Ellen Davidson Alperin P'79, president of Temple Reyim in Newton, Mass., graduated from Northeastern University and is a physical therapist at an early intervention program. She and her husband, Bob, president of a software company, live in Newton and have three children—Ashley, Madison and Kaleb. Ellen and her sisters,
Julie Davidson Sudenfield P'76, and Dr. Cheryl Davidson, all share strong Jewish values and cherish Judaic involvement.
Gordon Alpert P'61, having earned degrees from Harvard University in 1966 and Yale Law School in 1970, has retired from his real estate law practice and resides in New York City with his wife, Judy, a psychologist and psychoanalyst. Their daughter, Ivanya, is a pediatrician and they have two grandchildren—Jake, 3, and Ben, 1 ½.
Michael Baron P'61, graduated from Tufts University in 1966 and earned master's degrees from Northeastern University in 1972 and Boston University in 1987. His career path has ranged from teaching English to serving as an instructor at the 103rd U.S. Army Reserve School, to computer work at Raytheon. In addition, Michael's religious involvement has included teaching in area religious schools, serving as a b'nai mitzvah tutor and conducting services at the Sea Crest Hotel in Cape Cod. Currently a substitute teacher for the Framingham Public Schools, he resides in Framingham with his wife, Judy. Their daughter,
Amy Baron Stein MJEd'96, lives in Warwick, R.I., with her husband, Rabbi Peter Stein. The Barons are also the parents of Marc Baron of Northampton, Mass., and the grandparents of three. Michael invites his former classmates to contact him at
mjbaron@rcn.com.
Deborah Kate Finkel P'91, will graduate from the MIT Sloan School of Management in June 2004. She is engaged to Ron Elitzur, a manager at Kendall—a division of Tyco Healthcare—in Mansfield, Mass. They will be married this summer.
 Marsha Katz Slotnick P'60, HC'64, has joined Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged in Roslindale, Mass., as campaign director. Actively involved with Hebrew College for more than four decades, she most recently served as director of development and capital campaign from 1997 to December 2003. She played a key role in advancing Hebrew College's success, including leading the $30 million campaign to build the Newton Centre campus and reinvigorating alumni activities nationwide and abroad. Among her achievements, she was the first woman to serve as vice chair of the Board. She is a major contributor to the Capital Campaign and an alumna of Camp Yavneh. She and her husband, Marc, have three daughters, all Prozdor graduates—Nancy Aferiat P'84, Debbie Garner P'86, and Rebecca P'92—and a grandson, Eitan Ze'ev Garner.
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Paula Katz Gaffin P'62, Dpl'66, a Hebrew teacher throughout her career, received a certificate from Hebrew College's Teacher's Institute and completed the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Boston's Millah program. She and her husband, David, have two sons and three grandsons.
Jesse Geller P'79, a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Boston University School of Law, is a real estate and business attorney in Boston. Actively involved at Hebrew College, he is a member of the Board of Overseers and the Camp Yavneh Board.
Rebecca Geller-Schwartz P'81, attended Camp Yavneh for 13 years. A 1986 graduate of Brandeis University, she has been a Hebrew school teacher, a day school teacher at Cohen-Hillel Academy in Marblehead, Mass., a restaurant manager and a freelance curriculum writer for an elementary school. She and her husband, Rabbi Steve Schwartz, reside in Pikesville, Md., where he is associate rabbi of Beth El Congregation.
Malka Gold P'59, HC'63, of NYC, is the administrator at Columbia University's Center for Israel and Jewish Studies. She is the daughter of the late Sarah and the late Rabbi Dr. Israel Gold who received
semicha from Slabodka Yeshiva in Lithuania and his PhD in philosophy in 1926 from the University of Wurzburg. Rabbi Dr. Gold was a professor of Bible and Talmud at Hebrew College, where his students affectionately called him "Rav Gold." Malka's sister,
Frieda Gold Lowenthal P'54, of Far Rockaway, N.Y., is administrative assistant of Congregation Kneseth Israel (the White Shul) and has four sons and many grandchildren.
Minna Goldstein Dpl'91, a nurse, previously worked as a Hebrew teacher at Temple Adath Sharon Religious School. She and her husband, Joel, reside in Sharon, Mass., and have three sons—Barry, Danny and Ronnie
P'95—and three grandchildren.
Laurie Baker Groner P'77, and her husband, Dr. Jeremy Groner, a dentist and graduate of Columbia University and the University of Maryland Dental School, reside in Zichron Yakov, Israel, with their seven children. A Barnard College graduate, she works for a fundraising organization.
Jeremiah Hill P'91, of Jamaica Plain, Mass., graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1995. After having taught English at Stern Hebrew High School, a day school in Philadelphia, he now teaches English for grades 9–11 at Newton South High School.
Sandra L. Cooper Katz P'60, of Charleston, S.C., has a "dream job" as a travel photojournalist. She graduated from Boston University in 1961, volunteered in the Israeli Army in 1989 and taught at the Addlestone Hebrew Academy in Charleston. Her husband, Gerald, has retired as the technical manager of MeadWestvaco. They have two children—Robert of Potomac, Md., a physicist; and Susan of Atlanta, Ga., a physical therapist—and three grandchildren. Sandra remains very grateful for the education she received at Hebrew College.
Dr. Philip J. Katzman P'80, class agent, is happy to announce with his wife, Joanne, the birth of their son, Leo Gabriel, on September 17, 2003, in Rochester, N.Y.
Dr. Laura Bailen Kaufman P'72, HC'79, a dentist and member of the Boston
Chug Ivri, graduated from Brandeis University in 1978 and Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in 1982. She and her husband,
Howard Kaufman P'71, live in Needham, Mass., and are the parents of Merav and Yael, twins who attend Solomon Schechter Day School. Laura's grandfather,
Irving Karol HC'36, taught at Prozdor summer school and her aunt,
Jean Karol Becker P'56, HC'60, is also a Hebrew College alumna. Her parents-in-law, Sylvia and Sol Kaufman, are longtime supporters of Hebrew College, and currently are members of the President's Circle and chairs of the Morasha Society.
Sally Bencel Kepnes P'65, works at the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Boston and held past positions at Camp Yavneh and the Government of Israel's economic office. She and her husband, Herbert, an accountant and property manager, have three children:
Michelle P'95, working in medical billing and married to Elan Weinreb, an attorney; Stacey, a graduate of Maimonides School in Brookline, Mass., assistant director of the National Conference of Synagogue Youth, New England region, and married to Rabbi Shimmy Trencher; and
Jill P'87, in marketing research for MicroE Systems and married to Eric Kraus, in computer sales.
Bob Jacob Kurtzman P'46, originally of Quincy, Mass., made aliyah in 1963 and currently lives with his wife, Gilda, in Petach Tikvah. A graduate of Yeshiva University, he later earned an MS in social work there in 1955. He has served as Israel director of the Institute for the Righteous Acts, a documentation and study center on rescuers of Jews in the Holocaust era. Other positions include supervisor for the community work section of the municipality of Jerusalem, program coordinator for the Israel Interfaith Association, social caseworker in the municipality of Ramle and interviewer for the survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. Bob has two sons and two granddaughters.
Dr. Tessa Gorenstein Lebinger P'70, graduated from MIT in 1973 and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1976. A pediatric endocrinologist, she resides with her husband, Dr. Martin Lebinger, a psychiatrist, in New Rochelle, N.Y. They have two daughters—Tzipporah, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a mathematician, and Batya, a sophomore at Penn. Tessa has fond memories of her parents' involvement at Hebrew College; her father attended classes and her mother volunteered at the library.
David Levy P'95, graduated from Harvard University in 2000 and works as a youth educator at Congregation Mishkan Tefila in Newton, Mass. He lived in Los Angeles, Calif., for two years where he was vice president of an independent record label company, Fynsworth Alley. During the summer, he has served as a group leader for Mission Mitzvah, the community service program of United Synagogue Youth on Wheels.
Judy Cohen Miller P'64, HC'68, a realtor with Caldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, graduated from Boston University School of Education and taught Hebrew and elementary school in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1970s before teaching Hebrew school in the Boston area. She lives in Waban, Mass., with her husband, Dr. Brian Miller, an orthodontist and past chair of CJP's Dental Team, a part of CJP's Health Professions Team. They have two daughters—
Allana P'90, a graduate of Tufts University and George Washington University Law School who is doing legal work in Tel Aviv, and
Shara P'96, a graduate of Harvard University who was named a Boston Globe All-Scholastic in cross-country running from 1993–1997.
Edith L. Davidoff Muskat P'55, Dpl'58, HC'61, Hebrew valedictorian, has lived in Petach Tikvah, Israel, since 1970 with her husband, Dr. Joseph Muskat, who recently retired after teaching math and computer science at Bar-Ilan University for more than 30 years. A violinist, Edith provides music therapy at a daycare center for the elderly. She and Joseph have three children—Mazel Chana, a nursing counselor for the La Leche League and mother of two; Tsipora, who is working toward a master's in neuropsychology at Hebrew University in Jerusalem; and Shimon, 1998 winner of the International Bible Contest for Jewish Youth. Edith would be happy to host any Hebrew College students and alumni in Israel.
Rabbi Norman Patz P'54, HC'58, a 1959 graduate of Harvard University, was ordained from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1965. Rabbi at Temple Shalom of West Essex in Cedar Grove, N.J., since 1969, he is also president of the Society for the History of Czechoslovak Jews and vice chair of the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education, and teaches at Caldwell College and Montclair State University. He has held past positions as president of the New Jersey Association of Reform Rabbis and national chair of the Rabbinic Cabinet of the United Jewish Appeal, and served in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps as a chaplain. He and his wife, Naomi, who recently retired as director of Partnership 2000, a project of United Jewish Communities, and coauthored
Explaining Reform Judaism with Eugene Borowitz, have two daughters—Deborah and Aviva—and three granddaughters.
Rabbi Jack Rosoff P'50, HC'54, English and Hebrew valedictorian of his class, retired in 1998 after 34 years with Congregation B'nai Israel in Rumson, N.J. A 1954 graduate of Harvard University, he was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1960 and served in the U.S. Army for two years. He resides in Hallandale, Fla., with his wife, Barbara, who earned a doctorate in early education and worked in the human resources department at Princeton University. They have three children and one grandchild.
Dr. Mayer Rubenstein HC'54, class agent, earned degrees from Harvard University in 1954 and Tufts University School of Medicine in 1958, and served in the U.S. Public Health Service from 1961–1963. Former director of medical education at New England Sinai Hospital and Rehabilitation Center and former assistant clinical professor of medicine at Tufts University, he had an internal medicine practice in the Brockton/Randolph, Mass., area until he retired in 2002. He and his wife, Naomi Lee, have three children—
Rabbi Steven Rubenstein P'78, of Temple B'nai Abraham in Beverly, Mass.;
Adele Ruth P'79, a drug representative in Clearwater, Fla.; and Deborah, senior vice president of a financial company, also of Clearwater—and five grandchildren.
Sally Cohen Sohn Schor P'53, of Del Ray Beach, Fla., was an administrator at Camp Yavneh under Dr. Michael Libenson's administration and held positions at Hebrew College as head bookkeeper, secretary to past president Eli Grad and registrar/bursar. At Boston University School of Law, she worked as the administrative assistant for Dean William Schwartz, a past Hebrew College trustee. She has three children, all Prozdor graduates—
Marilyn Sohn Taylor P'75, of Norton, Mass.;
Ronald Sohn P'76, of Elizabeth, N.J.; and
Debra Sohn Mitchell P'82, of Boca Raton, Fla.—and seven grandchildren.
Aviva Schwartz P'01, attends the Honors Program at Simmons College and has been named to the Dean's List. Her mother,
Sheryl Levitt Schwartz P'73, HC'78, a class agent and 1978 graduate of Simmons College, teaches at Congregation Mishkan Tefila in Newton, Mass., and continues to perform cantorial solos at Hebrew College and other venues. Her grandmother,
Mildred Levitt HC'49, co-chairs the Hebrew College/Prozdor Alumni Association. Both her mother and grandmother are members of the Boston
Chug Ivri.
Judith Wacks Sherman P'68, HC'72, and her husband, Jim, reside in Marblehead, Mass., where she is actively involved at Temple Sinai, having served as president of Sisterhood and currently a member of the ritual and school committees. Recently retired, she taught for many years at the Temple Beth El Hebrew School and the North Shore Community Hebrew School, both in Swampscott, Mass. Her son, Adam, works with her husband at the Brotherhood Credit Union in Lynn, Mass.; and her daughter, Michelle, is a conference manager at the Four Seasons in San Diego, Calif.
Pamela Shrago P'68, HC'72, works as the librarian in the information research center at New England Financial in Boston. Living in Milton, Mass., she is very involved at Temple Shalom there, serving as secretary of the Board of Directors and active on many committees. In her spare time, Pamela loves to travel and spend time with her five nieces and nephews, whose ages range from 3 to 17.
 Recently married in Israel, Robin Kolodny Leshem P'90, and her husband, Erez, plan to return there one day—via the Amazon. This fall, following their August 19, 2003, wedding, held at Ronit Farm in Israel's Sharon region, the couple embarked on a six-month honeymoon to South America, where they trekked their way across the continent. Chile, Argentina and Ecuador are just a few of the exotic locales they visited, following a path that went wherever their spirit moved them. In February, as their original return date neared, they extended the trip to April, according to Robin's mother, Dr. Roselyn Kolodny, who added that the pair departed with nothing more than what they could fit in two backpacks.
A frequent visitor, Robin moved to Israel full time in 2003, after graduating from Harvard Law School. She passed the bar exam in Hebrew—in addition to having passed it in English—and then clerked for Supreme Court Justice Dahlia Dorner and joined the law firm of S. Horowitz in Tel Aviv. Erez, a native of Israel, holds a law degree from Tel Aviv University and an executive MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago. Most recently, he worked in the Israeli offices of the business firm Ernst & Young. Both Robin and Erez resigned from their positions prior to leaving for their expedition, with the intention of coming back to Boston to work for a few years and then returning, finally, to live in Israel. Robin's father, Dr. Edwin Kolodny, is a trustee of Hebrew College, and both parents are members of the President's Circle. Her sister, Nancy Kolodny Lieberman P'80, is married to Ralph Lieberman; they are the parents of Naomi, Tamar and Benjamin.
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Marvin Sibulkin P'54, a linguist fluent in Chinese (Mandarin) and a fourth grade elementary school teacher, served as an army career soldier and retired as sergeant major. He and his wife, Yoli, who retired from the Prudential Insurance Company of America's accounting department, reside in Calabasas, Calif., and have three children—Ray, a financial consultant; Tina, in the fashion industry; and Steven, a management consultant—and two grandchildren.
Harold Simansky P'82, class agent, is pleased to announce with his wife, Linda, the birth of their son Jacob Daniel on December 24, 2003. Jacob is joined at home by his big brother, Aaron, who is 2 ½.
Julie Ann Davidson Sudenfield P'76, a licensed social worker, graduated from Brandeis University in 1980 and received a master's degree in social work from Simmons College in 1982. She teaches at Temple Israel in Natick, Mass., facilitates the New Mother's Group at the Framingham JCC and is the girls' head counselor at Camp Tevya in Brookline, N.H. She and her husband, John, a manager at Hitachi Consulting in Boston, have three children—Leah, Daniel and Nathan, who attends Prozdor's Natick branch.
Aliza Miriam Waxman P'02, attends Boston University and plans to major in psychology. She notes that Prozdor helped her to develop her own personal Jewish identity.
Sharon Gerson Weinberg P'68, HC'72, class agent, spent a wonderful two weeks in Israel with her husband,
Aaron Dpl'72, last December, where they visited their oldest son, Daniel, who lives outside of Jerusalem with his wife, Racheli, and their three grandchildren. Currently enrolled in two courses at Hebrew College, which are offered through the Early Childhood Institute and the Center for Adult Jewish Learning, Sharon teaches at Hertz Nursery School in Sharon, Mass.
Jeremiah Weiner P'87, an attorney who works on behalf of Native Americans, lives in Sacramento, Calif., with his wife, Rebecca Stanfel, a writer. They are the proud parents of Andrew Meyer, born December 31, 2003.
Miriam Weiner P'92, a teacher at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, Md., is engaged to Adam Szubin, an attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice. A summer wedding is planned.
Rachel Weinstein P'85, of Revere, Mass., graduated from Boston University with a degree in psychology in 1990 and Columbia University School of Social Work with a master's in social administration in 1992, and received a certificate in elementary reading from Boston College in 2000. From 1994 to 1996, she served in the Peace Corps in St. Vincent, an island in the West Indies, and later worked for the National Council of Jewish Women. She currently teaches reading to grades 1–4 at the Winthrop Public Schools.
Laurie Libenson Yablon P'81, is the daughter of Lois and
Dr. Michael Libenson P'53, HC'58, former dean of administration at Hebrew College and director of Prozdor, currently on the faculty at Prozdor and consulting educational psychologist, as well as a member of the President's Circle. A clinical nursing instructor at the University of Portland, Laurie owns an independent Mary Kay business. She and her husband, Brian, an engineering manager at Intel, reside in Portland, Ore., with their three sons: Benjamin, 10, Jonathan, 8—both of whom attend Portland Jewish Academy—and Will, 4, a student at Maimonides Jewish Day School.
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