CINCINNATI JEWISH LIFE • 13
THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2012
The Yasgur Family celebrates Noah’s graduation with teacher Phyllis Binik-Thomas.
Mercaz Board Chairperson, Yaffa Rubin, Elaine Cohen, Sandy Kaltman, and Mercaz assistant, Jenna Rubin, help during the dinner and graduation reception.
The classmates lead the Prayer for Israel.
The seniors relax and let loose before the graduation ceremony.
Sarah stands with the two pictures she painted for Mercaz Graduation.
David and his family enjoy the reception after the graduation ceremony.
Seniors David and Louie attend the pre-Mercaz graduation dinner.
Mercaz students and families of our graduates enjoy the homemade dinner before graduation sponsored by Rob Wood and family. Dinner is a time for our students to socialize with each other before classes.
Noah opens the ceremony by welcoming our guests, he served as the MC for the evening.
Elana revealed her thoughts of her time at Mercaz and the traditions she and her friends created on Sunday nights for the past five years.
Louie explains the senior class mitzvah project, collecting toiletries and personal items for the Kosher Food Pantry.
David shares a poem he wrote that coordinated with the picture Sarah had painted of Solomon’s pillars.