Summer 2016
Volume IV / Issue I
In This Issue
A Message from the Head of School
Centennial Details Teased
New YUHSB.org Website Launches
Mike Packer ('87), the Jewish Sneaker King of Teaneck, NJ
Meet the Orthodox Lawyer Advising Trump on Israel
Lawyer and Avid Collector to Sell Some of His Judaica
Physician On a Mission: Dr. Jonathan Wiesen ('99)
Class of 2016 Joins Alumni Ranks
Jobs for the Next Generation of Lions
Class Notes
Condolences
Recent MTA Happenings
Upcoming Alumni Events
University Events

Thursday, July 28 - Sunday, July 31

Sunday, August 14

10, 25 and 50 Year Class Reunions

Class of 1991 - 25 Year Reunion: Monday, August 1. RSVP by clicking here.
 

Classes of 1966 and 2006: To get involved in your reunion planning, please contact Elissa Schertz, Director of Institutional Advancement, at: elissa.schertz@yu.edu

Support YUHSB
Alumni support helps YUHSB continue to provide a world class education in both Limudei Kodesh and General Studies.  As we near our centennial, your support is imperative for capital improvements as well as for educational and extra-curricular activities.

To contribute, please visit the donation website or contact Ms. Elissa Schertz.

Stay Connected
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A MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL
Rabbi Josh Kahn
Over the past few months, I have appreciated the warm welcome I have received as a new member of the MTA community, a community you have been a part of for many years! The MTA community has impressed me with its passion, diversity, history, integrity and accomplishments. Together with our valued alumni, I look forward to continuing to build and strengthen our special MTA community.

Rav Shimon Shkop, who served briefly in 1928 as a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University, develops a powerful idea about the notion of community, in the introduction to his sefer Shaarei Yoshor. The Mishnah in Pirkei Avos (1:13) quotes two guiding principles from Hillel which seem to be internally contradictory. In the first piece of advice, Hillel states " Im ein ani li, mi li?" meaning, "If I am not for myself, who will be for me?" Hillel seems to advocate self preservation, a focus on me because I have no guarantees that anyone else will be looking out for my self interest. However, immediately afterwards, Hillel advises, " K'shani l'atzmi, meh ani?" which means, "When I am for myself, what am I?" Here, Hillel seems to criticize a person for being focused on his own needs. How are we to understand these two seemingly contradictory statements of Hillel? Should we strive to care for our own needs or not?

Rav Shkop suggest that a proper understanding of this Mishnah hinges on how we define ani - me. In its most narrow sense, ani means "me," literally. However, it is this narrowly focused definition that Hillel is criticizing in the second clause of the Mishnah. Rather, the challenge is to begin to think of ourselves in a more expansive way. Who I am can, and according to Hillel should, be understood to include my broader community. We all, hopefully, view our families as part of who we are ... as individuals. Avid sports fans, sometimes even refer to their sports teams using the phrase "we," including themselves as members of their favorite team. We must strive to view our community as part of who we are by sharing in the hardships of others in our community, as well as rejoicing in their simchas. Hillel's initial guidance validates the human inclination to self preservation, while his next advice reminds us that true sensitivity flourishes if we can view "me" as including the community. 
 
Our aspiration is to continue to build the MTA community of students, faculty, parents, and alumni. We will succeed when we can fully realize the guidance of Hillel, appreciating that any member of the community is part of me! I look forward to working with you to continue to build our community.

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On July 1st, 2016, Rabbi Kahn officially took his place as Head of School of the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy / Yeshiva University High School for Boys, following in the illustrious footsteps of Rabbi Michael Taubes ('76) who has been named a Rosh Yeshiva at RIETS and YUHSB.
News
Centennial Details Teased

On September 3rd, 1916 the doors to Yeshiva University High School for Boys, known at that time as "Talmudical Academy," officially opened for classes as the first academic Jewish high school in North America. Over the course of the century, over 9,000 young men have graduated from its ranks and we look forward to celebrating this incredible milestone with our alumni community.

Be on the lookout for information regarding some special events, a special website and a digital platform to encourage alumni to share their favorite nostalgic stories.

The Centennial Committee is please to reveal the official logo and tagline of the year: Building Foundations. The tagline plays off the school's role in serving as the foundation for its graduates, its place as the foundational yeshiva high school, and the goal of building the foundation for the future as the school looks to build for the next century.

W ant to get involved?
There are a number of ways alumni can get involved as we prepare for the year.

Yearbooks
We are hoping to digitize all editions of the Elchanite. Currently, we are still missing a handful of years:
1919
1920
1922
1924
1929
1930
1931
1932
1950 Brooklyn
1980 Brooklyn

If you have any of these editions and are willing to provide the copy on a short loan, please contact Isaac Snyder at isaac.snyder@mail.yu.edu and we will be in touch to arrange pickup. Your original copy will be returned to you in the same condition.

Class Ambassadors
We are delighted that we currently have 66 ambassadors representing 53 years. If you would be interested and willing to serve as a class ambassador for your year and/or for more information, please contact Dov Quint ('04), Chair of the YUHSB Alumni Association at dgquint@gmail.com.

Media Content
Do you have old pictures (or videos)? Please share them with us! We are looking to build up our media archives as we look to share our history. Please send old pictures (and/or videos) to centennial@yuhsb.org.

Sponsorship
Numerous private and corporate Centennial sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, please contact Elissa Schertz at 212.960.5223 or via email at elissa.schertz@yu.edu.

Calling all Community & School Rabbinic Leaders
We are trying to gather information from our rabbinic alumni who now serve as school and community leaders across the globe. If you fit this category or know of someone that does, please complete this very short survey.
New YUHSB.org Website Launches



A fter months of input and design, we are excited to introduce the brand new  yuhsb.org!

The newly designed website is built - utilizing best practices in responsive web design - to serve the needs of our community in an easy, simple and organized manner.
  • Important resources, news, and calendar information are located directly on the homepage
  • Alumni portal allows for alumni to easily access alumni related information and content
  • The responsive design allows for ease of use with whatever device you choose to view the website on
Communication is critical and we look forward to continue to do our best to enhance our communication and engage with our treasured community.
Mike Packer ('87), the Jewish Sneaker King of Teaneck, NJ
From Tablet
 
Mike Packer ('87) outside his world famous store (image from Reebok.com)

Mike Packer's phone wouldn't stop buzzing. Phone calls and emails, but mostly text messages. On a recent afternoon, he had received about 40 over a 20-minute stretch. It was as if anyone who'd ever shaken his hand was reaching out.

"That kind of week," he said from behind his glass-top desk, which at that moment was covered in various piles of papers and folders. As if on cue the phone began to ring. Packer leaned forward, glanced down at the number flashing across his iPhone screen, rolled his eyes, and let out a sigh.

"Yeah," he said as he raised the phone up to his left cheek.

"Mr. Packer, sorry to bother you," the voice on the other end of the call said. "I'm calling for Ed Lover," the radio DJ.

Packer cut him off. "That's OK, but I'm just telling you, if you're calling about the Yeezys, chief, you're going to have to enter the raffle in the store. I don't mean to be a jerk about it ..."

"Nah, that's OK," the caller said. "I understand."

Packer, 46, said goodbye and laid the phone flat on the desk. He then leaned back into his black office chair and rubbed his hands through his slicked-back gray hair. He was wearing an untucked button-down shirt with cuffed dark jeans and blue Adidas sneakers. His round face let out a big smile.

"This guy hasn't called me in five years," he said. "He claims he's Ed Lover's boy. Yeah, OK. If Ed Lover wants a pair so badly he can call me." He rolled his eyes and sighed. "Yeezy season," he mumbled. His throat was sore and his nose stuffed. He said he hadn't stopped talking all week and also hadn't slept. That night, he was heading downtown to a party Adidas was throwing in honor of a new collaboration they were doing with the rapper Pusha T.

Lots of sneakerheads open sneaker shops, and lots of boutique sneaker shops morph into sneakerhead destinations. Few, however, peddle as much influence as Mike Packer. Few become brands into themselves. "He's got this real ability to zero in on the right item with the right colors and right marketing and tie in all these amazing ideas and perfect details," said Jon Epstein, the president of Fila USA, who over the years has worked on a number of high-end sneaker collaborations with Packer. "He knows his customers, what they want, and he really understands the brands, their histories, and what made or makes them great."

A few minutes later Packer's phone rang again. "You can come by but I have to be out of the office by, like, 3 in the afternoon," he said. He then briefly covered the phone's speaker and turned to a visitor sitting across his desk.

"Have you ever tried explaining Shabbos to a Japanese guy?" he asked. 
 
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Meet the Orthodox Lawyer Advising Trump on Israel
From Arutz Sheva

If Donald Trump wins the White House, he'll probably be the first U.S. president whose top adviser on Israel used to do guard duty at a Jewish community in Judea and Samaria armed with an M-16 assault rifle.

The adviser, Jason Dov Greenblatt ('85), currently works for Trump as a real estate attorney. Trump identified Greenblatt last week as one of two Jewish lawyers who would be his top Israel advisers; the other is bankruptcy expert David M. Friedman of the Kasowitz law firm. Friedman is also a regular Arutz Sheva columnist.

"I do rely on him as a consultant on Israel," Trump said of Greenblatt at an April 14 meeting with Jewish reporters, including JTA. "He's a person who truly loves Israel. I love to get advice from people that know Israel, but from people that truly love Israel."

Greenblatt, 49, has an unusual resume for a prospective presidential adviser on Middle East affairs. An Orthodox Jewish father of six from Teaneck, New Jersey, who wears his yarmulke at work, Greenblatt has worked for Trump for the last 19 years dealing exclusively with real estate and company matters. His titles are executive vice president and chief legal officer. He has self-published three travel books, one about a family trip to Israel, and runs a blog about family travel, Realfamilytrips.com.

Asked by JTA about his expertise on Israel, and what he reads and who he consults to stay informed, Greenblatt said his main sources of information are daily email alerts, American Israel Public Affairs Committee materials and a weekly Jewish radio program featuring Malcolm Hoenlein, the CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

"I also speak to people that I would say are involved in the Israeli government at certain levels and hear their thoughts," Greenblatt said. "There's just a tremendous amount of literature out there, emails and all that, so I read all of those as often as I can."

Though he would help a President Trump navigate the complexities of Israeli-Palestinian affairs, Greenblatt has no Arab contacts. In fact, Greenblatt told JTA he hasn't met any Palestinian Arabs since he was a yeshiva student in the mid-1980s at Yeshivat Har Etzion, in Gush Etzion, when he had some casual interactions with Arab laborers, gardeners and shopkeepers. (That was also when Greenblatt, like all students at the yeshiva, did occasional armed guard duty.)

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Lawyer and Avid Collector to Sell Some of His Judaica 
From The Wall Street Journal

Alan Dershowitz ('55) with "Portrait of a young girl" by Emmanuel Mane-Katz
When Alan Dershowitz ('55), the lawyer and constitutional scholar, retired from Harvard Law School in 2013 and returned to his hometown of New York City-though based on how often I've seen him on TV lately he's leading a fairly busy retirement-he was forced to downsize.

"It marks the end of one part of my life," Mr. Dershowitz said over the phone from Miami Beach where he has a second home.

He was referring not just to leaving Harvard but also his large house in Cambridge, Mass. There was enough room that he was able to indulge his passion for collecting Judaica.

"I gave students a one-hour Jewish-history lesson using the Judaica," he recalled. And if he's like any other self-respecting collector, each artifact came with a breathless story of how he acquired it.

"I'm in Miami Beach walking down the flea markets on Lincoln Road," he said of a recent prize, "and I found a stamp used to identify Jews during the Holocaust-$75."

"She doesn't know," he added, referring to his wife, Carolyn Cohen, a psychologist. "The deal is I can put anything in my office."

Twenty-eight items from Mr. Dershowitz's collection of Judaica are going on the auction block March 1. They include a 1935 painting of a yeshiva student by Emmanuel Mane-Katz, who was affiliated with the art movement known as the Jewish School of Paris. It carries an auction estimate of $25,000 to $35,000.

"I was a yeshiva student at that age," explained Mr. Dershowitz, who attended Yeshiva University High School in Brooklyn. "It had significance. You have to make choices."

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Physician On a Mission: Dr. Jonathan Wiesen ('99)
From YUNews

One might say Yeshiva University runs in Dr. Jonathan Wiesen's veins. Not only did he come up through the ranks, so to speak, from the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy/Yeshiva University High School for Boys to Albert Einstein College for Medicine, but he is also one of several family members connected to YU, including his wife, father, two brothers, two sisters and his brother-in-law, Rabbi Yair Hindin, who currently serves as the rabbi of the Albert Einstein Synagogue at Einstein.

As an undergraduate at Yeshiva College, Wiesen studied both English literature and biology. "I have always liked both the sciences and literature," he said. "I thought I might become a teacher; I even took a year off after graduation to teach-but that experience showed me that I should become a doctor."

It was also at Yeshiva College that Wiesen became interested in medical ethics, studying the area with Rabbi Moshe Tendler, Rabbi Isaac and Bella Tendler Professor of Jewish Medical Ethics and Professor of Biology, an interest he continued to pursue later as a student at Einstein: "As an Orthodox Jew, I am always trying to figure out what the religion demands of us in ethical situations," said Wiesen. To that end, he worked with Rabbi Dr. Alex Mondrow and Rabbi Dr. Howard Apfel to collect, edit, and publish a compendium of articles on Judeo-Christian medical ethics, titled And You Shall Surely Heal, released in 2009.

After graduating medical school the same year, he worked at the Cleveland Clinic until 2015, completing a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care. During that time, he served on the Clinic's Medical Ethics Committee and completed the Clinic's graduate teaching degree, "Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn."

But something stirred Wiesen to move beyond his considerable success, and late last year he did something he had always wanted to do: he and his family moved to the city of Efrat in Israel, a combination of what he humorously calls "idealism and insanity." But the idealism won out over the insanity, and he is glad that he made the transition.

These days, as he works as an academic pulmonologist at Ben Gurion University, where he sees patients in the hospital and teaches medical students and residents. Wiesen is also involved in something completely different from his training: OurCrowd, a unique venture capital crowdfunding platform for investors from around the world to invest in hand-picked Israeli startups. One day a week, he uses his health industry contacts both in Israel and the United States to connect interested parties to health systems and physician networks.

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Class of 2016 Joins Alumni Ranks


 
On Tuesday, June 9th, the 72 members of the Class of 2016 joined the alumni ranks at the 98th Annual Commencement Exercises. As in many years past, the ceremony took place in YU's historic Lamport Auditorium; friends, family, faculty and both school and university leadership proudly celebrated the accomplishments of the class.
 
Honored with valedictorian was Tsahi Halyo of Highland Park, NJ; salutatorian was awarded to Ari Hagler of Bergenfield, NJ.
 
For more details on commencement, please click here
 
Leading up to the various university commencement's, the communications office shared a profile of a graduate in each of the YU schools. To read more about MTA graduate Shimmy Socol, an extremely talented member of the Class of 2016, please click here.
Jobs for the next generation of Lions
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Class Notes
1940s

Marilyn and Rabbi Alvin ('44) Marcus were honored with the Legacy Award at the 50th Annual AABJ&D Shul Dinner.

1960s

Michael (Mechy) Frankel ('64) joined Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory as a National Security Fellow. His paper "Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons", published in the Air and Space Power Journal of the US Air Force was recently translated and published in Chinese. Another paper, "Electromagnetic Propagation from Underground Nuclear Explosions" was published in the Journal of Radiation Effects. In November, he delivered an invited talk at Harvard University to a conference on threats to civilization in turbulent times.

Mazel Tov to Fay and Rabbi Yitzchak ('50) Sladowsky upon the birth of a great grandson to their grandchildren Ora & Aryeh Dauber.

Mazel Tov to Fay and Rabbi Yitzchak ('50) Sladowsky upon the marriage of their granddaughter Elky Krupka to Duvie Goldofsky.

Judah Klein ('52) reviewed Menachem Begin's Zionist Legacy  at Congregation Torah Ohr of Boca Raton, Florida. This book of essays describes Begin's as a "towering figure of modern Zionism who left a "lasting imprint on the political culture of Medinat Yisrael".

Rabbi Dr. Joel Rosenshein ('52) has established a mental health award at Torah Umesorah, which will be given annually to a principal or rebbi who has excelled with his school or students in dealing with mental health issues.

Dr. Howard R. Feldman ('62) published The Jehoash Affair-A Personal Recollection, Ancient Near East Today, October, 2015 and presented a paper with Dina Beck: Teaching Paleobiology to Children with Autism at the Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Howard R. Feldman ('62) published his book Paleontology and Geology of the Martinsburg, Shawangunk, Onondaga and Hornerstown Formations (northeastern United States) with some field guides.

Mazel Tov to Sara and Rabbi Aharon ('65) Angstreich on the birth of their great-granddaughter, Maya Chava, born to Yaacov and Yehudit Chen Travits.

Dr. David Shatz ('65) was named the Ronald P. Stanton University Professor in Philosophy, Ethics, and Religious Thought at Yeshiva University.

Mazel Tov to Miriam and Gil ('67) Ellenberg upon the birth of their granddaughter, Nechama Leba, to their children Danielle and Josh Ellenberg.

1970s

Mazel Tov to Zahava and YU Board of Trustees Chairman Moshael ('70) Straus and to Halana and Alan ('79) Greenberg upon the marriage of their children, Eliana Straus to Matthew Greenberg. 

Mazel Tov to YUHS Board Chair Miriam and Board Member Alan ('72) Goldberg, upon the marriage of son Alex ('10) to Deenah Weiss.

Mazel Tov to Judi and Alan ('74) Eisenman upon the engagement of son Jason to Ariana Weissman.

Mazel Tov to Daphne and Neil ('74) Herskowitz upon the birth of a grandson, a son to Jennifer and Shlomo Shenker.

Mazel Tov to Beatrice and Rabbi Gary ('74) Menchel upon the birth of a granddaughter to Sara and Eric Pollak.

Mazel Tov to Bassie and Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Michael Taubes ('76) upon the birth of a grandson to Russi and Rafi Edelman and upon the birth of a granddaughter to Yaakov and Racheli Taubes.

Mazel Tov to Dena and MTA Maggid Shiur Rabbi Shimon Kerner ('77) upon the engagement of daughter Meira to Yehoshua Dear.

Mazel Tov to Halana and Alan ('79) Greenberg upon the birth of a granddaughter, Livia Hallie, born to their children, Raquel and Judah Sosnick.

1980s

Mazel Tov to Chana and Rabbi Joshua ('80) Kupchik upon the engagement of their daughter Michal Tikvah to Aryeh Sklar.

David Chernoff ('80) recently joined the staff of Great Circle, a statewide behavioral health nonprofit in Missouri.

Mazel Tov to Daniella (Shloush) and Rabbi Josh ('84) Rudoff upon the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter Matana Yaffa.

Mazel Tov to Rachelle (Weinberg) and Mark ('84) Zomick upon the marriage of their daughter, Shoshana, to Kenny Rub.

1990s

Mazel Tov to Janice and Steven ('91) Jacobs upon the bat mitzvah of their daughter, Kira.

Mazel Tov to and Leslie and Steven ('91) Socol upon the marriage of daughter Hannah to Kevin Schreir.

Mazel Tov to Rabbi Dov Weiss ('91) upon his marriage to Shayndi Raice.

Mazel Tov to Meira (Schneider) and Simcha ('94) Atik upon the Bat-Mitzvah of their daughter Bat-Tzion.

Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Schnall ('95), professor of psychology at Yeshiva College, authored an article illustrating how the new field of positive psychology, emphasizing character strength and virtue, can be adapted by religious educators in Jewish day school and synagogue classrooms to encourage student growth and development. Coauthor of the article is Rabbi Dr.  David J. Schnall ('65), University Professor of Jewish Culture and Society and Dean Emeritus of the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education. Their research, which was supported by the Azrieli Graduate School, will appear in the journal Religious Education, published by Taylor & Francis.

Rabbi Ari Weiss ('97) has been named the new Executive Director of Cornell Hillel.

Rabbi Asher Yablok ('97) has been appointed Head of School at the Torah Academy of Bergen County.

Dr. Dale Rosenbach ('99) was invited to Victoria, British Columbia give a full day lecture to the Victoria & District Dental Society in May 2016.  The morning session was entitled "Atraumatic Exodontia: Principles, Concepts and Techniques," and the afternoon session was entitled "Critical Considerations for Sinus Augmentation for the Referring Dentist."

2000s

Mazel Tov to the Ariella and Josh ('01) Berliner upon the birth of a daughter, and to grandparents Debbie and [MTA Instructor of Physics and Director of the Honors College] Dr. Ed Berliner.

Mazel Tov to Lonnie and Uri Burger ('01) upon the birth of a girl.

Mazel Tov to Arly and Ari ('01) Klein upon the birth of a boy, Akiva.

Mazel Tov to Jodi and Charlie ('02) Fried upon the birth of a boy.

Mazel Tov to Aliza and Rabbi Dr. Chesky ('02) Gewirtz upon the birth of a boy.

Mazel Tov to Evan Goldberg ('02) upon his marriage to Anna Gurevich.

Mazel Tov to Serena and Mechia ('02) Jenkelowitz upon the birth of a son.

Mazel Tov to Wendy and Eytan ('02) Schwartz upon the birth of a boy.

Mazel Tov to Elana and Simmy ('02) Siegel upon the birth of a boy.

Mazel Tov to Ayelet and Rabbi Ari ('02) Yablok upon the birth of a boy.

Mazel Tov to Dr. Tamar and Dr. Dov ('03) Weinberger upon the birth of a girl.

Mazel Tov to Adeena and Nathaniel ('04) Cohen upon the birth of a daughter, Bailey.

Mazel Tov to Sarah and Jay ('04) Guttman upon the birth of a boy.

YUHS Board Member and chair of the YUHSB Alumni Association Dov Quint ('04) was featured on NBC News discussing his startup Photo & Go.

Mazel Tov to Dr. Yaacov Berger ('06) upon him marriage to Salomé Chamma.

Mazel Tov to Meir Gross ('06) upon his engagement to Sara Lebowitz.

Mazel Tov to Eliana and Daniel ('07) Berman on the birth of a son! Mazel Tov also to grandparents Zev and Judy Berman, great-grandparents Rabbi Julius and Dotty Berman, and former YUHSB Rebbe and Dean Rabbi Michael ('57) and Sarah Hecht.

Mazel Tov to Brenah and Avi Siegal ('07) upon the birth of a boy.

Mordechai Shapiro ('06) released his first solo album, "Kol Haderech."

Mazel Tov to Eli and Dovid ('07) Walz upon the birth of a boy.

Mazel Tov to Shira and Reuven ('08) Fischer upon the birth of a girl.

Mazel Tov to Yitzchok ('08) and Temi Loewy on the birth of a baby boy.

Mazel Tov to Ari Margolin ('08) upon his engagement to Aliza Kaye.

2010s

Mazel Tov to Tali and Tzali ('10) Dulitz upon the birth of a daughter.

Mazel Tov to Eytan Drelich ('10) upon his marriage to Shani Schreiber.

Mazel Tov to Eli Muschel ('10) on his engagement to Shalva Ginsparg. Mazel Tov also to parents Elizabeth and Dr. Michael ('72) Muschel.

Mazel Tov to Yochanan Buchbinder ('11) upon his marriage to Jenny Korman.

Mazel Tov to Gavriel Cooper ('11) upon his marriage to Shevi Daar.

Mazel Tov to Eitan Horowitz ('11) upon his marriage to Elana Lawrence.

Mazel Tov to Noah Isaacs ('11) upon his engagement to Ayelet Prero.

Mazel Tov to Avi Kaye ('11) upon his marriage to Atara Yaros.

Mazel Tov to Yoni Leviov ('11) upon his marriage to Sheilla Keda.

Mazel Tov to Ike Pariser ('11) upon his marriage to Rebecca Fuhrer.

Mazel Tov to Simcha Herschman ('12) upon his engagement to Nili Steinbock.

Mazel Tov to David Moskovitch ('12) upon his marriage to Leora Littwin.

Mazel Tov to Eli Rozenberg ('12) upon his engagement to Blima Farkas.

Mazel Tov to Binyamin Pfeiffer ('13) upon his marriage to Tali Spier.

Mazel Tov to Yonah Stromer ('13) upon his marriage to Yael Gruen.

Mazel Tov to Donny Chamish ('14) upon his marriage to Shayna Roth.

Mazel Tov to Jesse Schwalb ('14) upon his marriage to Minna Landy.
WE MOURN THE LOSS OF....

Rabbi Emanuel Holzer ('43)

Rabbi Eli Greenwald ('47)

Rabbi Yitzchak (Irwin) Pechman ('51)

Arnold Bramson ('52)

Seymour Kramer ('53)

Professor Shmuel Shilo ('53)

Dr. Sheldon Socol ('54)

Dr. Charles Cohen ('55)

Howard Zuckerman ('58)

Rabbi Dr. Sid Schimmel ('60), Former Math, Psychology and Jewish History Instructor

Gary Turkel ('92)

Condolences to David Deutscher ('09) upon the loss of his father.

May the families know of sadness no more and be comforted amongst the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem 
Recent MTA Happenings
Please share with us your significant family milestones so we may appropriately acknowledge events and losses and properly communicate information. Please contact Shuey Jacoby ('02), Executive Director, at sjacoby@yuhsb.org.

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