ALUMNINOTES
Class of 2002 Shares Memories at Reunion
2009
It is with much joy we announce the engagement of Hillel alumna Michelle Milhem (’09) to Pepe Douer. Michelle is the daughter of Selmo and Liliana Milhem. Pepe is the son of Alberto and Perlita Douer (Bogota, Colombia).
2007/2009
It is with much joy we announce the engagement of alumni Cassie Scheinman (‘09) to Greg Feldman (‘07). Greg is currently Scheck Hillel Community School’s Digital Media Specialist and the son of Nancy and Elan Feldman. Cassie, a graduate of The George Washington University, is the daughter of Dr. Nancy and Dr. Stephen Scheinman.
2004/2005
It is with much joy we announce the engagement of alumni Yuval Ofir (05) to Lorie Setton (04). Yuval is the son of Dr. Audrey Ofir and the late Eli Ofir (z”l). Lorie is the daughter of Rachel and Joseph Setton. Yuval is executive vice president of Paris Perfumes and founder of YoMiami. Lorie is a middle school learning resource teacher at David Posnack Hebrew Day School. A 2014 wedding is planned.
2001
We welcome into our Hillel community Lauren (Marks ’01) and Ian Alperstein’s newborn son, Jonathan Lowell. Mazel tov to the Alperstein family!
1998
We welcome into our Hillel community Jenna and Dr. David Koslovsky’s (’98) newborn daughter, Mollie Jaye. Mazel tov to the entire Koslovsky family, especially to grandparents Susan and Sid Koslovsky, Gabrielle (’96), Bernardo and Alexander Schpilberg (Kindergarten), Jordana (’01) and Rotem Carmel (’97).
Alumni from the Class of 2002 shared Hillel memories with former classmates and faculty at their November reunion. “It was really fantastic to get together and catch up with classmates and teachers. Everyone pretty much looks the same, but we have all come a long way in the last ten years,” said Tammy Savin Malvin, who chaired the reunion with Jackie Ginzburg Farzad, Lisa Falic Groisman and Josh Gilinski. The reunion was held at the Raquel and Jaime Gilinski home, decorated with enlarged pages from the 2002 yearbook and filled with music from their high school years. Farzad said about 60 attended, 33 alumni and guests, and Hillel faculty. Before watching the class video they made in their senior year at Hillel, alumnae Sandy Shulkes, a Rabbi in Dallas, gave a Dvar Torah. “The video was a tribute mostly to teachers thanking them for all they had done for us throughout the years,” Malvin said.
Alumni Reunite in Israel
1993
We welcome into our Hillel community Faye and Ari Schuchman’s newborn daughter, Noa Hannah. Ari is an alumni of Hillel’s third graduating class in 1993, and currently lives with his family in Jerusalem and Washington, D.C.
Alumni Enjoy 2012 Frye Financial Alumni Games Julie Frye Sanders (’00) and her dad, Austin Frye, enjoy the 2012 Annual Frye Financial Alumni Games. The event chaired by Elana Gorin and Paul Feldman, brought together more than 100 alumni to play basketball and soccer against Hillel varsity teams. A reception was held afterward, giving alumni an opportunity to catch up with old friends.
Hillel alumni gathered from all over Israel at the Bet Shemesh home of alumni parents Leo and Dr. Rhea Schwartzberg to celebrate Thanksgiving and Hillel. The 2nd Annual Scheck Hillel Alumni Thanksgiving Dinner brought together 19 alumni graduating from 1997-2012. While 28 alumni had planned to attend, Schwartzberg said nine were forced to cancel due to the Pillar of Defense operation, despite the cease fire. The participants at the dinner included Rafi (‘02) and Natasha Farber, Yoni Rubin (‘01), Deborah Chonin-Schwartzberg (‘97), and Hanan Schwartzberg (‘97) - (not pictured), Daniel Makover (‘07) (not pictured), Michael Sapoznik, (‘05), Eitan Marks (‘04), Maya Klein, Yoni Bonan (‘12), Ben Rose (‘11), Daniel (‘04) and Beth Laufer, Daniel Sages (‘05), Hillel (‘06) and Sarah (‘06) Konigsburg, Tami Epelbaum (‘07), and Erika Shechter (‘05). “It was wonderful to see Hillel alumni of all ages sharing their stories of life in Israel, as well as details of their lives at Hillel,” said Schwartzberg, who made aliyah with her husband nearly three years ago. “As a teacher, I feel blessed to have the opportunity to see these former Hillel students as productive adults, involved in the Israeli society.”
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