8 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. DO YOU HAVE AN ALUMNI UPDATE TO SHARE WITH US? Please visit www.hittelday.org Click on the Alumni tab and then the Since Hillel tab. We would love to hear from you. 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.