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MAY 5, 2016 | The Jewish Home
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Midreshet Shalhevet Pays Tribute at Annual Dinner
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idreshet Shalhevet will pay tribute to Guests of Honor Dr. Jeffry Beer and his wife, Mrs. Shira Beer, Parents of the Year Mr. Mickey Hyman and his wife, Mrs. Malkie Hyman, and Teacher of the Year, Mr. Jeff Ganeles, at its Seventh Annual Scholarship Dinner to take place on Sunday, May 15 at 5:30pm at Temple Hillel in North Woodmere. “The Scholarship Dinner is the cornerstone of the school’s scholarship campaign, the success of which ensures Midreshet Shalhevet’s longstanding policy to provide the best Orthodox Jewish high school education, regardless of financial capabilities,” said Rosh Mesivta, Rabbi Zev Meir Friedman. “The dinner is also an opportunity to reflect upon past achievements and future aspirations.” Shira and Jeffry Beer have been residents of the West Hempstead community for the past eight years, having moved there after spending over ten years in Far Rockaway. They are the proud parents of Tamar and Michal (12th and 11th grade students at Midreshet Shalhevet), Yonatan (13), Sari (9) and Azi (4). Jeffry, a long-time talmid of Harav Yisroel Chait, shlita, is
Jeff Ganeles
Mickey and Malkie Hyman
Shira and Jeffry Beer
a physician in private practice at Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine, PC, where he devotes his time caring for patients with spine and joint disorders. Shira, a devoted mother, has been actively involved in community and school activities for many years and currently serves as President of the Shalhevet Women’s League. Being involved with Midreshet Shalhevet over the past few years, they have witnessed firsthand the incredible and unique learning environment that the school fosters for its students. Passionate and inspiring teachers who serve as
wonderful role models have imbued in our daughters the ability to become independent thinkers and learners. “Shalhevet cares deeply about each student’s emotional development,” the Beers shared. “This has allowed each of our girls the opportunity to express their unique talents and abilities in a Torah environment. We sincerely appreciate all of the faculty and administrators at Midreshet Shalhevet whose hard work and dedication to the students is evident every single day. We hope that the school continues to experience much success, allowing it to shape and mold generations of b’not Torah for many years to come.” Mickey and Malkie Hyman have lived in Cedarhurst for 19 years, where they have been fortunate to raise three beautiful girls, Rachel, Rivka (Shalhevet ‘14), and Gayil (Shalhevet ‘17 iy”H). They welcomed their son-in-law Shmuly to the family at the end of 2014. Mickey, currently President of Community Federal Savings Bank, is a past President of Kehillas Bais Yehuda Tzvi (The Red Shul) in Cedarhurst. Malkie currently teaches fifth grade CAHAL boys at Yeshiva Darchei Torah. She has been involved with CAHAL for close to 20 years, and has seen firs-hand, and personally helped, a high percentage of students mainstream into regular classrooms. Malkie has also been active in the community, having served as Co-President of the Sisterhood of Kehillas Bais Yehuda Tzvi. The Hymans shared a quote from Benjamin Franklin, “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” “It is our belief” they said, “that the Midreshet Shalhevet administration understood this quote well when developing their model of education. Two of our daughters have
attended Shalhevet; Rivka graduated in 2014, and Gayil is currently a junior. Both have had tremendous experiences with the school. Aside from the strength of education, and richness of activities, programs, and clubs, Shalhevet excels at involving the girls in supporting worldwide causes. This involvement is where children learn how to navigate the real world from an active perspective, and not from just a textbook. The other involvement comes from the partnership between student, school and parents, the likes of which we have never experienced with another school. Over the years Shalhevet has gone above and beyond anything we could have imagined, and found creative ways to ensure our daughters education requirements were met, while more importantly caring for them as only someone who is genuine can do. We are grateful for all that Shalhevet has done for us, but we are humbled by what Shalhevet does day in and day out.” The dinner committee – Yaakov and Esti Bodner, Daniel and Estee Burg, Ari and Shoni Eidlisz, Rav Yotav and Hildy Eliach, Yitz and Susie Elman, Efraim and Miriam Farkas, Chayim and Zahava Herskowitz, Robert and Tamar Koppel, Stuart and Tsippy Nussbaum, Moshe and Yael Oppenheim, Samuel and Ofra Sandowski, Michael and Shari Vatch – are proud that Midreshet Shalhevet has a broad base of support from the diverse Jewish communities in the area its students reside in, and beyond. Our contributors recognize the school’s remarkable impact in Jewish high school education, and as a major force in growing and strengthening our Jewish future through the success of our graduates.