קולaŠryz a`-fenz “רמבם a`-fenz-`לeל SUMMER 2013 bŠryz KOL ­ RAMBAM Busy Summer for Buildings, Grounds There wasn’t much downtime during the summer of 2013 for Director of Operations Mervin Alge. A wide range of projects, from construction and upgrades to acquisition, filled the July and August agenda and greeted students and teachers with an improved quality of life for 2013- 14. Most of the endeavors were financed by gifts from generous donors. The most visible undertaking was the de- molition and reconstruction of the south- east section of the Saval Campus perim- eter wall. The wall is about a century old, predating by decades the school’s opening in 1962. Mr. Alge said the section’s deterio- ration had become a safety issue. The replacement wall is concrete with a stucco finish, replicating the existing struc- Gabriel Herzlinger shows features of the Brener Building lunchroom to teacher aide Jeremy Arcus-Goldberg and fellow ture. “It took a lot of planning to make sure second grader Ephraim Fischer. All three are new to the school this year. we had the right design,” said Mr. Alge. ”It netting to keep sports equipment inside more attractive, and usable in all kinds of has been a lengthy process, because town the yard, Mr. Alge said. weather. The kids will love it,” Mr. Alge said. building officials have to sign off on it. But Other playground improvements include it should last another hundred years.” Also on Saval Campus this summer, the facilities staff overhauled the Upper School freshly painted outlines for recess games Behind that section of wall is the asphalt faculty lounge, replacing carpeting, win- and a more permanent arrangement for that has served as a play area since the dows, lighting, ceiling and millwork, and the hoops. school was opened. The project included painting the walls. The adjacent classroom Interior work focused on the 4,000-square- was also fitted with new windows, lighting foot cafeteria/gymnasium, where Mai- and ceiling. “A drop ceiling means better monides parent Miriam Tropp Spear, an In This Issue: acoustics, better lighting and better climate architect, coordinated a visual upgrade. control,” Mr. Alge stressed. The staff also The room, which is home to everything New Teachers...... 2 upgraded carpeting and furnishings, and from lunch and physical education classes repainted, in the math and science office. to schoolwide programming, has a brand Graduation...... 3 A 14-foot electric screen and projector new look — and the change is dramatic. was installed in the shul, and a new divider “The whole idea was to brighten up the Alumnus Profile...... 4 curtain in Fox Gymnasium replaces the place, both acoustically and visually,” said deteriorating original. Mr. Alge. A team of volunteers designed Thinking Maps...... 5 Across the street, the Leonard F. Brener the patterns, and the multicolored design Building underwent its first significant -ex includes improved safety padding along Summer Science, Sports...... 6 terior and interior changes since it opened the walls and new lighting. Audiovisual almost 16 years ago. improvements include a state-of-the-art Class Notes...... 7 Synthetic turf was installed along more sound system that interfaces with projec- tion equipment. Acoustic tiling and a new News Briefs...... 8 than 800 square feet of the asphalt play area. “This will make the play area safer, built-in screen complement the system. 1 faculty profile: Rabbi Dror and Mrs. Oranit Saadia

Rabbi Dror and Oranit Saadia, with Amiad, Matanya and Ravid A couple with two decades of teaching experience principal in Elad, a position he said has been a high point in his career. and youth leadership in and the U.S. are the Mrs. Saadia taught high school mathemat- ics in Israel for about nine years, and also new World Zionist Organization shlichim at helped new olim prepare to take the Israeli equivalent of the Scholastic Aptitude Tests. Maimonides School. She and Rabbi Saadia each hold advanced degrees from Bar Ilan University in educa- Rabbi Dror and Mrs. Oranit Saadia will be formal and informal education that they tional administration and Judaic studies. teachers, role models and ambassadors for are bringing to the community,” said Rabbi Israel in the school and the community. Mordechai Soskil, Middle and Upper School The Saadias have been schlichim before — Judaic Studies principal. at Hasten Hebrew Academy of Indianapolis “We feel it is a privilege to teach at Mai- for five years beginning in 2004. Mrs. Saadia monides School,” Rabbi Saadia said. “Even Mrs. Saadia grew up in Afula in Israel’s north, said she especially enjoyed teaching entirely in Israel we heard many good things about and she has fond memories of the beauty in Hebrew at the pre-Kindergarten-Grade 8 the school ­— the great professional staff, of the Emek Yizrael region. As a child she day school. “It brought me great joy to hear the high level of learning, and of course decided she wanted to be a teacher, and students talk, sing and play in Hebrew,” she the motivated students whose success at later served as a Bnei Akiva leader. After said. Her husband taught limudei kodesh Maimo opened a lot of opportunities in the high school she completed a year’s national and Hebrew and also was student activi- academic world.” service with Bnei Akiva in Gan Yavneh. ties director. They ran the NCSY branch in “A teacher has a lot of responsibilities,” Mrs. That’s where her husband grew up. He stud- Indianapolis and taught classes in the Saadia added. “One is to be an excellent ied at nearby Yeshivat Hadarom in Rehovot, community. educator who teaches professionally. An- and in 1988 began learning at a Hesder “It’s important for us to play a significant other is to recognize the students’ personali- Yeshiva, Or Tzion. His years included Army role in the community here, and to contrib- ties. A teacher has to be a role model and to service with the Givati Brigade. The couple ute as much as we can, with love and care,” build personal connections with her pupils. was married in 1994. They have three chil- said Rabbi Saadia. “We also want to give our During the course of all my teaching years I dren: Amiad, 18; Matanya, 14; and Ravid, 10. students a taste of Israel, the beauty and the have tried to see the students through their The family resided in Chashmonaim, a reli- importance of this land to our nation.” eyes and to bring them forward academi- gious Zionist community midway between cally and socially.” Jerusalem and Tel Aviv (and home to four “We wish everyone a shanah tovah, a year in Maimonides graduates). which all the wishes in your heart will come Rabbi Saadia will teach limudei kodesh in true,” Mrs. Saadia said. “We want to take this the Middle and Upper Schools, while Mrs. Rabbi Saadia also was a local Bnei Akiva opportunity to thank everyone for helping Saadia will teach Judaic Studies and Hebrew coordinator before starting a nine-year us in our first steps here. We really appreci- in Grade 4. “We are very excited about the period as principal of a girls’ school in 1997. ate it and feel lucky to live and work in this wealth of experience and the passion for In recent years he has served as a school wonderful school and community.”

2 Class of 2013 Joins Alumni Ranks Fifty-three members of the Maimonides we have always risen to the occasion,” Elisha Galler, Akiva Gebler, Joshua Girard, School Class of 2013 culminated their she declared. “Perhaps more important Simcha Goldish, Yael Hamer, Tara Hanau, high school careers on Sunday, June than what we have accomplished in each Jacob Henry and Bracha Hirsch. 16, accepting diplomas at the school’s of these separate worlds is what we’ve Also, Elisha Jacobs, Alexander Kahan, 61st commencement ceremonies in Fox accomplished by integrating the two,” Samuel Koralnik, Adam Kramer, Miriam Gymnasium. The two student speakers including both skills and values. Kramer, Robert Naggar, Benjamin Offen, each used a favorite extracurricular activity Three other seniors — Jason Avigan, Yoni Daniel Ofman, Natan Pomper, Lior as a context for addressing the assembly. Schoenberg and Etai Shuchatowitz — Ramati, Miriam Renz, Joshua Rosenbaum, Moshe Beiser, class valedictorian, chose were recognized for academic excellence Yosef Rumshiskiy, Daniella Sassieni, Avi to use his participation and interest and read excerpts from writings of the Schechter, Shlomit Schechter, Kayla Seigel, in athletics as a metaphor. He lauded Rambam. Mikhael Smits, Shoshana Stitcher, Kaigen his teammates (classmates), coaches In his opening remarks to the seniors, Talerico, Shoshana Traum, Lev Tsisin, Ariana and trainers (teachers) and league Judaic Studies Principal Rabbi Mordechai Turk, Arianna Unger, Yosef Vaitsblit and commissioners (principals). Soskil read an excerpt from Halakhic Mollie Wald. The actual “game” is school, and “the Man, one of the best-known books by the Members of the class celebrated their experience can be exhilarating and founder of Maimonides School, Rabbi Dr. accomplishments, values and character tension-filled, but it can also be a major Joseph B. Soloveitchik, zt”l. on June 13 at the penultimate event of struggle,” the translation of his Hebrew The theme in the selection was that the their Maimonides School careers: Senior valedictory said. “To stand on the field or beauty of the world can be transformed Recognition Night. court and compete is a great feeling. We into a “holy living phenomenon,” but Each senior basked in his or her own measure success not by how many more such a high level of appreciation requires spotlight, with thoughtful and witty points we scored than the other team, but continuing . “If we have done profiles by Co-Grade 12 Dean Christopher by our ability to perform and express the our jobs right, then you know you have Dore. His counterpart, Refael Fadlon, knowledge we have accumulated.” not done enough,” he said. conducted the awards presentation. “I have faith that, with the skills and General Studies Principal Judith Boroschek Rabbi Dov Huff, assistant principal, experience we have received here, on this closed the proceedings by offering the reminisced about his year as Grade 8 team, wherever we go from here, we will seniors some unusual guidance. “Embrace dean for the current senior class. He cited all be hall-of-famers one day.” your failures,” she recommended. “They will the seniors’ confluence of morality and Elisheva Rosen delivered her salutatory teach you what to change…they may be spirituality. address in the form of a courtroom the most important things you learn about The seniors dedicated their yearbook to closing argument. That’s because she yourselves.” social studies teacher Gina Sauceda and was a co-captain of the school’s highly Other members of the graduating class limudei kodesh teacher Rabbi Dr. Asher successful mock trial team. Her “defense” were Yishayah Bension, Jacob Bergel, Schechter. Each senior received a yearbook was a showcase of her classmates and their Gedalia Blank, Rachel Blaszkowsky, and a copy of The Lonely Man of Faith by achievements, including several specific Gabriella Cohen, Matia Diamond, Rabbi Dr. Joseph B. Soloveitchik, zt”l. The examples. Rafi Diamond, Odeya Durani, Yoseph book was a gift from Maimonides PTA, “Maimonides has provided us with both Ehrenkranz, Jeremy Fisher, Malka Forman, represented by Amy Rosen. Jewish and secular opportunities, and Shai Forstadt, Adam Frisch, Yehuda Gale,

Associate Principal Reena Slovin and a fifth grade team tend to garden plots alongside the Brener building. 33 Dr. Mark Weiner ‘73 and his wife Hedy (at center) are surrounded by children and grandson, from left: Stefanie and Dr. alumnus profile: Avi Weiner ‘02 and Miles; Ira Glasser and Dr. Chana Weiner ‘00; Zachary Weiner ‘06 and Shani Weiner ‘09. noted. Their children Dr. Chana ’00 and ment, with the uncertainty of what the her husband Ira, Dr. Avi ’02 and his wife future holds. But then again, everyone is Mark Weiner ‘73 Stefanie, Zachary ’06 and Shani ’09 were uncertain as to what their future is.” part of a support system that included a “I never expected on a Thursday morn- Dr. Mark Weiner ’73 be- network of friends and neighbors in the ing in May of 2012 that by 3 p.m. I would town of Sharon and beyond. suddenly be facing such a devastating, gan May 4, 2012 with Details of Mark’s story are included in life-threatening diagnosis, with potential an interview on the Dana Farber Cancer for much impairment,” Mark stated. “And an early morning Institute website: http://www.dana-farber. here I am almost a year-and-a-half later, org/Adult-Care/Treatment-and-Support/ rehabbing, exercising, watching children match. Before day’s end, Patient-Stories/Neurologist-faces-the-oth- and grandchildren develop, and thinking he was diagnosed with er-side-of-brain-cancer.aspx. “I have felt about getting back to work.” to some degree a responsibility to share “Here in Sharon there has been great sup- aggressive brain cancer the story, because if we help a few or even port for me and for Hedy, by helping her one person deal with the shock of a new with the day-to-day burden,” Mark con- and feared that he had and terrible diagnosis, that’s gratifying,” he tinued. “Every time someone drove me to explained. treatment or rehab, it may have seemed only a few months re- “When I first started treatment with my like a small thing. But to our family it was medical team, there was a discussion of a big deal, a chesed, because it gave Hedy maining in his life. what would happen at the end of the first a breath of fresh air.” Steve Shimshak ‘96 year. We had conversations of what might There are no more medical protocols be a second year of treatment — I used Now, after 15 months of radiation and other than frequent monitoring. But Mark to call it Shana Bet,” Mark recounted. chemotherapy with resilience that awed prefers not to live from MRI to MRI, wait- his medical experts, Mark is feeling “Chemo drags the body down. But be- ing for another shoe to drop. “HaKadosh stronger every day, telling his family how cause of how well I’ve progressed despite Boruch Hu has granted me 16 extra “today is the best day of my life.” He is the side effects of treatment, the team felt months, and every additional day is a day contemplative of life’s challenges and tri- that I outpaced any benefits to be derived HaKadosh Boruch Hu has granted me,” he umphs, especially resonant at the begin- from continued treatment. They told me said. ning of a new year. “Enjoy the blessings to go home, fatten up, get stronger, and Mark said that among his inspirational that you have,” he said, “because in a flash resolve the lethargy that has been my big- messages was a simple but powerful so much can change.” gest problem.” statement delivered by his sons’ Mai- For Mark, who ironically is a neurologist, He said he has “returned as close as I monides coach, Craig Genualdo: those blessings start with his wife, Dr. can to what I was prior to the diagnosis “If you think you’ll lose, you will. If you Hedy Wald. “She had her own shock to — which means that I still have some think you’ll win, you might.” the system, and her task to a degree was residual issues, but fortunately I can func- “There is a shared consciousness to all of more difficult than mine was. I’m in the tion independently. Over the next few this,” Hedy said, “and all of us are cherish- middle of treatment; she is busy helping months, once the chemo washes out of ing the moment.” 24/7, yet feels helpless in many ways,” he the system, I will be without any treat-

44 Rabbi Dr. Joseph B. Soloveitchik, z”tl Thinking Maps Impress Teachers Founder Rabbi M.J. Cohn, z”l Principal Emeritus A cadre of Maimonides School faculty is testify- other thinking processes,” explained one of the ing that “seeing” how students think provides workshop presenters, Beth Crastnopol, direc- Abraham Levovitz, z”l huge advantages for both teaching and learning. tor of professional development for Gateways: President Emeritus Four teachers recently completed an intense Access to Jewish Education. “This is very differ- ent than when the student is dependent on the Sam Wald ‘92 three-day workshop about Thinking Maps, Chairman, Board of Directors which is described as “a language for learning” teacher giving them an organizer for an activity and then needing to explain how it is used.” that uses eight visual patterns, each based on a Jeffrey Swartz fundamental thinking process. The maps provide “This system is amazing because we are differ- Chairman Emeritus concrete images of abstract thoughts. entiating everything in the classroom,” said Galit A total of 10 staff members have completed the Konstantine, Elementary School Hebrew teacher. Nathan Katz ’73 Thinking Maps training over the past three years. “It changes the way you see. Once you get used Head of School This summer the program was part of a compre- to all the maps, you learn better, because your hensive professional development commitment mind is trained to think the way the map is.” Frederique Smits Director of Institutional Advancement by scores of Maimonides School teachers. “This tool can also serve as a language bridge across Hebrew and English learning,” Ms. Crast- “The maps cover all different varieties of ways of Faun Zarge thinking — about reading, writing, any disci- nopol continued. “I was so thrilled this summer Director of Strategic Engagement pline — and they make them visible, so they can to include two staff members from the Hebrew be shared with peers for joint input and help side of instruction — Michal Bessler and Galit Ariella Belopolsky students make their own thinking more clear,” Konstantine. Michal and Galit helped us translate Director of Admissions said Stephanie Samuels, English the map names and descriptions into Hebrew.” and limudei kodesh teacher and Grade 6 dean. The cohort also included Zippy Portman of the Mike Rosenberg For example, she said the brainstorming map Elementary School faculty. Other Maimonides Editor shows two concentric circles, and the symbol teachers who have trained with Thinking Maps for comparing points of view is adjacent circles, include Allison Joseph, Beverly Levenson, Allison Naomi Ribner Designer each with branches. Longo, Brenda Slobodkin and Victoria Zenlea, as well as Jen Newman, Gateways staff member, “Another map illustrates cause and effect, and MIDDLE & UPPER SCHOOL this is especially important in the Middle School,” who is also the Elementary School’s English lan- Mrs. Samuels continued. “Students examine guage arts coordinator. Rabbi Mordechai Soskil causes and effects of their own actions and how “So many Elementary School teachers have Principal, Judaic Studies their decisions have ramifications.” trained with Thinking Maps that I wanted to car- ry it through into Middle School,” Mrs. Samuels Judith Boroschek “When teachers ask students to analyze text, Principal, General Studies they have a visual tool they can independently explained. “These are tools that will last students a lifetime.” apply to guide them in thinking about cause and Rabbi Dov Huff ’00 effect, comparing and contrasting or any of the Assistant Principal

Brian Cohen Steve Shimshak ‘96 Middle School Director board profile: board profile: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Rabbi David Saltzman Eliana Vidan Amy Strachman Principal Reena Slovin Associate Principal Eliana Vidan of Newton holds a B.S. in policy Amy Luksenburg Strachman, Esq. of Provi- analysis from Cornell University. She has dence is originally from Silver Spring, MD. She worked in financial operations and also held received her B.A. with honors from Brandeis Kol Rambam is published quarterly by the Maimonides School Office several positions in the non-profit sector. Eliana University and her J.D. from Boston University of Alumni and Community and her husband Andy have four sons, Asher, a School of Law. Amy practices law in Rhode Relations. Maimonides second grader, Ozzie, in Kindergar- Island, specializing in pension and retirement ten, Oren and Jonah. Eliana’s interests include law. She is married to David J. Strachman and Comments, questions, and having an operational and strategic role in non- they have three sons, Yosef, Yair ’12 and Benny, suggestions should be addressed to: profits; she hopes to bring her background and a Maimonides senior. Maimonides School experience to this new role on the Maimonides 34 Philbrick Road Board. Brookline, MA 02445 (617) 232-4452 x405 [email protected] 5 School Energized By Sports, Science Camps

Maimonides School was transformed again this past summer into a children’s haven for sports and science. Each venture developed from one person’s dream, and each grows annually in popularity and offerings.

The M-Cat Sports Camp hosted more than 60 enrollees for sessions that began at the end of June. The Science Camp run by teacher Katie Smith also had three weekly sessions filled to capacity. The creative energy behind the M-Cat Sports Camp comes from Rachel (Epstein) Klausner ’07. She and classmate Shlomo Golshirazian established the program while they were still seniors in high school. The sports camp has always been man- aged and staffed by former and current Maimonides student-athletes. Rachel was a student-athlete and student dodgeball tournament to tours of Fenway leader at Maimonides, and her ebullience Park and the Patriots Hall of Fame and trips was contagious. During her undergradu- to amusement parks. ate years at the University of Maryland, The Science Camp made its debut in 2009, Rachel organized a national Hillel basket- we recruited a few siblings for counselors- culminating Mrs. Smith’s first year teaching ball tournament and Shabbaton for men’s in-training.” at Maimonides. Mrs. Smith teaches gen- and women’s teams. Campers and counselors choose the eral science in the Elementary School and She and her husband, Moshe Klausner activities they want to do, in what order, sixth grade. “Since it’s camp, I don’t want it ‘06, a medical student, live in Haifa. Ra- and on which field or court, Rachel said. to resemble classroom learning, but rather chel came back to Brookline to manage The program takes full advantage of the experiments where they’re exploring, and the camp that she launched. “We never school’s Fox Gymnasium and the Saval discussions where they reflect and give me thought it would grow like it has,” she Campus synthetic turf courtyard, as well as their ideas,” she said during an interview exclaimed. outdoor basketball courts and play areas. after the first year. Rachel gives a lot of credit The program has grown in not only enroll- to her friends from those ment but also activities, she said. “Each early days. “When we year, I try to make the content relevant to started the camp five years what is going on in the world. The three ago, we had around 20 weeks are: engineering and design, explor- campers for five days. There ing the environment, and the science of were four counselors, and food and cooking.” Mrs. Smith said the goal of her Science Camp is “to expand the campers’ interests and open their minds to new and chal- lenging activities. I want them leaving camp with a new aspect of science that they love.” “Students learn through doing, and this is exactly what they do here,” she said.

“We also make sure that there is a variety throughout the camp weeks,” Rachel added. That ranges from an all- day Maccabiah, World Cup soccer, and

Summer camp scenes (clockwise, from top): Aryeh Samuels (left) and Jacob Unger with their engineering project; Brooke Mishkin (left), Lilah Spectre-Covitz and Batya Rose (right) meet an animal friend; M-Cat Sports Campers on a field trip; Natalie Neusner cools off in the courtyard. 66 CLASS NOTES Contact your class secretary (see listings below) to share your news. If you would like to serve as a class secretary, contact Mike Rosenberg (617) 232-4452 x405, [email protected] to volunteer. 1965 (781) 480-4242, [email protected]. Nadiv Shalom. 2004 Mazal tov to Allan Galper on his engage- Adam and Shlomit (Feit) Sandler on the Mazal tov to Rabbi Edward and Meira ment to Tamar Davis, daughter of Rabbi birth of their son, Ilan Samuel. Mazal tov to David and Elise (Kohen) (Katz) Davis on the engagement of their Edward and Meira (Katz) Davis ’65. Askenazi on the birth of their daughter, daughter Tamar to Allan Galper ’88. 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ift of life Almost half of the nual screenings were later endowed by the PR CERTIFIED Nearly 40 Mai- members of the Class of 2013 were Osband family in memory of Dr. Osband, z”l, monides School staff members G screened for the Gift of Life Bone who was a Maimonides parent, director and Chave been certified in administer- Marrow Registry on Senior Recognition community leader. Almost 900 people have ing cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and Night June 13, joining a cohort of hundreds been screened in total, and so far there in using a defibrillator. The program took that has participated in the Michael E. have been 46 matches, according to the place recently at the school, coordinated Osband Gift of Life Program. The screenings foundation. with American Heart Association trainers by have been a key component of Senior Night Robin Shuman, school nurse. since 2007. According to Leah Goldstein, ational all-star Yoni Klaus- special projects coordinator for the Gift of ner ’14 has been named to the RADUATE’S NEW BOOK Hezbollah: Life Bone Marrow Foundation, 24 seniors N national second team of all-stars The Global Footprint of Lebanon’s were swabbed by volunteers working for by the website Jewish Hoops America. GParty of God by Dr. Matthew Levitt the registry and another 15 took pre- Yoni, a three-year starter for the M-Cats, ’88 has been published, culminating a registration cards to arrange for screening was nominated by his coach, Rabbi Ed decade of research. Matt is director of the when they reach age 18. Gift of Life bone Gelb. This is the seventh year that Jewish Stein Program on Counterterrorism and marrow screenings began at Maimonides in Hoops America has honored top players Intelligence at the Washington Institute for August 2003, when more than 600 people and coaches after tracking more than 75 Near East Policy. He is scheduled to speak at were swabbed in response to the illness of basketball teams. Maimonides on Wednesday, Oct. 9. English teacher Sharon Steiff, z”l. The an- Sharing a special playground perspective on the first day of school are Maimonides School Kindergarteners, from left, Akiva Huff,T alya Schorr and Mirele Miller.

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