קול “רמבם FALL 2015 eŠryz elqk-oeyg-ixyz KOL ­ RAMBAM

Student Activities: Quality from Quantity

The number and range of Upper School extracurricular choices — clubs, teams and activities — continue to grow under the leadership of the Student Life Team, now in its second year. “Our goal is student involvement in things about which they are passionate,” said Amy Rosen, Director of Student Life. “We help every student find the thing that makes his or her eyes light up.” For some students, she noted, the pas- sion is stoked in the classroom. For others, extracurricular activities, including athletics, “help define who they are, often more than the classes they take do,” Mrs. Rosen said. “They identify themselves by what they are Members of the Upper School Business Club with special guests at a recent presentation. See page 3 for a complete list of doing.” Upper School clubs, activities and teams. There is a mind-boggling array of activities. wants to make sure students have “some Student Life has embarked on an impor- And if none of them satisfies, students are balance” in their lives, which can mean tant project, hoping to identify potential encouraged to go out and start new ones. leaving time “to just hang out, or schmooze mentors or presenters by surveying parents, “The goal is not to drown in activities. It is with a friend.” alumni, parents of graduates and other not the creation of a college application “One of the nice things about having three friends of the school. Matching Upper laundry list,” Mrs. Rosen stressed. people is we each have an area of focus, School students with adults who have so we can accomplish more,” she said. Mrs. expertise in areas of interest “is part of Mrs. Rosen, whose team includes teacher enhancing the educational experience,” Mrs. Karyn Spero, added that the team also Leanne Taylor is also a Student Life staffer, and the office includes space for Director of Rosen said. Athletics Hal Borkow. Students validated the team’s approach. The Student Life Office also designed clubs “There’s a variety, and I do enjoy all the In This Issue: and activities “to ramp up the entire level extracurriculars I participate in,” said senior of spirituality in the school,” said Mrs. Spero, Yoni Gelb, a competitor on the math team, Upper School Robotics...... 2 a limudei kodesh teacher. She pointed out staff member of the satirical publication The that the theme of the school year, tikkun Borscht, and four-year varsity student-ath- New Technology...... 3 olam, is directly connected to the activi- lete. Interscholastic sports at ties sponsored by several clubs, including are “phenomenal, a real commitment,” Yoni Faculty Profiles...... 4 Yachad’s sensitivity training and ROFEH’s said. “We are competitive and we get to rep- toy drive. “We want to heighten the ruchniot resent our school and the Jewish people.” Yom Chesed Photos...... 5 of the school,” said Ms. Spero. Junior Baruch-Lev Kelman’s commitments Class Notes...... 6 Mrs. Rosen pointed out that a few of the over the past three years included drama, clubs are “just for fun,” like the Herring Club, robotics, and mishmar (as well as Scouts Sophomore's Milestone...... 7 which spends time on Erev Shabbat snack- outside of school). He is impressed not only ing with the principal, or the Book Club, that the Student Life Team “takes initiatives,” News Briefs...... 8 which focuses on light reading for young but also by the fact that “there are budgets adults and talks about it. for every club. That’s very helpful.” 1 Preparing for their first robotics competition are, from left, sophomore Emily Lanzkron and juniors Sam Unger, Eli Forstadt and Moriya Goldberger. Robotics Club Prepares for New Challenges The three-year-old Upper School Robotics regardless of seeding, can enter the tour- hours every Sunday. "During these meet- Club has blossomed into a team of knowl- ney. Students learn to code in the program- ings, the hardware folks design and build edgeable, motivated students aiming for ming language Java and are charged with the robot, while the software experts learn success in their first competition with other building the actual robot.” how to code and program the robot to schools. Barry Ehrlich, Maimonides director of obey commands," Dr. Stewart said, adding, The team has affiliated with First Tech curriculum and instruction, also plays an “The team name is Shtark Industry.” Challenge, a national nonprofit organiza- advisory role. “Working with Mr. Ehrlich has “We definitely will increase the amount tion established to inspire young people's been really helpful,” Ethan stated. of time we spend on weekends as we get interest and participation in science and Ethan said former science teacher Linda close to the competition,” Ethan said. technology. The competition is expected to D’Apolito recruited freshmen to an Upper A new challenge is introduced every year, be scheduled for mid-winter. School robotics club in 2013. “We basically Ethan said, requiring various robotic tasks “This is a really big step for us,” said Ethan created it from the ground up,” he recount- — picking up or releasing an object, for Fraenkel ’17, one of a core of Upper School ed. “The first year, all we did was assemble example, or driving somewhere. “We have students driving the activity. “It is the first the hardware. We didn’t program it until the details for this year’s event and we are time we have to deal with serious technical the second year.” The agenda grew more almost finished with our first design,” he challenges.” After three years, “We decided advanced as the students learned about said. to enter our first robotics competition. So how various systems work, he said. “We have built this from the bottom now we are basically a team. I like to think As many as 15 students take part in team up — the designing, the programming, of this as a sports team for the mind.” meetings, though there’s a core of a half- all that has come from the students.” He “There are three qualifying events that take dozen— senior Daniel Ramati and juniors added, “This is going to be valuable even place between November and February Eli Forstadt, Moriya Goldberger, Baruch-Lev for people who don’t go into the sciences. that determine seeding in the big end- Kelman, Abigail Lanzkron and Ethan. “It’s re- They are learning a lot of valuable skills in of-year championship tournament,” said ally nice to have a lot of people,” Ethan com- addition to the technical aspects — things Dr. Steven Stewart, Science Department mented. The group meets in a classroom for like interpersonal skills, use of social media. coordinator and physics teacher, who is a about three hours each week during lunch I have learned a lot of organizational skills.” faculty advisor to the group. “Every team, and X-block periods as well as a couple of 2 2 Technology Opportunities Sprout Rabbi Dr. Joseph B. Soloveitchik, z”tl Founder

Science Director Brian Palm is implementing version of a hard drive,” Mr. Palm explained. “They Rabbi M.J. Cohn, z”l some new opportunities that he hopes will “get were able to understand some of the mecha- Principal Emeritus our kids to realize the immense potential of the nisms of the hardware and do some introductory technological world they are entering.” coding.” Abraham Levovitz, z”l President Emeritus “We are trying to take some small steps — things The computer science class, which is scheduled that can get done in our current building spaces to continue through most of the academic year, is Sam Wald ‘92 and our current program,” he said. “There are a “a self-paced online class with a number of activi- Chairman, Board of Directors couple of things we can do to wet our whistle. We ties of increasing complexity,” Mr. Palm said. “Aliza Jeffrey Swartz want to create some momentum within our avail- and I are going to be students right alongside the Chairman Emeritus able time and space.” kids as we develop our own proficiency with this Forty students registered for material.” Nathan Katz ’73 Head of School eight openings in the first evening session of an Participants have begun meeting, and “we will introduction to coding. And Mr. Palm and Middle try to hold a meeting time once a week or every Barry Ehrlich School teacher Aliza Baronofsky joined more than other week so kids can ask questions and get Director of Curriculum and Instruction 30 Upper School students in a self-paced com- help from their peers,” he said. “Even though this puter science course that will rely on a couple of can be done entirely online, we also wanted a Robin Meyerowitz Early Childhood Director online learning platforms. social component, an experience for them to go “If you look out at the world today, fluency with through together.” Frederique Smits computer science, with computer programming, “It is exciting to consider these skills and the Director of Institutional Advancement is as important as anything,” Mr. Palm comment- opportunities for projects and explore across the Faun Zarge ed. “People who learn how to do the coding are entire curriculum here at Maimonides. And while Director of Strategic Engagement going to be the ones creating new companies part of a larger effort, we hope to further the and solving problems in different ways — think- early conversations in all divisions. Initially, I think Chantal Lawrence ing about the world and all its possibilities.” we can add to some of the things we already do Director of Admissions “Otherwise,” he continued, “You are going to be — science fairs come to mind,” he said. “And there Mike Rosenberg only a consumer and not understand how the are other kinds of creative moments that we can Editor ‘black box’ works.” integrate with our traditional curriculum.” Naomi Ribner “As we get further down this road it will be of Preparing for their first robotics competition are, from left, sophomore Emily Lanzkron and juniors Sam Unger, Eli Forstadt and Moriya Goldberger. The Young Coders Society, a non-profit organiza- Designer tion, sponsored the free coding event for Middle great value to lean on parents and alumni as we School students at the school on Oct. 12. “We consider the main options that are available,” Mr. MIDDLE & UPPER SCHOOL Palm added. hope to provide a couple of other nights for the Rabbi Dov Huff '00 rest of the group,” Mr. Palm said. “There is great interest among kids,” Mr. Palm Interim Principal, Judaic Studies The students used a "Raspberry Pi" platform to emphasized. “Some are doing this kind of thing on their own right now.” Scott Mattoon learn to program. “This is essentially a simplified Principal, General Studies

Brian Cohen UPPER SCHOOL EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 2015-16 Associate Principal, Middle School

Upper School Clubs Kol HaMayim (weekly para- Student Council ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shah) Adopt-a-Bubbe Upper School Play Rabbi David Saltzman Book Club Kol Isha (girls’ choir) The Weekly Briefing Principal Maimodesty The Borscht (student satire) Yachad Reena Slovin Business Club Math Team Associate Principal Chidon HaTanakh Mishmar Interscholastic Athletics Current (literary magazine) Mock Docs — boys Kol Rambam is published quarterly Mock Trial by the Maimonides School Office Early Education Club — boys, girls of Alumni and Community Gittel’s Kitchen Model UN Floor — girls (intra- Relations. HaLapid (senior yearbook) Music Is Medicine Club mural) Comments, questions, and suggestions should be addressed to: Herring Club Robotics Club Soccer — boys, girls Humans of Maimo ROFEH Club — girls Maimonides School Science Club — boys, girls 34 Philbrick Road Middle East News Brookline, MA 02445 Jazz Band Spectrum (student newspaper) — girls (617) 232-4452 x405 [email protected] Kol Dodi Dofek (boys’ choir) STEM — boys Student Ambassadors

3 Rabbi Eliezer Bercuson, the newest studying seriously. It opened my member of Maimonides’ Middle and eyes to a whole new dimension, to the Upper School Judaic studies faculty, complexity of Jewish life.” can cover a lot of ground in a hurry. Indeed, he said he was inspired to go faculty profiles “I went from nothing to a semicha into the rabbinate. After a year at Ha- program in two years,” he said. Mivtar he began applying to semicha Rabbi Eliezer Bercuson Rabbi Bercuson grew up in Ottawa, programs and ended up at Yeshiva the capital of Canada, on the Ontario- University’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Quebec border. He attended a French- Theological Seminary. Before leaving speaking program in a public high Israel for New York in 2009, he and his school and earned an undergraduate wife Ilana were married; she had been degree at Carleton University in Ot- learning at Nishmat when they met. tawa, majoring in philosophy with a Among the “fantastic rebbeim” he classics minor. encountered was Rabbi Menachem During his last semester, a combina- Schrader, founder of the Orthodox tion of experiences triggered an inter- Union’s Jewish Learning Initiative on est in a more traditional Jewish way Campus (JLIC) program. One day, of life. He was part of a small indepen- “He saw me on the street and literally dent study seminar reading Mai- pulled me aside and said to apply to monides’ Guide for the Perplexed. “I had JLIC. There was an opening at a Jewish roommate who encouraged Princeton and that’s where we ended me.” One aspect of his realization was up for two years.” as a common denominator. “I Princeton was “eye-opening, for all didn’t know which direction to go, but kinds of reasons,” Rabbi Bercuson I knew that wherever I went I could recounted. “I had no experience in this find a Jewish community,” he said. Ivy League world and very little experi- Rabbi Bercuson spent a post-graduate ence working with Jewish kids who year teaching English at a school in went to day school. My understand- Lyon, and “being in France at that ing of Orthodoxy was exclusively as an time really made me a Zionist. It really adult; before age 23 I actually didn’t opened my eyes to the kind of perse- know the alef-beis. So that also con- cution some Jews face. Though I didn’t tributed to my religious experience — experience violence myself, I did see I think it is important for everybody to with my own eyes how uncomfortable learn about Yiddishkeit from different some Jews felt there.” perspectives.” Three weeks after the close of the Rabbi Bercuson is teaching all sections school year he went to Israel for the of Grade 7 Gemara, one class of Grade first time — and stayed for three years. 8 Gemara and two sections of Grade After eight months as a volunteer on 11 Jewish thought. “Maimonides a kibbutz, learning Hebrew through seems one of the best schools I could day-to-day usage, he enrolled in Ye- possibly end up at — I am amazed at shivat HaMivtar in Efrat. how supportive the rest of the faculty “This really changed my life,” Rabbi is,” he declared. Bercuson said. “It was my first time

Rabbi Eliezer Bercuson emphasizes a point to his students. Two Israeli women whose resumes feature significant experience working with young people have joined the Maimonides School staff as Bnei Akiva shlichot for the 2015-16 academic year. Shlomit Levi of Moreshet, a village in the Galil, has served in Israel as a Bnei Akiva Shlomit Levi branch leader, a volunteer in a special education kindergarten, and a teacher and student activities organizer at a secular high school. Einat Emunael, a lifelong resident of Peduel in the Shomron, has served as a vol- and Einat Emunael, unteer in a central Tel Aviv high school for at-risk youth. She taught Judaic studies and organized student activities, volunteered at a bait-ham (warm home) for girls from Ethiopian households, and helped prepare and implement a Passover night Bnei Akiva Shlichot ceremony for the Ethiopian community. Einat also served as a Bnei Akiva branch leader and as a volunteer teaching assistant in an elementary school special edu- cation class. Both women also have been learning three nights each week. 4 Community Convenes for Day of Service

The third annual Maimonides Yom Chesed was a sparkling smorgas- bord of community service, as 500 students, parents, grandparents, teachers, alumni and friends undertook more than a dozen projects, including (clockwise, from above) Rachel Palatinsky '19, left, and Renen Melul '16 painting an inner-city school; Amittay and Shira Tra- belsi preparing Shabbat dessert for the needy; Poly Neusner and son Mike, left, and Sharon Shapiro and son Noam finishing a Yachad proj- ect; a volunteer team at work on blankets for lone soldiers in Israel; admiring completed blankets, from left, Nadav Weglein, Noam Traum and Noam Karger; and Middle and Upper School volunteers preparing meals for Gittel's Kitchen.

5 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. 1966 1988 1998 2004 Contact Dr. Tamy (Simon) Chelst, (248) Contact Elka Tovah (Menkes) Davidoff, Mazal tov to Lisa and Mordechai Bloom- Mazal tov to 353-2268, [email protected]. (781) 480-4242, [email protected]. berg on the birth of their daughter, Liel Zehava (Bloomberg) and Dov Cohen Avital. Grandparents are Miriam and Rabbi on the birth of their son, Nadav Pinchas. Jon Bloomberg. 1969 1989 Grandparents are Miriam and Rabbi Jon Bloomberg. Contact Debbie (Katz) Cohen, (617) Mazal tov to Nikki and Moshe Kaganoff 277-4325, [email protected]. on the engagement of their son, Mea- 1999 Meira (Salzberg) and Rabbi Ben nachem Nachum. Mazal tov to Houben '03 on the birth of their daugh- Mazal tov to Sheila and Danny Langer- ter. Grandparents are Sara (Popkin) '77 mann on the engagement of their Jamie and Jonathan Banks on the birth and Michael Salzberg. daughter Miriam ’04 to Judah Rosenblatt. 1990 of their daughter, Gari Miriam. Grand- mother is Raya Banks. Daniel Kaufman on his marriage to Ella Mazal tov to Nechama and Barry Cooper Stemmer. Daniel is the son of Gail ’76 and on the birth of their son, Yitzchak Eliezer. Dayna and Dr. Raphi Wald on the birth of 1970 Dr. Randal Kaufman ’74. Grandmother is Barbara Cooper. their son, Evan Zachary. Grandmother is Contact Gary Cantor, (610) 664-3502, Carole Wald. Miriam Langermann ’04 on her engage- [email protected]. ment to Judah Rosenblatt. Miriam is the 1993 daughter of Sheila and Daniel Langer- 1971 Mazal tov to 2000 mann ’69. Mazal tov to Contact Rabbi Dr. Ed Goldstein, (516) Miriam and Rabbi Yonatan Kaganoff on Elisheva (Klausner) and Ezra Pinsky on 295-4118, [email protected]. the birth of their daughter, Rikel Breyna. Zvi Citron on his engagement to Tzippy the birth of their daughter, Yakira Orli. Grandmother is Rosalyn Kaganoff. Bell. Zvi is the son of Tamar King. Grandparents are Miriam and Mitchell 1974 Chaya and Rabbi Jonathan Krimsky Deanna and Michael Dalezman on the Klausner. on the birth of their daughter, Shoshana birth of their son. Mazal tov to Rachel (Deitsch) and Jerome Wilkerson Reizel. Grandparents are Dorothy and Julia Hoffman and Eitan Hersh on the on the birth of their daughter, Avigail Eta and Mark Levenson on the marriage Sidney Krimsky. birth of their son, Jonah David. Grandpar- Baila. Grandparents are Martha and Ira of their daughter Jessica to David Mirsky. Adina (Bloomberg) and Aviv Melese ents are Deva and Melvin Hoffman. Deitsch. Gail ’76 and Dr. Randal Kaufman on the on the birth of their son, Eitan Asher. Beth (Lamport) and Yashi Kraus on the marriage of their son Daniel ’04 to Etta Grandparents are Miriam and Rabbi Jon birth of their son, Jacob Henry. Grandpar- 2005 Stemmer. Bloomberg. ents are Cheryl and Jay Lamport. Mazal tov to 1975 Ben Barnhart on his marriage to Ashley 1994 2001 Cohen. Ben is the son of Arlene and Jerad Mazal tov to Tzipporah (Twersky) and Mazal tov to Mazal tov to Barnhart. Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt on the Jane Metcalf and Yoni Berkovits on engagement of their son Judah to Miriam Dina and Aharon HaLevy on the birth of Matt Fisher on his marriage to Leah the birth of their daughter, Olive Nancy. Langermann ’04. their son, Shalom. Grandmother is Bracha Nation. Matt is the son of Lisa Rosenbaum Grandparents are Leah and Shimshon HaLevy. and Ronald Fisher. Berkovits. Ariella (Mitchneck) ’03 and Yechiel Rob- Hannah (Schacht) and Michael Lefkov- 1976 Ariella (Katz) and Aylon Glaser on the inson on the birth of their son, Yaakov ich on the birth of their son, Yonatan Mazal tov to Gail and Dr. Randal birth of their son, Itai Avraham. Grandpar- Yonatan. Grandparents are Debbie and Reuven. Grandparents are Phyllis and Kaufman ’74 on the marriage of their son ents are Brenda and Jerry Katz. Morris Robinson. David Schacht. Daniel ’04 to Etta Stemmer. Sara and Shael Sokolowski on the birth Yisroel Yavner on his engagement to 1995 of their daughter, Emmy Rachil. Grandpar- Sori Chesny. Yisroel is the son of Esta and 1977 Mazal tov to ents are Sharon and George Sokolowski. David Yavner. Mazal tov to Sara (Popkin) and Michael Ayla and Mechael Osband on the birth Gabrielle and Yitzi Zisblatt on the birth of Salzberg on the birth of their grandson, of their daughter, Shiloh. Grandmother is their son. Grandparents are Drs. Laura and Avishai Yitzchak, and their granddaughter. 2002 Barbara Osband. Sam Zisblatt. Parents are Jennifer and Yakov Salzberg Mazal tov to ’06 (grandson) and Meira (Salzberg) '04 Yehudit (Robinson) and Sam Daitch on Elana and Judd Bogdansky on the birth and Rabbi Ben Houben '03 (grand- the birth of their daughter, Miriam Eliza- 2006 of their daughter, Nava Shai. Grandparents daughter). beth Hannah. Grandparents are Debbie are Betsy and Alan Bogdansky. Mazal tov to and Morris Robinson. Drs. Merav (Weill) Galper and Ben Michal Fuld on her marriage to Noam 1980 Galper ’97 on the birth of their daughter, Weinberger. Michal is the daughter of Contact Amy Levenson, amy.leven- 1996 Ella Mollie. Grandmother is Zahava Sheftel. Susan and Leonard Fuld. [email protected]. Mazal tov to Ilana and Rabbi Yaakov Janna (Login) and Ben Feldman on the (Jeff) Weiss on the birth of their daugh- Mazal tov to Chaya (Walter) and Shalom birth of their son, Judah Aryeh. Grandpar- ter, Ahuva Tehilla. Grandparents are Susan 2003 Lampert on the birth of their grand- ents are Minda and Dr. Gary Login. and Dr. Arnold Weiss. Mazal tov to daughter, Roni Volberg. Jennifer and Yakov Salzberg on the birth Rabbi Ben Houben and Meira (Salz- of their son, Avishai Yitzchak. Grand- 1997 berg) Houben '04 on the birth of their parents are Michael and Sara (Popkin) 1981 daughter. Grandparents are Eileen and Mazal tov to Drs. Ben Galper and Merav Salzberg ’77. Mazal tov to Sharon (Epstein) and Dr. Jeffrey Houben. (Weill) Galper ’02 on the birth of their Shlomo Lerner on the engagement of daughter, Ella Mollie. Grandparents are Ariella (Mitchneck) and Yechiel Robin- their daughter Dalya ’11 to Benjy Karlin. 2007 Linda and Dr. Jonas Galper. son ’01 on the birth of their son, Yaakov Yonatan. Grandparents are Colleen and Mazal tov to James Mitchneck. Racheli and Nate Jaret on the birth of

6 their son, Itai Seraya. Grandparents are Mazal and Alec Jaret. Student Learns Entire Mishnah Shira Petrack on her engagement to Chaim Bograd. Shira is the daughter of Marina and becoming discouraged over a long-term com- Scott Petrack. mitment and help ensure success, Elad said. Danit Rozman on her marriage to Yair Keller. Danit is the daughter of Jan Feldman. He also conducted a siyum, formally marking Ari Short on his marriage to Liat Justin. Ari is the completion of his learning. Students and the son of Dr. Ronni Schnell and Dr. Rick Short. teachers applauded, and Elad and his friends Amy Tischler on her marriage to Adam danced around the bimah in celebration. Green. Amy is the daughter of Helene and Tenth graders later held their own reception Joseph Tischler. for their classmate. In an interview, Elad said he was inspired by 2008 earlier experiences — studying Pirkei Avot as a Mazal tov to Ilana (Brandt) and Adam sixth grader with his father, and learning parts Bernstein on the birth of their daughter, Aviya Elka Chana. Grandparents are Gretchen of Berachot during the senior project of Yoni and Stewart Brandt. Nouriel ’12 a year later. “I decided to finish Jonathan Fisher on his engagement to Nata- Berachot by myself, and then I realized that lie Mashian. Jonathan is the son of Drs. Claire I could do the rest of Mishnah. It would just and David Fisher. Elad Jeselsohn and friends take time,” he stated. 2009 Maimonides School sophomore Elad Je- Rabbi Huff told the students that he hopes they internalize Elad’s message that Torah is Mazal tov to selsohn has completed three years of inde- pendently learning the entire Mishnah, the accessible. Hanna Flesh on her engagement to Yotam Eini. Hanna is the daughter of Holly and Dr. cornerstone of Jewish law. Elad said it took about three years, mostly George Flesh. Friday morning, Oct. 9, Elad celebrated his at the rate of one perek per day. The experi- Yoni Matz on his engagement to Shira Peskin. accomplishment with the Middle and Upper ence “made me more knowledgeable about Yoni is the son of Lea and Trevor Matz. School student body in S. Joseph Solomont everything concerning halakha,” he said, and Pinchus Polack on his engagement to Rachel . opened the door to learning Gemora. He Salomon. Pinchus is the son of Shifra and added, “It made me a better person.” Baruch Polack. Immediately following tefillot, he was intro- Elad, son of Joel and Dr. Rinath Jeselsohn, Ariella Wolfson on her marriage to Shy duced by Rabbi Dov Huff, interim Middle and Wasserman. Ariella is the daughter of Joy and Upper School Judaic studies principal, who is the defending Greater Northeast Region Barry Wolfson. said Elad’s undertaking was “really amazing.” champion of Chidon HaTanakh, and also plays basketball. When asked how his friends Elisa Zisblatt on her marriage to Adam Elad delivered a d'var Torah that referenced Rhodes. Elisa is the daughter of Drs. Laura and reacted to his ambitious learning challenge, Sam Zisblatt. the 19th century Polish scholar known as the he replied, “I don’t think many people knew Chofetz Chaim, who taught to “focus on what about it.” 2010 you are learning right now.” That will deter Mazal tov to David Gleizer on his engage- ment to Rivka Malka Swartz. David is the son of Inna Grinblat. 2011 Mazal tov to Dalya Lerner on her engage- ment to Benjy Karlin. Dalya is the daughter of Sharon (Epstein) '81 and Dr. Shlomo Lerner.

CONDOLENCES Edith and Steven Bayme ’67 on the loss of their beloved son, Yehuda Bayme, z”l.

Jay ’74, Richard ’75 and Elise Goldberg ’79 Former teachers, from left, Elaine Shizgal Cohen, Helen Naftalin, Joyce Bohnen and Barbi Heller pose at a recent reunion in the Berk- on the loss of their beloved mother, Marilyn Goldberg, z”l. shires. Forty-six years ago, they were teachers at Maimonides, and have remained friends. Elaine taught French in the high school from 1969 to 1973. Later she was an educational director in Montreal, head of school in New Jersey, and national director of the Schechter Scott Goldberg ’90 and Amy (Sisel) Snow ’03 on the loss of their beloved father, Joel Sisel, Day School Network. Helen taught social studies in the middle school grades from 1969 to 1973. She then returned to her native z”l. Mr. Sisel was the chef and kitchen manager England, and after teaching she served as a magistrate in criminal courts in Leicester and London. Joyce taught fourth grade general at Maimonides School in the 1980s when the school featured a lunch program. studies from 1969 to 1973; most recently she was director of recruitment and admissions at MetroWest in Framing- ham. Barbi taught fifth grade general studies from 1969 to 1973. She made aliyah in 1979, taught special education at the American David ’77 and Herbert Weinberg ’80 on the loss of their beloved mother, Martha Weinberg, z”l. International School and now is a certified lactation consultant. 7 Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Paid Brookline, MA 34 Philbrick Road Permit No. 59990 Brookline, MA 02445 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

­

NEWS BRIEFS

TRENGTHENING LEVY LIBRARY Jan. 28-31, 2016. Contact Ahron Solomont SRAELI TEACHERS VISIT A portion of the fiction section of for more information: [email protected] Ten Russian-speaking Israeli teachers the Levy Library on Saval Campus visited Maimonides School recently S RENER BUILDING TECHNOLOGY I has been dedicated to the memory of through the auspices of Combined Jewish Sydelle Goldman, z”l, longtime friend and The school’s Information Tech- Philanthropies’ Boston-Haifa Connection. supporter of the school. Alan Gopen ’73, B nology Department installed a They toured the Elementary School and nephew of Ms. Goldman, along with Diane computer laboratory in the Elementary Saval Campus, spending extended time in Abbott and other friends and relatives School over the summer using Chrome- Kindergarten and second-grade classrooms contributed to the library in her memory. boxes, a new technology for Maimonides. and the Esther Edelman Learning Center. A plaque was unveiled at a small ceremony A Chromebox is a personal computer that They also conversed with several Russian- attended by Alan and a number of Ms. runs Google’s Chrome OS operating system. speaking Upper School students about Goldman’s friends, who shared reminiscenc- According to IT Director Deborah Leschin- curriculum choices, college planning, and es and tributes. sky, the devices “let students more quickly other aspects of student life at Maimonides. and easily access the programs that they The delegation included elementary and OURNEY ON THE HORIZON frequently use.” The project required major high school teachers, special educators, Volunteers are already formulating renovations, including counters, chairs, technology specialists and school admin- T plans for the 2015-16 Maimonides wiring, lighting, carpeting and painting, as istrators. The group was accompanied by Invitational Basketball Tournament. The well as the addition of a smart projector former Maimonides parents Vladimir and event, to feature up to six visiting boys’ and that can be accessed by any Chromebox in Tatyana Foygelman of the Center Makor girls’ varsity teams, has been scheduled for the room. Russian cultural program in Brighton.

JInfusing the Early Childhood Center with rhythm are, from left, pre-schoolers Ella Notik, Aviv Ankori, Leeba Roth, Benzion Scharf and Raya Ofran.

8