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Creating a beautiful Jewish future
achel Rosenbluth’04 is at home
Ron the road and feels most alive when she is in the Holy Land. “Bialik’s emphasis on the cultural experience of Judaism really allowed me to feel comfortable in Israeli society and that’s not something I take for granted,” she says.
Rachel, or “Bluth’’ as she’s been known since the nickname stuck as a 9-year-old at Camp Shalom, makes her home between Toronto and Tel Aviv. Yet she lives a nomadic life, frequently traveling to explore different cultures, religious and spiritual communities.
It’s the cultural and social connections from Bialik that she really values, calling two Bialik school friends her closest to this day. The many songs she learned are still part of her repertoire now as a Rabbi.
“I got a good foundation of values and cultural education, a positive relationship with Israel that has led me to continue meaningful work there,” she says.
As a teenager, Rachel spent summers in Israel working on farms, on a kibbutz or taking whatever volunteer trips she could. She studied both international development and religion at McGill University, combining her values of social justice with her desire to seek more spirituality.
She always thought she’d be a doctor, veterinarian or even an architect. As she continued to question the root causes of world issues and furthered her spiritual studies, she found a place for her love of organizing groups, ritual and Jewish joy.
“The issues of the world called me to address them through Jewish spiritual and communal work,” she says. “How we show up every day affects the world.”
So Rav Bluth calls upon her Jewish orthodox rabbinical training, in addition to Hasidic teachings and multiple sources from the Jewish spectrum and beyond, to empower people to live more meaningful lives. “I love the beauty and aesthetic of Judaism and offer a way to learn, have ownership and participate in Judaism with creativity, critical thinking and curiosity,” she explains. That includes working with the organization Living Jewishly to develop a curriculum to help people understand the vast spiritual toolbox available to them.
“The way we teach Shabbat is to talk about it in the context of our lives, worklife balance and the value of rest as it relates to our hectic lives today,” she says, adding, “Prayer is a tool to ground ourselves.” Rachel brings this accessible and creative approach to her ongoing work supporting Israeli-Palestinian justice. She was the founder and program director for Achvat Amim’s Ruchani Track fivemonth volunteer program in Jerusalem, completed the Israeli-Palestinian Center for Regional Initiatives (IPCRI) program “Women Entrepreneurs Leading Change,” and was recently accepted to the International Dialogue Centre’s (KAICIID) fellowship, an interfaith program bringing together leaders committed to improving the world.
Rachel sees that everything we do affects our world — both close to and far from home. “How do we respond? Judaism feels like a place of integrity for guidance,” she says of her continuing spiritual path. “We have a strong community that can come together in creation of a better world.”
DRIVEN BY DESIGN
or most kids, the tendency to
Fcarry around a beloved toy is a phase. While Jonathon Markowski’06 eventually left his Hot Wheels at home, his love of cars was unyielding.
“I was always obsessed with cars, loved things that move,” he says. “I would sit outside my father’s store and watch cars drive by.”
Jonathon’s parents indulged his obsession by taking annual outings to the Canadian International AutoShow. They even travelled to Detroit for the North American International Auto Show, where, at the age of 12, he spoke to exhibitors from car design schools and learned he could turn his love into work.
“I’m good at math, but I always thought I’d be a designer or an artist,” Jonathon says. Despite the common perception that students must choose between art and STEM, Jonathon never felt that pressure at Bialik. He’s grateful the school exposed him to both.
“To get into design school, you had to have math and physics. I enjoyed calculus, which makes shapes beautiful — it makes curves catch light the way they do.” Still, Jonathon most fondly recalls his time in art class.
“In the lower grades, you’d hear about the art classes you’d have in the Senior Division and this art teacher, Ms Fleury,” he remembers, adding how important it was to have a dedicated room and time for art in Grades 6 through 8. “She was so influential. She wanted us to do things hands-on and really explore.”
Jonathon and his sister were so moved by their now-retired teacher that they are working together with Bialik to raise funds for a gift to the school that will be dedicated to Ms Fleury.
Art led Jonathon to Northern Secondary School because of its specialty classes. Before committing to study car design in one of the handful of schools globally — none is in Canada — he first earned a degree in industrial design at Carleton University in Ottawa. He then worked in product design, including 3D-printed props for Toronto’s film industry.
Eventually, he followed his passion and moved to California for ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, obtaining a master’s degree in transportation design.
“I was like a kid in a candy shop,” he says, of the fascinating challenges he worked on. From exploring the user experience of self-driving cars to working on advanced design at BMW after grad school, Jonathon realized his dream.
Today he’s working with TomTom. As one of only three companies globally that has a complete map of the world, TomTom provides navigation and other services through in-vehicle touchscreens. From Detroit, Jonathon leads the US research program to identify future products.
“I like answering big questions,” says Jonathon, who thinks a lot about how people navigate places. And he continues to stay in touch with Bialik. He’s been a Senior Division guest speaker, teaching aerodynamics in car design to students undertaking their model car project. Seeing their rapt attention during his presentations, he may very well be helping them navigate their futures.
“I want kids to know it is possible to have a career in design,” he says. “Design drives the way our world works.”
Design drives the way our world works.
NURTURING COMMUNITY THROUGH FOOD
hef Shauna Godfrey’06 started her first
Cfood business in Grade 8 selling apple pies “under the table.” While she has always had an entrepreneurial spirit, she didn’t ever think she’d be a chef.
“I’ve always loved food. I collected cookbooks from a young age and had my first pasta maker at the age of 11 or 12,” she says. “I was obsessed with food, but didn’t know where to take it.”
Shauna thought she might be a nutritionist or work in science. After attending Bialik and then TanenbaumCHAT for high school, she moved to Ohio, earning an undergraduate degree from Oberlin College, majoring in biology. Oberlin provided her with a grant that she used to start selling bread at farmer’s markets in Muskoka in the summer.
“I used to make my Bubbie’s challah recipe,” she says. Her grandmother figures prominently in her cooking to this day. Learning Yiddish at Bialik offered Shauna a way to connect and bond with both her grandmothers during that time. She recalls Bialik as being the perfect place to grow up, thanks to its academic rigour, while still feeling nurturing. “I always felt supported there,” she adds.
Although she worked in some of Toronto’s and New York City’s upscale restaurants after graduating from the Culinary Institute of America, Shauna prefers nourishing people with satisfying comfort food that’s “not fancy.”
In November 2020, she started Godfrey’s Supper Club. It was an experiment and a way to occupy her time as she explored the next step in her career, having left her role as Sous Chef at Momofuku in Toronto earlier that year.
Now, her club is a thriving community, with regulars who anticipate the weekly menu shared on Sunday and look forward to their interactions with Shauna when they pick up their orders on Thursday. Her grandmother’s challah is a menu mainstay. Each week’s offering features Shauna’s take on the Jewish food that she found comforting growing up. Still, her 92-year-old grandmother often weighs in. “She’s an avid texter and pitches tasty things for me to cook,” says Shauna. “During the pandemic, when I couldn’t see her all the time, it helped us to stay conTHAT’S WHY nected.” Through her endeavour, I LIKE TO COOK Shauna has been pleasantly sur— FOOD HELPS US CONNECT prised at the relationships she’s developed with her customers too. “I know what’s going on in WITH PEOPLE. their lives and I’m so appreciative that people want to take the food I make and serve it to their families in their homes,” she says. “That’s why I like to cook — food helps us connect with people.” While Shauna had no expectations of how her supper club would pan out, she is pleased to have gotten to know many of her regulars over the past year. “It’s cool that it hits home for them,” she says. “Now that I’m cooking Jewish food, it’s like I’ve come full circle to my Bialik pie days.” And yet, she continues to explore. Recently, that’s meant having pop-ups at Contra Café in Toronto. Shauna is also working towards opening a bricks-and-mortar restaurant, where she can continue to provide comfort and connection through food.
ARI GOLDKIND’88 STILL SPEAKS OUT T une in to Toronto’s TV news programs and you may just see Bialik alum, Ari Goldkind, being interviewed. As a successful criminal defense lawyer and natural storyteller, Ari has helped audiences understand everything from the Trump investigations in the U.S. to court proceedings closer to home. I spent one hour in the Known for his quick thinking and staunch support of the underdog, Ari’s success comes from his persistent challenging of authority — something he Toronto Old City Hall recalls showing up during his days at Bialik, which he attended from Kinder garten to Grade 6. “I do remember the amount of time I was in the Vice Principal’s office; I courthouse, and I just knew. can still visualize that office,” he says. “I was in trouble, but I never really got in trouble because I wasn’t misbehaving ... I was thinking, questioning, challenging ideas.” And that’s just what he’s doing today. Ari questions authority. He knew from a young age that he would go to law school. Not necessarily to practise law, but because he didn’t want to stop with just a bachelor’s degree. He saw a law degree as a springboard to opportunity. He was just 17 years old when he began studying at Queen’s University, a school chosen because it was “the hardest to get into.” He earned his bachelor’s degree in political science in just three years. The University of Toronto’s Law School was another place known for its challenging admissions criteria, so Ari wanted it on his resume. He worked several years in corporate law, but it “made him snore.” Despite assuming criminal law wasn’t for him, Ari followed the advice of a friend who was a crown prosecutor and attended court proceedings for a day. “I spent one hour in the Toronto Old City Hall courthouse, and I just knew,” he says. “Now, I don’t dread work. I get paid to cause trouble.” Looking back, Ari can see that his interests in drama classes and debate teams were never misplaced. “I’m a Broadway actor who has the courtroom as my stage,” he says. “It’s all about storytelling and advocacy and you learn the legal pieces over time.” He recalls feeling like a loner and underdog as a child. That’s part of what drives him to defend accused criminals. “I don’t want to be one of the 20-person team prosecuting someone; I want to be the one person they have to get them through,” he says, pointing out how easily people can lose everything — jobs, relationships, homes — just by being accused of a crime. “There should be a test in that court before we destroy someone’s life.” One of the key habits that have led to his success is being able to simply “get it done.” And that’s something he credits Bialik with teaching him. There are no shortcuts in life. “At Bialik, they say you work hard, put in the time and make your parents proud that they invested this money in you,” he says. “There is something to be said for sitting down next to fellow Jewish students and knowing that they and their parents are committed to doing great things in life.”
SIMCHAS AND STORIES
Nothing brings us more joy than hearing about all the Nachas our alumni are enjoying since graduation. From weddings to babies, we share some of their special celebrations:
Matthew Librach’06 and Jessica Gottlieb Adam Gurza’06 and Dani (Tavroges) Gurza Ben Shapiro’98 and Rachel (Cosman) Shapiro
Heidi Solomon’06 and Noah Sliwin UPDATE US!
Send us pictures. Share your special memories. Rosalie Springer-Fox’06 and Daniel Fox
Andi Raine Pozner
Parents Sam Pozner’01 and Amy Pozner
Teddy Max Wolkowicz Kai Izzy Sas Maxwell Simon Zuk
Parents Geoffrey Sas’99 and Mor Dagan Sas
Riley Evan Hamovitch
Parents Carly(Gallinger) Zuk’01 and Seth Zuk
Jack William Banack
Parents Marni Blustein’03 and Michael Wolkowicz
Jax Peyton Gross
Parents Emily and Noam Hamovitch’01
Ivy Sofia Tobe
Parents Mara Silver Banack’00 and Adam Banack’96
Hannah Sydney Jerusalim
Parents Stephanie (Goldberg) Gross’00 and Corey Gross Parents Ariel (Waks) Tobe’06 and Zachary Tobe Parents Eve Hurowitz’06 and Adam Jerusalim
OUR GENEROUS DONORS
Thank you to our community for making a difference in 2020-21! Your generous gifts ensure that we are able to offer our students enriched academic opportunities founded on Jewish values and traditions. We truly appreciate your ongoing support of our school.
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