« CELEBRATING 50 YEARS AT HILLEL Celebrating 50 Fabulous Alumni Listed by Hillel Day School graduation date. s. VIEDER FAMILY The Vieder family has been associated with Hillel Day School since its beginning. Larry Vieder, Cantor at Congregation Adat Shalom, was a founding member. Brothers Sandy and Mark are both graduates of Hillel. While Sandy was attending Hillel, his older brother Tom enrolled his first-born. Eight Vieder children, all boys, went on to graduate or are currently attending Hillel. There has been a Vieder male attending Hillel for the past 40 years! 2.J UDGE MARK GOLDSMITH '67 '70 Audio producer and editor for clients such as GM, Ford, Daimler-Chrysler and EDS. Received an Emmy award in 1994 for an original music score. Has two children that graduated from Hillel and 11 nieces and nephews that have either graduated or are attending Hillel. 3. MARTY LIEBMAN I n celebration of Hillel Day School's 50th anniversary, a group of 50 Fabulous graduates were selected to represent the school's alumni. Nominations from the community, through a ballot that ran in the Jewish Arms, as well as a committee of Hillel parents and administration, chose these alumni to represent a small sample of what Hillel Day School graduates look like 1, 5, 15, 25 and even 50 years later. These are quite a distinguished group of people. Their -fields of work and interests span business, law, the rabbinate, education, journalism, music and the arts, community service and philanthropy. They have won Pulitzer prizes and Hopwood Awards, Fulbright Scholarships and Emmys. They have attended Harvard, Yale, Brown, Cornell, the Jewish Theological Seminary and the Royal Academy of the Arts. These are exceptionally diverse people. However, when the subject was Hillel, they all said the same thing: they would send their children to Hillel. Not only did Hillel help them develop critical thinking skills and Jewish values, but they forged lasting friendships. Many of them communicated that the strong Jewish identity that they developed at Hillel inspired them to be successful adults who work towards the greater good of our world. We salute all of Hillel's graduates over the last 50 years, and all of the parents and grandparents who were and continue to be committed to giving their children and grandchildren the gift of a Jewish day school education. We hope that you will enjoy these stories. 4. ROBERT SCHOSTAK '71 5. WILLIAM LANSAT '72 Litigation specialist in child protective proceedings. Appointed by Governor Engler and reappointed by Governor Granholm to serve on the Governor's Task Force on Children's Justice. Attorney on the "Nathaniel Abraham" case. '74 Community lay leader and philanthropist for Jewish and secular organizations. Chair of the Jewish Women's Foundation, co-chair of the Detroit Federation's Family Mission of 2008, board member of Gleaners Community Food Bank, 2006 Jewish National Fund honoree, and 2000 Sylvia Simon Greenberg award recipient. Has four children who are attending or have graduated from Hillel. Steve Feedman, Head of School Jim Berger, President 6. LISA LIS '74 National Director of Synagogue and Rabbinic Activities for the State of Israel Bonds. Collaborates with regional offices to help oversee over 800 congregational events per year that raise as much as 140 million dollars. Takes members of the rabbinic cabinet and board of directors on an annual Israel conference. 7. RABBI MARTY PASTERNAK JUDGE MARK GOLDSMITH Pioneering Spirit for Jewish Learning CLASS OF 1967 Judge Mark Goldsmith was a member of the first graduating class of Hillel Day School. "I credit Hillel for helping develop my love of Jewish learning and the Hebrew language." Judge Goldsmith also recalled how "Hillel provided a great opportunity to blossom in general studies due to the intimacy and warmth of its teachers." Judge Goldsmith earned degrees from the University of Michigan and Harvard Law School. He was a partner of the Detroit-based law firm Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, LLP before being appointed Circuit Court Judge in 2004. "The centrality of Judaism in my life promoted my sense of social justice and gave me an affinity towards professions that would promote social justice," he said of his career in taw. Judge Goldsmith serves on the board of the Center for Study of Citizenship at Wayne State University, is president of the Federal Bar Association Eastern District Michigan Chapter, and participates in the Oakland Bar Association Inn of the Court. He is married to Judy and has two children: Jared and Molly, H DS class of 2007. Four classrooms in the kindergarten/first grade wing are added to accommodate an enrollment of 400 students. Hillel affiliates with the Solomon Schechter Day School movement. 1979 The mortgage is retired thanks to the generosity o Hitlel parents an : i 11 other community participants. 1982 William, Ethan and Marla Davidson endow a new wing, currently Hillel's fourth/fifth grade wing, and is the first renovation at the Middlebelt campus. The Jean and Sam Frankel wing, currently the second/third grade wing, is named, as is the Mary and Mike Must Multi-purpose Room. Enrollment reaches 503 students. 1986 Kindergarten moves from the Little Red Schoolhouse to the main building. 1987