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must be at least as concerned about what it takes to educate children to be emotionally healthy and grounded in good character. It has been demonstrated in many studies that, contrary to conventional wisdom, it is social and emotional intelligence that is the greatest predictor of life success, particularly qualities of character.
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I routinely hear stories of how well our graduates do in high school and beyond. One Hillel graduate, who is now a senior in high school, began an on-line belt buckle company that has gone international. Along with his business skills, this young man is actively engaged in fighting hunger both in the United States and in Israel, alongside his father. Two other Hillel graduates created an energy drink when they were juniors in high school that they marketed and sold locally. Instead of taking the entire profit, for every drink purchased, they give a portion of the sales to help revitalize the City of Detroit. Finally, a college senior, who graduated Hillel in 2005, co-founded a startup company called Welzoo, with the goal of helping to support local and national charities and other non-profit organizations. It is remarkable that our young graduates have the creativity, innovation and self-confidence to take reasonable risks and begin businesses even before graduating college. It is inspiring that each one looks beyond themselves, applying their Jewish values and using their businesses to help others. Hillel Day School has graduated a few thousand students in its 54-year history, and these stories repeat themselves over and over again. Hillel graduates are prepared for their future, with confidence and skill, and go on to live lives of purpose and meaning, grounded in their Jewish learning and values. by Steve Freedman
Instilling Goodness. Inspiring Greatness.
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WELCOME ................................................2 TORAH and TECHNOLOGY ..................3 TECHNOLOGY: A Primer for Parents.............................4 WRITING for TECHNOLOGY.................5 TECHNOLOGY IN THE ECC..................6 ECC CAMP....................................................7
TECHNOLOGY+ LIBRARY......................9 A TORAH? A TABLET?...........................10 ROBOTICS AT HILLEL ...........................11 i‌is for iPads .........................................12 SPOKEN WORD POETS........................13 CAN YOU SOLVE OUR RIDDLES?.....14 JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT...........14 A POEM.......................................................15
2012-2013 SCRAPBOOK...................15 WELCOME OUR NEW STAFF.............16 HONOREES 2013 ....................................18 THE LIFETIME HONOREES GIVING WALL 2012................................19 SEFER TORAH (Availability)..................20 ALUMNI NOTES - CLASS OF 1992....21 TRIBUTES..................................................22 SAVE THE DATE.......................................27
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TORAH and TECHNOLOGY
By Rabbi Jonathan Berger, Rabbi-in-Residence, and Saul Rube, Dean of Judaic Studies
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“The old shall become new, and the new shall become holy.” - Rav Avraham Yitzhak Kook, first Chief Rabbi of pre-State Israel
At first glance, Hillel Day School’s attitude toward technology might seem mystifying. We are commissioning a new Sefer Torah—written with ink formulated to medieval specifications, using a quill pen, on parchment. An outsider might be forgiven for concluding that Hillel, and Judaism by extension, favors ancient, obsolete technologies! At the same time, we have invested tremendous resources to give our oldest students tablet PCs (laptop computers with touch screens) so they can better learn, research, and create. Our younger students use tablets, iPads, and Smart Boards as tools for their own learning. These initiatives express a commitment to equipping our students with high-tech tools so they can learn with greater breadth and depth. Of course, the old and the new can coexist in separate spheres, each with its own distinct purpose; one might imagine that our parchment scrolls sit in the aron hakodesh while the tablet PCs remain in the classrooms. Perhaps, the thinking might go, we use exclusively traditional methods of study for Jewish Studies, and harness the power of technology to help our students excel in General Studies. But if this were the case, we would be unwittingly teaching our children a terrible lesson: Judaism is like a museum piece or an heirloom, remarkable for its antiquity and ability to connect us to our grandparents, but not especially relevant or helpful as we make our way through our own modern lives. At Hillel, Torah and technology are intertwined; each strengthens the other. For example, in seventh grade Rabbinics, students use the laptops to research Talmudic sages, and take advantage of a hyperlinked Talmud page as a key to navigating this foundation text. In Hebrew classes, students listen to audio clips in Ivrit on their computers, record themselves speaking, and send their recordings overseas using a special Learning Management System! When students use the various technologies to facilitate connections with other school communities, interactions are framed by our Core Values and commitment to mentschlichkeit. It is interesting to note that our commitment to both Torah and technology corresponds to two radically different rabbinic views on how to fulfill the 613th mitzvah, which instructs each of us to help write a Sefer Torah. Many medieval rabbis understand this to refer to the physical act of writing, and argue that we are required to hire a scribe to write or correct a Torah—whether the entire scroll or even just one letter. At Hillel, our Sefer Torah project allows us to do precisely that. But in the 13th century, Rabbeinu Asher offered a radically new perspective. He argued that because technology had changed, the mitzvah could no longer be fulfilled by paying for a scribe to write a scroll. The real goal of the mitzvah, he wrote, was to enable Torah study. Prior generations wrote a Sefer Torah to learn from it–but by his time, scrolls were used only in the synagogue, whereas Torah was studied from books. Therefore, he wrote, the proper way to carry out the mitzvah was to write the five books of the Torah, and the Mishnah, and the Gemara, and their commentaries–as textbooks to use for study. And in our time, what would he say? Surely, Rabbeinu Asher would advocate for acquiring whatever tools and resources are best for studying Torah. He lived before the invention of the printing press, so he wrote about fulfilling the mitzvah by producing manuscripts. In our time, he would counsel us to acquire the technology that would best help us learn. He, too, would be thrilled with our Sefer Torah project, because the funds being raised, in addition to covering the cost of the new Torah, will also allow us to offer the best high tech tools for our students. This edition of the Divrei will demonstrate how, at Hillel, the timeless and the timely inform each other and raise each other to new heights. Torah and technology at Hillel truly bring to life Rav Kook’s thought— the newest technologies are ennobled by their use to instill Jewish knowledge, skills and identity, and knowledge of our eternal Torah is once again shown to be adaptable and relevant to the most cutting-edge approaches of every generation.
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TECHNOLOGY: A Primer for Parents By Jessica Stempek, Language Arts Teacher and David Venning, Math and Science Teacher
Last year, Hillel acknowledged that in order to provide our students with 21st century skills,
and to prepare our students with the most valuable tools for their futures, our students would greatly benefit from everything that a laptop program could provide. To begin the process, a committee of teachers examined and analyzed the use of technology in various schools around the country, to determine the best approach for a successful 1:1 program. As a result, the technology committee began to implement the steps necessary to prepare for the 2012-2013 school year. The 7/8 grade teachers participated in professional development workshops, worked one-on-one with the school’s technology specialist, Marilyn Mossman, and collaborated with one another to assure the most effective uses for this tool. The impact of the 1:1 program was immediate! One of the most significant benefits of the 1:1 program is the impact it has on our students’ organizational skills. One specific tool that highlights this skill is OneNote. OneNote is a digital binder that replaces the traditional three-ring binder. Papers that were once easily lost are now digital copies that can be shared and organized. Similar to the traditional approach, each teacher provides a basic organizational template, such as subjects, dividers, categories, etc., to initiate the transition. Once the students have established their class notebooks, the teachers then send assignments, notes, projects, and labs to be placed in the appropriate sections. Students may also customize their OneNote binders to best meet their needs. OneNote also allows for additional communication between teachers and students. An additional benefit that is evident in our 1:1 program includes the communication and collaboration among students, parents, and teachers. Although not a new tool, Microsoft Outlook provides an opportunity for students to effectively communicate with their teachers. This communication is crucial for students who miss class or have questions outside of school hours. When students are absent, Outlook and OneNote keep them informed and up-to-date. Outlook also gives teachers an opportunity to digitally remind the students of any major assessments.
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Finally, the laptops are tools that teachers use to help foster student engagement. With information at their fingertips, students have the opportunity to explore and investigate the world around us. The kids travel around the world, from looking at the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Israel Museum, to reading primary source documents such as Abigail Adams’ letter to her sister about living in the White House. With easy Internet access, and a monitoring system that allows teachers to define boundaries on computer activities, our 1:1 technology program inspires learning and drives students to make connections outside of the classroom every day.
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WRITING WITH TECHNOLOGY By Ilana Weinfeld, Student, Grade 8
As a teenager in the 21st century, technology is constantly incorporated into our daily lives. At home we use telephones, watch television, and communicate online through social networking. This year, Hillel has implemented a new way of incorporating technology into the students’ educations every day, by giving each child in the seventh and eighth grades a tablet PC. With these tablets, the students are able to both type and write in answers to worksheets and papers, as well as complete reading assignments, record videos, and browse the Internet. For example, in English, we no longer have to go to the computer lab to write essays or journal entries. The math program has also advanced by using videos that explain our lessons more easily. In every class, the teachers have found helpful ways to positively incorporate the tablets into our daily learning. Although these computers make some parents wonder about their usefulness, the students love having their personal laptops for the year. Eighth grade student Brett Gonte said, “It is way easier now with the tablets because we are able to directly turn in things to our teachers without the assignments getting lost. I really enjoy the fact that we are reducing the amount of paper we use, so we can help the world at the same time.� With this advancement in our education, we are being given new opportunities to explore learning. We have been getting better at typing faster and processing information differently. In the classrooms, we use more visual presentations now because there are more programs on the tablet to allow us to do so.
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TECHNOLOGY IN THE ECC By Barbara J. Dworin, Early Childhood Teacher
“IF YOU WANT IT IN THEIR HEADS, IT MUST FIRST BE IN THEIR HANDS” The role of technology in early childhood education is often a controversial topic. Technology and interactive media are increasingly a part of our children’s daily lives, but as educators and parents, we must make informed decisions regarding their use. I recently attended the National Association for the Education of Young Children Conference, in Atlanta, Georgia, and participated in many thought-provoking discussions regarding the appropriate use of technology with children ages 0- 8. When used appropriately, digital media and technology can enhance the curriculum in a preschool classroom. Most research supports the use of technology that can enhance our children’s learning and development, but is most definitely against using any form of technology as a substitute for personal interaction between adults and children, or between students and their peers. When technology is used in a developmentally appropriate way, it can encourage social interaction, and support learning experiences. As a teaching professional, I am coming to understand that technology is a natural part of today’s early childhood experiences, and, I believe, when it is balanced with a healthy dose of outdoor play, messy art, interactive hands-on experiences, and imaginative, physical play opportunities, technology can be a valuable part of the early childhood experience. Ultimately, our goal is to encourage our students to take risks and explore all possible ways of learning, and we must provide a variety of activities, both physical and interactive, in order to reach our students where they can be most successful. In the Hillel ECC, we use technology to enhance our center-based activities on a daily basis. Students use the SMART Board to “check in” every morning. Teachers use SMART Board games with their students to reinforce number and letter activities first taught at Circle Time using hands-on interactive play activities. I often invite students into “my office,” where we spend one-on-one quiet time at the computer, dictating stories and writing poems. In the coming months, we will introduce iPad technology to our students. While I do not know where this technology will take us, I am convinced that with the high level of professional development afforded us, and the flexibility to use technology
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spontaneously and appropriately, we will nurture our students’ growth. There are many positive qualities associated with modern technology when it is used in a developmentally appropriate way. Technology in the ECC will allow our children to explore their curiosity, develop problem-solving skills, and become independent thinkers, in a safe and well-supervised environment. Children need both physical and interactive types of play that do not involve technology; however, we can’t ignore the world in which the new generation of young children is being raised.
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HOW TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTS THE MATHEMATICS CLASSROOM By Dawn Straith, Math Specialist
Learning math today goes far beyond a teacher, a chalk board, a textbook, and a bunch of students wondering when math class is going to be over. Today’s students were born in this digital age, and, therefore, we must remember that they do not know a world without technology. Technology aids in presenting new ideas, and is a great tool to help differentiate a child’s education to meet his/her specific needs in the area of mathematics. At Hillel, technology is put to use to engage students in basic and advanced mathematics. Students at Hillel are exposed to a wide variety of tools that help them better understand the world through mathematical goggles. Every classroom has an interactive SMART Board. The SMART Board bridges the gap between the computer and the chalkboard, making every program, website, or tool available on the computer viewable by the entire class. The students watch videos about mathematical strategies or how math is applied in real-world situations. For example, a YouTube video may inspire emulation and then innovation. Students learn how to use new software such as Microsoft Excel during math class. Everything that is written on the SMART Board can be saved and shared at a later time. This is an amazing tool that has transformed how math is taught at Hillel. According to information presented at last year’s conference of the Independent Schools Association of Central States, 21st century students have a greater ability to process information at a high speed. Digital bombardment significantly enhances processing and visual learning skills. For example, every child in grades K-6 has his/her own personal IXL.com account. This is a math website that provides additional practice opportunities for students at home. It is a great tool to help teachers differentiate the students’ mathematical education. Another math program used at Hillel is called Wowzers. It is a web-based math program that is on a video-gaming platform. This program reaches out and immediately grabs a child’s interest. Playing digital math games is great for collaboration, hand-eye coordination, and problem solving. Digits is another web-based math program used at Hillel. Powerful problem-solving is the foundation of this program. It engages students through interactive SMART Board lessons as well as online homework assignments, which provide instant feedback on success. If a student does not successfully solve a problem, he has an immediate intervention/tutorial and then has the opportunity to solve a similar problem to prove understanding. This eliminates the need to wait until the next time the child sees his/her math teacher to receive support. All of this technology (computers, SMART Board, calculators) supports the very important mathematical conversations going on every day at Hillel. Learning math is social. With the immeasurable amount of technological advancements being made today, it is critical that educators incorporate technology in the classroom, and here at Hillel, it is being incorporated every day, in every classroom!
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TECHNOLOGY+ LIBRARY= Literate Students of the 21st Century By Dana Friedman, Librarian
Libraries are no longer the quiet, dark spaces of the 20th century, filled with card catalogs and dusty books. Hillel’s Sue and Alan Jay Kaufman Family Library (“libratory�) is an open space with large windows, many work stations, and a diverse selection of media, where you are likely to find students working in groups, or on the computer, as well as reading. Without technology, the library would not be the 21st century space that it is currently. Technology is located in the library setting in order to foster creativity, collaboration, and communication. As part of its 21st century curriculum, the library integrates technology both in and out of its physical space. Technology is used to facilitate group conversations and guide learning. Our youngest students use technology to hear the sounds that letters make, to see how animals are classified, to create maps, compare and contrast fiction and non-fiction, and learn beginning research skills. Students in third and fourth grades use the computers to write their own graphic novels. They also use our online catalog in order to become more independent library patrons; this skill will serve them well throughout their education at Hillel and beyond. Students are able to develop their own catalog accounts to track books that they have read, to request new books, to place holds, and more. Students have compared online, TV, and magazine advertisements to learn about how advertisers try to sell products. Students have also used technology to learn research skills such as using online databases and dictionaries, and how to search for information online. Students in our 5-8 division use technology in the library to gain information literacy skills, such as using Boolean search terms, evaluating websites, and learning how to use the Big6 research model. Librarians also visit students in their classrooms to assist teachers in instructing students how to use technology effectively. Without technology, the library would not the busy, collaborative, and creative place that it is today. Students of all ages enjoy the library because of its integration with technology. The critical thinking learned inside the library and in classrooms sets up students for success in our 21st century world.
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A TORAH? A TABLET? A Non-traditional Duo By Lisa Klein, M.D., Sefer Torah Co-Chair
Across the U.S., in schools, tablets have replaced textbooks. SMART Boards have replaced chalkboards. But one form of text that can’t be replaced is the Torah; there is no substitute for a Torah scroll, from which radiates the history and experience of Judaism. This school year at Hillel, we have an incredible opportunity to merge technology and Torah with our Sefer Torah Project. This project not only gives us the opportunity to write a Torah collectively as a community, and individually fulfill the 613th commandment, but also to fund state-of-the-art technology for our student body. While Hillel students immerse themselves in Hebrew and Judaic Studies, they are doing so with modern advantages that accelerate and enrich our children’s educations. Torah and technology are not naturally a pair; they’re a “non-traditional duo.” But at Hillel today, they perfectly complement the critical aspects of our children’s progressive education. Students are receiving an extraordinary Jewish education intertwined with a technologically advanced general education. Studying Torah and praying from the Torah have always been part of the fabric of Hillel. But for the first time, our families, and our greater Detroit Jewish community, can participate in writing a Torah for our school. Our children will read and learn from the very Torah that we help them write. Tzedakah always makes an impact, sometimes close to our homes, and other times in regions and families we will never know or encounter. The Tzedakah from this project, however, has deep meaning: it benefits our homes today, our children’s futures, and our community at large, as multi-generational Hillel families like mine enter the walls of the school to launch the start of a lifelong commitment to Jewish education.
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TOMORROW’S TECH LEADERS, TODAY: Robotics at Hillel By Amy Martin-Crowl, Science Teacher
Robotics education at Hillel Day School couldn’t exist without technology. Robotics is a branch of technology that uses computer systems to assist with the design, construction, and programming of a robot. The technology allows the robot to be programmed to complete a task, provide sensory feedback, or respond to its environment. The LEGO WeDo and Lego Mindstorms Robotic programs, offered to fifth through eighth graders, provide the opportunity for hands-on learning that will engage the students’ critical thinking, teamwork, and problem-solving skills. The programs are tailored to include a pre-determined model or task with specific programming requirements. These tasks are followed by an extension that requires students to think critically and problem solve. They explore ways to alter the model and/or to program the robot in order to satisfy a new challenge.
Without the current advancement of technology at Hillel Day School, robotics education couldn’t exist. Technology provides the tool to complete the task. However, the task is not just to design, construct, and program a robot. The task is to educate our children in the 21st century skills of creativity, innovation, critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration, as well as increasing their STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) literacy.
In fifth and sixth grades, students use the LEGO WeDo kit to build a simple robot, such as a dancing bird. The students are prompted by directions on the computer screen to assist them in building and programming the robot. A sample task for this model would include rotating the bird clockwise and counterclockwise with changes in speed and tempo. In the next phase, the students apply their knowledge of how the model and program coordinate with each other to complete a new task. An example of this new task for the dancing birds would be to make the birds dance after being awakened from sleep by the sound of thunder. In seventh and eighth grades, students use the Lego Mindstorms NXT robot. This robotic program is the next platform in the Lego software. Students investigate a variety of labs that include the use of motors, directives and sensors. Upon completion of each investigation, students participate in challenges that require innovative, creative and critical thinking. One example of a challenge that students may encounter would include navigating an obstacle course. A sample course might require the student to utilize the light sensor and motors to follow a predetermined path in a certain amount of time.
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i…is for iPads: INSPIRING A PASSION FOR LEARNING By Becky Melamed, Kindergarten teacher
“If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.” -John Dewey
As technology becomes an increasingly fundamental part of the learning experience, educators will need the appropriate tools to help facilitate learning. My colleagues and I are thrilled that our youngest learners are using iPads in the classroom this school year. The iPad has an endless number of unique features that provide exciting possibilities in both teaching and learning, and it is growing more and more evident that this technology is permanently altering the educational landscape. If you walk into my classroom you may see students using “ScreenChomp,” an application that serves as a digital whiteboard. The children have the power to write stories, create illustrations, and even solve mathematical equations using this application. Additionally, the children can record their own voices, which allows them to explain their thinking, reflect on what they have written, and share their problem-solving techniques. Older children have the option to email their thought processes and record questions to ask their teachers. Applications like “Prezi” allow students and teachers to create incredible presentations in a unique format. Children discover, create, and investigate topics ranging from presidential elections to giving tzedakah, all while organizing information in an easy-to-follow digital format. By pinching, twisting, and sliding their fingers across the iPad, students are responsible and empowered to create, learn, and watch BIG ideas come to life. There are also many applications that support our current curriculum, such as the “Everyday Math” applications. While to the layperson many of these applications may seem like mere games, each individual application has an important curricular goal attached to it. We are truly making learning come alive! For example, Kindergartners are learning to read using “Storia” and other iBook applications. This not only allows us to select books that are at an appropriate level for each individual child, but it also excites, ignites, and thrills children with the opportunity to take more educational risks. Children are begging to read more books!
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The benefits to using iPads in the classroom are immeasurable. iPads allow us to meet the needs of kinesthetic, visual, auditory, social, and logical learners alike. For this generation, iPads are not something new, but rather the new norm—this is their reality. I am so excited to be a part of this amazing learning experience. Inspiring a passion for learning is quite evident when you walk through the halls at Hillel; however, with the incorporation of iPads in the educational experience, I find myself inspired by my students’ passion and excitement to learn.
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SPOKEN WORD POETS ENTERTAIN AND INSPIRE By Susan Shlom, Language Arts Teacher
What does every 7/8 division student need when given a personal computer to use at school each day? Poetry, of course! Spoken word poetry is a combination of metaphor and performance, and is a genre that promotes self-expression as well as love of words and imagery. In October, Hillel students were enraptured during a performance by Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye of project VOICE, a national movement dedicated to youthful self-expression through spoken word poetry (www.project-voice.net). Speaking with a universality of experience, we learned of a brother/sister relationship, an amazing school principal, and the advice a young woman would give to her future daughter. To heighten the experience, each student attended a workshop where small groups worked with Sarah and Phil to write their own sensory details, followed by “poetic” letters of love or hate. Another workshop experience was a frenetic game that heightened listening skills. The students were engaged and, even a bit awestruck. Both Sarah and Phil were articulate, intelligent, and talented. It is not very often that guests have such a deep and lasting impact on our students. When asked about the experience, two eighth grade girls ran to their lockers, saying, “I saved my writing from the workshop; do you want to hear it?” “I love the feel of wind in my hair when I sprint,” Miriam Lupovitch said. “I like the sound of my dad’s voice,” Emily Nakisher added. The spoken word poets left us with a new vehicle for self-expression, and led us back to the personal computer that each student now uses to find just the right word, with the help of an online thesaurus. The computer’s audio/video recorder captures the student reciting his spoken word poem. Poetry meets technology at Hillel Day School and the results are glorious.
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CAN YOU SOLVE OUR RIDDLES? By Lauren Sterling, General Studies Teacher
“What is made from sheep skin and written in ink? We read it all year, and it makes us think.” - Eli Grey and Jacob Schlussel
What wears a crown but has no head, uses a hand but has no arm? It’s the Torah of course! A riddle is a great way to create excitement about an upcoming event, and that’s what our Gesher students in fifth and sixth grades had an opportunity to do. In order to generate enthusiasm for our school’s initial meeting with the sofer who has been commissioned to write our school’s sefer Torah, each morning, our Gesher students shared their riddles on the school public announcement system to challenge our community. Everyone got involved, and even our youngest ECC students were able to take guesses. Writing a riddle is not an easy task. Many children worked in teams to create the perfect combination of fact and mystery to go along with their clues. They also “test ran” their riddles with their division during minyan to make sure that they made sense. These riddles were a piece of Hillel’s Torah project, and provided a special role for our Gesher students to play.
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Time To Break A Leg: A Preview of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Our Spring Musical By Michael Brody Excitement, fun, educational, amazing – these words describe the 2013 Hillel Day School dramatic production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” Since November, students in the fifth through eighth grades have been transformed into actors, and while they are singing, dancing, and acting, they are also learning about values such as loyalty, family, and gratitude. Students are having a blast getting to know the play, other actors, and their new director Michael Brody. Having been involved in professional and community theatre for over 30 years, Michael brings a fresh perspective to Hillel theatre. He runs three drama programs and is the camp director for
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a summer theatre arts program. Michael is extremely excited to work with such a talented group of students. ”Joseph” is based on the Old Testament story of Joseph, and his 11 brothers, who, jealous of the “dreams” that Joseph shares with them (in which he can predict the future), and the obvious affection that their father Jacob had for Joseph, demonstrated by the beautiful colored coat that he gave his son, plot to kill him. This musical has been wildly successful on Broadway, and its music popular long after the curtain falls. It is fun and energetic, and covers a wide spectrum of musical styles, including a cowboy-inspired song, a calypso number and even a bit of Elvis. So come and see the magic and the wonder of these talented actors. “Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat” will be performed on March 14, at 7:00 p.m. and March 17, at 2:00 p.m. at the Hillel Day School Blumenstein auditorium.
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2012-2013 SCRAPBOOK
POETRY CORNER
By Danny Zivian, Student guided by Ariel Wolgel, Teacher, Minyan Enrichment
G-d’s Speech The Lord had his speech prepared As He stared out into the vacant air He stepped up to the podium Only to see that nobody was there So, He said “Let there be Light!” And, you won’t believe what happened Suddenly, something was shining bright Oh, what a wonderful sight! By the time G-d had finished his speech There was a whole world that could hear it. For, you see, G-d had created our universe Just by reciting his speech.
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Please Welcome our New Hillel Day School Staff Members Michael Brody: Mike has joined Hillel as the new Theatre Arts Director. He has spent his career working with children of all ages, both in the classroom as a teacher, and on the stage as a director and choreographer. He has directed school, summer camp, and community productions for more than 20 years. Mike is also a professional actor and puppeteer. He now brings his vast knowledge, talent, and enthusiasm to Hillel. Anna Gartman: Anna worked at Hillel as a kindergarten assistant last year, and is excited to now be working as a teacher in the ECC. Her teaching experiences also include working as an early childhood teacher at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. Anna received her Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education from Oakland University, where she is currently pursuing a master’s degree in early childhood education. - I love teaching at Hillel, because each child is unique and proud to be who they are. Through an authentic and innovative curriculum, and with the guidance of extraordinary educators, Hillel Day School children grow socially, emotionally, as well as academically. Teaching at Hillel means inspiring students to be proactive, confident, responsible, and caring leaders and world citizens, while also instilling a lifelong passion for Judaism and knowledge.
Brian Ginsberg: Brian Ginsberg is our new Human Resource Generalist. Brian has a bachelor’s degree from York University and Advanced Post-Graduate Certification in Human Resource Management and Planning from Seneca College. Brian brings hands-on experience in human resources from various companies. Lauren Gooel: Lauren grew up in West Bloomfield, Michigan, and graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in family community services. She is thrilled to be part of the ECC team. After graduation, she initially moved to New Jersey. She recently got engaged, and, fortunately for us, moved back to Michigan to be closer to family and friends! She enjoys reading, baking, and going for walks. Lauren joins the ECC as an assistant teacher. Susie Horwitz: Susie graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in early childhood education. She comes to Hillel after 13 years of teaching at Adat Shalom Nursery School. Susie is married and has a son, 17, and a daughter, 19. She loves spending time with her family, and is excited to be working at Hillel. Susie joins the ECC as an assistant teacher. - I love working at Hillel because I love working with young kids. Also, everyone at Hillel is so nice.
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Aaron Newman: Aaron has joined Hillel Day School as a K-3 Science Teacher and K-4 Math Resource Teacher, and is already proving popular with students. As a recent graduate of the University of Michigan’s School of Education, Aaron brings to Hillel many innovative ideas and teaching practices, specifically in the areas of mathematics and science. Originally from West Bloomfield, many of his friends and family have gone to Hillel, and he is excited to join the Hillel family. - I love teaching at Hillel because I have the opportunity to teach Jewish values together with math and science. Julie Stoller: Julie graduated from Oakland University in May and got married in June. She lives in Royal Oak with her husband and puggle (pug/beagle mix) named Joey. Julie is a kindergarten teaching assistant, and is excited to get to know everyone at Hillel. - I love working at Hillel because it is such a warm and caring community. All of the teachers, students, staff, and families have made me feel at home since my first day here and I ALWAYS look forward to coming into work and seeing everyone’s smiling faces. Julie Tigay: Julie has nine years of experience as a teacher/leader in the West Bloomfield School District. Julie has a passion for teaching literacy, embracing each child and his/her individual needs. Julie and her husband Dave have 2 boys, Ethan and Jonah. She is thrilled to have joined the Hillel family. - I love teaching at Hillel because of the strong sense of community among the students, teachers, and families. Each day brings guaranteed smiles, laughter, and learning... what more can you ask for!
Ashley Weisberg: Ashley joined the ECC this year as an assistant teacher. She has a bachelor’s degree in elementary education with an early childhood endorsement from Central Michigan University. Ashley enjoys being with her family and friends, reading, the outdoors, and playing with her puppy. Ashley has a sister who just graduated from Hillel and two younger sisters who attend Hillel. She is very excited to become part of the Hillel ECC team. Michael Wolf: Michael serves at Hillel Day School as Director of Programming, concentrating on informal programs for students, as well as adult and family programming. In addition, Michael teaches Judaic studies. Michael has extensive experience and expertise in informal and formal education, serving as the Director of Education and Youth at Congregation Shaarey Zedek for 12 years, and most recently serving as the director of Camp Ramah in Canada for the past 9 years. - I love teaching and working at Hillel Day School because it gives me confidence in the future of Judaism. Our students are passionate both in learning about Judaism as well as in “Being Jewish.”
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2013 HONOREES Hillel Day School will honor Joel Jacob with the 2013 Dream Maker Award, Karen and Jim Berger with the 2013 Rabbi Jacob E. Segal (z’’l) Award and will dedicate the William B. Davidson (z”l) SeferTorah on Sunday, May 19, 2013. Hillel Day School is thrilled to honor Joel Jacob with the 2013 Dream Maker Award. Joel’s commitment to Jewish education runs deep, and was inspired by his mentor and uncle, Leonard Baron, a past Hillel Day School President. A social justice entrepreneur, Joel has made preventing and alleviating hunger his life’s work. Joel’s journey began when he was 15, bussing tables. This is when he first witnessed hunger, and saw people eating unfinished food off plates. Those images of hunger would stay with Joel throughout the years, as he became an internationally-known activist on behalf of those who are hungry. Joel’s vision has always been for every child to eat well so that they can also learn well. The founder and chairman of The Bottle Crew, a global supplier of glass and plastic bottles, Joel has linked his company’s success to his unwavering dedication to combating hunger. “G-d gave us two hands,” one to take care of our customers and our family, and the other to give back to the community,” Joel says. As The Bottle Crew has grown, Joel has used his resources and business relationships to connect many of his customers in the food and drug industry to hunger-fighting organizations to make sure that that excess product does not go to waste. Joel is also a driving force in the battle to alleviate hunger in Israel. He travels there frequently to meet with members of the Knesset, working with them to develop a national school breakfast and lunch program. Joel Jacob For Joel, the reason for his devotion and drive is simple. “How many things can we work on and know that we can help change the world? Hunger is one of them where we know that if we do certain things, we can end hunger as we know it today.” Born in Detroit, Joel is the former chairman of MAZON: A Jewish Response To Hunger, Kids Kicking Cancer, The Leonard N. Simons Jewish Community Archives, and the United Jewish Communities Young Leadership Cabinet Michigan Region. He is also the founder and president of CEOs Under 17, a program that teaches entrepreneurial skills to inner city youth. Joel Jacob is also the founder of the campus Hillel Teaching Scholars program. Joel Jacob is a fourth generation member of Congregation Shaarey Zedek. An advocate for all good causes, Joel is a recipient of the United Way Heart of Gold Award, and the JCRC activist of the year award. Joel’s five children Micayla, Michael, Autumn, Andrew, and Merrick have all attended Hillel Day School.
Hillel Day School is proud to honor Karen and Jim Berger with the Rabbi Jacob Segal (z”l) Award. Karen’s family’s commitment to Hillel spans the entire life of the school. Her grandparents, Ruth and Nate Freedland, of blessed memory, were original donors. In the 1960s, Karen’s parents, Rona and Herb Freedland, also of blessed memory, decided to send Karen and her siblings to Hillel. Karen and Jim are now following in her parents’ footsteps: Rona and Herb Freedland were the 1999 recipients of the Rabbi Segal Award. Karen’s family enjoyed a close relationship with Rabbi Segal. Her grandparents joined Adat Shalom in 1946, a year after the synagogue was founded. Rabbi Segal officiated not only at Herb’s bar mitzvah, but again at his wedding to Rona! Karen was also fortunate to have studied under Rabbi Segal for her own bat mitzvah. Following Karen’s graduation from Hillel Day School, high school, and the University of Michigan, where she obtained a B.A. and an M.S.W., she married Jim Berger. In 1998, she returned to Hillel Day School as a parent to Hallie, with Joshua and Jaclyn Karen and Jim Berger following during the next few years. In 1999, Karen and her siblings established the Rona and Herbert Freedland Fund for the Performing Arts, which has supported the great Hillel musical productions over the years. During her 14 years as a Hillel parent, Karen served as an exemplary volunteer, lending a hand wherever she was needed. For many years, Karen organized the model Seders, being instrumental in establishing the “nut free” Seder program that the school still follows today. Post-Hillel, Karen is a volunteer at Yad Ezra. - cont. on next page.
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2013 HONOREES Jim Berger grew up in Chicago. Following undergraduate studies in economics and an M.B.A. in finance from Northwestern University, Jim moved to Detroit to work at Chrysler, where he serves as Director of Quality and Warranty finance. After marrying Karen, he was initially “directed” to Hillel Day School. However, once Jim stepped inside the halls of Hillel, he created his own map. Jim’s initial involvement with Hillel was working with the Finance Committee. He eventually joined the Board of Trustees, and from 2007 to 2009, he served as the Board’s President. The tireless work that Jim provided thr ough his work as a lay leader at Hillel laid the groundwork for the Tuition Assistance Program the school uses today. This program allows over half of the student body to receive a Hillel education. Karen and Jim are most proud of their three children: Hallie, a sophomore at the University of Michigan; Joshua, a senior at Andover High School and Jaclyn, a freshman at Andover. It is an honor to present Karen and Jim Berger with the 2013 Rabbi Segal Award.
Hillel is also excited to celebrate the completion and dedication of the William B. Davidson (z”l) Sefer Torah.
If you would like to pay tribute to the honorees with a placement in the Shulman Scholarship Journal, please contact the Advancement Office at 248-851-6950 or email Tina Pinter at tpinter@hillelday.org .
THE LIFETIME HONOREES GIVING WALL Hillel Day School is grateful for the support we have received from our donors over the years. This year, on October 17, 2012, we celebrated those donors at a festive dinner at school. This dinner was an opportunity to thank donors who have given lifetime gifts totaling $100,000 or more, as well as those donors who gave a gift of $2,500 or more to the Annual Campaign during the 2011-2012 academic year. At the dinner, we also unveiled our new lifetime giving board, which will continue to honor all donors with lifetime gifts of $100,000 and above. The board will sit in the front lobby of our school, and we hope to continue to add names to the board as Hillel Day School continues to enrich the lives of generations of Jewish children.
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Once in a Lifetime
Sefer Torah
As a member of the Hillel community, you have a rare opportunity to participate in writing a Torah.
The 613th mitzvah in the Torah commands that every Jew “write a Torah during his/her lifetime.� The Torah is at the heart of who we are as the Jewish people; in fulfilling this obligation, we ensure that our legacy will endure.
Not only will this fulfill a sacred mitzvah, but by honoring tradition you will help to shape and secure the future. Tzedakah raised through writing the Torah will be used to support 21st century education at Hillel –including technology, professional development for our staff, and financial assistance for those families who will find supporting their personal technology needs for our program prohibitive. Writing this Torah as a community celebrates our reason for being. Having the Sefer Torah project support progressive 21st century education unites the two major components of what Hillel strives to offer our students each and every day: an outstanding Jewish and general education. Hillel Day School is counting on you to help our sacred past shape our future while meeting the needs of today!
Be part of Hillel Day School history. Commemorate a Bar or Bat Mitzvah, honor grandparents, parents, children, and teachers, or memorialize a loved one. For as little as $18 or as much as $36,000, you can participate in writing our Sefer Torah.
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ALUMNI NOTES CLASS OF 1992
On November 24, 2012, 17 members of the Hillel Day School class of 1992 took advantage of the Thanksgiving holiday to get together in Detroit to celebrate their 20th reunion.
Looking at old pictures and yearbooks: Ben Ellis, Carrie Hearshen, Marla Tapper-Young, Andrew Kirshner
Marla Tapper-Young and David Salama began coordinating the event over a year ago by using social media, managing to reconnect with all 44 of their classmates. The long-lasting friendships have endured the test of time! Alumni shared memories of their school play, “Oklahoma,” reminisced about teachers whose impacts have lasted until today, and told old jokes, which were met with smiles and laughter. The event was a success, and the class hopes to reconvene in 2017, for a 25th year reunion, hopefully, with even more in attendance.
STAY CONNECTED We are excited to stay connected with our Hillel Alumni but we need your help! If you have any news to share, a marriage, new baby, graduation, etc. we would love to hear from you and share the news with our Hillel Community. If you have recently moved, changed email addresses or had a name change, keep us updated. Please contact Melanie Weber at 248-539-1490 or mweber@hillelday.org. Also, don’t forget to join our Hillel Day School Alumni group on facebook and follow us on twitter@hillelday.
Picture top row: David Salama, Andrew Kirshner, David Herskovic, Ari Newman, Aaron Herskovic, Scott Schwartz, Aaron Fidler, Adam Schwartz Bottom row: Marla Tapper-Young, Shana Olson, Franki Bagdade, Samara Shlom-Cohen, Mindy Glazier-Civan, Jill Mann, Carrie Hearshen
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Hillel Day School Class of 2009 Reunion Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at Hillel Day School, 7:00 p.m. 21
Tributes TORAH TRIBUTES In Memory Of: Jack Borin BY: Kay & Denny Brown BY: Gary Fiscus, Marilyn Haley, Greg Lelito, Melissa Marsh, Amy Misczak, Tony Roberts, Jim Schafer, Kathy Vesprini and Roslyn Yerman BY: Ron & Lily Garfield, Jason, Lauren & Lyla Garfield, Oliver Garfield and Liz Delorme BY: Margie & Bob Mellen BY: Morris Rochlin By: Susan, Eric Wasserman, Katie & Heather Borin and Steven Duke BY: Patty, Danielle, Emily, Laura & Amy (World Language Department) Carolyn Rosenstein BY: Michelle, Bowie, Charlotte & Emilia Jacobson
BY: Fanny & Jeffrey Sherman BY: Cyril, Risa, Daryl, Daniel, Cayle, James & Allie Franklin Schiff BY: Eric Stevenson
Special Birthday of Nancy Adler BY: Suzanne Gildenberg BY: Debi King BY: Nina Lopatin By: Rhonda & Mike Piper BY: Debby Portney BY: Trosch Family
Samuel Dean Barr Harvey Beaver Moshe Buncel Max Lumelsky Robert Rosin Ram Tzour BY: Blumenstein Family
Birthday of Eli Scherr BY: Schechter Wealth Strategies
Beverly Apel Philip Dines Joseph Epstein Lillian Firestone Ron Moss BY: Randy, Pam, Lexi, Amanda, & Garrett Smith
DOUBLE CHAI TRIBUTES In Memory Of:
Roberta Kohn BY: Maxine & Byron Canvasser
Gerald Brand BY: Arnold & Sharyanne Kollin
Bar Mitzvah of Micah Krakoff BY: Bonnie & Marvin Zeff
Joseph Epstein BY: Robyn, Bob & Ben Canvasser
Bar Mitzvah of Daniel Sklar BY: Myrna & Richard Edgar
Dr. Milton Goodman BY: Schlafer Family
GENEROUS TRIBUTES In Memory Of:
Carolyn Stein Rosenstein BY: Pam, Michael, Zack, Jake & David Friedman
Sara Berman BY: Margaret & Joel Shere Jack Borin BY: Penny & Harold Blumenstein BY: Clarkston Junior High Staff BY: Annie & Bob Cohen BY: Joanne & Joseph Galvin BY: Eliana Goldstein BY: Jennifer & Niccolas Grochowski BY: Deborah & Randy Kay and Family BY: Susie & Norm Pappas BY: Marian Serwer, Sally & William Serwer
Bar Mitzvah of George Victor BY: Lori & Larry Garon CHAI TRIBUTES In Memory Of:
Mel & Audrey Goldberg BY: Ilana & Adam Block
In Honor Of:
Bar Mitzvah of Daniel Isaac Sklar BY: Marlene & Richard Schwartz
In Honor Of:
Jack Borin BY: Cerie & Richard Chosid BY: Miriam & Bruce Milen BY: Marcie & Rob Orley and Family BY: Nancy Wolpin Rechter & Ron Rechter BY: Bonnie Seligson BY: Elaine Serman BY: Beth Wolpin
Franklin Schiff BY: The Blas Sisters – Heidi, Suzi, Lisa, Alicia & Liza
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Robert Rosin BY: Brad Feldman Franklin Schiff BY: Ehrmann Family In Honor Of: Bat Mitzvah of Dahvi Lupovitch BY: Nancy, Jeff, Mitch, Eden & Jesse Adler
Bessie Rose Fox Max Lumelsky BY: Richard & Leah Trosch and Family Harvey Beaver BY: Samantha, Ross, Tatum, Jackson & Ari Partrich Jack Borin BY: Dana & Jon Abrahams BY: Marcia & Eugene Applebaum BY: Barbara & Stan Bershad BY: Michele & Mitchell Bleznak BY: Maxine & Byron Canvasser BY: Robyn & Bob Canvasser BY: Jan & Marc Dunn BY: Lisa Gans Goldberg BY: Karen, Ken, Michael, Aaron & Ilana Goss BY: Elayne & Fred Greenspan BY: Caryn, Steve & Ian Gross, Stacey, Aaron, Joey & Sophia Masliansky, Jeff, Rachel, Eli & Dovid Gross BY: Gilda & John Jacobs BY: Katie & David Kurzmann BY: Ilana & Zachary Liss BY: Dorothy & Murray Michlin BY: Jackie & Myron Milgrom BY: Bobbie Miller BY: Jamie & Frank Reinstein BY: Wendy, Jeffrey, Leslie & Brian Roth BY: Lori & David Schechter
BY: Merle & Ron Schwartz BY: Miriam Berry-Seagle & Peter Seagle BY: Sue Ellen Simon & Arthur Berlin BY: Ruth Singer BY: Ruthellen & Bob Singer BY: Marilyn & Walter Wolpin BY: Stefanie Zuroff Gerald Brand BY: Bayle & Erwin Gutenberg Philip Dines BY: Jennifer & Saul Rube Joseph Epstein BY: Michael, Laynie & Brian Langnas BY: Robbie, Scott & Justin Sherman Lillian Firestone BY: Sylvia Wolf and Family Bessie Rose Fox BY: Arnold S. Gross BY: Sandi & Seymore Resnick Aaron Friedman BY: Garon Family BY: Edith Levin Ruth Greenwald BY: Nakisher Family Al Jaffee BY: Randy & Deborah Kay Donald Lewis BY: Lillian & Mark Schostak Max Lumelsky BY: Lisa Gans Goldberg Albert Mitnick BY: Linda & Bob Finkel Ron Moss BY: Amy & Eric Grosinger Carolyn Rosenstein BY: Cheryl & Steve Schanes Florence Sadoff BY: Jill, Bobby, Ethan & Allie Friedman Ram Tzour BY: Dr. Kenneth & Kim Levin and Family
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BY: Sarit & Robert Nakisher BY: Siegal Family BY: Skolnik Family In Honor Of: Bar Mitzvah of Micah Krakoff Bar Mitzvah of Tyler Presser BY: Feber Family Bar Mitzvah of Jason Teper Bar Mitzvah of Adam Weinbaum BY: The Grosinger Family Marriage of Eric Sokol & Jean Lineahl Joanne Sokol – birth of grandson Dominic Bat Mitzvah of Maya Skolnik Birth of Natalia Tkac BY: Pam Smith Lauren Canner BY: Robbie Sherman Maxine & Robert Carson BY: Gail Finney Bar Mitzvah of Max Feber BY: Natalie & Bill Newman Bar Mitzvah of Micah Krakoff BY: Rena & Jerry Cohen Melissa Michaelson BY: Gail Dvorkin, Feige Engelsberg, Carol Fridson & Marcia Seigerman Bar Mitzvah of Daniel Sklar BY: Liz Liwazer Bar Mitzvah of Edee & Donald Slotkin’s grandson BY: Maxine & Bob Carson Birth of Ryder Blaze Spector BY: Carol & Ricky Blumenstein and Family BY: Susan Knoppow & David Saperstein, Miriam, Sammy & Josh BY: Nakisher Family Speedy Recovery To: Nurit Sallen Marci Spector BY: Jennifer & Saul Rube
GENERAL TRIBUTES In Memory Of: David Berger Sarah Cranis Joseph Epstein Seymour Finkel Dr. Milton Goodman Donald Lewis Max Lumelsky Maurice Neeman Florence Sadoff BY: Kimberly & Kenneth Levin Dr. Jerome Horwitz Max Lumelsky BY: Phyllis & Bob Pilcowitz Dr. Harvey Beaver Dr. Sheldon Kapen Howard Rabotnick BY: Jennifer & Saul Rube Beverly Apel BY: Debra & Martin Darvick Jack Borin BY: Helene & Ron Kroll BY: Bobbie Miller BY: Carol Rosenfeld BY: Cheryl & Steve Schanes BY: Joan & Ken Stern BY: Trudy & Arthur Weiss BY: Fay Wish Moshe Buncel BY: Ellyn & Mark Weiss Joseph Epstein BY: Trudy & Arthur Weiss Samuel Greenblatt BY: Marla Zack Dr. Barbara Martin BY: Karen, David & Hannah Stryk Ram Tzour BY: Sarit & Robert Nakisher BY: The Siegal Family BY: Karen, David & Hannah Stryk In Honor Of: Bar Mitzvah of Max Feber Bar Mitzvah of Jonah Wolf BY: Cherrin Family
Bat Mitzvah of Alana Blumenstein Bar Mitzvah of Joey Greenstein Birth of Joanne Sokol’s grandson Dominic Bar Mitzvah of Noah Weingarden BY: Margery Jablin Bat Mitzvah of Alana Blumenstein Marriage of Jeffrey & Rachel Schostak Bar Mitzvah of George Victor BY: Phyllis & Bob Pilcowitz Bat Mitzvah of Dr. Maria Biederman Bat Mitzvah of Jennifer Weinstein BY: Karen & Howard Rosenberg, Jeremy, Benji, Maya & Elan Rosenberg 83rd Birthday of Laura Sheldon BY: Lucy & Mike Letwinski Birth of Natalia Tkac BY: Jennifer & Saul Rube Speedy Recovery To: Jenny Dorfman BY: Bob Canvasser The son of Eti Rubinstein BY: Vicky Davidovich THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER In Memory Of:
Joseph Epstein BY: Mindy & Bruce Ruben Marcia Seifman BY: Margi & Morry Opperer Bernard Stern BY: Sapeika, Frishman & Herskovic Families In Honor Of: Marriage of Rachel Hollander to Reuben Maxbauer Marriage of Abby Fagan to Jeremy Pappas BY: Lisa & Danny Kurzmann Marriage of Abby Fagan to Jeremy Pappas Robin Pappas being selected to the NJECN Board BY: Matzkin-Bridger Family Asher Brode Elie Brode Birth of Grayson Krut BY: Margi & Morry Opperer Birth of Noam Shai, grandson of Barbara & Milt Stern Birth of Jonah Weiner Bar Mitzvah of Jonah Wolf BY: Robin Pappas and Family
Sylvia Fox Dorothy Solomon BY: Lee, Bruce, Alexis & Evan Sack
Birthday of Elie Brode BY: Yoav & Eitan Cisneros
Sally Askotzky BY: Michael & Sharon Brown-Neeman and Family, Jodi & Paul Schaefer and Family
Marriage of Abby Fagan to Jeremy Pappas BY: Hillel ECC Staff BY: Tracey & Alan Trotsky
Samuel Dean Barr BY: ECC Family BY: Matzkin-Bridger Family BY: Rita & Robert Solomon BY: Staff of Hillel Day School BY: Barbara & Milton Stern
Birth of Ryder Blaze Spector BY: Leila’s friends in Room 26
Gerald Bodzin BY: Eileen & Benson Litwak Jack Borin BY: Lisa & Danny Kurzmann BY: Helene & Ronald Kroll and Family
Hillel ECC Camp Counselors 2012 BY: Barrie & Stephen Lieberman Michelle & Jeff Bortnick – B’Sha-ah Tova! BY: Pam Smith Speedy Recovery To: Cindy Shifman Sheryl Stone BY: Robin Pappas
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Tributes THE MARCIA AND MORRY BEDNARSH SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory Of: Jerry Brand Dana Lynn Harris BY: Marcia & Morry Bednarsh Yahrzeit Of: Helen Mae Devries BY: Marcia & Morry Bednarsh THE ANARUTH AND HENRI BERNARD SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory Of: Marilyn Dworin Father of Susan Hart Alan Lopatin David Winston BY: Anaruth & Henri Bernard THE BLECHMAN SCIENCE FUND In Memory Of:
COHN PLAYGROUND FUND In Memory of: Abraham Molotch Lillian Myers BY: Hilary & Larry Handler THE JACK CRANIS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory Of: Dr. Milton Goodman Donald Lewis BY: Jodi, Scott, Mara & Jordyn Cranis THE WALTER CYKIERT MEMORIAL HOLOCAUST FUND In Honor Of:
THE PHILIP A. DISKIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Yahrzeit Of:
THE SOPHIE (Z”L) AND MAX FISCHEL SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory Of:
Philip A. Diskin Irving Disner BY: Dorothy Diskin
Esther Stybel BY: Max Fischel and Family, Barbara Kappy and Family
In Honor Of:
Beverly Apel Carolyn Rosenstein BY: Barbara, Irvin, Brandon & Michelle Kappy
Wedding of Dorothy Diskin & Allen Menuck BY: Grosinger Family THE BELLE EISENBERG MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory Of:
Joseph Epstein Birthdays of Moses & Aaron Schuchman BY: Robin, Leo, Max, Anna & Louis BY: Allie Schwartz Eisenberg 90th Birthday of Asa Shapiro BY: Stuart, Josh & Nathan Cykiert
THE DOLORES AND LEONARD FARBER SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory Of:
Charles Freedman BY: Hilary & Larry Handler
THE DERIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory Of:
Barbara Martin BY: Jennifer & Saul Rube
Jack Borin BY: Carol Derin Sole
Elmer Jaffee BY: Robin & Roy Rosen
In Honor Of:
THE SHERI TRAISON DEVRIES, PhD. SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory Of:
Carolyn Rosenstein BY: Michelle, Bowie, Charlotte & Emilia Jacobson
Diane Fishman Sam Greenblatt Dr. John Grekin Bernice Mahler Sidney Rosenberg BY: Barbara & Larry Traison
In Honor Of:
Bat Mitzvah of Emily Baron BY: Jennifer & Saul Rube Speedy Recovery To: Karen Howard BY: Jennifer & Saul Rube THE BLUESTONE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory Of: Sister of Doris Chandler Sheldon LaBret BY: Eleanor Bluestone DINA AND HERMAN BRODSKY SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory Of: Franklin Schiff BY: Barry, Stevan & Kevin Rosenberg and Families
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In Honor Of: Special Birthday of Nancy Adler BY: Anne & Michael Rotman Graduation of Laura Berger BY: Seth Korelitz 75th Birthday of Rita Neff 75th Birthday of Howard Niskar Anniversary of Gerry & Buddy Sollish BY: Barbara & Larry Traison Barbara & Larry Traison BY: Gerry & Buddy Sollish
Joseph Epstein BY: The Wolf Family
Marriage of Reuben & Rachel Maxbauer Marriage of Kendall & Elad Zuntz Engagement of Sam Maxbauer to Jenny Beitner BY: Marni Cherrin Engagement of Sam Maxbauer to Jenny Beitner BY: Michelle, Bowie, Charlotte & Emilia Jacobson Graduation of Laura Berger Malka Littman Marriage of Jean & Eric Sokol Marriage of Jordana & Alan Wolfson BY: Robin Rosen Marriage of Reuben & Rachel Maxbauer BY: Susan & David Feber
In Honor Of: Dr. Leora Bar-Levav & Dr. Gary Edelson – Israel Bonds Honorees Bat Mitzvah of Allison Bloomberg Bar Mitzvah of Max Feber Bar Mitzvah of Micah Krakoff Marriage of Kendall Maxbauer & Elad Zuntz Marriage of Reuben Maxbauer & Rachel Hollander Dr. Mitch Parker – Shin Award Recipient from the Jewish Theological Seminary Marriage of Sarah Radner’s son BY: Barbara, Irvin, Brandon & Michelle Kappy THE ARNOLD AND LORRAINE FISHER FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Honor Of: Marriage of Dorothy Diskin & Allen Menuck Bar Mitzvah of Joey Greenstein Bar Mitzvah of Jonah Wolf BY: Vieder Family Speedy Recovery: Yifat Golan BY: Vieder Family THE RONA AND HERBERT FREEDLAND FUND FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS In Memory Of: Jack Borin BY: Shelley & Gary Goldin Harvey Beaver Tamara Goodman BY: Jennifer & Stuart Freedland Florence Sadoff BY: Hilary & Larry Handler
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In Honor Of: Special Birthday of Clara Gordon BY: Robyn, Bobby, Jack & Ben Canvasser THE GOLDMAN ISRAEL TRIP FUND In Memory Of: Joseph Epstein BY: Joanna Stark Abramson
ISAACS CHILDRENS AUTHOR FUND In Memory Of: Samuel Dean Barr Rita Rhoda Schechter BY: Karen & Allan Lovinger THE SUE AND ALAN JAY KAUFMAN FAMILY LIBRARY FUND In Memory Of:
Bar Mitzvah of Josh Chynoweth 70TH Birthday of Natan HarPaz Bar Mitzvah of Jason Teper 70th Birthday of Uri Segal BY: Beverly Kent & Mickey Goldenberg, Oren, Etai & Caroline
90th Birthday of Ann Yashinsky BY: Judy & Noel Lawson
Birthday of Ariel Gluckson BY: “Mom”
Wedding of Larry Lawson and Myra Greenwald BY: Diane & Marv Fishman
THE EDITH AND LARRY KOWALSKY MORNING MINYAN FUND In Memory Of:
In Honor Of:
Perry Cohen BY: Howie Lupovitch and Family
Birth of Ryder Blaze Spector BY: Ellyn, Mark, Emery & Andrew Weiss
William Raymont BY: Ellyn, Mark, Emery & Andrew Weiss
THE STUART GUTTENTAG MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory Of:
THE KAUFMAN FAMILY ATHLETIC AND ENRICHMENT FUND In Memory Of:
Jack Borin Carolyn Stein Rosenstein Evelyn Silverman BY: Elyse & Jerry Schostak
Jaqueline Grekin Paul Lutz BY: Hilary & Larry Handler
Bar Mitzvah of Max Norris BY: Bonnie, Mark, Rebecca & David Kowalsky
In Honor Of:
Beverly Wepman Apel BY: Jonathon Koenigsberg
Birth of Jonah Nathan BY: Elyse Schostak
Jack Borin BY: Sue & Alan Kaufman and Family
THE MAYME AND VICTOR LAWSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory Of:
THE STANLEY ICZKOVITZ MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory Of:
Lillian Firestone BY: The Kennet Family
Jack Borin Dr. Jerome Horwitz Franklin Schiff BY: Rochelle Iczkovitz Jack Borin Evelyn Silverman Edith Sleutelberg BY: Bonnie & Mark Kowalsky In Honor Of: Malka Littman BY: Rochelle Iczkovitz THE INDIANER FAMILY PARENT EDUCATION FUND In Memory Of: Bobby Brasch BY: Debbie Kay
Allegra-Cassin BY: Sara Lanxner Edith & Larry Kowalsky BY: Sarah & Sidney Heisler In Honor Of:
Robert Blank BY: Judy & Noel Lawson
Victor Lawson Marvin Marx BY: Carol Kent, Ariel Gluckson, Beverly Kent & Michael Goldenberg
Victor Lawson BY: Karen & Allen Amber BY: Deedee Fair BY: Marjoree & Bert Feldstein BY: Judy & Steve Fineman BY: Diane & Marv Fishman BY: Arlene & Harold Gendelman BY: Ellie & Sid Glen BY: Frances Kaplan BY: Alayna & Michael Langnas BY: Micki Lasher BY: Pam & Bruce Meyer BY: Barbara & David Osher BY: Helen & Sy Schlachter BY: Jeremy, Barre, Yoni & Gav Shere BY: Marci & Marvin Shulman BY: Dr. Anthony Southall BY: Jen Sperber BY: Andi & Larry Wolfe
In Honor Of:
In Honor Of:
Birthday of Oren Goldenberg Special Birthday of Natan HarPaz BY: Carol Kent & Ariel Gluckson
70th Birthday of Nina Cutler 50th Wedding Anniversary of Joyce & Don Sherman
In Honor Of: Bar Mitzvah of George Victor BY: Hilary & Larry Handler THE JUDGE GEORGE AND MRS. JENNIE KENT ENDOWMENT FUND In Memory Of: Beverly Apel BY: Beverly Kent & Mickey Goldenberg, Oren, Etai & Caroline
65th Birthday of Larry Lawson BY: Judy & Noel Lawson BY: Margaret & Joel Shere
THE MINA AND HENRY MARTIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory Of: Dr. Harvey Allen Beaver Violet Berlin Lillian Firestone Jerome Horwitz Esther Kraft Rita Schecter Evelyn Silverman Ram Tzour BY: Fran, Aaron, Adam & Jacob Martin Jack Borin Rita Schecter BY: Karen & Morris Rottman, Emilie & Andrea In Honor Of: Marriage of Jamie & Chris Ferrari Birth of Leonard “Leo” Mordechai to Caroline & Etai Goldenberg Beverly & Mickey Goldenberg – birth of grandson Leonard “Leo” Mordechai 70th Birthday of Natan Harpaz Engagement of Yany & Daniel Kahn Phyllis & Allen Kessler – birth of granddaughter Zoe Lilianna Munson Bar Mitzvah of Daniel Levin Marriage of Jeremy Pappas to Abby Fagan Birth of Max David Schultz Maxine & Stewart Sherman – birth of grandson Zachary Alex Susan & Howard Tapper - birth of grandson Levi Harrison Young BY: Fran, Aaron, Adam & Jacob Martin Birth of Leonard Mordechai Goldenberg Birthday of Nancy Newman-Adler Birth of Max David Schultz BY: Karen & Morris Rottman Bar Mitzvah of Jonah Wolf BY: Pam & Randy Smith, Nancy & Rob Reed, Fran & Aaron Martin
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Tributes THE MILGROM FAMILY MUSIC FUND In Memory Of: Beverly Wepman Apel Lillian Firestone Charles Freedman Max Lumelsky Carolyn Rosenstein BY: Marianne & Rob Bloomberg and Family In Honor Of: Marriage of Reuben & Rachel Maxbauer, Marriage of Kendall & Elad Zuntz & Elana’s Engagement BY: Marianne & Rob Bloomberg and Family Special Birthday of Myron Milgrom BY: Phyllis & Arnold Serlin & Belle Dubrinsky THE MIKE AND MARY MUST CULTURAL EVENTS FUND In Memory Of: Harvey Beaver BY: Ellen Must Ben Brodsky BY: Madelon & Lou Seligman In Honor Of: Jessica Stempek BY: Jennifer & Saul Rube Speedy Recovery To: Leonard Borman BY: Madelon & Lou Seligman THE NADIS FAMILY FUND In Memory Of: Moshe Buncel BY: Dahvi Lupovitch and Family Celia Jane Wolfe BY: Hanna Lupovitch and Family In Honor Of: Malka Littman BY: Howie, Marni, Dahvi & Hanna Lupovitch
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THE PEARL AND ABE OSLIK SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory Of: Eli Friedman Brother of Cherna Kowalsky Jean Segal Sheldon Siegel BY: Anaruth & Henri Bernard
In Honor Of: Marriage of Lawrence Lawson to Myra Greenwald BY: Nancy & Bobby Schostak and Family Marriage of Rachel & Jeffrey Schostak BY: Ellie & Sid Glen
Lillian Firestone BY: Margery Jablin
Elyse & Jerry Schostak BY: Carol & Sandy Vieder
In Honor Of:
Speedy Recovery To:
Bar Mitzvah of Jonah Wolf BY: Bertha Stearn
Denise Levin BY: Nancy & Bobby Schostak and Family
THE EVAN TYLER OTIS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory Of: Anna Otis BY: Bonnie, David, Brad, Kyle & Cami Otis In Honor Of: Bonnie & David Otis – Thank you! BY: Hershell Wais
VALERIE AND KEITH SIRLIN SPECIAL LEARNING FUND In Honor Of:
Bess Zechman BY: David Tessler In Honor Of: 50th Wedding Anniversay of Arline & Paul Gould 50th Wedding Anniversary of Joyce & Don Sherman BY: Rabbi Asher, Rachel, Shayna, Cara, Judah & Gideon Lopatin Bat Mitzvah of Julia Abramson Marriage of Dr. & Mrs. Allan Warnick 50th Wedding Anniversary of Dr. & Mrs. Robert Share BY: Warren R. Tessler FLOYD TUKEL M.D. MEMORIAL FUND In Memory Of:
Michelle Bortnick BY: Michelle, Arthur & Scott Siegal
Charlotte Mandel William S. Rosender Leonard Yovis BY: Gail Tukel and Family
THE CHARLOTTE TESSLER FUND FOR ALUMNI AFFAIRS In Memory Of:
THE KAREN WALDMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory Of:
David Berke THE REED FAMILY FUND OF TECHNOLOGY Judd Robert Horwitz Harvey Lippow In Honor Of: Betty Novall Inge Ohringer Daniel Levin & the 2013 8th grade Rafaeli Family Grandfather graduating class along with the HDS Brother of Barry & Alexis Stolze faculty and staff who taught them Bess Zechman BY: Kimberly & Kenneth Levin BY: Rabbi Asher, Rachel, Shayna, Cara, Judah & Gideon Lopatin THE JAYNE RUDY SCHOSTAK MEMORIAL FUND Elliot Beitner In Memory Of: Jack Borin Sophie Ceresnie Jack Borin Myron Gruskin Myron Gruskin Dr. Morris Mintz Carolyn Rosenstein Sam Offen Harriet Rutstein Marcia Seifman Evelyn Silverman BY: Nancy & Bobby Schostak and Family Evelyn Silverman Edith Sleutelberg Bess Zechman Jack Borin BY: Warren R. Tessler BY: Nancy, Mitch, Scott, Tony & Lisa Kantor Brother of Rabbi Asher Lopatin BY: Gloria & David Ruskin Carolyn Rosenstein BY: Jody, Stefani & Carly Greenspan
Jack Borin BY: Sheila, Rachael, Robyn & Jered Waldman and Gavin Waldman BY: Sylvia Waldman ZIVIAN & ZWICKL FAMILY G’MILUT CHASADIM FUND In Memory Of: Ram Tzour BY: The Zivian Family
To make a tribute contact the Advancement Office 248-851-6950 or visit www.hillelday.org/ supporting_hillel.
HEAD OF SCHOOL Steve Freedman CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Gary M. Izor ASSISTANT HEAD OF SCHOOL Joanne Sokol Director of Early Childhood Center Robin Pappas K-4 DIVISION HEAD Melissa Michaelson 5/6 AND 7/8 DIVISION HEAD Alita Rossen DEAN OF JUDAIC STUDIES Saul A. Rube RABBI-IN -RESIDENCE Jonathan Berger DIRECTOR OF ADMISSION Amy Schlussel
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SAVE the DATE Preview Days
A Great Opportunity to have prospective families come and see Hillel Day School in action.
March 12, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. Please RSVP to Amy Schlussel aschlussel@hillelday.org or 248-539-1484
Leadership Circle Reception
Hillel Day School March 18, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. For more information, contact ) * - -at&248-539 - % " :-1488 4$)00Cheryl Schanes or cschanes@hillelday.org
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Israel Independence Day
Celebrate Israel’s 65th Birthday and our annual a Yom Ha’atzmaut Festival Tuesday, April 16, 2013 from 3:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. For more information and to volunteer, contact Melanie Weber. 248-539 -1490 or mweber@hillelday.org
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Dedication of The William M. Davidson (z”l) Sefer Torah Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at HDS For more information, contact Cheryl Schanes at 248-539-1488 or cschanes@hillelday.org
Celebrate The HDS Annual Dinner
Dream Maker Award Honoree: Joel Jacob Rabbi Jacob Segal (z”l) Award Honorees: Karen and Jim Berger Dedication of The William M. Davidson (z”l) Sefer Torah Sunday, May 19, 2013 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek For more information, contact Cheryl Schanes at 248-539-1488 or cschanes@hillelday.org
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
March 14, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. and March 17, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at the Hillel Day School Blumenstein Auditorium. For more information, contact Michael Brody at mbrody@hillelday.org
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