WITS Bi- Weekly
What's Up at WITS
 June 20, 2008 Parshas Sh'lach
 
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WITS Graduation/Banquet of 2008 was beautiful.  All 19 graduates reflected on some great memories.  The banquet was amazing as Rabbi and Rebbetzin Torem received the Kesser Shem Tov award, and Dr. Ernie and Susan Greenwald received the Ohavai Torah Parents award. 
In This Issue
Lifecycles
Debbie Rennert Scholarship Fund
Mishnayos Thank You!
Shmuz!
Torah Stimulus
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 Alumni Making a Difference
Yosef Rubinstein (Class of 2008) is the first from his class to mke it to this column.  WITS students volunteer at Aurora Sinai, making hospital visits to Jewish patients.  Yosef invited one of the supervisors of Aurora Sinai to the graduation and this is what the supervisor wrote,"Joseph Rubinstein, a student at WITS and a volunteer at Aurora Sinai graciously invited me to his graduation yesterday and I was so impressed!  What a wonderful school and such a very personal ceremony for each of the graduates...What a great group of young men who are about to begin a new chapter in their lives."
Lifecycles:
Mazel Tov to Ezzie and Serach Goldish (Class of 2001) on the birth of a girl.
Mazel Tov to Rabbi and Rebbetzin M. Rauch on the birth of a boy.
Mazel Tov to Dovid and Devora Rochel Greenwald (Class of 1994) on the birth of a boy.
Mazel Tov to Yerachmiel Kalter (Class of 2002) on his engagement to Miriam Mittel.
Mazel Tov to Rabbi and Mrs. Yaakov Lopin (Class of 1985) on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Eliyahu Meir.
Mazel Tov to Shui and Chana Leah (Weiskopf) Goldfinger (Class of 2001) on their marriage.
Mazel Tov to Yosef and Marni (Rubin) Scott (Bais Medrash) on their marriage. 
 
 
 
Make a Donation
 Donate $18 to WITS in honor of a lifecycle.  E-mail me at alumni@witsyeshiva.com which lifecycle the donation is in honor of.
 Alumni Scholarship-Debbie Rennert Scholarship Fund
Alumni donations for the WITS Calender year (August 1st to July31st) reached $103,000 this week as you can see at www.witsalumni.com.  This includes all forms of alumni giving.  Help us reach our $150,000 goal by August.  A record number of alumni have given contributions this year already. The third yahrtzeit of Debbie Rennert A"H is this upcoming week, on Friday, June 27th, which is the 24th of Sivan.  One special zchus that has been developed for her is the Debbie Rennert scholarship fund, which assists students with financial need who attend WITS. You can give to this cause at the alumni donation page-   http://witsalumni.googlepages.com/home- 
or e-mail me at alumni@witsyeshiva.com.  We still need $47,000 to reach our goal by July 31, 2008. (the end of the alumni fiscal year)  Thank you again to everyone who has participated this year.  Thank you to Dovid Cheplowitz (Class of 1994) for joining the monthly donation Mach-WITS a shekel club this month.  A monthly drive for the new year will be underway shortly.
 
MishnayosThank you to everyone who learned Mishnayos in the WITS alumni collaborative Mishnayos project this year in memory of my mother, Leah Chenya bas Kalman Melech A"H.  I hope to launch another collaborative learning project for the 2008-2009 year.
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.
 
 
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Did you receive an economic stimulus check in the mail?  Have WITS in mind for the Torah Stimulus program.  Donate 10%,50%,100%, or any number you like to the Alumni Scholarship fund and help stimulate the Torah learned at WITS.  Do it now and make it count for a banquet ad.  E-mail me with your commitment at alumni@witsyeshiva.com to participate. 
ALUMNI ADS
 
Rabbi Yerachmiel Askotsky(Class of 1983)- Sofer at sofer@stam.net
Yanky Berkovitz(Bais Medrash)- Commercial and Residential Insurance-jacobberkovitz@yahoo.com
Mordy Birnbaum's (Class of 1998) wife- Gift baskets delivered throughout Israel- rubberduckydesigns@gmail.com
Tzvi Noble (Bais Medrash)- Jewelry at www.noblejewels.net
 
E-mail me at alumni@witsyeshiva.com to be listed. Good Shabbos!