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News, Updates & Regards - June 2004...
| Alumni Reunion in NYC... | SAVE THE DATE! The 2nd annual alumni reunion in NYC is scheduled for Sunday August 8th, click here for more details. |
| Alumni Working in Albany | Karen Buff ('03) works at "LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae", while she is in school to get a para-legal degree. Susan Skerker ('03) works for a State agency on Disabilities helping County governments keep their computer programs in sync, Brian Levine ('02/'04) now works full-time for the New York State Assembly Committee on Local Governments, Bethanie Lesser ('04) works for Chuck Schumer's Albany district office, Harriet Roffe ('04) will be attending graduate school at the Rockefeller College (SUNY Albany) in the Fall. Harriet is now on a lengthy and exciting trip in Asia, with stops at Chabad Centers in China, Thailand etc.. Leah (Wolff) ('03) is married to David Pellingra, and they live in the Albany area. Leah teaches at the Ohav Shalom Nursery School, in the same building where our children attend school (Maimonides), so our kids are excited to see Leah almost every day. During the summer Leah is a unit head at the Schenectady JCC's Camp Chaverim. We very much enjoyed having Leah and David for Shabbos on a quiet week in the summertime. |
| New Jobs | David Gosman ('98/'00) and a partner bought out the pcamerica.com inventory management computer business - founded by David's father, which graciously hosts the Shabbos House website. David and his wife Stacey (who also has a new job after years of work in a magazine) moved to a new home in New City NY. Sara Klau ('01) and Dave Shor ('01) worked together for Ernst & Young, and now work together for PS&G, the Power Company. ("not exactly climbing utility poles"). Sara (Kline) ('99) and Gabe Solomon moved to Baltimore MD following Gabe's graduate degree in Philadelphia where they lived last. Mandi Weber is Youth Director at the Midway Jewish Center, Syosset NY and also teaches at an area religious school. |
| A trio of alumni (Andrew Genger ('04), Daniel Muth ('04) and Matt Lissauer ('03)) just returned from a whirlwind tour of Europe. Andrew and Dan recently graduated UAlbany, and Matt now completed graduate school of Journalism at Quinnipiac University. Andrew excitedly shared with us anecdotes and "verbal images" of his fascinating and memorable trip, after a Friday Night dinner at Shabbos House in the quiet summer months. | |
| Joel Wurtzel ('04) now does statistics for MetLife. It should be noted that Joel received a family settlement from his grandparent's reparations from Germany/Austria, and his mom advised him to find a Jewish organization that works to ensure a Jewish future. Joel gave his entire portion to Shabbos House and it is set aside for the Building Fund. Ben Tabar ('04) starts at Ernst & Young in September, and is meanwhile studying for the CPA exam. (Thanks to Ben for the excellent choice of new phones - part of the gift of the Class of 2004 - they have taken our commincations to a new level!) | |
| Marzouks in Pittsburgh | Dan ('01) Marzouk got a promotion at Universal Underwriters and he and Atara ('02) and their twin sons (Noach and Binyamin) moved to Pittsburgh, where they bought a new home in the heart of the Jewish community. |
| Visiting Alumni in the Summertime | Ronen ('99) and Chana Raizel Segal (and their year-old Gittel Tova) spent a quality Shabbos with us on an "off-week" in June. Rimma Altshuler ('02) stopped by Shabbos House when in the area recently. She's still hard at work at a law firm in Boston and was the first to tell us she read "The Rebbe's Army" by Sue Fishkoff. Many have told us they read it since. |
| Regards from... | Shaun Zeitlin ('01) works for the Town of Hempstead's (America's largest town) payroll department and helps out a lot at a local synagogue near home. He e-mails his sermons/talks - they're a fun read. Abe Saks ('01) is still at money.net where he says things have picked up a lot, and still lives in Brooklyn - "where else?" Dan Berns (graduated Connecticut College and attended Shabbos House while he worked for Albany Molecular Research) lives now in Largo Florida (near St Petersburg) where he teaches Science, and is active in the Jewish Community and goes to Chabad there. He went to Israel for the summer as a volunteer, a continued sign of his dedication and love for Israel. |
| Harry Rubenstein's ('95) Regards from Israel | "I have been to your website a couple of times over the last two years or so and have been meaning to write you. I guess you got to me first. Of course I remember Shabbos House. Many good times were had there my three and a half years in Albany. I am incredibly happy to see that Jewish life has grown considerably since I left. Kol HaKavod! ... I have been living in Israel for quite some time. Making aliyah was a natural progression for me as a pro-Israel activist. I originally made aliyah with the intent of serving in the IDF (I did a year and a half in tanks) and possibly returning to the states, but alas, eight years later I am still here. Life is generally good. My wife (who is from Jersey but I met here) and I recently bought a home in Modi’in. I have worked at the Jerusalem Post for almost three years now in several capacities. Currently, I am the editor of the weekend entertainment supplement of the Jerusalem Post as well the pop/rock music critic. My wife works for a non-profit organization that benefits children in need.... My time in Albany is a time I will always cherish and I would love to visit some time." Harry Rubenstein ('95) |
| Back-to-School | John Smoller ('03) is studying at C.W. Post graduate school for Education (after working for an airplane parts supply comany). Joel Feuer ('99) is going back to graduate school in NYC, as well as running his family's busy copy/mail shop in the heart of Brooklyn's Avenue M. Scott Weber ('02) has a full-time internship at Parks Unit of the NYC Office of Management & Budget, while he chuggs along towards a Masters in Public Administration at Baruch College. He interned last fall for former President Bill Clinton in Harlem. |
| (Triple) Mazal Tov to Sara (Szymkowicz) Hein! | Sara ('04) (nee Szymkowicz) and Avi Hein had a very busy Spring. Sara graduated UAlbany, got married on June 13th and moved to Israel on Aliyah on July 13th. |
| Engagements! | Seth Bell ('01) and Jon Schwartz ('01) both of the ZBT crew during their years in UAlbany, got engaged in June, one day apart! Seth graduated Law School and is taking the Bar Exam this summer, and Jon is working in NYC. |
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