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Weddings

Elad Peretz to Miriam Cohen. Dani Schurder to Shira Noe. Uriel Chemo to Esther Blum. Sam Vecht to Stacey Broch. Akiva Koenigsberg to Chaya Sima Cohen. Yakov Wolfe to Caryn Litt. Shimmy Goldberg to Naomi Simmenoff. Avraham Simcha Adler to Aviva Friedman. Elazar Hofstatter to Bracha Korn. Yisrael Steinmetz to Laura Fink. Benjamin Hockly to Debra Wimmer. Rafi Stohl to Malka Schlesinger. Lior Levi to Hodaya Tzarfati. Moshe Greenbaum to Ruth Moses. Elly Gamss to Rebecca Parver. Eli Belizon to Rebecca Blisko. Rafi Rootshtain to Feigi Schreiber. Joseph Rosenfeld to Sari Bienenfeld. David Zahtz to Sarah Clamen. Naftali Wolf to Naava Rosensweig. Moshe Greenbaum to Ruth Moses. Jeremy Hellman to Esther Orbach. Mordechai Siegelbaum to Na'ama Magzimof. Yossi Levy to Shifra Gutlove. Binyamin Muschel to Bruckstein. Harold Book to Rosalind Firestone. Ben Thwaites to Aviva Sternbach. Ariel Cohen to Cypora Quillen.

Births of Sons to

Ephraim Miller. Kenneth Pinczower. Rav Raphael Katz. Baruch Hochstadter. Chaim Gottlieb. Rav Moshe Amsalem. Chanan Fruchter. Yehuda Isenberg. Yosef Korn. Bini Krauss. Yitzchak Hollander. Rav Daniel Deutsch. Moshe Silberman. Daniel Hochhoizer. Asaf Rabinowitz. Gedalya Werblowsky. Avi Feiner. Yehuda Isenberg. Zvi Davidson. Yitzchak Ariel. Zvi Mostovitch. Yechiel Schussheim. Meir Avraham. Baruch Hochstadter. Rabbi Dr. Evan Kroll. Shimon Solnica. Eytan Marcus. Shlomi Cohen. Avi Dahan. Moshe Kahn. Aryeh Stechler. Daniel Feldman. Jonathan Feldman. Martin Lifshutz. Ari Richman. Kenny Schwartz (twins). Benjamin Taragin. Avraham Alter. Tuvia Aronson. Shlomo Koyfman. Shai Walter. Daniel Reich. Gary Snitow. Chezky Schmutter. Chaim Werblowsky. Sruly Rothwachs. Zvi Noe. Clive Braude. Chaim Karpel. Uriel Chemo. Aharon Friedman. Jason Schwartz. Victor Buchanik. Rav Chezi Cohen.

Birth of Daughters to

Menachem Gelbtuch. David Helfgot. Shlomo Monderer. Dov Silverstein. Netanel Wiederblank. Gadi Last. Moshe Schatzkes. Nachum Zitter. Alexander Grodzinsky. Azriel Chelst. Ari Motechin. Daniel Kaminetzky. Ari Motechin. Danny Wang. Yigal Marcus. Eitan Allen. Yosef Freidman. Netanel Shushan. Noam Salamon. Harel Sameach. Avi Schild. Achimeir Kallah. Shai Stern. Yisroel Hochberg . Michael Green. David Mintz. Daniel Yelenik (twins). Ira Wallach. Daniel Gelbtuch. Elliot Moskowitz . Chaim Wecker. Judah Diament. Asher Yablok. Avi Weiss. Daniel Rapp. Zev Karpel.

Bar Mitzvah of

Chagai, son of Yitzchak Schwartz. Urie Natan Michael, son of Steven Ickowitz. Yosef, son of Netanel Schwob. Gershon, son of Manny Adler. Avraham Tzvi, son of Brian Thau. Eli Natan, son of Jeffrey Kupferberg. Chanan, son of David Schnaidman. Moshe Ariel, son of Rav Yosef Avittan. Yisrael Baruch, son of Shimon Kerner. Yedidya Shlomo, son of Yehuda Efrati. Edo, son of Chananya Tzur.

Aliyah

Simon Baum - from London to Ramat Beit Shemesh. Dani Schurder - from London to Ramat Beit Shemesh. Danny Spodek - from Willowdale, Ontario to Zichron Moshe. Eliyahu Gherman - from Cedarhurst to Israel. Bension Maimon - from Teaneck to Raanana. Benjamin Kwalwasser - from Fair Lawn to Bet Shemesh. Edo Lavi - from Passaic to Bet Shemesh. Rabbi Chaim Sacknowitz - from Toronto to Israel. Michael Green - from Fair Lawn to Bet Shemesh. Rabbi Chaim Sacknowitz - from Toronto to Israel. Michael Green - from Los Angeles to Bet Shemesh. Steven Gasner - from Bergenfield, NJ to Yerushalayim. Rabbi Chaim Sacknovitz - from Toronto to Yerushalayim.

Staff

Mazal Tov to ...

Rosh Hayeshiva Rav Mordechai Greenberg, upon the birth of grandchildren.
Hamashgiach Rav Avraham Rivlin, upon the birth of grandchildren.
Dayan Binyamin Be'eri, upon the birth of grandchildren.
Rav Ephraim Rubinstein, upon the birth of grandchildren.
Mr. Urie Lieberman, upon the marriage of their son Aryeh to Yael Neuman.
Mr. Urie Lieberman, upon the bar-mitzvah of their son, Elisha.
Rav Moshe Amsalem, upon the birth of a son, Elchanan Meir.
Rav Moshe Amsalem, upon the bar mitzvah of his son, Yitzchak.
Rav Zion Luz, upon the birth of a son, Yosef Chaim.
Rav Zion Luz, upon the bar mitzvah of his son, Harel.
Rav Meir Orlian, upon the bar-mitzvah of his son, David.
Tamar Cohen (office staff), upon the birth of a grandson.

Condolences to ...

Rav Dovid Kav, upon the loss of his brother.
Yechezkel Fleishman (office staff), upon the loss of his sister.

Overseas Shlichut

Rav Ze'ev Freidlander, as part of Kollel Torah MiZion in Baltimore, USA.

Here and There

Rabbi Naftali Harcztark was appointed Principal of New SAR High School in Riverdale.
Rabbi Stuart Klammer was appointed principal of Maimonides Elementary School in Boston.
Eli Belizon was elected valedictorian of YU.
Rabbi Ronald Schwarzberg was appointed Director of Jewish Communal Service Career Development and Placement at YU.
Rav Avichai Katzin has a daily Parshat Hashavua program on Radio Kol Chai.
Rabbi Pruzansky was nominated as a delegate on the Religious Zionist slate in the upcoming WZO elections.

A special library was established in merit (l'zchut) of Yehuda Katz (MIA for over twenty years). It includes his divrei Torah, seforim of his, and a special section on Chasidut.

Dr. Chaim Nissel was appointed Assistant Dean at YU.
Rabbi Daniel Feldman was appointed Rosh Yeshiva in YU"s BMP Program.
Rabbi David Rabhan was appointed chaplain at NYU Hospital.
Joshua Rapps received appointment at YU's Center for Jewish Future (CJF).
Rabbi Ronald Schwarzberg received appointment at YU's Center for Jewish Future (CJF).
Rabbi Chaim Packer was appointed Rabbi at the East Side Torah Center.
Rabbi Ely Bacon was appointed as Sganei Mashgichim Program Coordinator at YU.
Rabbi Uri Orlian was appointed Shabbat Program Coordinator and Sgan Mashgiach at YU.
Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz was appointed Rabbi of Young Israel of North Woodmere.
Rav Kalman Ber hosts a weekly Torah radio program on Radio Moreshet ‎ Kol Yisrael.

Rabbi Eliakim Koenigsberg was appointed as a Rosh Yeshiva in MYP program at YU. He also recently published another sefer based on the Yoreh De'ah shiurim of the Rav zt"l.
Adir Posy headed a relief mission of high school students to New Orleans during intersession.
Rabbi Joshua Einzig was appointed Principal of Westchester Day School.

From the Bookshelf

Belechtecha Baderech, Kayitz 5765. KBY's annual Torah journal, containing Torah essays by Rebbeim, avreichim and talmidim of the Yeshiva.
Ma'aseh Rokem, by Rav Kalman Ber. Parsha essays on Sefer Bereishit.

Kerem L'Shlomo, by Rosh Hayeshiva Rav Mordechai Greenberg shlita. Parshat Hashavua essays on the entire Chumash and also on Yamim Tovim.

Condolences

Elimelech Katz, upon the loss of his brother.
Lenny Wassner, upon the loss of his mother.
Dr. Gavriel Gal, upon the loss of his father.
Michael and David Hamelsdorf, upon the loss of their father.

Condolences to the Hamelsdorf family on the passing of Moshe Baruch (Benni) Hamelsdorf, a dear alumnus and supporter of the Yeshiva

Herschel Kanner, upon the loss of his father.
Freddy Kalaty, upon the loss of his father.
Martin Klamen, upon the loss of his father.
Aryeh Pearlman, upon the loss of his brother.
Family of Aharon Yarchi, upon his passing away.
Rav Shlomo Peretz, upon the loss of his mother.
Family of Shmuel Auman, upon his passing. A special fund is being set up in his zechut.
Rabbi Avraham Schmidman, upon the loss of his father.
Yitzchak Felsner, upon the loss of his mother.
Chanoch Kanter, upon the loss of his father.
Rav Yehoshua Cohen, upon the loss of his sister.
Yosef Freidman, upon the loss of his father.
Hershel Kanner, upon the loss of his father.

The Yeshiva mourns the passing of David Monderer, foremost alumnuis and close supporter of the Yeshiva. Our sincere condolences to the Monderer family.

Ernest Fink, upon the loss of his father.
Shlomo Neger, upon the loss of his father.
Daniel and Michael Kaufman, upon the loss of their father.
Michael Storfer, upon the loss of his father.
Allan and Chaim Bornstein, upon the loss of their father.
David Leon, upon the loss of his wife.
Zvi and Kehat Zeltzer, upon the loss of their mother.
Ethan Wasserman, upon the loss of his wife.
Jaff Daman, upon the loss of his sister.
Conrad Morris, Chairman of the British Friends of Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh, upon the loss of his brother.
Michael Shatz, upon the loss of his father.
Yechiel Queen, upon the loss of his father.
Jonathan and Joseph Schmeltz, upon the loss of their father, Dr. Irwin Schmeltz, a former member of the Board of Directors of American Friends of Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh.
Eli Dworetsky, KBY Board member, upon the loss of his brother.
Rabbi David Rabhan, upon the loss of his father.

Family of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Wagner, esteemed alumnus and Rabbi of Young Israel of Forest Hills, upon his sudden passing.

Chaim and Dr. Meyer Abbitan, upon the passing of their father.
Rav Asher Tzanani, upon the loss of his father.
Avigdor and Rav Shimon Winegarten, upon the passing of their mother.
Chagai Ki-Tov, upon the loss of his mother.
Dr. Benny Mazuz, upon the loss of his father.
Rav David Klavan, upon the loss of his mother.
Ronald and Michael Hofbauer, upon the loss of their father.
Daniel and Yoseph Aryeh, upon the loss of their sister.
Zev Furst, upon the loss of his mother.
Dr. Avram Lebovic, upon the loss of his father and mother.
Yonatan Nagler, upon the loss of his sister.
Family of Chaim Orelowitz, father of Michael Orelowitz.

Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh extends condolences to the extended Beigel, Schussheim and Tollinsky families on the passing of our dear friend and supporter, Mrs. Hannah Schusheim-Beigel.

David and Marcus Hager upon the loss of their mother.