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David Einhorn of Royal Oak, Jennifer Rosenthal of West Bloomfield and
Stephanie Markle of Hollywood, Fla.
Aaron Beals of West Bloomfield, Sam Lasser of San Francisco
and Josh Zwickl of Chicago
Lohq Lost Friends
Hillel Day School Class of '96 reconvenes.
Jennifer Rosenthal
Special to the Jewish News
W
hen Stephanie Markle
was 14, she was voted by her
middle school classmates as
most likely to become a real estate agent.
Now she is studying to become a doctor at
Nova Southeastern Medical School in Fort
Lauderdale.
David Einhorn was voted most likely
to become a star in the National Basketball
Association. Now he is a real estate agent
for Keller Williams.
The two were excited to see if their
fellow classmates lived up to the pre-
dictions during the Hillel Day School
of Metropolitan Detroit Class of 1996
10-Year Reunion. Twenty-five Hillel
graduates gathered at the Blue Martini in
Birmingham to share memories, laughter
and reunite with old friends.
When everyone arrived, the room was
filled with excitement; people could not
hug each other quickly enough. Almost
immediately, the group began to feel like
a family again, making it clear the impact
Hillel had on each of our lives.
Aaron Beals of West Bloomfield and
Josh Zwickl of Chicago worked together
to organize the event. "Josh and I could
not believe it had been 10 years since we
graduated from Hiller Beals said. "Hillel
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was special because it was different than
any other school. We were not only class-
mates, we were a family. Josh and I knew it
was time for a reunion."
Zwickl was not the only one who
came in from out of town for the event.
Classmates also traveled from New York,
Florida and California.
Brooke Weingarden flew in from
Florida. "After 10 years, I was interested to
see what everyone was doing and where
life has taken them;' Weingarden said.
"Hillel made the time we bonded together
as a class a large part of our education. We
had a huge impact on each other's lives,
even if we did not realize it at the time."
Of the 25 individuals that came to the
reunion, 16 have either stayed in Metro
Detroit after college or returned to the
area years later. After graduating from
West Bloomfield High School, Mychal
Glass went to college in Los Angeles; four
years later, she moved back to Detroit,
where she lives with her husband.
"Hillel made me the person I am today."
Glass said. "I always knew that I would
come back to Detroit to raise my family. I
want my children to one day go to Hillel
and have the feeling of community I had
at school"
Other classmates that came to the
reunion include Ari Scharg and Sam
Schey of Chicago, Michal Newman
Mychal Glass of West Bloomfield and
Sam Schey of Chicago
and Alana Herman of Royal Oak, Laya
Barak and Brad Chicorel of New York,
Jacob Cohen of Detroit, Sara Iden of
West Bloomfield and Daniel Weckstein
of Ann Arbor.
Although many people had not seen
each other since graduation, it was clear
by the end of the night that everyone
would not let another 10 years go by
before seeing each other again. We were a
family at Hillel and, wherever we end up,
we will always have that bond. P1
Young Leader Honored
Recognizing outstanding volunteers
representing a "new generation of lead-
ership" in the Jewish community, the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
named Lorne B. Gold as
a recipient of one of its
annual Young Leadership
Awards.
Named the 2006 recipi-
ent of the Mark Family
Young Leadership Award,
Bloomfield Hills fam-
ily law attorney Gold is a
Lorne Gold
board member and officer
of Federation's Young Adult Division and
co-chair of the Young Adult Division 2006
Annual Campaign, which in 2006 more
than $800,000.
Involved in many Federation programs
and initiatives, Gold has played leading
roles in Campaign Countdown, the Class
of a Million Steering Committee, Major
Gifts, the Shutafim L'atid Exchange to
Israel and the Partnership 2000 Steering
Committee. He is also an Executive
Committee member and a vice president
of the Jewish Family Service Agency
of Metropolitan Detroit, and serves on
its Government Relations Oversight
Committee and is a member of its
Strategic Planning Committee.