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Candle lighting is at 4:03 pm
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This week's Thoughts sponsored by Joshua Basson and Seemah Spitzbart in loving memory of their beloved parents,
Judah & Ramah Basson A'H
and in honor of all the brave
IDF soldiers for protecting
the people of Israel.
With good wishes for health and happiness
for our community and for our brethren in Israel.
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Thank you to our Gala SponsorsLeah and Jamison Russ and Mass Mutual Financial  Darryl Lynch of Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.  Interested in sponsorship opportunities? Click here.
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In memory of Robert Johnston Z"L
Lea and Kevin Hanan
Mathias and Ezra Cohanim
Ruth Sassoon
In memory of Saul Shapiro Z"L
Ruth Sassoon
In memory of Ida Fox Z"L
Debbie Galanti
Ann, Alan, Nina and Gabrielle Breen
Eva and Eli Genauer
Michele, Andrew, Josh and Julia Appelbaum
Julia Jerusalmi
Jane, Mark, Andrew & Aaron Orenstein
Ella &Eitan Toker
Sheldon, Irene, Suzie & Naomi Steinberg
Michelle Haston
Steve Baral
Avishai Baral
Avinoam Baral
Lisa &Norman Behar
Helene, Isaac, Solly & Elyse Behar
Michelle Almoslino
Susan, Michael, Jessica & Joey Becker
Bill Hesse
Lea & Kevin Hanan
Deanne, Don, Josh, Nicki & Talia Etsekson
Bayla & Louis Treiger
Ruth Sassoon
Ellis, Janice and Reena Cohen
Jack & AJ DeLeon
Regina Friedland
Joyce & Saul Rivkin
Rivy Kletenik, Maria Erlitz, Shoshi Bilavsy, Rabbi Skaist, Rabbi Charyton, Rabbi Rob Toren & Amy Amiel
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Life Cycle
Condolences:
Sincere condolences to Craig Owens and the entire Owens family on the loss of Terry Owens. Please to read a beautiful tribute to Terry Owens by Tammy Owens (Terry's sister-in-law and mother of Makena Owens 2011)
Sincere condolences to Aimee Johnston and the Johnston family on the loss of Robert Johnston A"H
Mazal tov to:
Daniela Aaron 2007 and Jeremy Lehmann on their engagement
Renate Hirsch 2006 and Justin Zimmer on their engagement.
Yoni Maslan 1997 and Melanie Maslan on the birth of a baby girl.
Malka Adatto 2001 and Danny Popper on the birth of a baby boy.
Gavriela Golden 2007 and Daniel Nomanim on their marriage.
David and Rivka Kohn on the birth of a son
Gigi and Wolf Kohn on the birth of a grandson
Dalia and Jeff Amon on the bar mitzvah of their son, Ophir
Dr. Menachem and Judy Maimon on the bat mitzvah of their daughter, Sophie
Rabbi Alex and Chana Twersky on the birth of their daughter, Rivka Twersky Rabbi David and Tzippy Twersky on the birth of a granddaughter in Israel
Josh Willner and Piera Miller on their recent marriage
The Willner and Miller families on the marriage of their children, Josh and Piera
Laura Hirsch and Moshe Kamhaji on their recent marriage
The Hirsch and Kamhaji on the marriage of their children Laura and Moshe
Rabbi Yehudah and Shaindel Bresler on the birth of a son
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
We wish a refuah shlemah to:
Nina Garkavi 2006
Ruth Sassoon
Ann Weinberg
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Graduation Mazal Tovs
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Alumni Mazal Tovs:
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NYHS
e-Bulletin
December 16, 2011
28 Kislev, 5772
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Northwest Yeshiva High School Chanukah Lipdub from 12/2010
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Students at Northwest Yeshiva High School Define American
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Save the Dates Now-January 13 - Shoe Drive at NYHS Now - January 2 - Winter Break
January 3 - School resumes January 27-29 - NYHS Shabbaton February 9 - Finding Kind screening at SHA 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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A Message from Rabbi Bernie Fox
This has been a very busy week at NYHS. Last Saturday night, we held our first Homecoming game at SHA as we welcomed alumni back home. Both women's and men's teams delivered wins over Orting. It was wonderful to see alumni and friends cheer on our 613s. The Student Council provided pizza and there was a lot of NYHS spirit. We hope to make this an annual tradition with even more activities planned for our alumni.
On Monday morning, we welcomed alumnus Rabbi Aryeh Young to campus. Rabbi Young graduated from Lander College and received smicha from Beis Medresh L'talmud. Rabbi Young was on campus recruiting for Yeshivat Sha'arei Mevaseret.
On Monday night, our Evening of Talent was a huge success. You will read more about this entertaining night in Milana Davydova's piece by scrolling down. This tradition was first started in 1992 by Bill Hesse, our retired academic dean. Thank you to all the students, alumni and families who participated in this production. Thank you to our drama teacher, Anne Marie Caldwell and to Shirley Fox and Karen Franke for spearheading this event.
The Student Council and Rabbi Margolese created a festive atmosphere on campus this week in celebration of Chanukah. Sufgoniot and other treats were distributed to our students. Karen Franke distributed her annual hot coco gift to students too.
On Wednesday, we welcomed more alumni back to campus for the College Panel. This is a very important program for our current students as they get to hear from alumni with varying perspectives about college, choosing a school, Jewish life on campus, transitioning from high school and much more. Our alumni spoke of how well prepared they were for academic life on campus and gave credit to NYHS teachers for helping to teach them critical skills such as analytical thinking , essay writing and time management. I would like to thank the following alumni for their participation and insight.
- Ari Langman 2010, Lafayette University,Engineering
- Mordechai Treiger 2005, University of Pennsylvania, BA Biology & Environmental Studies, MA Environmental Studies
- Elisheva Goldberg 2006, University of Pennsylvania, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
- Chelsea Garbell 2008, New York University,
- Ashley Cohen 2011, New York University, Nursing
- Ariella Margolese 1997, Stern College, Major in Psychology and minor in Biology
- Josh Etsekson 2009, Bellevue College, UW transfer
- Nicki Etsekson 2010, Tulane, Public Health
- Tanya Friedland 2010, UW
- Tom Heller 2003, Brandeis University
Our week concluded with a morning of service to our community. Students and faculty spent Thursday morning at Northwest Harvest bagging and sorting food in the food bank.
I would like to congratulate my colleagues, Shoshi Bilavsky, SJCS and Maria Erlitz, JDS for receiving Peje Challenge Grant awards for their schools! Mazal tov!
Enjoy the winter break. Shabbat shalom and Happy Chanukah.
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Thank yous
Thank you to Carol Jacobs for her help in the office this week. Thank you to Joyce Bloch Phillips for taking on chairmanship of the Endowment Fundraising committee.
Thank you to Makenna Owens 2012 for creating our Chanukah card.
Thank you to the Judaic faculty for hosting our students for Shabbat last week.
Thank you to Joe Greene 1983 and Julie Greene for hosting last Friday's oneg for our students.
Thank you to Michelle Almoslino for being our greeter at all the basketball games.
Thank you to Mary Sobel for being the official scorekeeper at the basketball games.
We are sorry if we missed you. Please let us know if we left you off inadvertently so we can correct our error next week.
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8 Days... Make a tax-deductible donation today and get the full benefit from your end-of-year support of NYHS. "Jewish education is the strategic plan for the Jewish community"  Invest in the Jewish Future - Give to NYHS today We invite you to join us once again this year and make a gift to the NYHS Annual Fund and be a part of ensuring an enduring Jewish future. Giving is easy:
- Call 206-232-5272 ext 515 or 206-551-9322 and talk to Melissa Rivkin.
- Send in a check or credit card gift
Thank you for your vital support of NYHS.
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Packed week at NYHS
by Milana Davydova 2012
Evening of Talent:
This Monday was the annual NYHS talent show at the Stroum Jewish Community Center. There were many highlights of this event included the level 5 women's dance, musical numbers by Mira Klein 2014, Elana Hasson (2014) , Laurel Aaronson (2014), Naomi Stanley 2013 and Jennifer Mendoza 2012 as well as Eitan Della Roca (2013) and Kalman Clement (2013) performing Con te Partiro. MCs Kalman Clement 2013 and David Solovy 2015 were engaging and entertaining. Language instructors, Ashley Thirkill (Spanish) and Orit Maizel Ray (Hebrew) had their students performing skits in Spanish and Hebrew. A couple of bands performed rock and roll hits too.
Click the link below to see Eitan and Kalman perform Con te Partiro!
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Eitan Della Roca 2013 and Kalman Clement 2013 perform Con te Partiro
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Thank you to all of our wonderful and talented performers, and thank you to everyone who came out and supported the show! Click here for more photos.
College Panel:
On Wednesday afternoon students got the chance to listen to alumni that were invited back to campus for our annual College Panel. This is an opportunity for NYHS students to hear from alumni about their post-high school experiences in college or graduate school. Students also had the opportunity to ask the alumni questions regarding how they felt NYHS prepared them for college, Jewish life on college campus', as well as topics such as time management and organization. The alumni represented a wide variety of schools including Bellevue College, Brandeis, U. Penn, Stern College, NYU, Tulane, Lafayette and UW. Thank you to all the alumni who came and spoke to the students! The College Panel discussion has proved to be very resourceful so far.
Meet Development and Marketing Intern: Tracy Brady
This year, we have an extra set of helping hands for the auction! Tracy Brady just graduated from Western Washington University with a degree in American Cultural Studies. She'll be around campus helping Melissa Rivkin and the Auction Team out with everything that has to do with the auction! "I'm really excited to be helping out here," says Tracy, "it's been a very warm and welcoming environment so far." Tracy also talked about what she'll be doing to help out: "I get to make sure that all the items are coming in, and I enter them into the computer and make sure that everything is going smoothly." We are so excited to have Tracy on campus and help out with the auction!
Sports Recap:
This week was also packed with games for our boys JV basketball team, as well as the men's and women's varsity teams. Saturday night Homecoming games, both women and men's teams won their games against Orting!
Have a restful weekend, a Happy Channukah, and a wonderful Shabbat!
Chag Sameach and Shabbat Shalom!
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Please click here for a complete basketball schedule.
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Do you know of a teen who could benefit from an NYHS education?
Spread the word...the Shabbaton is coming!
January 27-29
Click here for the registration form and details.
We know that word of mouth is the best way to reach prospective students and families. Tell your family and friends to check NYHS out! Contact Rabbi Margolese at rmargolese@nyhs.net
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Senior, Ben Golden made this short video for our Open House. In his words, NYHS is a school but so much more!
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The Auction-We need your help
2/26/2012
Click here to donate items/services.Check out the weekly Auction Buzz news for up-to-date auction info. Thank you to Tami Rogers for creating the Buzz!Item Spotlight: A Gaugin experience for 10 at the Seattle Art Museum You and nine lucky others will receive an exclusive VIP tour of the upcoming SAM exhibit, "Gauguin and Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise" with curator Chiyo Ishikawa and a hard cover catalogue ($65 value) for each guest is included! SAM is the only U.S. Museum to show this Exhibit which recently opened to critical acclaim in Basel and Copenhagen. Ms. Chiyo Ishikawa, exhibition curator, SAM Deputy Director and noted Seattle personality of the International art scene, will personally lead this exclusive one hour tour. Join Chiyo with your nine guests as you are led through this exhibition and receive unique insights into Gauguin's complex and tragic world. Thank you Steven Baral and the Seattle Art Museum! Thank you to this week's auction donors and procurers:
London Hyatt, the Churchill
Hotel Vintage Park
Crackerjack Crafts
Steven BaralMichele and Andrew Appelbaum
Rabbi David Twersky
Audrey CovnerRabbi and Sarah Brody
Ms. Ashley ThirkillDebra RettmanSteve Rothstein
Kevin and Debbie Halela
Vacation spots, condos/timeshares, kosher wines, unique experiences, gift certificates for services, housewares, kosher food, air miles and more...
Please help by donating and/or procuring auction items or services today!
Click here for a procurement form or donate online at www.nyhsauction.com.
The success of our auction depends on the combined efforts of many. Play a part today!
Thank you to all who have joined our committee. Email Melissa Rivkin at mrivkin@nyhs.net to join the fun. There is something for everyone!
Click here to read about our very dedicated honorees Iris and Steven Schwartz and don't forget to save the date for our Gala Dinner and Auction, Sunday, February 26, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Downtown Seattle.
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College News:
We will share news of our students' acceptances to colleges and Israel programs with their permission only!
Ben Golden: U of North Dakota
Molly Dubow: Tulane
Nick Alkan: U of Oregon, Western, Washington State
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Visit www.collegeboard.org to learn more about colleges and universities and the application process. Visit the NYHS college counseling page. |
Israel Counseling
We are in the midst of Israel Counseling season. Please click here to see our upcoming visits. |
Alumni Updates
Alumni - Where are you now? Let us know by sending us an update.
Send your news to Melissa Rivkin at mrivkin@nyhs.net
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College Panel 2011
Chelsea Garbell 2008 voted one of the top 15 most influential students at New York University!
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Zelle Rettman 2010 sent this in. Zelle, along with Shoshana Goldberg 2010 and Marina Garkavi 2009, are on the Brandeis Volleyball Team. In an ode to Coach Jed Davis, they recreated the traditional women's basketball team photo for volleyball. NYHS tradition ...perhaps a new Brandeis tradition?
Esther (Cohen)Varon 2007 is graduating from Yeshiva University with a degree in English Literature in January. She plans to pursue a career in publishing. She and her husband live in Brooklyn.
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Congratulations to Gilah Kletenik 2005 who received the inaugural Pomegranate Award from the Covenant Foundation. Gilah is among 5 national recipients of this award that recognizes educations making a difference in their fields early in their careers. Gilah is a congressional scholar at Kehilath Jeshurun and the first female Talmud teacher at Ramaz in New York. Click here to read more about Gilah in the JT News.
_______________________________________ Check out Benjy Balint's (1999) article in Haaretz Umberto Eco and Treacherous Texts _________________________________________ Note from Rachel Weinstein 2008 
Rachel Weinstein 2008 and Zelle Rettman 2010 at Brandeis I'm a senior at Brandeis University this year, so I'll be graduating in May (it's hard to believe it's already been four years since I graduated from Yeshiva!) I majored in Public Health and minored in Business, and am happy to say that I plan to work for a finance company in Boston next year. I've been very involved with Jewish life on campus, both within the Brandeis Orthodox Organization and the Brandeis Chabad student organization. I've also been juggling a full courseload with a job doing marketing and PR work for Cure Alzheimer's Fund, a local nonprofit that funds Alzheimer's research at various universities throughout the country. It's a lot to juggle, but as I'm graduating I really feel like I got the most from my Brandeis experience. I'm looking forward to seeing what the future brings! |
Community Events:
Engaging Israel Project: Foundations for a New Relationship A Shalom Hartman Institute Lecture & Study Series Click here to register and for more info. 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. This week Jewish Journey and Kollel U begin. Check out www.jewishinseattle.org for up to date info. on all things Jewish happening! |
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