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This year, Hillel Day School will commemorate the milestone of its 5oth anniversary. In celebration, a group
of 5o Fabulous graduates were selected to represent the school's alumni. This is a distinguished and diverse
group of people.
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We salute all of Hitters graduates over the last 5o 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 you enjoy these stories. To read about all of the 5o featured alumni, or to share your own alumni story,
please visit our website at www.hitteklay.org and click on Alumni.
3. MARTY LIEBMAN '70
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2. JUDGE MARK GOLDSMITH '67
4. ROBERT SCHOSTAK '71
5. WILLIAM LANSAT '72
6. LISA LIS '74
7. RABBI MARTY PASTERNAK '74
8. JOEL LEVIN '75
9. MICHAEL THIRMAN, MD '76
10. SHARI FERBER KAUFMAN, J.D. '78
11.RABBI GRETA BERNARD BROWN '80
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Fulbright Scholar
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12.TAMI BROWN '80
13. JULIE HERMELIN '81
14. MARIANNE M. BLOOMBERG '83
15. RABBI LAURIE PHILLIPS '83
As a Fulbright Scholar, Erica Guyer researched Canadian
Aboriginal law at McGill University. Erica received a B.A.,
with honors, from Brown University, in Anthropology; an
M.A. in Anthropology from Arizona State University; and
a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
16. CHERYL COOK '84
17. RABBI AVI FRIEDMAN '34
18. GARY WEISSERMAN '84
19. JOSH OPPERER '85
20. TREVOR HART '86
Currently, she is an attorney specializing in wealth
planning and tax-exempt organizations at Withers
Bergman LLP in New York City.
21. MICHAEL HARPAZ '87
22. CHARLES ORNSTEIN '88
23. JENNIFER BLEYER '89
Erica credits her Hillel teachers with helping her think more critically and making community giving
an important part of her continued work. Erica's siblings, Sara and Jonathon, are also Hillel graduates.
Sara received a Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley in Rhetoric and is currently a tenured
professor of English at the University of Wisconsin. Jonathan is in his senior year at Brown University.
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24. ERICA GUYER '89
25. MICHAL BERRIS '90
26. MARA REINSTEIN '90
27. DR. BARRY ROSENBERG '90
CLASS OF1991
Dedicated Humanitarian
28. RACHEL RUSKIN '90
Owen Alterman has served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Romania, worked at internships
in Hong Kong and Sierra Leone, retraced the Silk Road from Turkey to China, and has
traveled extensively in the Middle East and the Balkans. For Owen, "knowledge of the
Hebrew language has been a huge asset. Learning a second language at six years old is not
something I could have had without Hillel." Hillel was an important part of Owen's childhood
and he especially remembers his committed teachers, the
outstanding education, and the close-knit student body.
30. OWEN ALTERMAN '91
29. JULIE RUSKIN '93
31. JORDAN FIELD '91
32. RABBI JENNIFER TISDALE '91
33. ADAM SCHWARTZ '92
34. JAIME RAY NEWMAN '92
35. KEVIN SCHWARTZ '92
Owen currently works as a lawyer in New York
City. He completed his law degree at Harvard
Law School and his undergraduate degree at Princeton University. Owen worked
as a Harvard research assistant and writer for Alan Dershowitz for two books
including The Case for Israel. Owen also worked as a law clerk to the Honorable
Asher Dan Grunis of the Israeli Supreme Court.
36. JESSICA ALTER '93
37. ILANA KONEN LISS '94
38. ZACHARY LISS '94
39. JENNIFER MAISELOFF '94
40. YANIV BRANDVAIN '95
41. ALEX GRAHAM (f1) '93
ADAM SCHWARTZ
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42. AARON LEWIS '95
43. REBECCA GOODMAN '96
Hollywood Screenwriter
44. AVI LEIBOVITCH '96
45. OREN GOLDENBERG '97
As a student at Hillel, Adam played the role of the cowboy, Curly, in Oklahoma! "I was
in all of the plays at Hillel; they really encouraged their student's creativity." Adam's
mother, Sharon Schwartz, is a Hillel English teacher.
Now a Hollywood screenwriter, Adam co-wrote the feature script, New Year's Steve, with fellow Hillel graduate, friend
and college roommate, Josh Herman. The script, in development with zoth Century Fox, is a comedy that follows a
number of outrageous resolutions that echo throughout a never-ending New Year's Eve. Of his screenwriting career,
Adam says, "Hollywood is littered with Jews, and my scripts have a very Jewish sense of humor." Adam also co-wrote
My Big Fat Independent Movie and has written for television's MTV Movie Awards and Talk Soup.
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46. DANI WOHL '97
47. JENNIFER SCHANES '98
48. JEREMY BARUCH '00
49. DAVID KURZMANN '00
50. ZACK YOST '00
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