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7th Annual NYC / 5769-2009
UAlbany / Shabbos House Alumni Reunion
Sunday, July 26th 1-3pm at the
Chabad Loft
182 Fifth Ave (bet 22nd & 23rd) 10010 - across
the historic Flatiron building
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It was a beautiful turnout and great vibe at
this year's Shabbos House NYC Alumni Reunion 2009. (See the page for lots of
photos, or people's Facebook posts). Once again, we did it at the Chabad
Loft at 182 Fifth Ave (thanks again to Rabbi Yakov Bankhalter and his staff)
a bright, spacious and convenient location across the historic Flatiron
building (and Toyota's daisy WiFi's) in lower Manhattan. Thanks to everyone
who came out, we saw friends from as early as the Class of 1998 and as
recent as 2009, with some friends from 2002 and 2004 that we haven't seen in
the longest time. Most of the food was polished off (we brought it down in
coolers from Albany) and the room was nice and chill. There also was a
survey handed out about long-distance alumni learning opportunities. Thanks
to all who came out, it was great to see everyone! |
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Ayal
shares his card - and memory. Up on the wall behind him is faintly visible
the last image of the "Behind the Scenes at the new Shabbos House"
powerpoint presentation made for this reunion event. |
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Raizy led a card game titled "Past/Future" in
which we went around the room and everyone shared a memory (and an
imaginative insight or wish for the future) based on the noun they were
given. People are also opening the souvenir envelope
packets which included (1) Mushky's Bas-Mitzvah "Nano-Messages" Powerpoint
(2) Torah-Tuesdays of 2008-9 in PDF format on CD (3) "Digging for the Lost
Ark" Bookmark Dvar-Torah (4) invite to Dan ('04) and Jenni Levy's Teaneck
home for a Shabbos House fundraising BBQ on August 16th (5) the alumni
long-distance Torah learning survey (6) a Chai-Club monthly credit-card
donation form. |
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Dan and Justin |
Wendy and Laura |
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Ayal,
Saul, Jess and Allie |
Dave, Michelle, Mike and Mike.. |
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Craig (Dec '08), Adam and Adam ('09) |
Andrew with Ben - Ben's now running for public
office |
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Adam and Jamie |
Sheryl and Dana. |
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Efraim,
Shoshana and Co... |
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Rabbi Mendel with some of AEPiers from
2004-2006 |
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Mitch and Dan both share memories based on the
word on their cards... |
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Abby shares her card... |
Mike ('02) and Motti ('06) |
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Raizy and Rimma (2002) |
This Tzfat Cafe painting was one of the very
interesting and blue-colored artwork on the walls at the Chabad Loft in
downtown Manhattan. |
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After the program, hanging out on the couch.
This one doesn't sink in... |
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Rabbi Mendel presented a Dvar-Torah relating
to the Nine-Days called "Digging for the Lost Ark"
(shared in bookmark form) and a powerpoint about little known aspects
of the new building titled, "Behind the Scenes of the new Shabbos House". |
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The next generation! Alumni kids added a lot
of fun to the atmosphere. |
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Levy is the son of Rabbi Sholom Ber and
Nechama Dina. Getting around on his own now. |
Sara was a huge help. Here she and Rochie are
designing name-tags for people. |
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Danyel's having a good time with Rochie,
eldest daughter of Shoshana and Ephraim. Each kid (and very young alumni)
got a goodie-bag with all kinds of treats and trinkets to have a good time
with. |
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The Table-less Crowd during the presentations.
Shabbos House has always been blessed with a wonderful and interesting mix
of people, all who bring different things "to the table" and greatly enrich
our atmosphere and experience. |
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The set-up at Chabad Loft before alumni began
to arrive. The historic Flatiron Building is across 5th Avenue through the
windows. |
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