2009–2010 Alumni Honorees:

Joe Alterman ‘03 - Release of Jazz CD that has received rave reviews

Ari Axler ‘06 - Class President at Weber High School, founded non-profit, Valedictorian

Allison Briskin ‘06 - STAR Weber High School Student, National Merit Finalist, Salutatorian

Michael Cohen ‘06 - STAR Riverwood High School Student, National Merit Finalist

Blake Engelhard ‘07- President of Riverwood Junior Class, President of Student Council

Scott Freedman ‘07 - Governor’s Honor Program-Spanish

Carley Gaynes ‘07 - International Vice President of B’nai B’rith Girls

Alex Gelernter ‘06 - Eagle Scout

Jason Gerson ‘06 - National Merit Finalist

Adam Greenstein ‘07 - Governor’s Honors Program-Math

Jared Isenstein ‘06 – Woodward Academy Salutatorian

Jordan Katz ‘06 - National Merit Finalist

Caleb Koffler ‘07 - President of Weber Student Council

Noah Levine ‘06 - National Merit Scholar

Megan Light ‘06 - Athlete of the Week, National Merit Finalist, Emory Softball – Conference MVP and Rookie of the Year, Emory Brittain Award

Alex Miller ‘07 - Eagle Scout

Sam Miller ‘06 - Riverwood High School Salutatorian

Eli Oppenheimer ‘06 - Athlete of the Week

Marc Powell ‘06 - North Springs High School Salutatorian

Steven Prager ‘06 - Eagle Scout

Josh Schwartz ‘08 - Governor’s Honor Program-Technology; Hillel President of UGA 2014-2015; President of Residence Hall Association of UGA

2015-2016

Avi Spector '03 - President of AEPi at Georgia State University

Jeremy Spielman ‘07 - President of Weber Student Council Josh Videlefsky ‘06 - Athlete of the Week

Samantha Westheimer ‘08 - Athlete of the Week 2010–2011 Alumni Honorees:

Jake Albert ‘08 - Governor’s Honors Program, Salutatorian-Walton, Atlanta Journal Constitution-Outstanding Walton HS Student

Adina Beiner ‘08 - Vice President Israel Affairs - HaNegev Region USY

Jordy Berne ‘08 - Atlanta Council AZA - Treasurer

Eli Bilek ‘99 - Rosemary Barkett Appellate American Inn of Court

Mitchell Alterman ‘07 - Athlete of the Week, High Scoring Record-Riverwood HS, Varsity Basketball Team Captain, All Regional Team

Ari Feldstein ‘08 - Atlanta Council AZA - Secretary and Varsity Wrestling Team Captain – The Weber School, Athlete of the Week

Jonathan Friedman ‘08 - Sub-Regional President-USY

Rosa Ilyayeva ‘07 - Valedictorian, The Weber School

Hilit Jacobson ‘09 - Atlanta Council BBG - Vice President, International Vice President of Bnai B’rith Girls

Jenna Kanell ‘06 - National debut in Drop Dead Diva

Daniel Kasten ‘08 - Vice President of Atlanta Council AZA

Josh Levine ‘92 - Outstanding Volunteer, Detroit Jewish Community

Dina Pinsky ‘86 - Author, “Jewish Feminists”

Frank Spiro ‘08 - President-HaNegev Region USY, President of Ein Gedi USY Sub- Region 2011–2012 Alumni Honorees:

Jonathan Berger ‘07 - ROTC Scholarship, Military Science Professor’s Excellence, Platinum Medial Athlete Award, Cadet Honors Award

Michael Briskin ‘08 - STAR Student/Woodward Academy

David Nelwan ‘08 - Salutatorian, The Weber School and National Merit Finalist

Andrew Parmet ‘08 - Riverwood HS Salutatorian 2012

Sara Pilzer ‘98 - Salutatorian NS, Foundation Fellow, Fulbright Fellow in South Korea, PH.D, Public Policy/Duke University

Ryan Tourial ’08 - Faculty Award, Riverwood HS Daniel Yellin ‘07 - Ben Franklin Scholar-University of Pennsylvania, Riverwood commencement speaker, Riverwood Senior Class Treasurer, Scholar

Athlete , MVP Riverwood Track 2013–2014 Alumni Honorees:

Daniel Abravanel ‘10 - Valedictorian, The Weber School

Jonathan Arogeti ‘03 - Student Commencement Speaker 2011, University of Georgia

Erin Beiner ‘10 - Leadership in United Synagogue Youth as President of her local chapter, Sub-Regional President of Ein Gedi USY, and HaNegev

USY Regional Vice President

Jake Berne ‘10 - President of the BBYO-AZA Council

Jonah Blumenthal ‘10 - Governor’s Honors recipient in Visual Arts

Steven Burgess ‘10 - Salutatorian, North Springs High School

Aaron Capitel ‘07 - Division 1 Tennis George Mason University

Sam Durham ‘10 - VP Membership BBYO-AZA Council

Daniela Friedman ‘10 - Governor’s Honors recipient in Math, 1st place team member in Moot Beit Din, Salutatorian, The Weber School

Jonathan Geller ‘10 - Athlete of the Week

Carly Heyman Godzdanker ‘99 - Author of “My Extra Special Brother” which sold over 50,000 copies

Tal Greber ‘10 - National Merit Finalist

Mallory Harris ‘10 - STAR, Governor’s Honors, Valedictorian, UGA Fellows, National Merit Finalist

Max Holland ‘01 - Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to participate in the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships Program

Daniel Maloon ‘06 - President AEPi Master 2013-14, UGA Leonard Leadership Scholar, Athlete of the Week

Nathan Rakitt ‘07 - Division 1 Tennis At Georgia Tech

Olivia Sachs ‘10 - National Merit Finalist and Top Ten Student at North Springs High School

Rachel Schwartz ‘10 - Governor’s Honors recipient in Communicative Arts

Gavri Schreiber ‘10 - U.S. Presidential Scholar Mara Siegel ‘10 - Governor’s Honors recipient in Theater Design

Adam Stoumen ‘10 - Achievements in baseball which resulted in his being featured in the Neighbor Newspaper

Haley Zagoria ‘07 - Division One Golf - Appalachia State

David Zarge ‘10 - Valedictorian North Springs High School and National Merit Finalist 2014–2015 Alumni Honorees:

Garon Berenson ‘11 - Governor's Honors Program In Engineering & Technology

Heidi Cohen '76 - Hard work for and dedication to the Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation

Harris Eppsteiner '03 - Work at the White House as Research Assistant at The Council of Economic Advisers

Carly Kaplan ‘11 - Governor's Honors Program In Visual Arts

Melanie Oppenheimer ‘06 - Fulbright Scholar-Teaching English In South Africa

Elan Sykes '09 - President of Chicago USY, Nativ College Leadership Program in Israel

Yonatan Weinberg ‘11 - Governor's Honors Program In Social Studies

Cheryl Yagoda '84 - Founding of and dedication to the Ian’s Friends Family Foundation 2015–2016 Alumni Honorees:

Avi Botwinick ‘12 - Valedictorian, The Weber School

Sydney Feinsmith ‘12 – Salutatorian Norcross High School and Governor’s Honors

Dan Finkel ‘90 - Head of School at Gesher Jewish Day School in Fairfax, Virginia

Jenna Kanell ’06 - Writing and directing award winning short film entitled, Bumblebees

Zack Leitz ‘10 - Founding of and dedication to The Backpack Project, Inc.

2016–2017 Alumni Honorees:

Becky Arbiv ‘13 - Valedictorian, The Weber School and signing with Duke University as a member of the Blue Devils Track team

Josh Blum ‘09 – Hillel President of the University of Michigan

Jack Gersten ‘13 – Signing with Brown University to play Baseball Jenny Judenberg ‘13 – Governor’s Honors Program for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

Avi Levine ‘95 – Outstanding role model whose leadership has impacted the Jewish communities in New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago

Alex Plavin ’12 – Signing with the University of Alabama to play Soccer for the Crimson Tide

Benny Soran ‘13 – Governor’s Honors Program for Social Studies 2017–2018 Alumni Honorees:

Jennifer Geller ‘09 – Dancing sensation in the traveling, hit musical, Hamilton.

Amy Koonin ‘04 – Recipient of the Power 30 Under 30 Award

Danie Livnat ‘14 – Signing with the University of Massachusetts at Amherst to play College Baseball

Jackie Prager ‘09 – Joining the WBNG television weekend news team in New York.

Lily Schneider ‘14 – National Merit Finalist at Riverwood International Charter School

Daniel Stern ‘15 – Creating Camp Serve it Up, a tennis camp geared toward individuals with special needs

Natasha Westheimer ‘05 – For his international, interfaith peace work-helping a man in Yemen escape death threats from extremists

2018-2019 Alumni Honorees:

Ariel Arbiv (Class of 2015) Signed with the University of Virginia in Track and Field

Sam Feldstein (Class of 2017) qualified for the Men’s Jr. Olympic USA Gymnastics National Championships

Alyssa Hyman (Class of 2003) TV news reporter/journalist for Atlanta WSBTV Channel 2

Danielle Ishak (Class of 2005) featured in Bloomberg News for developing Elli-Q – smart robot for the elderly

Carly Judenberg (Class of 2016) Governors Honor Society for Social Studies

Hayden Rubin (Class of 2015) Signed to play football at UGA as an incoming freshman