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CELEBRATING
50 YEARS AT HILLEL
45. OREN GOLDENBERG '97
REBECCA GOODMAN CLASS OF 1996
Fashion, Beauty and Lifestyle Publicist
Honors film graduate whose feature-length
documentary film, Our School, focuses on
students' challenges in getting an education
in the city of Detroit.
Rebecca Goodman considered herself a troublemaker while a student at Hillel Day School. Now
that her half brother, Noah, is entering first grade at Hillel, she loves talking to him about her Hillel
teachers and experiences.
46. DANI WOHL '97
Rebecca is a fashion publicist for Paul Wilmot Communications and manages the public relations
activities for four upscale clothing lines. She previously worked in PR at Ferragamo, Hermes, and
Henri Bendel. After graduating from the University of Michigan with a BA in Communications, Rebecca
moved to NYC to begin her career. Her three best friends from
Hillel all work and live in New York City as well. "We are all still
good friends and will be for life."
47. JENNIFER SCHANES '98
Graduated Cornell University and currently
attends Harvard Law School. Law clerk for
the Department of Justice — Counterterrorism
Section, Heyman Fellow. Leadership
positions at Harvard include Social Action
director of Jewish Law Student Association.
48. JEREMY BARUCH '00
DANI WOHL
Scholar-Athlete
49. DAVID KURZMANN '00
Co-founder of the Israel Initiative for
Dialogue, Education and Advocacy (IDEA).
The Israel IDEA educates the U-of-M
community through proactive initiatives,
thus combating the negative stereotypes and
vilification of Israel found on campus.
CLASS OF
1997
In Dani Wohl's eighth grade yearbook, his classmates nominated him most likely to be an
NBA star. During his three years as a point guard for Hillel, he led them to many victories.
While he didn't make it all the way to the NBA, he is the only Hillel graduate to play
basketball for the men's University of Michigan team. He received the scholar-athlete award
all three years he wore his maize-and-blue jersey. He now applies his intensity and strong
work ethic as an Investment Analyst at JP
Morgan Private Client Services in Bloomfield
Hills. Dani has also been a featured speaker
and role model for Hillel students.
5o. ZACK YOST '00
President of the University of Michigan
Student Assembly and co-founder of the
Michigan Action Party (a non-partisan
political party).
JEREMY BARUCH CLASS OF
Committed to Making a Difference
2000
In 2006 alone, Jeremy was the recipient of numerous academic
awards, at least one of which would grab the attention of the literary
scholarly world, and the other which is internationally esteemed for
Jewish education and leadership. As a recipient of The University of
Michigan Hopwood Award, Jeremy shares the company of acclaimed
writers such as Arthur Miller and Elizabeth Kostova. Jeremy was also
selected as one of only twenty adults in the United States to receive a
Wexner Graduate Fellowship and was designated a Davidson Scholar,
given to individuals pursuing career areas of Jewish education and
Jewish communal leadership.
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SAVE THE DATE
"Hillel provided me with
the friendships, education
and sense of self to interact
proudly as a Jew with the world at large," said Jeremy who certainly
experienced the world first-hand this year during his travels to 18
countries in Europe, the Mideast, the Far East and Central America.
JOIN IN THE CELEBRATION OF
HILLEL DAY SCHOOL'S 50TH YEAR
Jeremy is currently working on the completion of his thesis,
Twentieth Century Conceptions of Maimonides. This fall, he will
begin another chapter in his commitment to Jewish education and
leadership when he enters New York's Yeshivat Chovevei Torah
Rabbinical School.
HILLEL HOMECOMING
You are cordially invited to attend minyan and breakfast for
Alumni, and Past Faculty and Parents
Wednesday, November
21, 2007
at Hillel Day School
8:3o am Minyan
9:00-10:00 am Breakfast
$10
per person, please make checks payable to Hillel Day School
50th Anniversary Celebration Events
Thursday, October 25, 2007
6:3o pm Ladies Night Out! Fashion Show Event
Thursday, November 8,
7:00 pm Musical, Too! presentation of Aladdin
2007
pm Musical, Too! presentation of Aladdin
Sunday, November 11, 2007
2:00
Wednesday, November,
8:3o am Alumni Homecoming Minyan and Breakfast
21, 2007
Thursday, March 27, 2008
7:00 pm Musical production of Bye, Bye Birdie
Sunday, March 3o,
5:00 pm Musical production of Bye, Bye Birdie
2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
3:3o pm Israel Independence Day Carnival
Supported by The Charlotte Tessler Fund for Alumni Affairs
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
7:00 pm Patron Fundraising Event
CHAIRPERSONS
Rochelle Iczkovitz
Jennifer Morse Mattler, Class of 1983
Robert Mattler, Class of 1972
Thursday, May
5:3o pm Annual Dream Maker Dinner and
Jubilee Celebration
Miry Bernard Serlin, Class of 1987
Jennifer Levin Teper, Class of 1984
Risa Tisdale VanDerAue, Class of 1988
29, 2008
For information about upcoming events contact Cheryl Schanes,
Development Coordinator at 248-539-1488 or at cschanes@hillelday.org
For more information contact Cheryl Schanes, Development Coordinator
at 248-539-1488 or email cschanes@hillelday.org
50th
Celebrations for
Anniversary commence.
Enrollment is 581.
For information on enrollment or Open House events, please contact
Helene Brody, Admission Director at hbrody@hillelday.org or call 248-851-322o.