Albert Einstein College of Medicine Stern College for Women class notes Wurzweiler School 1950s pediatrics at Einstein. He is a past director of newborn services at the YUReview welcomes Classnotes submissions that are typewritten or neatly Mazal tov to Dr. Mel ’57YC and Debby Weiler Hospital of the Albert Einstein ’55YUHS Adler, and Arthur and Niki College of Medicine. printed. Relevant information (name, maiden name, school, year of graduation, Fuchs on the birth of twin grandsons, Mazal tov to Libby Kahane ’55YUHS, Yaakov Yehoshua and Shmuel Reuven. who just completed “ Rabbi Meir and a contact phone number) must be included. The magazine is not The proud parents are Zevi ’92YC and Kahane: His Life and Thought,” a Leslie (Fuchs) ’94SCW Adler. responsible for incomplete or in correct informa tion. Graduates of Cardozo, book on the life of her late husband. Mazal tov to Rabbi Aaron ’55YC, IBC, Mazal tov to Meyer Lubin, ’58FGS on Wurzweiler, Ferkauf, and Einstein may also direct notes to those schools’ ’59BRGS, RIETS and his wife Pearl the publication of his collection of ’52YUHS Borow on the marriages of essays, “Thrilling Torah Discoveries.” alumni publications. In addition to professional achievements, YUReview their grandsons Chaim and Uri to Tzivia Nudel and Dina Levy, Mazal tov to Seymour Moskowitz Classnotes may contain alumni family news, including information on births, respectively. ’54YC, ’56RIETS on the recent publi - cation of two books: “Falcon of the marriages, condolences, and ba r/bat mitzvahs. Engagement announcements The accomplishments of Dr. Leon Quraysh,” a historical novel depicting Chameides ’51YUHS, ’55YC, TI, IBC, the eighth century Muslim conquest of are not accepted. We reserve the right to edit submitted items. We cannot be ’59AECOM, in the field of pediatric Spain, and “Inter-Religious Prayers,” resuscitation were described recently which is intended to help any person respon sible for time-sensitive submissions that expire before publication. in a chapter of “ Resuscitation Greats,” unexpectedly called upon to offer a a book published in Great Britain. Items sent for the next edition of YUReview will be included as received and prayer in public. Dr. Chameides retired 11 years ago as space permits. Photographs are encouraged. after 30 years as director of pediatric Mazal tov to Monty Noam Penkower cardiology at Hartford Hospital and the ’59YUHS, ’63YC and his wife Yael, of Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Jerusalem, on the birth of their newest and as clinical professor at the grandson, Moshe Ro’i Ne’eman, born University of Connecticut’s School of to their children Avi and Rochelle Pen - Medicine. He was very active in the kower of Talmon, Israel. Mazal tov to American Heart Association (AHA) and the Penkowers also on the Bar Mitzvah served as chair of the Pediatric of their grandsons Nachshon Yosef Stay in Touch with the Resuscitation Committee, which was Roth in Jerusalem, and Aharon Ohev- responsible for developing the Pedi - Shalom Penkower in Talmon, Israel. Alumni Office atric Advanced Life Support course @ Mazal tov to Roz and Rabbi Alvin (PALS), the Neonatal Resuscitation Poplack ’58BRGS on the marriage of iiwww.yu.edu/alumni program (NRP) and the AHA course their granddaughter Sara Steinberg to on first aid. Barry Rubin. i Join the alumni online community to be Dr. Herbert C. Dobrinsky ’50YUHS, Sheldon Rudoff informed of upcoming events ’54YC, ’57RIETS, ’80FGS, vice presi - ’50YUHS, ’54YC, dent for university affairs, celebrated i Search for old classmates ’57RIETS recently the wedding in Jerusalem of his joined the New i View photos from various alumni events granddaughter Aliza Kramer to Elie York City office of i Add ‘YUAlumniAffairs’ as friend Deutsch of Efrat, Israel. Aliza is the Phillips Nizer LLP daughter of Dr. Michael ’73YUHS, i Add ‘YUAlumniAffairs at Yeshiva as a partner in the ’77YC and Dr. Deborah Kramer. University’ as a contact corporate depart - At the AECOM graduation in June, the ment. Mr. Rudoff will continue to prac - Alumni Association honored Dr. Arthur tice in corporate and commercial law, Eidelman ’55YUHS, ’59YC, ’63AECOM, representing privately owned business - ’75BRGS, professor of pediatrics, with es, corporations, not-for-profits and its 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award. philanthropic organizations. Mr. Rudoff Dr. Eidelman is a visiting professor of serves as a member of the Board of 48 SPRING 2009 • YU REVIEW Yeshiva College Bernard Revel Graduate School Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Social Work Directors of Yeshiva College and as the honored with the Lifetime Achieve - and extensive Jewish sources, Rabbi eligibility, and organizes medical honorary president of the Beth Din of ment Award from the Society of Safran illuminates every aspect of the rescue missions. He is happy to be America and the Union of Orthodox Uroradiology (SUR) at the annual Passover festival in 31 essays. Rabbi a guide and offer a stayover to any YU Jewish congregations of America. He meeting in Rancho Mirage, California. Safran is vice president-communica - alumni who find their way to Japan. is chairman of the board of a UJA- tions & marketin g/Orthodox Union Mazel tov to Robert Philip Kaminsky Federation agency, chairman of the Kashruth division. He previously ’66AECOM who recently retired from Audit Committee of the Conference on served as principal of Yeshiva a successful career as a gynecologist 1970s Claims Against Germany and a University High School for Girls. and has three granddaughters and Tamar S. Kramer Klein ’73SCW, ’79CSL member of the audit committee of the one great-granddaughter. Dr. Edward Stim ’60AECOM lives in and her husband Yitzchok announce United Jewish Communities. Tokyo and works for the Japanese the marriage of their daughter, Adina Mazal tov to Charlie and Susan Mazal tov to Sol Steinmetz ’53YC, medical assistance company Klein, to Ari Lerer. Mazal tov also to Rotsztajn and Robert J. ’64JSS, YC and ’56RIETS, and his wife Tzipora, on the Emergency Assistance Japan (EAJ). the bride’s uncle, Rabbi Dr. Doniel Z. Judy Pransky on the recent marriage birth of great-grandson Moshe He speaks to physicians around the Kramer ’70YC, ’73RIETS, ’76BRGS, of their children, Amanda and Menachem, in Israel. Mazal tov also to globe, makes medical reports that and her grandfather, Rabbi Meyer Yehoshua. the grandfather Steven Steinmetz assist insurance companies in deciding Kramer ’40YC, ’41RIETS. ’82YC and his wife Liba. Phyllis Maza Parker ’69SCW has been named a shareholder at the Philadel - Dr. Joseph Sungolowsky ’55YC, phia law firm Berger & Montague, ’58BRG, professor of French literature P.C., where she specializes in securi - and Jewish studies at Queens College, ties class action litigation. She is City University of New York, and married to Charles B. Parker ’68YC. adjunct professor of French at Stern College for Women, wrote “La tentation Mazal tov to Joseph Pessah ’64YC, dans ‘Le Père Goriot’ de Balzac,” ’66IBC, ’68FGS on the birth of a which appeared on the Web site of the granddaughter, Hannah Grace. Mr. Association Française des Enseignants Pessah recently lectured at the de Français (AFEF) on October 24, Museum of Jewish Heritage on the 2007, and “André Neher (191 8–1988) Jews of Greece during the Holocaust, et Erets Israel,” which was published and the courage of his father in saving in Delmaire, Danielle & Pollefeyt, many Jews during this period. Didier, eds., “La pensée juive contem - Benjamin Z. Richler ’60YC edited the Rabbi Shmuel Simenowitz ’75YUHS (second from left) recently poraine,” Editions Parole & Silence, recently published “Hebrew Manu - received a citation from the Hon. Uri Lapolianski, mayor of 2008. He also wrote “Hidden Children scripts in the Vatican Library.” His pre - in France (1940-1944): A Memoir,” Jerusalem, for his contribution to the journal, “The Environ - vious editorial work includes “Hebrew published in “The Hidden Child,” vol. ment in Jewish Thought and Law,” jointly sponsored by Sviva Manuscripts in the Biblioteca Palatina XVI, 2008. Israel, the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection and the in Parma” and “Guide to Hebrew municipality of Jerusalem. His article, entitled “Composting— Mazal tov to Dr. Gerald ’55YC and Manuscript Collections.” Torah Style,” traces the history of biomass use through Judith ’57TI Traub on the Bar Mitzvah Dr. Bernhard H. Rosenberg ’69YC, of their grandson Jake. Talmudic times, using the laws of “hatmana” as a guide. ’74RIETS, FGS, ’92AG recently pub - Simenowitz is the executive director of Project Ya’aleh V’Yavo, lished a revised and expanded version Inc., a Torah-based environmental education program based of his educational text entitled, “Public 1960s on his maple farm in Southern Vermont. His sugarhouse— Speaking: A Guide for Study.” He and Congratulations to Rabbi Edward Y. which is a functional synagogue—was built to resemble the his wife also celebrated the engage - Abramson ’64YUHS, ’69YC, ’69JSS, wooden synagogue from his family shtetl, Ivye, and is featured ment of their son Yaakov to Avital Kelin. ’73BRGS, ’73RIETS on the publication prominently in the new book, “How Strange It Seems” of his book, “A Circle in the Square: “Insights on the Haggadah and (Michael Hober man; University of Massachusetts Press, 2008) Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Reinvents the Pesach” (1993), written by Rabbi about the resurgence of Jewish life in New England. Synagogue.” Eliyahu Safran ’69YC, ’78RIETS, ’78FGS was reprinted (2003). Drawing Mazal tov to Dr. Stanford Goldman PHOTO: COURTESY OF OFFICE OF THE MAYOR OF JERUSALEM on the resources of Jewish thought ’61YC, ’65AECOM, who was recently YU REVIEW • SPRING 2009 49 Wurzweiler School of Social Work Yeshiva College I classnotes Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Sy Syms School of Business Linda (Pattashnick) Klonsky ’71SCW Public Accountants for the fiscal year tions to Zhava on obtaining her pump and donate their milk to pre - has been elected president of Kemp 200 8–2009. Mr. Neumark is the licensed clinical social worker status mature and sick babies.