OCTOBER 2013   |   CHESHVAN 5774

IN THIS ISSUE
GET INVOLVED!

Your Reunion and other Alumni Programs and Initiatives will be enhanced (and more fun!) with your involvement.  To help plan an event or to serve on a host committee, please be in touch with Lauren Katz, Director of Alumni Relations, at
[email protected] or 212.774.8054.
 
UPPER SCHOOL
PARLOR MEETINGS!
  
Do you have a student entering 9th grade next year?  Come check out what your alma mater has to offer - same school, with a rich history, offering a 21st century education.
 
Click here to watch Open House video. 
 
Attend a Parlor Meeting in one of these communities:
 
Teaneck, NJ | 10/28
Queens | 10/31
Westchester | 11/6
Brooklyn | 11/12
Five Towns | 11/14
Stamford, CT | 11/19
Manhattan | 11/21
 
Click here for more information and to register.
 
Contact the Admissions Office at 212.774.8093 or [email protected]rg 
 
EARLY CHILDHOOD + LOWER SCHOOL ADMISSIONS: 
COME TOUR!

Looking at Day School options? Come check out what your alma mater has to offer!  

To set up a visit: 
Contact [email protected] or 212.774.8093
 
ALUMNI IN 
ISRAEL | THIS
JUST FOR YOU!
  
YOUR OWN, UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT:
(listserv)
 
Join these GROUPS ...membership has its advantages! 
 
RAMAZ ALUMNI
FACULTY + STAFF

 

We are proud to count the following alumni among our faculty and staff.  Thank you for making a difference in the lives of our students.  We wish you a successful year!

 

Rabbi Haskel Lookstein '49

Benjamin Brown '59

Carol (Ochs) 

Wurzburger '66

Haviva (Donin) Peters '72

Shira (Lookstein) 

Baruch '83

Ehran Elisha '84

Amanda Newman '84

Daniel Henkin '85

Kenny Rochlin '86

Nicole (Boyarsky) 

Fisher '90

Michal (Agus) Fox '92

Sara Gluck '92

Rachel Rabhan '92

Rachel 

Pollack-Berkovits '00

Danny Friedman '01

Michael Gurock '01

Lisa Joels '01

Jocelyn London' 02

Aviva Lieber '03

Zack Berg '04

Elianna (Pollack) 

Mitnick '08

Tamar Gold '09

Gabe Schwartz '10

Avi Gold '11

Jason Abramson '12



KOL RAM - 
Ramaz's Alumni + Community Choir - 
weekly rehearsals 
begin on
 
Tuesdays | 7:30 PM
Ramaz Upper School
 
KOL RAM members 
sing an eclectic mix of repertory from traditional choral to comtemporary Israeli 
to secular pop.

For more information, contact Daniel Henkin at [email protected]

STAY CONNECTED!

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Ramaz Alumni Authors Book Display in Upper School

This month the Upper School Library is featuring the published works of our Ramaz alumni authors in a special display. Our newest alumnus to publish a book is Jonathan Berman '85, who wrote the book, Success in Africa: CEO Insights from a Continent on the Rise.
 
Check out the list of the Ramaz Alumni Authors. Please help us maintain accurate records and email us if you know of someone missing from this list. Thank you.
 
Barbara Blossom 
(Nemerov) Ashmoun '58
Mitchell Baker '86
Michael Berenbaum '63 
Jonathan Berman '85 
Joshua Berman '82 
Jack Bloom '50 
Laura Blumenfeld '82 
Peter Bregman '85 
Dan Chill '63 
Sherry Colb '84
Noah Drezner '96
Adam Ferziger '82
Sharon Flatto '86
Mindy (Linzer) Ginsberg '58
Zvi Gitelman '58
Jeremy Goldman '96  
Carol Gould '63
Naomi (Lebowitz) Graetz '60
Jessica Schacter Gribetz '69
Lawrence Grossman '62 
Jeffrey Gurock '67
Rachel Hallote '83 
Ehud Havazelet '73
Alan Helmreich z"l '92
Joseph Helmreich '01
David Henkin '83 
Joshua Henkin '82
JJ Hornblass '87
Jane (Rosenzweig) Jalenko '66
Miryam Kabakov
(Laurie Kabakow) '82
Leron Kornreich '91 
Jonathan Krasner '84 
Daniele Gorlin Lassner '55
Yael Lewin '87 
Rabbi Haskel Lookstein '49 
Vivian Mann '61
Daphne Merkin '71 
Haviva (Krasner) Ner David '87 
Alicia Oltuski '02 
Gabe Oppenheim '05 
Joshua Prager '89 
Sara Reguer '61
Stephen Rothman '59
Moshe (Simon) Shosan '88
Jeffrey Shoulson '83 
Sonia Taitz '71 
Leora Tananbaum '87
Gail Twersky Reibmer '68
Rachelle Weisberger '61 
Michael Widlanski '72 
Elizabeth Wurtzel '85 
Diane Wyshogrod Zlotogorski '72
  
CLASS NOTES
BIRTHS | MAZAL TOV TO...
 
Ariella + Gabi Magid '08, on the birth of their daughter, Reut
Roz (Spier) Kozak '04 + Ami Kozak, on the birth of their daughter, Kayla Frances
Jordana (Stern) '04 + Jon Merkin '04on the birth of their son, Aidan Jasper
Sara (Steinberg) Bienstock '03 + Lee Bienstock, on the birth of their daughter, Emily
Danielle Epstein '03 + Josh Grajower on the birth of her daughter, Nili
Sima (Greenbaum) Gross '03 + David Gross, on the birth of their daughter, Charlotte Hannah
Amanda + Menachem Lieber '01, on the birth of their son, Micah Kyle
Nina (Sassoon) Assouline '00 + Eliav Assouline, on the birth of their daughter, Livia
Ilana Berman-Segal '00 + Ran Segal, on the birth of their daughter, Alma
Audrey + Michael Frankel '99, on the birth of their daughter, Laura Elise
Shayna + Teddy Kahn '99, on the birth of their son, Isaac Leib
Alexis (Castle) Ross '99 and Seth Ross, on the birth of their daughter, Madeline Charlie (Michaela Simone)
Penina (Lieber) Schoenfeld '99 + Aron Schoenfeld, on the birth of their son, Elliot Asher
Alisa + Jeremy Weisser '99, on the birth of their son, Eli Micah
Orit (Barnea) Seif '97, on the birth of her son, Ilan Yaakov
Rebecca + Evan Farber '95,on the birth of their son, Eli Morris
Shari + Josh Goldberg '93,on the birth of a son, Philip (Pesach Gavriel)
Jessica Kaufman '91 + Gregory Gilderman, on the birth of their son, Simon Jules

CLICK HERE to read the Fall Edition of Class Notes - remember, not everything is posted onto Facebook!
 
CLICK HERE to submit Class Notes for the Spring Edition.
  
PHOTO ARCHIVE PROJECT

HIGH SCHOOL CLASS GRADUATION PHOTOS!
 
We are missing a number of high school class graduation
photos (and no, they are not in the yearbooks!).  Please 
help out your class and the Alumni Association by 
sending in your Ramaz class graduation photo. 

 

Please scan and email it to us at [email protected].
  

Or mail the picture.  

We'll scan it, then send it back to you (promise!).  

 

Please mail photos to:

Ramaz School | Alumni Association

114 East 85th Street, New York, NY  10085

 

MISSING CLASSES:

1950s
1949
1950
1951
1953
1954
1959
1960s
1961
1962
1963
1965
1969
1970s
1971
1973
1975
1977
1978
1980s
1980
1982
1983
1984

 

THANK YOU!
 
ALUMNI PROFILE

Ariella Michal Medows '09

 

Ariella Michal Medows is a shining example of one of our bright young alumnae taking the world by storm! Michal was graduated from Ramaz in 2009 and enrolled in Macaulay Honors College (CUNY) at Lehman College campus, where she is majoring in anthropology, focusing on a career in forensic anthropology. This semester, she had the honor to be one of 16 students selected to enroll in a seminar taught by former CIA director and retired four-star general Dr. David Petraeus. This past summer, she interned as a civilian at the Joint Prisoners of War and Missing in Action Accounting Command Central Identification Laboratory, whose mission is "to search for, recover, and identify U.S. personnel mission from past military conflicts" and return their bodies to American soil and their final resting places. This military program, located at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu, Hawaii, has the largest forensic anthropology lab in the world.

Michal and friends chatting with Dr. David Petraeus

In between taking classes, Michal has served as President of Lehman College Hillel; volunteered on a Global Medical Brigade to Panama to provide health services to those in rural areas without access to medical care; and served as the Student Coordinator for the award-winning Lehman College Blood and Bone Marrow Drives. Over the past four years, she has served on the Scholars Council (Macaulay student government) and has won several writing awards, including First Prize in the fiction/nonfiction narrative writing category of the CUNY/Labor Arts Making Work Visible Contest, a competition open to all 540,000 undergraduates in the 24 institutions of the City University of New York.

Michal playing with some lava!
 
Click here to learn more about Michal's travels to Panama as part of the Global Medical Brigade and how her experiences at Ramaz influenced who she is today.
UPCOMING EVENTSupcomingeventsanchor
NEW YORK AREA PROGRAMMING
RAMAZ ACADEMY | ADULT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Sponsored by Ramaz Parents Council

Begin the week of October 22

Classes taught by Ramaz faculty -- including the ever-popular Art Academy taught by Ms. Rachel Rabhan '92, a history of NYC class, and an audio + music production course.

Click here for the full class schedule and registration information.

  

MET COUNCIL COMMUNITY-WIDE CHESED EVENT + 

CONCERT FEATURING TANENBAUM CHATs CHOIR + BANDS

Sunday, October 27 | Ramaz Upper School

2:30 - 5:00 pm | Chesed Event

5:00 pm | Doors Open for Concert

Event co-sponsored by: Ramaz, Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan, The Heschel School, SAR, + UJA/Federation of NY.

Be among 100s of day school families + alumni taking action 

against hunger in NYC.  Day includes: activities, cooking class, hoops for hunger + food drive.  

Click here for the invitation + registration info.


SAM GYENES TOURNAMENT + ALUMNI BASKETBALL GAME

Thursday, November 7 | 7:00 pm - Tournament

Sunday, November 10 | 12:45 pm - Tournament + Alumni Game

Ramaz Upper School Gym

Email us to play in this year's Alumni Game.

 

SHABBAT RAMAZ AT KJ

Shabbat, Saturday, November 23

Stay tuned for details.

 

RAMAZ ANNUAL DINNER | HONORING PAMELA ROHR '78

Sunday, January 12 | 5:00 pm

Marriott Marquis, Times Square

Check out the Annual Dinner Website for more information and how alumni can be a part of the festivities. 

 

CELEBRATE ISRAEL PARADE "AFTER PARTY"

Sunday, June 1 | Afternoon, TBD

The Terrace | Ramaz Upper School

 

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SOCIETYupcomingeventsanchor
Programming for NYC area alumni in their mid 20s, 30s + early 40s 

FALL SHABBAT DINNER

Friday, October 18 | 7:30 pm

Prime KO (235 West 85th Street)

$75.00 per person

 

Join us for another spectacular Shabbat dinner at Prime KO!

Amazing People | Delicious Dinner + Desserts.  

This event is open to singles and couples.  

Friends of alumni are also welcome! 

Host Committee: Co-Chairs|Stephanie Knepper '00, Jason Gohari '02, Ariel Grun '05 | David Greenbaum '00, Ruthie Talanasky '03, 

Phil Kaminski '04

 

Sponsored by the Kaminski Family

 

Click here to register and pay.  

Join the  Facebook event to see who else will be at the dinner.

 

LAWYERS NETWORKING EVENT

November, Date TBD

Invitation to follow.   

 

Host Committee: Michele Antis '92, Larry Buterman '92, 

Evan Farber '95, Michael Grunfeld '99, Steven Haber '96, 

Laurence Hasson '98, Aaron Krawitz '00, Noah Leibowitz '93, 

Alex Meirowitz '05, Jillian (Gross) Miller '96 + Ruthie Talanasky '03

  

 

Future Networking Events:

Fashion | Medicine | Financial Services   

 

MILESTONE REUNIONSreunionsanchor

25 YEAR REUNION | CLASS of '88

Saturday, November 9 | 7:45 pm

Ramaz Upper School

Host Committee: 

Josh Lookstein and Deva (Schlass) Zwelling, co-chairs

Sheri (Davidowitz) Belafsky, Judy (Katz) Blatter, 

Debbie (Podell) Fishkind, Greg Fleesler, Jeffrey Mittler, 

Drorit Adler Ratzker, Michelle (Steindecker) Spielfogel, 

Larry Tanz, and Deborah (Stern) Zimbler

 

Suggested Class Gift: $36.00 per person

10, 15, 20 YEAR REUNION | CLASSES of '04, '99, '94

Sunday, January 26, 2014 | 4:00 - 7:00 pm

Ramaz Upper School

 

Reunion Facebook Events: 10 Year-2004 | 15 Year-1999

20 Year-1994  

30, 35, 40, 45, 50 YEAR REUNION | 
CLASSES of '84, 79, '74, '69, '64

Sunday, March 9, 2014 | 11:30 am

Ramaz Upper School

 

Reunion Facebook Events: 30 Year-1984 | 35 Year-1979

40 Year-1974 | 45 Year-1969 | 50-Year-1964

5 YEAR REUNION | CLASS of '09

Thursday, June 12, 2014 | 7:00 pm

The Terrace | Ramaz Upper School

 


The Ramaz School Alumni Association | 212.774.8054 | [email protected] | www.ramaz.org/alumni
114 East 85th Street | New York, NY 10028

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