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Andrew Niemynski

Andrew Niemynski

Andrew Niemynski serves as HIAS Pennsylvania’s Housing Coordinator. It is Andrew’s job to find housing for newly arrived refugees to… MORE

Aminata Keita

Aminata Keita

Aminata Keita is a Refugee Case Manager at HIAS Pennsylvania. Originally from Conakry, Guinea, in West Africa, Aminata moved to… MORE

Parisa Khoshnood

Parisa Khoshnood

Parisa serves as the Youth Education Case Manager and PreK-8 Program Coordinator on the Education team. She holds a B.A…. MORE

Rachel Aistrop

Rachel Aistrop

Rachel Aistrop is the Adult Education Lead Instructor at HIAS PA. In this role, Rachel teaches the beginner and advanced… MORE

Anna Shaffer

Anna Shaffer

Anna Shaffer is a case manager with the Immigrant Wellness Program, which provides intensive case management services to individuals facing… MORE

Marianne Khouri

Marianne Khouri

Marianne Khouri is a senior case manager in the Immigrant Wellness Program, which provides intensive case management services to individuals… MORE

Gabriela Rodriguez De Jesus

Gabriela Rodriguez De Jesus

Gabriela joined HIAS Pennsylvania in June 2019. She was born in Puerto Rico and is of half Ecuadorian descent. She… MORE

G'mar chatima tova.

HIAS Pennsylvania's office will be closed on Monday, September 25th, in observance of Yom Kippur. 

TONIGHT (4/20) - Join us ONLINE at the 2023 Golden Door Awards!

Join us ONLINE at 6:45PM TONIGHT, Thursday, April 20th, for HIAS PA's 2023 Golden Door Awards: United for Immigrants!

Happy Passover from HIAS Pennsylvania!HIAS PA is closed in observance of the Jewish holiday of Passover

HIAS Pennsylvania will be closed in observance of the Jewish holiday of Passover from 1PM on Wednesday, April 5th through Friday, April 7th, and on Wednesday, April 12th and Thursday, April 13th.

Join us at the 2023 Golden Door Awards!United for Immigrants

The Golden Door Awards is HIAS Pennsylvania's annual fundraiser. Your generous support helps us serve low-income immigrants from all over the world as they build new lives in our community.

Building closed until further noticeHIAS PA remains open!

HIAS PA’s physical offices at 600 Chestnut Street are CLOSED until further notice due to a burst pipe in the building.

Our organization remains open, and HIAS PA staff continue to work remotely at this time.

Please call (215) 832-0900 with any questions.

Building closed until further noticeHIAS PA remains open!

HIAS PA’s physical offices at 600 Chestnut Street are CLOSED until further notice due to a burst pipe in the building.

Our organization remains open, and HIAS PA staff continue to work remotely at this time.

Please call (215) 832-0900 with any questions.

TONIGHT: Join us at the table!Join us for Thankful Together!

Thankful Together, formerly known as Refugee Thanksgiving, is happening TONIGHT at 6PM!

Register here to join us tonight: https://hiaspa1.wpengine.com/event/thankful-together-2021/

Celebrate our volunteers who make this all possible!Click here at 11:45AM to join our Annual Meeting!

Click here to join our virtual Annual Meeting!

The Annual Meeting starts at noon, but join us at 11:45AM for an informal chat before the event!

POSTPONED! Speed Advocacy: Afghanistan

Today's Speed Advocacy: Afghanistan Facebook Live event has been postponed due to a worldwide Facebook outage. We will update you as soon as possible about rescheduling the event.