CELEBRATING
50 YEARS AT HILLEL
'91
Lawyer in NYC who graduated from Princeton
University and Harvard Law School. Worked
as a foreign law clerk to the Honorable Asher
Dan Grunis of the Israeli Supreme Court.
Also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in
Romania and worked at internships in Hong
Kong and Sierra Leone.
3o. OWEN ALTERMAN
KEVIN SCHWARTZ
Grass-roots Peacemaker
CLASS OF 1992
This past summer, Kevin Schwartz was one of fifteen students sent by the State
Department to Tajikistan to study the Tajik dialect of Persian.
Kevin has written extensively on issues related to Middle Eastern politics, history
and society with an emphasis on the politics and security of Iran. His research
has ranged from Israeli and Palestinian grass-root peacemakers, and decision-
making processes in the Iranian government, to classical Persian literature and
Islamic legal thought. He holds an MA from Harvard University in Middle Eastern
Studies, and is pursuing a PhD in Near Eastern Studies at the University of
California, Berkeley.
31. JORDAN FIELD
'91
32. RABBI JENNIFER TISDALE '91
'92
Hollywood screenwriter. Co-wrote feature
script New Year's Steve, with Hillel graduate
Josh Herman, which was purchased by
zoth Century Fox. Co-wrote My Big Fat
Independent Movie that played the film
festival circuit. A 2005 winner of the Talent
Scout TV Writing Contest. Also has written for
the MTV Movie Awards and Talk Soup.
33. ADAM SCHWARTZ
34. JAIME RAY NEWMAN '92
ILANA KOHEN LISS
AND ZACHARY LISS
Newlyweds Met in 2nd Grade
CLASS OF
Attended Boston University's School for the
Arts and Northwestern University. Movie
credits include parts in Catch Me If You Can,
Rumor Has It and Lonesome Matador. Best
known for her roles as Mindy O'Dell on the
series Veronica Mars and as Kristina Cassadine
on the soap opera General Hospital.
1994
Although they had been a couple since 7th grade, Ilana Kohen and
Zachary Liss kissed for the first time as the leads in Hillel's 8th
grade play, Bye, Bye Birdie. Luckily, it wasn't their One Last Kiss!
Ilana and Zach stayed together through high school and college,
and were married in the fall of 2006.
35• KEVIN SCHWARTZ '92
Ilana graduated from the University of Michigan Ross School of
Business. She is a Client Advisor for Schechter Wealth Strategies
in Birmingham and also serves as a board member of the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Young Adult Division. Zach is
completing his last year at Wayne State University Medical School.
Will their children go to Hillel?
"You bet!" says Ilana.
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36. JESSICA ALTER '93
Harvard Business School graduate who
organized classmate trip to Israel to expose
future business leaders to Israel. Founded
the Ellen J. Alter Fund for Women, a non-
profit in honor of her late mother, that
raises money to help women and young
girls. Works at Bebo, Inc. a leading consumer
internet start-up in the social networking space
in San Francisco, CA.
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37. ILANA KOHEN LISS
38. ZACHARY LISS
'94
'94
39. JENNIFER MAISELOFF
JENNIFER MAISELOFF
Artistic Edge
'94
'95
Researches genetics and biological evolution
as an NSF Pre-Doctoral Fellow at Indiana
University. Received the William H. Drury
Award as an outstanding ecology and
evolution student from the College of the
Atlantic and was a Barry M. Goldwater
Fellow. Published in Science magazine, the
Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences
and the American Naturalist.
4o. YANIV BRANDVAIN
CLASS OF 1994
Across the Atlantic, Jennifer Maiseloff is pursuing a graduate
degree in theater design at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
in London, a school that has acclaimed graduates such as Dame
Judi Dench and Sir Anthony
Hopkins. Although her current
school boasts some prestigious
alumni, it was her grammar
school lessons that have left a lasting mark on her. "I've always appreciated my Judaic
background, heritage and values," Maiseloff says, "that I learned from Hillel Day School."
41. ALEX GRAHAM '95
42. AARON LEWIS '95
National Bluegrass Fiddle Competition
Winner. Member of Bluegrass Fusion band,
Special Ed and the Shortbus, in Richmond, VA.
ALEX GRAHAM
A Legacy Continued
CLASS OF
1995
43. REBECCA GOODMAN
While most Make-A-Wish kids want trips to Disneyland or Hawaii, Alex
dreamt of creating a public service announcement that encouraged
people to, "treat people who look differently no differently than they
treat people who look normal." Alex was able to watch her public
L
service announcement shortly before her death from cancer in January
1999. What Alex didn't get to witness was the way her short but
eventful life has lingered on in the hearts of many, especially TEAM
ALEX, a group of bicyclists that participate in the Make-A-Wish Wish-A-Mile bike ride held every July. Alex's legacy is
also kept alive by Hillel's middle school through its Alex Graham Garden and Make-a-Wish fundraising efforts.
Hillel receives
accreditation from !SACS
(Independent School
Association of
Central States).
2000
Steve Freedman
begins his tenure
as Head of School.
2003
Hillel raises $5 million to fund
the construction of a new
gym/theater arts facility and
renovation of playing fields.
The Blumenstein
gym is named.
2005
'96
'96
Israeli army volunteer and class commander
during the 2006 Israel-Lebanese war.
Planning to study business at Bar-Ilan
University and make aliyah.
44. AVI LEIBOVITCH
Rochelle Iczkovitz, teacher and Principal,
retires after 36 years. A new K-2 playground
is dedicated in honor of Terri Farber Roth.
Hillel institutes its first eighth grade trip to
Israel in culmination of their years of Jewish
and Hebrew studies.
2006