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A Message from Vicky and Alumnae This Past Year, Am Yisrael Lost a Great Woman, Lady Amelie Jakobovits M Rosh Ha-Shanah 5771 IDRESHET MORIAH Dear Parents A Message From Vicky and Alumnae This past year, Am Yisrael lost a great woman, Lady Amelie Jakobovits. At her passing, she was mourned On the sevenShabbatot which follow Tishah as “the mother of British Jewry,” but in her lifetime, Be-Av, we read the “Shiva De-Nechemta,” a she was the wife of the late Chief Rabbi of Great series of specialhaftarot of consolation. We begin Britain, Lord Jakobovits, and an unusually dynamic on “Shabbat Nachamu” with “ Nachamu, person in her own right. Lady Amelie was a beacon nachamu, ami…”, and continue for seven weeks, Tofchesed and compassion and a source of down-to- until the Shabbat before Rosh Ha-Shanah. earth good sense and good counsel. Her emunah If we follow the haftarah was unshakable, whether during her experiences in carefully each week, we the Holocaust or after suffering the loss of close family members. sense a progression: I was one of the extremely fortunate people who had an unusually close Our relationship with relationship with her. Lady J, as she was affectionately known to her friends, Hashem rises from the was my aunt, and also often stepped in to act as my mother. I can honestly ashes of destruction, say that so much of what I became and so growing in strength much of what our children became was a result Lady Jakobovits each week, until, by the of the love she showered upon me and the provided us end of the seven weeks, we lessons she taught me. are being embraced once again as Hashem’s with the anchor When she was a young mother of five, it was bride in thehaftarah of “ Sos asis ba-Shem.” natural to her to become a mother to her sister- and stability These sevenhaftarot seem to link Tishah Be- in-law’s four children when she passed away. I we needed Av with Rosh Ha-Shanah. But what is the was a twelve-year-old child, the second of those connection between the destruction of our two four children whom she helped to weather that Batei Ha-Mikdash and the New Year? terrible storm. She provided us with the anchor and stability we needed at the We often think of Rosh Ha-Shanah as a time time, never allowing us to wallow in self-pity. Both “Aunty Amelie” and my of fear and awe, a day of judgment. But Rosh Ha- uncle made it clear that they had great expectations for us and would not Shanah is also a chance to begin again with a fresh allow us to disappoint our family. slate, with the mistakes of the past year wiped As I try to recover from her loss, I think of the great lessons my aunt taught away byteshuvah . Even more than that, it is a me, and which I would like to share with you on the eve of Rosh Ha-Shanah: time of special closeness to Hashem, culminating • Never take yourself too seriously. Maintain a sense of humor about with the celebrations of Sukkot two weeks later. yourself and recognize that we all have shortcomings. If you attain this Tishah Be-Av brought us terrible suffering because midah, it will be easier to relate to every human being with respect. of our failings in Ben Adam La-Makom (the first • There is good in every person. It is your job to find it. Beit Ha-Mikdash) and Ben Adam La-Chavero (the second Beit Ha-Mikdash), but if • When you are with individuals, make them feel that they are unique we learn from those failures and and you are truly interested in what they have to say. Everyone who knew my aunt felt they had a special relationship with her grow beyond them, strengthening because that is how she related to them. our connection with Hashem • If you have nothing to do (which never happened to her), do throughtefilah and mitzvot and chesed. The opportunities are limitless. My aunt spent the first our relationships with fellow hours of every morning (afterdavening ) phoning people who human beings through chesed continued on page 2 continued on page 7 Michal Porat-Zibman, Alumnae Director Shalom to Director of Alumnae And now, as we begin the contact information so we our dear affairs, and Baruch new year with this year’s can stay in touch. Hashem alumnae! , so much has Midreshet crew, we’re also May Hashem bless you happened since then! We’ve working on more ways to I want to and your families with a uploaded videos of pre- connect and reconnect with Ketivah Va-Chatimah welcome the chagim messages from you this coming year. So... Tovah wonderful class , and a beautiful, various faculty members stay tuned! of 2009-2010 to healthy, and sweet new via YouTube, recorded the Midreshet Please email me at year, a year of continued specialshiurim for alumnae family. [email protected] spiritual growth and a year alumnae in honor of It’s only been a for any suggestions or ideas of staying in touch with Shavuot, and had various few months since our last you may have, or if you your Midreshet Moriah reunions andshiurim over newsletter, when I wrote just want to update your family! the summer. for the first time as Spotlight on Alumnae Leaders Elissa Schertz (2003-04) Lawrence, New York After graduating from Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls, I spent a year learning in Midreshet Moriah. I then continued my studies in Stern College for Women and graduated with a BS in Marketing. I now work for a magazine subscription company and also part-time for New York NCSY. Because of my classes at Midreshet Moriah and my exposure to the dedicated faculty who showed their love of Torah, I realized At this year’s Yom Iyyun on Zionism, that sharing these values with others is what I want to do. Major Ro’i Levi, a commander of the Working with NCSY, I have headed trips to New Orleans to help Golani Brigade’s commando unit, rebuild the Jewish community in the aftermath of Hurricane explains to the Class of 5770 how Katrina, as well as organized and run a trip for high school the IDF fights using the latest students to Berlin, Germany. For the last three years, I have co- technology and intensive training, but also the highest ethical standards. chaired a community-widetzniut fashion show, Project Frumway, and have started Project Jump, a soon-to-be-national program in yeshiva day schools which gives students hands-on recalled how helpless I felt. Getting involved in B’lev Echad was an experience inkiruv and chesed . opportunity to honor those who were killed al Kiddush Hashem. In 2009, I served as a committee member for B’lev Echad, a My love forkiruv and Eretz Yisrael stems from my year of worldwideHachnasat Sefer Torah event commemorating the studying at Midreshet Moriah. From the variety of classes I took, eight students who were killed in Mercaz Harav. Remembering and because of the relationships I developed with faculty the first night I arrived in Midreshet, when Dr. Applebaum and members, passion and love for Torah and helping others has his daughter were tragically killed in the Café Hillel bombing, I become an invaluable part of my life. A Message From Vicky continued from page 1 were ill or suffering. On her last Erev Pesach, she Finally, I would like to add a perspective on marriage for phoned over six hundred people. those of you who are or will be married (I hope that means • There are very few real problems in life. But there are all of you). When my aunt was about to marry my uncle, many situations which need a solution. Don’t dwell who was already Chief Rabbi of Ireland, he said to her, “I on the problems – work on the solutions. don’t want you behind me, and I don’t want you in front of • There is nothing as healthy as laughter and a good me. I want you beside me.” They were blessed with a sense of humor.Hashem wants us to be happy, and marriage that was a true partnership, where each one therefore limits our time of aveilut. helped the other achieve greatness. This blessing of ahavah, • Nothing is as important ashakarat ha-tov , whether to achvah, shalem, ve-re’ut is what I wish each one of you for Hashem or to the people in our lives. Never forget to the coming year. May we hear ofsmachot from you all! thank those who are good to you. Mrs. Vicky Berglas, Director 2 Reflections on Midreshet Sharona Elmaleh (2009-10, Shana Bet 2010-11) Toronto, Canada You get so much out of being in Poland – it totally changes the meaning of the Holocaust to see firsthand where it all took place. You hear so many stories that are so inspiring: of a man who saved his small portion of food to lightChanukah candles in a time of darkness; of a girl who risked her life, Reflections on climbing into a giant soup pot to smuggle ashofar into the Midreshet camps to be sounded onRosh Ha-Shanah . It’s mind-boggling to realize how hard it’s been for Gaby Markovich the Jews to survive, let alone keep thechagim – yet they (2009-10) Boca Raton, Florida persisted. We, B”H, have it so easy. We pause our TV shows and go upstairs to our already-set menorahs, or Everyone always says that you never fully experience the “Yoms” unless you celebrate walk five minutes to Shul to hear theshofar .
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