WITS Bi- Weekly
What's Up at WITS
February 8, 2008 Parshas Terumah
In This Issue
Lifecycles
Mach-WITS a Shekel Update
New Website
National Melava Malka
Newsletter sponsorship
Shmuz!
Mishnayos Project!
WITS Fantasy Baseball League
Alumni Making A Difference
world series
Identify which WITS Alumni attended the 2006 World Series and made it into the New York Times.
to see enlarged picture and e-mail me at alumni@witsyeshiva.com who it is.(Hint: another alumnus has his scarf in the picture. )




Donate to Alumni Scholarship Fund
 
Go to our donation page at witsalumni.googlepages.com/home
Student Lounge 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NEW STUDENT LOUNGE! I know you want to come back to WITS now that there is a student lounge.  The modern, comfortable furniture is a great place for students to shmooze and have a snack.  This is just one example of what is new at WITS. If you want to know more new stuff, e-mail me at alumni@witsyeshiva.com or wait until the next newsletter! I hope to see you at the WITS East Coast Melava Malka this Motzoi Shabbos.
FREE PARKING BY MELAVA MALKA TOMORROW NIGHT-MUNICIPAL LOT ON E. 17th right off of Avenue M. Melava Malka is at 8:00 PM at 1301 E.18th St.
Lifecycles:
Mazel Tov to Shui Goldfinger (Class of 2001) on his engagement to Chana Leah Weiskopf.
Mazel Tov to Menachem and Dina (Tomases) Weiner (Bais Medrash) on their marriage.
Mazel Tov to Shlomo Zalman and Dini (Schechter) Harris (Bais Medrash) on thier marriage.
Mazel Tov to Aaron and Carli (Sacks) Becker (Class of 2001) on their marriage.
Mazel Tov to Tzvi and Tybi Ray(Class of 1989) on the birth of a daughter.
shlomo zalman harris
Mazel Tov to Yoel and Shevy Mermelstein (Class of 1999) on the birth of a son.
Mazel Tov to Chana and Avi Kramer (Class of 1997) on the birth of a son.
 Mach-WITS a Shekel Update
  We need all of you for 2008. If all the alumni join together in this endeavor, this can help form a solid financial foundation for WITS.  Join now at $10, $25, $50, or $100 a month.  Make your first donation at the new WITS Alumni Donation page- new donation page
You can also make a one time donation at that page.  Cash in your Chanukah gelt! Is there a better year to join for than 2008?
 
 New Alumni Website
Finally, the new WITS Alumni Website is ready.  Go to www.witsalumni.com and register.  It is going to be exciting for everyone to participate in the new directory and forum.
 
THIS MOTZOI SHABBOS
FEEL WELCOME TO COME EVEN IF YOU DID NOT RSVP now at alumni@witsyeshiva.com
RABBI AND REBBETZIN CHEPLOWITZ AND RABBI WACHSMAN WILL ATTEND.
 

WITS Alumni Annual National Melava Malka
Motzoi Shabbos February 9th, 2008  8:00 PM
Az Yashir Torah Center in Brooklyn, New York- 1301 East 18th Street

"Bring Back the Good Times of WITS"
-featuring kosher comedian/juggler Michael Rosman(funnymichael.com)
funny michael- bring your wives!
- delicious food
- reunite with all your old WITS friends
- divrai Torah
- have a laugh!
- send in your videos of your kosher comedic/juggling talent to alumni @witsyeshiva.com. Compilation to be played at the Melava Malka.  I know WITS has lots of jugglers/comedians out there.   Don't be shy!



PLEASE RSVP at alumni@witsyeshiva.com or (414)963-9317 x124

Be a sponsor of the event - help cover the costs of this extraordinary get-together. Sponsor it at the $100, $500, or $1000 levels.
Go to WITS alumni donation page or contact me at alumni@witsyeshiva.com.

Winter Edition of Kesher
The winter edition of Kesher, the quarterly WITS hardcopy newsletter, will be going to print soon. Sponsor the winter edition for a $1000.  Contact me at alumni@witsyeshiva.com
Shmuz with me over coffee!
starbucksMy favorite thing to do as Director of Alumni Affairs is talk to the alumni and listen to
what is going on in your lives. And if you don't have anything to say I can tell you what is going on at  WITS.   So call anytime at (414)963-9317 x124
And don't forget to grab yourself a cup of coffee.
 
 
 WITS Mishnayos Project!
MishnayosI think the WITS Alumni collectively can finish all of Mishnayos.  Go to shloshim.org to sign up for a mesechta! Register and search for Leah Chinyah bas Esther Bracha or Lynne Hellman(my mother).   The finish date is set for June 15, 2008- WITS graduation.  And if you want a chavrusah, I can learn with you(414)963-9317 x124 or set up a chavrusah with an old WITS friend/Rebbe. Sign up today!
 WITS Fantasy Baseball League
The WITS Fantasy Basketball League has been a blast.   The Fantasy Baseball League is expected to be even better.  Go to the fantasy league to sign up now.  Come join the "Where is the Sun" league. The  league number is 11476 and the password is Chuck to join if you didn't go to the link.  This is a great opportunity to interact with WITS Alumni across the country.  Sign up as soon as possible while there is still space. 
 
 

ALUMNI ADS


Alumni Apartment in KGH for Sale-SOLD- MAZEL TOV!

Tzvi Noble (Bais Medrash) - Jewelry at www.noblejewels.net

Rabbi Yerachmiel Askotsky(Class of 1983) - Sofer at  sofer@stam.net

Yanky Berkovitz(Bais Medrash) -Commericial and Residential insurance - jacobberkovitz@yahoo.com

Yitzi Woolf(Class of 1993) -Branding, Web & Print Design and Photography -www.pushingtheenvelope.ca

Mordy Birnbaum's (Class of 1998) wife-Gift baskets delivered throughout Israel.    rubberduckydesigns@gmail.com

Chaim Shapiro (Class of 1989) - check out his new site- Avi's Llst, much better than Craig's list- avislist.com - chaimshapiro@aol.com

Contact me at alumni@witsyeshiva.com to be listed.





Future issues to include divrei Torah-volunteer at alumni@witsyeshiva.com
Good Shabbos!