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Kayitz 5759 May 1999

  • Births
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  • Aliyah
  • Recent Appointments
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  • Semicha
  • Baruch Dayan Haemet

  • Births:

    Mazal Tov on the births of sons:
    Michael Aharonov, Etiel Bar Levi, Doron Beckerman, Aharon Berkowitz, Daniel Billig, Nissim Biton, Zafrir Chariv, Yoram Cohen, Jordan Comet, Josh Einzig, Benzion Elgazi, Gabi Frei, Alan Friedman, Menachem Gelbtuch, Yizchak Glicksman, Chaim Goldstein, Ari Ganchrow, Eli Herskowitz, Shimon Krauss, Ido Lavi, Howard Levine (L.A.), Avraham Menashe, Lenny Moise, Ofer Naor, Etan Orlian, Jonathan Rosenblum, Avi Sarfati, Label Scharfman, Jonathan Schmeltz, Allan Schuman, Jason Schwartz, David Shana, Shraga Shinower, Moshe Silberstein, Norman Smith, Yishai Sofer, Bruce Taragin, Michael Van Messel, Shmuel Van Messel, Naftali Wechsler, Rodney Weiss, Aryeh Yudin, Petachia Ziv-Or.

    Mazal Tov on the births of daughters:
    Avraham Adler, Yedidia Amiel, Moshe Benovitz, David Barth, Nachy (Neil) Brickman, Dovid Chelst, Joshua Fass, Aron Fink, Emanuel Fink, Mark Furman, Charles Gershbaum, Chaim Gottlieb, Gavriel Grosberg, Yishai Harkochav, Ephraim Hochstein, Toby Kahn, Achimeir Kala, Shimon Kerner, Dov Krauss, Jeff Kupferberg, Shimon Levy, Nissan Lisha, Joel Margolies, Kalman Nachlin, Moshe Orlian, Alan Rothman, Larry Rothwachs, Yehuda Saar, Gavriel Saraf, Eyal Sasson, Itai Shoham, Yechiel Shussheim, Raul Stein, Elliot Strauss, Neil Torczyner, Yehoshua Vloch, Shai Walter, Brian Wiener, Sharon Yoost.

    Mazal Tov on multiple births:
    Meir Komar (twins: son and daughter), Charles Korn (twins: son and daughter), Amos Maimon (twin sons), David Merzel (triplets), Nachum Segal (triplets: one daughter, two sons).

    Weddings:

    Mazal Tov on the weddings of:
    Ofer Akiva to Enav Gabai, Refoel Yosef Antman to Netanela Levi, Yossi Amsalam to Chagit Chazan, Assaf Azriel to Esther Belfer, Avraham Belizon to Elana Burack, Shai Buzaglo to Miriam Doani, Menachem Gelbtuch to Laya Grumet, Chaim Gottesdiener to Esther Ronen, Yair Gross to Rachel Shifman, Avi Herman to Nomi Rothschild, Raoul BenZion Inslicht to Danja Forschirm, Shuie Klavan to Esther Yablok, Samuel Levine to Frieda L. Mintz, Yigal Marcus to Marleen Litt, Chaim Miller to Anat Shlomowitz, Kenneth Pinczower to Julie Rieder, Ezra Polak to Rena Gross, Yossi Prager to Sara Wise, Yaakov Rashi to Pazia Kampinsky, Joseph Ratzersdorfer to Fern Allen, Zvi Romm to Shira Pfeffer, Zev Rones to Tehilla Wohlgelernter, Shaul Saraf to Gila Ben David, Ezra Schwartz to Rivka Press, Yaakov Shukrun to Merav Edri, Eliezer Silberstein to Chagit Fink, Shalom Turgeman to Deganit Elchara, Gadi Waisberger to Devora Grunhaus, Moshe Willig to Rachel Adlerstein, Jonathan Yellin to Katz, Moshe Yeshurun to Rachel Rosby, Eitan ZanBar to Rafit Newman, Yossi Zuraro to Shoshi Konigsboch.

    Bar Mitzvahs:

    Mazal Tov on the Bar Mitzvahs of:
    Yehuda, son of Amichai Ben Yaakov; Dov Yosef, son of Alfi Birnbaum; Ariel Yaakov, son of Nissim Biton; Elazar, son of Yonah Fodor; Asher, son of Steven Fredman; Baruch Mordechai, son of Hersh Kanner; Chagai Elchanan, son of Moshe Kablan; Daniel, son of Hillel Kellerman; Moshe, son of Menachem Klein; Aron Chaim, son of David Lyons; Avraham Yedidia, son of Michael Muschel; Moshe Yaakov, son of Elisha Prero.

    Aliyah:

    We welcome the following Olim Chadashim:
    Yaakov Cohen (Paris to Jerusalem), Shalom Fishhaut (New York to Bet Shemesh), Seth Kadish (South Windsor to Karmiel), Samuel Kallner (Bronx to Zichron Yaakov), Gerald Segal (Toronto to Tel Aviv), Zvi Weinrot (Antwerp to Tel Aviv).

    Recent Appointments:

    Nechemia Taylor - Rav of Petach Tikva's Congregation Mekor Baruch. He also serves as Magid Shiur in Bar Ilan's Kollel... Jeremy Neuman - Mashgiach at the Hebrew Theological College at Skokie... Mordechai Torczyner - Rav of Providence, Rhode Island Congregation Ohev Shalom... Shimon Einstein - Head of the Rural Building Section at Israel's Department of Housing, Jerusalem... Yoav Altman - Magid Shiur - Yeshiva High School, Hamilton, Canada... Daniel Wolff - Assistant Rav, Congregation Ohab Zedek - West Side Manhattan... Neal Turk - Rabbi of Beth Israel Congregation, Miami Beach Florida... Yehuda Pinsky - Deputy Director of Department for Chinuch Erki in Ministry of Education, Jerusalem... Ofer Naor - re-elected as Co-President of Sy Syms Alumni Association - YU... Michael Fletcher - Head of Glasgow Jewish Learning Center, England... Eliezer Igra - Head of the Beer Sheva Bet Din, Israel... Yochanan Shtessman - Director General of Israel's Social Security Administration, Jerusalem... Meir Hordan - Rosh Kollel in Stockholm, Sweden... Chanoch Yeres - Head of Israeli YU alumni sponsored program for the deaf... Paul Stachesky - President of Jerusalem Post, Israel... Chanina Rabinowitz - Principal of Shalhevet H.S., Beverly Hills, California.

    Recent Awards and Citations:

    David Barth - Norman Lamm Award for Business Leadership... Shai Ledani - won 3rd place at the Klezmer Contest in Zefat... Zefania Drori - awarded the Pras Yakir Hatzionut Hadatit... Mordechai Willig - Bernard Revel Award for excellence in Religion and Religious Education... Lenny Ben-David (Davis) - Bernard Revel Award for excellence in Community Service Leadership.

    Semicha:

    We wish Mazal Tov to the following alumni who received semicha from YU:
    Rabbi Shalom Axelrod, Rabbi Joseph Azar, Rabbi Yitzhak Berger, Rabbi Aaron Lee Brody, Rabbi Charles Brown, Rabbi Joshua J. Fass, Rabbi Daniel Zvi Feldman, Rabbi Moshe Gordon, Rabbi Jonathan P. Kaplan, Rabbi Binyamin Krauss, Rabbi Samuel Joseph Levine, Rabbi Steven Peter Lindenblatt, Rabbi Arieh E. Listowsky, Rabbi Eliezer S. Marcus, Rabbi David E. Meisels, Rabbi Yitzchok J. Motechin, Rabbi Chaim L. Packer, Rabbi Daniel I. Rapp, Rabbi Alan E. Rothman, Rabbi David L. Saltzman, Rabbi Abraham Sarfaty, Rabbi Avi G. Schreiber, Rabbi Kenneth S. Schwartz, Rabbi Gideon i. Shloush, Rabbi Gary Todd Silverstein, Rabbi Moshe Silverstein, Rabbi Shimon N. Solnica, Rabbi Moshe D. Strauch, Rabbi Mordechai Ari Torczyner, Rabbi Mayer Reuven Waxman, Rabbi Rodney L. Weiss, Rabbi Benjamin A. Wiener, Rabbi Raphael Willig, Rabbi Daniel E. Wolff, Rabbi Herschel W. Yeres.

    Baruch Dayan Haemet:

    We share in the grief of the untimely passing of alumni Benjamin Tadmore (Ashkelon) and Yaakov Appel (Raanana). Both were involved intensively in harbazat Torah. We extend condolences to their families.

    We extend condolences to:
    Moshe Amster (father), Shlomo Appel (brother), Jack Bieler (mother), Mendy Bohm (brother), Daniel Bouskila (mother), Nachi Chernofsky (mother), Brian Cole (mother), Barry Eisenberg (mother), Menachem Eitan (father), Achia Eliash (father), Aryeh Eliash (mother), Avraham Engel (father), Avigdor and David Feigelson (mother), Moshe Feigenblat (father), Shalom Fingerhut (brother), Azriel Fink (brother and mother), Joseph Fishkin (father), Ariel, Yaakov and Yisrael Gilat (father), Shimon and Levi Givon (father), Jeremy Graus (daughter), Yehoshua Hameiri (mother), Herzl Henkin (father), Yehuda Katz [not MIA] (father), Avshalom Katzir and Chaim Kurztag (mother), Menachem Krakowski (mother), Zev Levin and Eliezer Lev-Yona (father), Brachyahu Lipshitz (wife, Tirza), Daniel Michael (father), Joshua Myers (mother), Chaim Nachshoni (mother), Dany Naveh (father), Chaim Orlan (father), Ephraim Palter (father), Ephraim Pels (son), Jeremy Pfeffer (father), Yair Rabinowitz (father), Yizchak, Yonah and Moshe Reichenberg (father), Yisrael Rosen (mother), Joseph Rosenberg (father), Ben Zion Rosenfeld (father), David Schapiro (father), Shlomo, Michael and Yechiel Sharshevsky (father), Nisan Slomianski (father), Yosef Yagoda (father).

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