This week's Thoughts on the Parasha
is in memory of the victims of 911 and in honor of their loved ones left behind to mourn their loss. May it never happen again. |
Send Rosh Hashana Greetings and support NYHS
Just make a donation to our Annual Fund and we will send out a personalized Rosh Hashana card to whom you designate. This card is designed by sophomore Laurel Aaronson.
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Send a Tribute
Honor or memorialize a loved one by sending a tribute from NYHS. Just make a donation in honor or in memory of a loved one and let us know to whom we should send a personalized tribute card.
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Thank you to our tribute donors:
In honor of Rabbi and Shirley Fox
Leo and Tova Zimmer
In honor of the birth of twins to Jonathan and Talia Siscovick
Debra and Peter Rettman
In honor of David Rosenbaum's upcoming marriage
Susan, Michael, Joey and Jessica Becker
In memory of Jeffrey Klitzner Z"L
Debra and Peter Rettman
Rabbi Bernie and Shirley Fox
In memory of Dale Behar A"H
Ruth Sassoon
Andrew and Michele Appelbaum and Famiy
Mary and Sol Azose
Lee and Bahram Cohanim
Debra, Peter and Zelle Rettman
Rabbi Bernie and Shirley Fox
Tami and Mark Rogers and Molly Dubow
Bayla and Louis Treiger and Family
Susan, Michael, Jessica and Joey Becker
Bill Hesse
Rabbi Yona and Ariella Margolese and Family
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Life Cycle
Sincere condolences to Phillip Klitzner and his family on the loss of his brother, Jeffrey Klitzner Z"L
Sincere condolences to Jasmine Menashe and the entire Menashe family on the loss of Eli Menashe A"H
Sincere condolences to Mary Sobel and her family on the loss of her father.
Sincere condolences to Aly Mohammaht and his family on the loss of his mother.
Mazal tov to:
Alaina Levitt 1999 on her engagement to Jordan Vitta
Rabbi Yosef Oppenheimer 1999 and his wife, Daniela, on being selected recipients of the Kesser Torah award in Stanton Island
Anya and Rafael Zimberoff on the bat mitzvah of Yoela this shabbat
Talia and Jonathan Siscovick on the birth of their twins
Rabbi and Miriam Meyers on the birth of a grandson in Israel
Hazzan Nuna and Racheli Nuna on the birth of a son, Ori
Adina and Jack Almo on the birth of their daughter
Rabbi Chaim and Sara Weiss on the bat mitzvah of their daughter, Yael
Rabbi David and Tzippy Twersky on the bat mitzvah of their granddaughter, Yael Weiss
Rabbi Joseph and Sara Weiss on the bat mitzvah of their granddaughter, Yael Weiss.
Janna and Nisan Harel on the birth of their baby boy
Rebecca and Eli Almo on the birth of their newest grandson
Judy and Shimon Harel on the birth of their grandson
Daniel Aaronson on his marriage to Frieda Smason-Aaronson
Miriam (Siscovick) and Brian Schlusselberg on the birth of their daughter
Ilene and David Siscovick on the birth of their grandchildren, twins Ilene and David Siscovick on the birth of their granddaughter
Meryl and Carlos Alcabes on the bar mitzvah of their son Raphael
Josh Willner on his engagement to Piera Miller
Drew Lovy on his marriage to Melissa Klein
Lea and Ben Lippman on the birth of a daughter
Leah and Jamison Russ on the birth of their daughter
Kenneth Sinclair 2003 on his engagement to Kohava Sacks ______________
We wish a refuah shlemah to:
Nina Garkavi 2006
Mrs. Ida Fox
Ruth Sassoon Ann Weinberg |
Graduation Mazal Tovs
Dea Lovy 2006 on her graduation from Johns Hopkins with a Masters in Engineering
Elisheva Goldberg 2006 on her graduation from U. Penn
Josh Schwartz 2007 on his graduation from the UW
Let us know about the alumni in your life! |
Alumni Mazal Tovs:
Send us more news!!
Click here to send a tribute in honor of our alumni or contact Melissa Rivkin.
Send us your updates! We love hearing from our alumni!
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NYHS
e-Bulletin
September 16, 2011
17 Elul, 5771
Shabbat Shalom
In honor of the Maccabeats coming to town, check out last year's lip dub and the Maccabeats original!
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Save the Dates
September 18 - NYHS 9-11th grade Students see the Maccabeats! More info. to come.
September 18 & 19 - Senior Science Trip to Goldendale
September 21 - Class of 2015 Parent Meeting 6:30pm at NYHS
September 21 - Class of 2014 Parent Meeting 8pm at NYHS
October 3 - College Night at NYHS, 7 pm
October 10 - First Parent Workshop- How to talk to your kids about drugs and alcohol?, 7-8:30 pm at NYHS
October 30 - Open House for Prospective Students and Families, 7 pm at NYHS
November 2 - Class of 2013 Parent Meeting 6:30 pm
Class of 2012 Parent Meeting 8 pm
February 26, 2012 - Dinner and Auction - Save the Date now!
Click Click here to view the full calendar.
Click here for our sports calendar.
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Say 'Yes' to NYHS
Invest in the Jewish Future
Make a gift or pledge to the NYHS Annual Fund today by clicking here. You can also send in a check or call in a donation or pledge at 206-232-5272.
Our school thrives because of the generous support of our community. Your investment in our school and our young people is an investment in the future of the Jewish community.
We thank all our donors for their vital support of NYHS.
Jack DeLeon & Iris Schwartz Annual Fund Chairs |
JDS 8th Graders Visit, Volleyball Victory and Cross Country Team Success by Milana Davydov 2012 
This week was full of classic Yeshiva events now that school is in full swing. The Yeshiva volleyball and cross country teams participated in their first matches and there were wins and successes all across the board! Congratulations to the 613s volleyball team who won their first volleyball game against Bush earlier this week! The lady 613s battled it out in an amazing comeback after the opposition won the first two matches. Yeshiva came back and won the next three matches and put the Bush School away! Thursday night the volleyball team had a game against a 3A school - Holy Names. The JV team for Yeshiva beat Holy Names, while the varsity team fell slightly short. Thank you to everyone who came out to SHA to support our lady 613s! Congratulations to our cross country team who completed their first meet earlier this week! A special round of applause to sophomore Laurel Aaronson (2014) who finished second in Wednesdays meet against Mt. Rainier Lutheran, Shorewood Christian, and Crosspoint. Freshman Jeremy Voss (2015) finished seventh. Also a כל הכבוד to Seniors Andrew Orenstein (2012) and Binny Greene (2012) who placed eleventh and twenty second, respectively. We are very excited to see how far the cross country team will go this year! On Wednesday, the eighth grade students from the Jewish Day School came to visit NYHS. This gave JDS students an early glance at what it's like to be in high school, and showed them how the Yeshiva is different from other high schools. They got to visit both Judaic and College Prep classes, and also participated in a pizza lunch with various JDS alumni like me who spoke about their high school experience after graduating JDS. The lunch was finished off by a question and answer session where there was an open panel of discussion for specific questions such as homework, sports teams, and student-teacher relationships. Overall, this was a positive experience for the JDSers and we hope to see them on campus next year! Next week is Rosh Hashanah and students will be off school to celebrate the Jewish New Year with their families. May we all have a שנה טובה ומתוקה! Have a restful weekend and a wonderful Shabbat! Shabbat Shalom! 
Makena Owens 2012 and Elyse Behar 2014 with Ms. Nance Adler, their beloved JDS teacher this week on campus (both Elyse and Makena are JDS alumni) |
Thank yous & Wish List
We thank the many parents, students and friends who help make our school thrive!
We thank Michelle Almoslino who has generously answered our gardening wishes with many bulbs, plants and trees she bought off of our Amazon Wish List! This gift of garden was made in honor of her mother, Dr. Minnette Almoslino.
Thank you Michelle.
Here you can see Kevin Franke building the beds for our garden- Looking forward to spring! Also, stay tuned for our gardening Sunday coming up! Click here to view our wish list on Amazon. ____________________________________________________
Thank you to parents, Jodilyn Owen and Leah Gladstein for signing on to chaperone the Senior Science trip next week. Thank you to parents, Patty Willner and Yocheved Avraham who came in to help in the office this week.
If we left you off inadvertently, please let us know so we can fix our error in next week's E-Bulletin |
College Dates to Save
October 2nd SAT test day October 3rd College Night at NYHS, 7 pm (more details to come) October 7th Registration deadline for November SAT October 26th PSAT for freshman, sophomores, and juniors November 4 - College Fair, 9am-12pm at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center - Seniors are encouraged to attend November 6th SAT test day December 1st UW application due |
Alumni UpdatesAlumni - Where are you now? Let us know by sending us an update.
Send them to Melissa Rivkin at mrivkin@nyhs.netCheck out Aaron Katsman's most recent article on investing: Blow the LID of your retirement We got a surprise visit from Class of 2005 alumni, John Marshall and Itamar Hoze this week. John just graduated from UW with degrees in Biology and English. He works as an ER scrub and is in the process of applying to medical schools for next fall. Itamar just finished his service in the IDF and will begin studying Mechanical Engineering at the Technion, Israel's Institute of Technology in Haifa this fall. 
Itamar Hoze 2005, John Marshall 2005 with Mr. Ian Weiner and Ms. Yulia Chubotin _________________________ Thank you to Carole and Michael Behar for sending us this photo of alumni in Jerusalem 
L to R: Sam Gelman, Jakie Fein (NYHS 2011), Sammy Aronson, Avi Behar (NYHS 2011), Sarah Rossen (NYHS 2011) Sarah Varon (NYHS 2011) and Rena Genauer (NYHS 2011).
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Congratulations to Mordechai Treiger 2005. Mordechai Treiger 2005 finished his Masters thesis and thus qualified for his degrees as of August, both from the University of Pennsylvania, a Masters of Environmental Studies and Bachelor of Arts, Biology and Environmental Studies
Congratulations to Daniel Jacobs 2007. Daniel Jacobs 2007 graduated from the UW in June with a degree in Philosophy. He just started law school at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
We love to hear from alumni. Please let us know how you are doing.
Sarah Voss 2008 is a senior at the UW majoring in Middle Eastern Studies.
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More updates...
Thanks to Marlene Genauer for sending us the following piece from YU's news. Moriah Green 2009 and Shira Genauer 2010 are our alumni!
YU Womens Volleyball. Go NYHS girls!
NEW YORK, NY - The women's volleyball team wasted no time getting their first win of the season, which is also a Hudson Valley Conference game, as they went on the road and beat Medgar Evers 3-0 (25-11, 25-14, 25-22) in the season opener for both teams.
Sarit Zukowsky led the Yeshiva attack, recording a team high 5 kills. She also had a team high with 12 digs. Moriah Green had 16 assists, while Shira Genauer led with 4 service aces. Genauer also had 10 digs.
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Shani Rosenbaum 2007 just started her senior year at Brandeis. She writes:
Jennifer Mendoza and Shani Rosenbaum 2007 last year when Shani visited NYHS
"I've been back at Brandeis for about a week now and am starting what looks like will be a phenomenal senior year. I'm an RA for a first-year dorm here called a Common Cause Community - my residents all applied to be on this hall so they can volunteer together running after-school programs for local disadvantaged kids and do other types of service learning together. I'm excited to be involved in shaping this wonderful community of sweet, socially-conscious young adults."
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Shani is a Sorenson Fellow at Brandeis and as part of her fellowship training, she spent the summer in Israel working with migrant workers and to eliminate human trafficking. Here are two excerpts from the Brandeis International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life. Shani Rosenbaum '12 is majoring in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and minoring in Creative Writing at Brandeis. Her interest in the intersection of Judaism and social justice led her to an internship last summer at Jerusalem-based Bema'aglei Tzedek, a Jewish-inspired social justice non-profit organization. There she became familiar with some of the salient social problems in Israel today, including the struggles of migrant workers and asylum seekers. Driven by the Biblical imperative to seek justice for society's most vulnerable, Shani interned with the Hotline for Migrant Workers in Tel Aviv, a non-profit devoted to promoting the rights of migrant workers and refugees and eliminating human trafficking in Israel. Here is an excerpt from the Brandeis Shani Rosenbaum '12, worked with the Hotline for Migrant Workers in Tel Aviv, which promotes the rights of migrant workers and refugees and works to eliminate human trafficking in Israel. Shani observed, "The up-close encounter with both asylum seekers and the Israelis amongst whom they live allowed me to develop powerful connections with human beings, and helped me to think more broadly about a complex set of social issues. Returning now, I approach questions of global migration, asylum, and of Israel's Democratic and Jewish identities - and of my own identity - with a more solid foundation of nuance and experience-induced realism, as well as a heightened sense of empathy toward this vulnerable population." |
Denah Angel 2001  After graduating from NYHS in 2001, Denah Angel earned a BA in Theater Performance Arts and a Minor in Musical Theater at Marymount Manhattan College in 2005. She then moved to Los Angeles and quickly became a proud member of the Screen Actors Guild. She has had several roles in film and television including roles in The Riches, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and House as well as small roles in Made of Honor and Super Bad. In the past two years, Denah has been involved in the development of a production company called Day 10 out of 8. They recently completed a spoof on the show 24 called 00:24 which has been screened at many film festivals including itvfest. Check it out here at www.twentyfourminutes.com. Denah is also the Executive Assistant to the CEO and Director of Multi Media and Social Networking for Spectrum Group International, a Fortune 500 company that is composed of 11 international companies ranging from gold and silver trading to auction houses, which auction off rare coins, fine and rare wine and stamps. And if that isn't enough to fill her days, Denah volunteers for the Sephardic Educational Center (SEC) in LA. She has coordinated their film festival and is currently co-chairing their young professional group which holds classes, social events and develops leadership in the community for the next generation. Denah told us that she truly appreciates her NYHS education and the impact it has had on her life today. "Two of the most influential teachers in my life have been Dr. Jones and Mr. Kaufman. Dr. Jones trained us to be independent workers and thinkers. He was always there and approachable to answer questions. He would help cater to our specific needs. Through Mr. Kaufman's IDS I learned how to analyze and organize my thoughts. It is a skill that I am grateful to have learned." Denah also reminisced about the intimate atmosphere at NYHS "Because NYHS is so small you felt like an individual with a strong voice in a close community". Denah spearheaded the first Recycling Club at NYHS and a Tefilah class for beginners. She was happy to hear that both initiatives are still important endeavors at NYHS today. When in town, Denah makes sure to support her younger brother Caleb and the 613s at basketball games. "There has always been a lot of camaraderie at NYHS and it's exciting to see that Yeshiva spirit still happening! I am thankful for my experience at the Yeshiva and am a result of the great influence it has had on many young adults and professionals." |
Community Events:
September 18 - Daniel Gordis at McCaw Hall with Stand with Us, 4 pm September 18 -Maccabeats in Seattle - Jewish Federation "Many Voices....One Jewish Community" Help celebrate the Jewish Federation's 85th year of Jewish giving in Seattle with a first-ever Seattle performance by the Maccabeats! Doors open at 4:30 pm at the Marion Oliver McCaw Hall in Seattle. Registration is now open. Cost is $54/Basic Registration or $180/Patron Registration. If you have questions, please call (206) 443-5400. NYHS Students - We have a special gig going on! Sign up your student now! Email mrivkin@nyhs.net if you are coming! For all things NCSY, visit www.seattlencsy.com NCSY will be teaming up with Swerve to offer drivers ed in September, Wednesday nights at the SJCC. Click here for more info, contact Ari Hoffman at thehoffather@gmail.com. Visit www.seattlekollel.org for up to the minute Kollel programming Check out www.jewishinseattle.org for up to date info. on all things Jewish happening! |
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