.

And the Young Friends really enjoyed themselves

Their was a great silent auction to raise additional funds

Ali Sayer and Perry Zuares

Katie Walker, co-chair, Mike Farrell, Stephanie Farnell and Peter Eldridge

Josh Kaufman, Katie Bouchard, Rebecca Harvey and Ryan Taylor

The Young Friends played fun games that kept them smiling all night long. It was kinda a musical chairs game.

Dana Krimker, Lisa Rothstein, Avriel Finder, Rena Asher and Alex Marder

Alex Lakner and Sophia Genkin

NMAJH Young Friends Board

Chair, Shana Golen
Programming Committee Co-Chairs, Alicia Broudy and Irene Lax
Outreach Committee Chair, Brielle Weinstein
Finance Officer, PJ Koob
Young Friends Board Members at Large, Elijah Dornstreich, Zachary Golen, Ken Greenberg, Benjamin Hirsh, Melissa Hochbaum, Rachel Hollander, Jacob Markovitz, Berel Rapoport, Steven Share, Ali Sayer, Michael Swift, Alex Weiner, and Andrew Zakroff

Interested in joining a committee? Please email youngfriends@nmajh.org.