Within Our Family

Mazal Tov to –

Mazal Tov to Meytal and Omer Gamlieli upon the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Ariel, at a Women’s Tefillah Mincha Service at Kehilath Jeshurun on February 4, where she read Parashat Yitro and delivered a D’var Torah entitled “The Power of Light.” Ariel is a sixth-grade student at the Ramaz Middle School.

Mazal Tov to Janelle and Dr. Sheldon Pike upon the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Jonah, on Shabbat Parashat Yitro, Feb. 11, at which time he led services, read the parasha and the haftarah, and delivered a D’var Torah about conversations with our Matriarchs and Patriarchs. Jonah is a seventh-grade student at the Ramaz Middle School.

Jonah Pike

Mazal Tov to Jennifer and Jeremy Yashar upon the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Maya, on Purim, at which time she will read Megillat Esther. Maya is a sixth-grade student at the Ramaz Middle School.

Births

Julia and Daniel Etra upon the birth of a son, Abraham (Avraham) Wolf Etra. Mazal Tov as well to KJ grandfather, Aaron Etra.

Louise and Sid Banon upon the birth of a granddaughter, Mikaela Reese (Mikaela Shira) born to their children, Ally and Ross Banon.

Kimberly Deminni upon the birth of her first child and son, Aaron Reed Greenes (Yitzhak).

Lauren and Marty Geller upon the birth of a granddaughter, Cassidy Quinn (Orli Sagit), born to their children, Daniella & Joshua Geller.

Judy and Dr. Marty Grumet upon the birth of a granddaughter, Michaela Prie, born to their children, Daniella and Duvi Grumet.

Gilda Guttman upon the birth of a grandson, Shevet Israel, born to her children, Jennifer and Ran Ben Shimol.

Carine Hamo and Norm Kaufman on the birth of a daughter, Eliyah Yaffa.

Deeni and Manu Hass upon the birth of a daughter, Elianna Esther.

Suri and David Landerer upon the birth of a son, Menachem.

Danièle Lassner upon the birth of her first great-grandchild, a boy, Lando Julius (Noam Yehuda Aryeh) born to her grandchildren Fiona and Sam Lassner. Congratulations as well to the grandparents, Mara and Jamie Lassner.

Mazal Tov to Elana and Aryeh Bourkoff upon the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Asher, on March 18, where he will read the double parashah of Vayakhel-Pekudei. He will also deliver a D’var Torah on the topic of the majesty of the Mishkan. Asher is a seventh-grade student at the Ramaz Middle School.

Goldie and I. David Gordon upon the birth of a granddaughter, Devora Chana, born to their children Michele, and Aaron Gordon.

Trudy and Robert Gottesman on the birth of their first grandchild, David Oliver (Gottesman) Humm, born to their children Sarah Gottesman Humm and Jesse Humm.

Elena and Jay Lefkowitz upon the birth of twin grandchildren, Nili Sienna and Caleb Joseph, born to their children Talia Lefkowitz and Byron Edwards. Hannah Low, upon the birth on her great-grandson, Oliver Lorie, born to her grandchildren, Paige and Matthew Low. Mazal Tov as a well to the delighted grandparents, Carol and Joey Low.

Chaviva and Jeremy Mehl upon of the birth of their first child and son, Theodore James.

Nadia Klionsky-Olidort and Joseph Olidort upon the birth of a grandson, Samuel Marc (Shmuel Menachem Mendel), born to their children, Amanda and Jacob.

Rebecca and Dr. Eric Taub upon the birth of their first child and son, Ari Chaim (Chaim Asher).

Judy and Dr. Philip Wilner upon the birth of a grandson, Henry Yair (Chanoch Yair), born to their children Leeza and Jake Wilner.

May these children grow up in the finest tradition of Torah, chupah, & maasim tovim.

of James Schwalbe and Jill Schwalbe, to AJ Chesir, son of Blimi and Ben Chesir of Woodmere.

Phyllis and Jonathan Wagner upon the engagement of their daughter, Anna, to Elisha Galler, son of Julie and Dr. Ezra Galler of Sharon, Massachusetts.

Jane and Nicky Yakubovich upon the engagement of their son, Andrew Yakubovich to Julianna Faynleyb, daughter of Irina Faynleyb and Boris Ovrutsky.

May their weddings take place in happiness and blessing.

Bnei Mitzvah

Vera Bernstein upon the Bar Mitzvah of her grandson, Eli Bernstein, son of her children Rachel Stone (Ramaz ’90) and Robert Bernstein (Ramaz’88).

Sharon Garfunkel and Asher Levitsky upon the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Brandon Levitsky.

Engagements

Rose Gerszberg upon the engagement of her grandson, Shep Gerszberg, son of Gila and Ephraim Gerszberg of Highland Park, NJ, to Sarah Lewyn, daughter of Bev Lewyn of Atlanta, GA.

Aviva Preminger (Hiltzik) and Alan Kestenbaum upon their engagement!

Michele and Ronald Jaspan upon the engagement of their son, Benjamin, to Hannah Tucker, daughter of Cathy & Michael z”l Tucker of Houston, Texas.

Sue and Dr. Norman Javitt upon the engagement of their grandson, Matthew Jacob Javitt, son of Marcia and Jonathan Javitt of Zichron Yaakov, Israel, to Emily Shoyer, daughter of Paula and Andrew Shoyer of Chevy Chase, MD.

Janie and Dr. Robert Schwalbe upon the engagement of their granddaughter, Hannah Schwalbe, daughter

Marriages

Caren and Sam Kohl upon the marriage of their son, Ben, to Chloe Rynhold, daughter of Sharon and Prof. Daniel Rynhold of Teaneck.

Grace Galapo and Elliot Schubin upon their marriage.

May the newlywed couples be blessed to build homes faithful to the traditions of the Jewish people.

Milestones

Lynne and Josh Fishman upon the celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary.

KJ Men’s Club President Dr. Mark Meirowitz upon the publication of his Jewish newspaper article reporting on the Turkish Consulate’s Chanukah celebration.

Dr. Isaac Pollak upon the opening on March 2 of an exhibition at The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, entitled DRESSED for ETERNITY - A History of Jewish Shrouds Through the Ages. Isaac, an expert in the subject, assisted the Curator in bringing the exhibition to life, and Isaac will deliver a scholarly presentation at the museum on March 14.

Fran & Dr. Alex Tepper upon the release of their son Josh Tepper’s hit single Walking in Memphis.

Davida Friedman Yehaskel (‘95) upon a successful Yeshivat Har Torah Dinner, which she has chaired for the 9th year in a row.

Communal News And Honors

Jane & Ishaia Gol upon being Guests of Honor at Shalva’s 33rd Anniversary Gala (“Reach for the Stars”) on March 2. Visit celebrateshalva.com/ register to honor the Gols and support Shalva.

Esther Amini Krawitz, whose story “Iranian Tar-Rof” will be performed live on Thursday, February 23rd, by The BRAID, (formerly known as Jewish Women’s Theatre).

Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun warmly welcomes the following new members who joined the Congregation between the printing of the last Bulletin, December 14, and this Bulletin, which went to press on February 14:

JoBeth and William Abecassis

Liat and David Bengio

Chloe and Isaac Harrouche

Lindy and Josh Dembowitz

Dr. Evan Lieberman

Molly and Zach Mandel

Chaviva and Jeremy Mehl

Dr. Nechama Pielet

Aleeza and Matthew Reichel

Oliver Schwalbe