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. 9 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. 40 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