TO SEE AND BE SEEN
BEVERLY HILLS COURIER | MAY 11, 2018 Page 14
THE FASHION OF BEVERLY HILLS
BEVERLY HILLS PROM — Beverly Hills High School students celebrated their youth at the annual senior prom, this year held at the Pacific Design Center. Pictured (from left): Emma Hoyt, Taylor Asla, Natasha Dveirin, Ryan Kenneally, Leore Slavick, Savannah Perry, Rachel Galen, Isabel Maizes, RJ Kenneally, Jack Kaplan, Jackson Prettyman, Marco de Cardenas, Daniel Attia and Carl Wehba.
MUSIC TO HEAL — The Peninsula Beverly Hills hosted its second annual dual piano fundraiser, this year benefitting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. For over an hour, pianists Sheryl Shark and Antonio Castillo (pictured) enthralled the audience, at times performing works side-by-side at one piano. Said Managing Director Offer Nissenbaum: “The Peninsula Beverly Hills is extremely proud and honored to sponsor this second annual dual piano performance ... in support of such as worthy cause."
TEEN WELLNESS — The Jewish Federation’s Los Angeles Jewish Teen Initiative recently hosted its first-ever conference, entitled “Building Resilience in Teens: A Wellness Conference for Parents and Educators.” The sold-out conference at The Luxe Hotel on Sunset Boulevard brought together over 250 parents, educators and mental health professionals to focus on teen wellness with keynote speaker Julie Lythcott-Haims. Pictured (from left): Andrew Cushnir, executive VP of Donor Relations at The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles; Jerry Coben, community leader and boardmember and chair of the federation’s Los Angeles Jewish Teen Initiative (LAJTI) Committee; Becky Sobelman-Stern, executive VP and chief program officer at The Jewish Federation of Greater L.A.; Julie Beren Platt, board chair at The Jewish Federation of Greater L.A.; Julie Lythcott-Haims, keynote speaker; Alix Liiv, senior project manager at The Jewish Federation of Greater L.A.; Dr. Miriam Heller-Stern, national director of the School of Education at HUC-JIR; and Dr. Isa Aron, professor of Jewish Education at HUC-JIR.