Happenings: July/August 2013

CONGRATULATIONS TO:

Dr. Stephen Hazan Arnoff, an alumnus of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class 13, for his new position at Shalem College in Jerusalem as Director of the Office of Culture, Community, and Society.

Shani Bechhofer, an alumna of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class 3, and her husband Yosef, on the marriage of their son, Yitzchok to Nehama Silver.

Michele Fisher, an alumna of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class 10, and Hillel Director at MIT which received the Hillel Vision and Value award for “A Great Place to Work” at the International Hillel Institute in St. Louis.


Shana Teig Kantor, an alumna of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class 15,  for being appointed Executive Director of Hillel at the University of Miami.

Jonathan Krasner, an alumnus of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class 7, Associate Professor of the American Jewish Experience, for being granted tenure at HUC-JIR/New York.


Jill Levy, an alumna of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class 19, on her new position as Director of the Center for Jewish Living and Learning at the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center, Houston, TX.


Aaron Panken, an alumnus of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class 8, on being elected as the 12th President of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, effective January 1, 2014.


Julie Roth, an alumna of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class 12, and Hillel Director at Princeton for being honored at the International Hillel Institute in St. Louis as an Exemplar of Excellence.


Charlie Schwartz, an alumnus of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class 18, who has been accepted as Senior Jewish Educator/Director of BIMA and Genesis at Brandeis University’s office of High School Programs.

Irine Schweitzer, a Wexner Graduate Fellowship Alumna, Class 2, whose dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Psychology in Marriage and Family Therapy has been accepted.

Michal Smart, a Wexner Graduate Fellowship Alumna, Class 6, who has been named Director of Jewish Studies at the Bi-Cultural Day School in Stamford, CT

MAZEL TOV TO (BIRTHS) :


Adina Danzig Epelman, an alumna of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class 11, and her husband Dan, on the birth of a daughter Ayelet, born in July.


Jenny Goldstein, an alumna of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class 17, and her husband, Evan Shultz on the birth of their son on August 20th.


Sarit Kattan Gribetz, an alumna of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class 19, and Jonathan Gribetz, an alumnus of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class 16, on the birth of a son in July.


Jill Jacobs, an alumna of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class 11, and her husband Guy Austrian, on the birth of a daughter, Dvir Hallel Austrian-Jacobs in July. 


David Koffman, an alumnus of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class 17, and his wife Samantha on the birth of a son, Gideon Julius.


Katie Light Soloway, an alumna of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class 19, and her husband Ben, on the birth of a son, Simon Jacob Soloway.


Farrah Udell, an alumna of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class 21, and her husband Jeff, on the birth of a son, Isaac Paul Udell.


Sivan Zakai,  an alumna of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class 17, and her husband Igor, on the birth of son, Liam Jonah in July.

MAZEL TOV TO (BAR/BAT MITZVAH’S) :


David Lerner, an alumnus of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class 17, and his wife, Sharon Levin on the occasion of their daughter Talya’s Bat Mitzvah.

Jonathan Rudnick, an alumnus of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class 4, and his wife Marcelle, on the occasion of their son Sagi’s Bar Mitzvah. 



MAY YOU BE COMFORTED WITH ALL WHO MOURN IN ZION AND JERUSALEM (DEATHS):

Deborah Lipstadt, beloved member of our faculty, on the passing of her mother, Miriam on July 20th in NY.

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