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CLASS NOTES:
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Class Of 2002
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JCDS alum Emma Gildesgame ’02, a climate adaptation scientist with The Nature Conservancy, is quoted in the New York Times piece, “A Toxic Stew on Cape Cod: Human Waste and Warming Water”. Kol HaKavod to Emma for her efforts to ensure clean water and conserve the environment!
Class Of 2006
Announcing the birth of Zamir Oriya, at the end of April, to parents Rachel Jackson ’06 and Jackson Mercer. Grandparents are former JCDS Rabbinics curriculum developer and teacher for 15 years, Claudia Marbach, and Daniel Jackson, and Rachel and Ken Mercer. Rachel has her own art and design business binahdesign.com. Sharing in the joy, aunts Rebecca ’09 is the newly appointed Southern correspondent for the Economist and lives in Washington, D.C., and Akiva ’11 is a programmer in Boston and lives in Cambridge.
Class Of 2011
Aaron Hunt (’11) completed his Master’s thesis on “Moth Productivity and Community Composition in Urban Areas” and recently published an article in the RI Naturalist.
Alumni, let us know what’s happening in your life by emailing your updates to news@jcdsboston.org.
Save the date for the 7th annual JCDS Alumni Reunion on Sunday, November 26, 2023!
Class Of 2011
David and Michael Goldman are proud to announce the wedding of their son, Shai-B Goldman (’11) to Talya Hyman of New Haven, C.T. on Sunday, March 19th at Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, M.A.. Brothers Aryeh ’11 and Yehuda ’17 attended the wedding.
Class Of 2015
Jacob Foster ’15, spoke at “A Taste of What Matters” the 24th annual Matters of Taste event, about the lasting impact JCDS has had on his life. He graduated as an officer from West Point this spring.
Class Of 2015
JCDS is so excited to share the news that Noa Vineberg ’15 has won a Fulbright! She will be teaching in Senegal next academic year (2023-2024). Noa’s mother, Nancy, gives a lot of credit to JCDS for laying an amazing foundation for her.
Class Of 2023
After winning last year’s USA Chidon HaTanach (Bible Contest), 8th Grader Kayla Shechter [far left] advanced all the way to the final 16 in this year’s International Chidon HaTanach in Israel on Yom HaAtzmaut. Kayla was the youngest contestant of 41 students who qualified to participate in a two-week Chidon camp, and was one of four American contestants, all of whom advanced to the final 16.
