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visits by former students well into
adulthood who are leading Jewish
lives, which she says they attribute to
her kindness and her teachings.
Over the years, Perlstein says she
has noticed students are replacing
academic competitiveness with kind-
ness and collaboration, leading to a
supportive learning community.
“The nature of teaching has
changed,” she said. “No longer are
kids encouraged to be bigshots and
know-it-alls. Now, every child is
taught that there are areas where
they shine and areas where they may
need more help and guidance. In the
areas where they shine, they need
to use their knowledge to help their
peers to reach similar successes. In
areas where they need help, they need
to know it is OK to get help from oth-
ers. As peers help each other, with the
support of the teaching staff, all the
individuals of Hillel become wrapped
in a collaborative community of
learners.”
MALKA LITTMAN
Born in Netanya, Israel, Malka
Littman followed her father,
Menachem Glaser, a revered Hillel
teacher, into the classroom in 1989,
when she joined Hillel’s faculty as a
Judaic Studies teacher. Since then, she
has spoken exclusively in Hebrew to
her students, who have emerged with
language skills they use to this day.
What makes her happiest, she said,
“is to hear a student has made aliyah
or has studied in Israel. It makes me
feel like ‘Aha! We got it done!’”
RIVKA SCHUCHMAN
Born and raised in Tel Aviv, Rivka
Schuchman served in the IDF before
moving to the United States. She
joined Hillel Day School as a Judaic
Studies teacher in 1989. Her two sons,
Michael and Gabriel, are Hillel gradu-
ates, and her five grandchildren are
current students.
“We are a very close family,” she
said. This closeness extends to her
students in whom she instills a love of
Israel and Hebrew language. “This is
my mission — to give kids tools they
need to ensure Jewish continuity.”
BRIAN HERMELIN —
DREAM MAKER
Brian Hermelin fondly remembers his
formative years at Hillel as he played
in the first kindergarten class when
the new Farmington Hills building
opened in 1970.
His knowledge and apprecia-
tion of Judaism — from developing
Hebrew skills that helped him feel
comfortable in synagogue as a boy
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, to
pursuing learning Hebrew further as
a conversational language in college,
all the way though his many philan-
thropic endeavors within and outside
the Jewish community — stem from
his earliest years of Jewish learning at
Hillel Day School.
Hermelin and his wife, Jennifer,
have three children, Max, Isabel and
David, who all attended Hillel.
“The years I spent learning at Hillel
were some of the most formative
of my life,” said Hermelin, a mem-
ber of Hillel’s Goldman-Hermelin
Endowment Board. He says he is
“humbled” by the recognition.
“What I learned there was the
foundation of my Judaism, which
evolved through boyhood to adult-
hood and in the raising of our own
Jewish family. Hillel has grown since
my schooldays with its extra-curric-
ular clubs and activities and has so
much to offer in a well-rounded edu-
cation of a Jewish child. It is a diverse,
dynamic place.” •
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Hillel Day School’s 60th Anniversary Gala will be held at the Farmington Hills
school Sunday, May 6, beginning with a strolling dinner and silent auction at
5:30 p.m. followed at 7:30 p.m. by a concert from Israeli musician Michael
HarPaz, a 1987 Hillel graduate. During the evening, Distinguished Alumni
Awards will be given to Rachel Lutz, class of 1994, and Mark Schostak, class
of 1977. To register, go to hillelday.org/gala.