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Fall Finale 2017 “Lies! Lies! All of It, Lies!” Issue No. 31 Jericho High School Est. 2003 ’68-’69-’70-’71-’72-’73-’74-’75 Online Magazine Yearbook to Facebook 2 Official Propaganda Tool of 1968-1975 JHS Alumnuts Linda Dalton (’68), Renee Maltz Levin (’69), Lee Sorocca (’70), David Rhodes (’74), Michael Leshin (’72), Cathy Cardinale Straus (’73), Joel Stern (’73), Barbara Blanc Sunshine (’75) Nooz About Yooz 3 Mindy Wertheimer (’72), Amy Lubow Downs (’72), Andrew Van Tosh (’69) Catch Up With ... 4 Corey Pepper (’74): His love of performing is no act First Person Singular 10 Shelley Block (‘75): Left brain, right brain Takin’ Care of Bidness: 15 Jerichonians at Work TV producer Bob Simon (’72) chases the magic State of the (Re)Union 18 Don’t miss the 10-6-18 “Unraveling of the Tribes 6: Return to PolyesterYear” Cartoons by Dan Clurman (’72) 19 Between the Covers 20 New books from Bill Reif (’71), Philip Bashe (’72) Faculty Lounge 24 Mrs. Joan Kupferberg: At eighty-four, she might be retired from teaching—but not from performing Rachel Glickman’s New York 46 New York A girl, a camera, and the greatest city in the world! And So We Bid a Fond Adieu 47 — or Fondue ... JHS Classes of 1968-1975 Online Magazine • Fall 2017 Page 2 In our travels around cyberspace, we frequently come upon photos of former classmates, especially on Facebook. Can you believe how good everyone looks?! Maybe they’re all robots. Yep, that must be it. Linda Dalton (’68) Renee Maltz Levin (’69) Lee Sorocca (’70) Massachusetts Long Island New York David Rhodes (’71) Michael Leshin (’72) North Carolina Massachusetts Cathy Cardinale Straus (’73) Caryn EllenbogenJoel Stern (’74)Dayney (’72 Barbara Blanc Sunshine (’75) Long Island Sarasota,New Jersey FL Long Island JHS Classes of 1968-1975 Online Magazine • Fall 2017 Page 3 month. Mindy, who directs the “Mrs. Broadwin was the person master’s program at Georgia State who taught me more about deduc- University School of Social Work, has tive reasoning than any other profes- especially helpful in advising us on sor I was to have. It was an amazing governance issues and has conduct- experience. Perhaps it takes getting ed the governances best-practices old to realize it.” model at Federation’s Jewish Andrew is the clinical director of Leadership Institute (JLI). nuclear cardiology at the renowned “Mindy is a past president of St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn, Long Do the clean-cut young folks above look JF&CS, has been a Federation trus- Island. familiar? They should. Their images tee, and served on our Caring Out- graced the Jericho School News newslet- ter that was mailed to your parents to let comes Allocation Committee. We are them know just what it was you were sup- grateful for Mindy’s breadth, depth, posedly doing on weekdays. and commitment to Jewish Atlanta.” Volunteers of America: Better Late Than Never, Mindy Wertheimer (’72) Right? We can’t improve upon the following After reading announcement from Jewish Family & the last issue’s Career Services (JF&CS) of Atlanta feature on My Favorite Photo honoring Dr. Mindy Wertheimer as its beloved math Volunteer of the Month, so we’ll teacher Mrs. “This is my favorite photo,” writes merely offer our congratulations and Judith Amy Lubow Downs (’72) of Brook- let the organization speak for itself: Broadwin, Dr. lyn. Taken in 2008, it shows Amy “Mazel tov to Dr. Mindy Andrew Van surrounded by sons Keith (left) Wertheimer, who has shared her Tosh (’69) and Ian, plus pooch Toby, who is time and talents with Federation in wrote, “It is now eleven in dog years. many different roles, on being hard to believe: Today Ian is a physician, while named this month’s volunteer of the I went to Johns Hopkins, New York Keith helps out Amy’s ninety-eight- University, and Yale for my medical year-old father. “At age ninety-four, training, but the best teachers I had my dad sold his house in Jericho in my life were at JHS. I took Mr. and moved to an independent- Vigilante's freshman English class; I living facility in Port Washing- learned more about writing an essay ton. My mother died in 2002, and from him, and Ms. Bueschel, than he’d lived alone for twelve years. from anyone in my life. He was very stubborn and didn't want to move. But finally he agreed, and now even he admits that he is much better off where he is. Keith and my father are good buddies, and he visits his grandfather often.” (Above) That’s Mindy with Longevity seems to run in the husband Ira Katz (’72) and family, says Amy. “My father had a their daughter Leanna Katz,; sister who died recently at age and (right) with their other 103. She always lived on her own, daughter, Jessica Katz was very independent, and even Yonatan. She and Ira married played the piano and recited in 1978 and have lived in poetry.” Atlanta for nearly that long. JHS Classes of 1968-1975 Online Magazine • Fall 2017 Page 4 Catch Up With … Corey Pepper (’74) His Love of Performing Is No Act was one of those kids Succeed in Business Without markable man, who spent who fell in love with act- Really Trying, which was the time with kids outside of I ing at an early age. In Harlequin Players’ big produc- class and really taught me kindergarten at Cantiague tion during my junior year. I not just acting stuff but also Elementary School, Mrs. Do- was very close with a lot of life stuff. Just a great, great ris Gilbert cast me in the seniors from the class of ’73, guy. I write him periodically to class play. When I say “cast,” like Peter Green, Roberta thank him, because when I I mean that she picked me—I Eagle, and Charlie Koppel- talk to my students today, I’m don’t remember having to man, all of whom had major really just trying to channel actually audition. But not long parts. And my cousin, Elyse Steve Piorkowski. after that, when I was seven Pepper, and I also had big I had a closeness with years old, I asked my mom if I roles in that: I was Bud Frump many teachers, and I know could start taking acting clas- and was in about six musical from my own sons’ educa- ses. I took classes on Satur- numbers; Elyse played Hedy tions that just doesn’t hap- day mornings with drama La Rue. It was just the most pen anymore. I used to be teachers Burt Wolfe and Ar- fun, and by far the best pro- able to go hang out in the nold Hruska as part of a duction we had in high teachers’ lounge, and nobody ☼ weekend enrichment pro- school. I just loved it. would say a word to me. Or I gram that the school district Steve Piorkowski directed would sit in Steve’s office, or offered. How to Succeed, as well as if Steve wasn’t in, I was really “After all Early on, I developed most of the other shows I per- close with the other drama these years, nodes on my vocal cords. At formed in at Jericho. He was teacher, Gene Huber, who I’m still one point, either in fifth or and is the most important passed away maybe ten or sixth grade, I wasn’t allowed teacher I ever had. Just a re- Continued on page 5 doing what I to talk for almost three love, and I months, so that my voice know so could heal. Then I began tak- many people ing speech and voice lessons who can’t with Ms. Andrea Jones who say that. was a speech therapist at Cantiague and she really I’ve never helped me learn how to had to stop speak and sing properly, so doing it, and I’ve never had any vocal prob- at this point, lems since then. In high school, being an it doesn’t look like actor really became my iden- I’ll ever tity. And it’s funny, because now, as a drama teacher, I have to.” recognize that trait in my stu- dents. Not only was I in lots of Corey (sitting, second from right) was a sophomore in the plays, but I also directed. The December 1971 musical Good News. Behind him are show that always stands out seniors Michael DiPasquale, Jim Rudy, and Michael Gilbert, most fondly for me is How to and, from the class of 1973, Marc Powers. JHS Classes of 1968-1975 Online Magazine • Fall 2017 Page 5 Corey Pepper child who wanted to go into show business, which, of course, is a risky was to make a living. They were always Continued from page 4 encouraging me “Have a backup plan, Corey. Have something to fall back on.” Which, in retrospect, was fifteen years ago. I was also really close with English good advice. They really wanted me to get my degree, teacher Estelle Stern (later Rankin), who passed away and, to be honest, that knowledge was probably the only earlier this year. way I made it all the way through college. I was our class’s president in tenth and eleventh Nowadays I encourage all my students to finish their grade. Between student government and acting, that college programs because having that degree gives you took up most of my time. Another favorite show for me more options later on. They ask me all the time, “What is was our junior-year one-act play: the comedy Lovers and the one piece of advice you have for young actors?” And Other Strangers.