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Celebrating a Milestone in Jewish Education

Chatter is published by TanenbaumCHAT for alumni, students, parents and friends.

A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR | Laurie Blake Nearly two years ago, the planning of the TanenbaumCHAT Jubilee began. As I sat at a round table with Judy Engel, Cecile Zaifman, Paul Shaviv, Rhona Birenbaum and Frances Bigman, we set out to define the mission of the Jubilee. Realizing we would first need to define our audiences, set celebration calendars, recruit committee members, develop communication plans and rebrand the logo...was only the beginning. What it actually became was an opportunity to reminisce and rekindle the relationships with the individuals who gave this school character and marked it with their memories. A true celebration indeed! Fifty & Fabulous was the tagline of choice and it began popping up throughout the school community. By far our greatest challenge was trying to update our database. We made phone calls, sent emails, used social media and CHATTER publications to try and reach out to our TanenbaumCHAT family. Our events began last fall with an Alumni Homecoming weekend and a Wall of Honour Induction ceremony to recognize past Valedictorians, Student Council Presidents, Athletes of the Year and Governor General Award Recipients. At our Jubilee Annual General meeting, we honoured our past lay leadership and were thrilled to have 10 of our Past Presidents light the Chanukiah together. Our Jubilee Birthday Bash THANK was an opportunity to celebrate this milestone with a fabulous YOU ALL night of dinner and dancing in true 60’s style.

FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO 50 FABULOUS YEARS.

This Jubilee year, a culminating project of sorts, has been a special milestone in our school’s history commemorating 50 years of Jewish education. I hope you enjoy taking a walk down memory lane and reading through this Jubilee Special Edition. Thank you all for your contribution to 50 fabulous years.

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Our Jubilee Year has been a great time to reflect.” of technological change. Our financial plan, and our absolute determination to put the school on a sound fiscal foundation for the coming decades, is also well documented. Where the Provincial education policy is heading is anyone’s guess, and we may brace ourselves for an inevitable radical change to correct the insidious creep of grade inflation – the present situation is untenable. But I would like to make a simpler request for the future to our TanenbaumCHAT ‘family’: please commit yourselves to be active, positive ambassadors for the school. Help us to spread the word about the great ‘TanenbaumCHAT Experience’ to your family, your friends, your neighbours and your community. Suggest the school as an educational choice to families who may not have considered us. Convince ‘waverers’ that the greatest educational, social and community experience is here in this city and available to them. And … do not forget to suggest and promote the school as a destination for philanthropy!

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first reflection has been on the astonishing achievement and growth during fifty years of determined effort and perseverance by leadership, educators, parents and students. We have graduated around five thousand students – most in the last decade as the school rapidly grew. The second reflection has to be on our present. In rapidly changing times, living in a changing world and a changing community, we are holding our own very well. Recruitment continues to be very strong, and – perhaps a more important metric – retention is as high as it has ever been, and in the coming year (2011-12) may touch record levels. Our academic record continues to be stellar, and in my thirteen years at the school I cannot recall our sporting and extra-curricular activities ever being as varied, as strong, as active, or as impressive as they are today. But the third reflection is, of course, the tantalizing speculation about what the future holds! In a recent CHATTER I looked forward at the possible outcome

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50 years. I would particularly like to acknowledge all of our past Executives and Boards of Directors. They have devoted endless time and effort to ensure that our school continues to educate, motivate and inspire our students. Their collective wisdom, tenacity, and vision for a community Jewish high school has,

We are so proud of our most important accomplishments – our students.” bustling with 1400 students. Over the years, our school has earned a reputation as one of the finest Jewish High schools in North America. We are so proud of our most important accomplishments – our students. We have strived, over the past 50 years, to provide an environment that builds strong minds, inspires independent thinking and prepares our students to take their place in society and become the future leaders of our community. In addition to our first rate professional staff, it is clear that we could would not be here today without the immense and vital contribution that our lay volunteers have made over the past

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without a doubt, laid the foundation for our current success. However, in order to secure our future, we must look to the future as our past leaders have done. We look forward to working with you and your families in planning for the refurbishment of our Wallenberg Campus so we can lay the foundation for the next fifty years of success for TanenbaumCHAT. I hope that today, working together with our dedicated staff and lay volunteers, we can follow in the footsteps of our past leadership and continue our mission to motivate our students to achieve excellence and realize their potential. Yasher Koach to all of our lay volunteers over the past 50 years for a job well done!

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“ C H A T i s w h e r e i t ’ s a t . ” For five decades now, over 5,000 of Toronto’s Jewish youth have had the privilege of being a part of the TanenbaumCHAT experience. Hundreds of faculty members have dedicated themselves to their students. Administrators have faced the challenges of providing the most comprehensive academic and Jewish curriculum. Board Members – the super volunteers – committing their time, treasure and talent to provide stellar governance to the school. There are fifty years of stories, of individuals who toiled, of outstanding student accomplishments, of sacrifice and of vision.

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In Board Minutes from the very early days of the school, a discussion is preserved that looked forward to the full flowering of the seed that was then being nurtured. “If we ever reached our full capacity, we could imagine a school of as many as three hundred students”, enthused one of our ‘Founding Fathers’. Today, the school is well over four times that number, and recruits many more than three hundred new students each year! We started in the old Neptune building of Associated Hebrew Schools. It took some fifteen years for the school to become the “Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto”, and almost twenty years to move to what was then Wilmington

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Public School, in 1979. Administration opposed the move as it felt that the Wilmington building was “far too big” for the school, which moved in with 219 students in Grades 10-13. Only twenty years later, in 1999, with sixteen (illegal) portables on the backfield, we faced issues of dangerous overcrowding with over one thousand students on the same site. In 1979 Rabbi Marvin Pachino (now retired and living in Israel) was appointed Headmaster. It was a memorable appointment, and during the nineteen years of his leadership he laid many of the foundations of the school, as we know it today. With his retirement in 1998, he was succeeded by Paul Shaviv, who came from Montreal. His first year was totally

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taken up in dealing with school overcrowding, and, in the beginnings of a partnership with UJA Federation, the 1999 renovation and extension – the new gym, library, atrium and ‘C’ wing – were conceived, planned and built within a year. Dr. Anne Tanenbaum z”l gave what was then an unprecedented donation to enable the project to be completed. In recognition of her further substantial support of the school, in 1999 the Wilmington Campus was renamed The Anne & Max Tanenbaum Campus.

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But the student numbers just kept on growing. In the early years of the twenty-first century, the school expanded exponentially at the rate of 20-25% per year. Despite the 2000 building addition, the school faced another crisis the same year, as over 400 students applied for grade 9. Lay and professional leaders scrambled frantically to solve the space problem. In June, an Executive of UJA Federation told us that there was an empty High school building available for rent in Richmond Hill Village. An emergency Board meeting authorized the negotiation of a lease. At the end of June, we announced to the incoming Grade 9 students who lived north of Steeles Avenue that they were headed to Wright Street,

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not Wilmington Avenue. Neither they nor their parents were happy, and few who were present will ever forget the stormy public meeting that ensued! But in September – having planned, equipped, staffed and scheduled a complete school within six weeks – TanenbaumCHAT took a historic step and established a second campus in York Region, designed to meet the needs of the new and rapidly growing Jewish population north of Highway 7. “CHAR” was born. It was a long way from Neptune! Very quickly, CHAT’s northern campus became an integral part of UJA Federation’s ‘Jewish Toronto Tomorrow’ vision for

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a major community campus in Vaughan. After years of planning, and with help from Federation and the Kimel Family, in 2007 “CHAR” was retired as the school moved into The Kimel Family Education Centre – a sparkling new building on the The Joseph & Wolf Lebovic Jewish Community Campus. The school has survived and flourished because it has moved and adapted to the needs of changing times and changing community. Its mandate remains to make the ‘Jewish High School Experience’ accessible to the maximum number of young people in our community, throughout the GTA. We serve students from the Beaches to Newmarket, and they come

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carrying their laptops and iPads to an increasingly digitalized classroom. Yet some things remain the same â&#x20AC;&#x201C; our students of every age can tell you about their grad trip to Washington, hell weeks and skip day. Our alumni teachers work side by side with colleagues today that were their own teachers not that long ago. Dance Fashion Show and Reach for the Top are still student favourites â&#x20AC;&#x201C; now joined by the ever growing DECA fans, while vending machines along with King David still provide the basics in nutrition at the Wallenberg Campus. In recent years the school has greatly expanded its sporting, cultural, and extra-curricular activities. Some seven hundred students and staff participate on Shabbatonim each year;

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our students travel all over North America to participate in Model UN, DECA, basketball, hockey, music, and all sorts of other activities. We go to Israel to compete in the Weizmann Institute’s international High School Physics competition, and, of course, in the Bible Contest (Chidon Tanakh). We field dozens of teams in a whole range of different sports. We host other schools for The Israel Becker Tournament, and for Moot Bet Din. For some years groups of students have gone to build houses in the USA as part of ‘Habitat for Humanity’. Our campuses ‘rock’ from early morning until late at night – we like our students to work hard, but also to play hard. TanenbaumCHAT is not just an education – it is an experience.

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Our Jewish community identity, our attachment to scholarship and learning, our love for Israel are, in their modern incarnations and expressions, as strong as they ever were. In the coming decade, our strategic objectives are many â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to expand and completely refurbish the Wallenberg Campus, to establish longer-term financial security; to adapt to the great educational and cultural changes rapidly transforming our world; and to continue to transmit an informed and inspired Jewish identity to our students. It has been an exhilarating, distinguished and successful fifty years. We look back â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but only as we move on!

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Over five decades, the School has benefited from the inspired leadership of successive Administrations and Faculty. The following senior educators have occupied (and occupy!) the most senior educational positions in our school. Heads of School 1960-1979 1979-1998 1998-

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In recognition of exemplary leadership, tireless efforts and dedication.

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Elected by their peers, the Student Council President is the leader of the student body. These students possess strong interpersonal, leadership, social, economic and management skills, and represent the student body to the Administration and Board of Directors. Les Brail

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Harry Steiman John Ulmer

Jonathan Goldberg

Michael Haltrecht

Rory Gangbar

Michael Haltrecht

Jonathan Goldberg

Shoshana Farber

Matthew Zarek

Stefanie Rochwerg

Aaron Abramson

Adam Bretholz

Charles Korn

Alex Kojfman

Samuel Rothman

Wendy Litner

Ethan Eisen

Lyle Shugar

David Galperin

Mark Goodman

Richard Luft

Jonathan Green

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Adam Kaplan Jeffrey Lipsitz

Adam Jesin Raffi Rush

Maury Greenberg

Ben Singer

Lewis Dubrofsky

Rebecca Zendel

David Genesove

Hayley Baranek

Mark Satok

Jeremy Chad

Hartley Lichtblau Anthony Benjamin

Ari Satok

Nina Hagler

Ilana Walters

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Valedictorians are chosen by the students of the graduating class to be their voice at the graduation ceremony. The students chosen as Valedictorians have achieved academic excellence throughout their high school years, participated in student activities, reflect the values of the school in all dimensions, and are regarded as exemplars by their classmates and the school.

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Lorne Temes

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David Frankel

Emina Applebaum

Aviva Golberg

Jonathan Blankenstein

Karen Held

Adam Friedman

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Jeffrey Hendler

Karl Skorecki

Laura Erdman

Aryeh Feinberg

Stephen Kraft

Marci Turner

Sarah Edgerley

Yaakov Roth Ellen Warner

Les Train

Lior Braunstein

Steven Skurka

Leora Marcovitz

Jordan Silverman

Mark Korson

Judy Sturm

Sarah Acker

Jeffrey Lipsitz

Marilyn Reiter

Sam Reitman

Susy Seeman

Sharon West Reiter

Lee Cohen

Ian Zagdanski

Mitchell Drucker

Glenn Starkman

Michael Chaikof

Eva Rosenthal

Tammy Anklewicz

Josh Satok

Larry Guterman

Ari Satok

Debbie Zagdanski

Jonah Himelfarb

Michelle Sund Renee Ghert Hyla Reiter

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Cindy Spier

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Lord Dufferin, Canada’s third Governor General after Confederation, created the academic medals in 1873 to encourage academic excellence across the nation. The Governor General’s Academic Award Medals are awarded to the student graduating with the highest average from each high school.

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Moriah Shemer

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V. Moss Weinstock

Laura Pellow

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David Galperin

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Sydney Eisen is both a visionary and a person who knows how to get things done. He supplied much of the vision that has made CHAT a community school of excellence, and he worked tirelessly to make it happen. His leadership was exemplary. His contributions to educational excellence and to social justice in the Jewish community and at York University are models for all of us. – Dr. Arthur Haberman Sydney Eisen was the remarkable, unsung hero in creating CHAT as a true “community” school. Indeed, the community reaped the benefit of Sydney’s many years of expertise in relation to the kind of curriculum which we should have and the kind of teachers who should transmit the essence of that curriculum. His far-reaching knowledge and his quiet persistence about how high we should aim left an indelible impression on all of us who had the honour of serving with him. – Donald Carr, Q.C. Sydney Eisen was the “Father of CHAT”. It was Syd who wrote the original report that established CHAT as an independent school. He understood the process of education and tried to implement it on a consistent basis. – Bernard Ghert

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Sydney Eisen

Although many people would refer to Dr. Sydney Eisen as the “Father of CHAT”, he modestly replies that CHAT was established through a collaborative vision of the early leadership of Associated Hebrew School and community members who were committed to Jewish education. Having served for more than three decades on the CHAT Board of Directors and as Chairman for several years, Dr. Eisen simply made CHAT a large part of his life. He strongly believed, and was often heard saying, “Keeping a Jewish kid out of a Jewish school would be a Jewish catastrophe!” Syd Eisen is proud to have had 4 children graduate from CHAT and now has a grandson entering the school. It is with much thanks to his wife, Doris, that he was able to contribute much of his time to ensure the foundation of this extraordinary institution was firmly set. In the early 1970’s, Dr. Eisen chaired the committee recommending CHAT have a separate administration from Associated Hebrew School and move into its own quarters. Regarded as the Jewish community high school encompassing all families, the school strived to ensure the General Studies program was competitive with the best schools. Still the Board struggled with a small student body and wondered if it could be sustained. How could they recruit more students? Would there be enough funds to run the school? Tuition was an ongoing challenge. “When we reach 800 students, I will feel I can resign and my work is done”, frequently joked Dr. Eisen. Needless to say, thanks to his efforts and those of his fellow lay leaders and senior administrators, TanenbaumCHAT has far surpassed the expectations and vision of the founding members. Dr. Eisen’s message to the Jubilee graduating class:

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One of the outstanding personalities in the history of the school is Rabbi Marvin Pachino, Headmaster from 1979 until his retirement in 1998. He and his wife now live in Israel. We asked him to contribute some memories:

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I came on as headmaster in the summer of 1979, when CHAT was preparing to open in its first year as an independent community high school. Every subsequent year, with one exception, saw significant increases in enrolment as CHAT’s credibility and students’ pride in their school rose. During my tenure, the two senior administrators were the headmaster and the principal of general studies (Gary Diamond, succeeded by Sheldon Friedman). The three of us shared common aspirations for the school, and we respected each other as equals. The staff and faculty were, too, possessed of a sense of loyalty and commitment, and a spirit of camaraderie. The students were the beneficiaries. If I had to point to one “most meaningful success”, it would be the establishment of the program for students with learning disabilities. Related to this, my “most continuing challenge” was to maintain high academic standards in both Jewish studies and general studies while not short-changing either the high achiever or the average student. Not a simple task. The greatest change was the unprecedented growth of the student body. The larger numbers brought a broader mix of students which required ongoing re-thinking of both curricular and extra-curricular objectives and means, especially in Jewish studies. Do I miss it? Without in any way implying negative feelings, because I harbor none, I have to say that I don’t miss it. I was grateful to be able to retire feeling that I had been privileged to lead the team that contributed to the education of a generation of Jewish teenagers. It was time for me to move into a new stage of life, in which my wife and I are finding much satisfaction.”

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Gold Sponsors Stephen Bloom & Bonnie Goodman-Bloom Bogoroch & Associates The D.H. Gales Family Charitable Foundation David & Leanne Matlow Scotiabank Madison Homes State Building Group Torkin Manes LLP

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Silver Sponsors Sheldon & Lori Disenhouse Paul Shaviv & Michelle Stein Danny Stern & Michele Mandel

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Platinum Sponsor The Kimel Family

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We would like to thank everyone who joined in our celebration and to our generous sponsors whose gifts have contributed to one of our most fundamental values – ensuring that the TanenbaumCHAT Experience remains equally accessible and inspiring for all our students.

Bronze Sponsors Leonard & Marcy Abramsky Benjamin Group Avi & Susy Bogler David & Ellen Chaikof CS&P Architects Karine Krieger and Dan Daviau David & Miray Granovsky Leslie & Patti Fluxgold Jordan & Lisa Gnat Ideal Solutions Insurance Brokers Inc. The Jesin, Neuberger & Shiff Families Daniel Daviau & Karine Krieger Kuretzky Vassos Henderson LLP & The Kuretzsky Family Howard & Janice Langer Mervin & Myrna Lass Marvyn & Baila Lubek RBC Dr. Judith Weinroth Guy Weissberg & Danielle Hollander Jack & Michal Zimmerman

was held in honour of TanenbaumCHAT’s Jubilee to celebrate the impact that this institution has made on the community over the last 50 years. Friends, families and alumni reunited for this event while raising funds to benefit TanenbaumCHAT’s Annual Fund.

Chai Sponsor The Family of Anne Tanenbaum z”l

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We gratefully acknowledge the generosity of the following Alumni who have supported the school for this Jubilee celebration: Nili Abrahams ’76 Michael Adler ’76 Lisa Ain Dack ’99 Judi Alter ’76 Mira Appel ’01 Naomi Appel ’03 Dan Bank ’99 Avi Behar ’90 Shoshana Berliner ’94 David Binder ’73 Annette Blankenstein ’76 Michael Bloom ’94 Andrew D. Bloom ’93 Shimmy Brandes ’90 Michelle (Goldstein) Brandes ’90 Arielle Branitsky ’03 Ian Braverman ’90 Herbert Brill ’94 Ella Burakowski-Cohen ’76 Daniel Cantkier ’94 Carole Cantor ’76 Jeremy Chad ’09 Rebecca Cherniak ’06 Steve Cohen ’91 Tammy Cohen ’94

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Debbie Cohen Savage ’93 Allie Cuperfain ’07 Adam Cutler ’00 Chaim Cutler ’02 Itamar Danziger ’99 Ronnie Davis ’76 Esther Direnfeld ’03 Noah Egelnick ’94 Meira Elituv ’04 Aaron English ’97 Tina (Engel) Erlich ’99 Melanie Faust-Ksienski ’98 Shlomi Feiner ’90 David Fishbaum ’76 Arie Fisher ’94 Mitch Freed ’06 Sharona Freudmann ’76 Adam and Sara (Halperin) Frieberg ’04 Sheldon Frisch ’92 Mark Fruman ’93 Annette Fulop Wine ’76 Steven Gallinger ’76 Michael Garfinkle ’00 Robert Gasner ’76

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Aaron Glatt ’03 Jordan Gnat ’90 Laura Godfrey Guttman ’99 Michael Goldberg ’99 Steven Goldenberg ’76 Jared Goldlust ’02 Mark Goodman ’76 Monique Gottlieb ’06 Jared Green ’90 Erin Greenblatt ’04 Carole Gruson ’08 Elena Hagi ’92 Gerald Hartman ’76 Daniel Held ’00 Karen Held ’97 Steven Hoffman ’04 Chana Honig-German ’95 Shoshana Israel ’91 Shlomo M. Jesin ’08 Marc Joffe ’99 Jodi Katzeff ’02 Marsha Klerer ’77 Pnina Lenga ’89 Uri Lenga ’97 Simone Levey ’99

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Gail Slome ’76 Mark Smiley ’76 Shayna Smith Merker ’99 David Sonenberg ’93 Judy Sturm ’76 Eric Stutz ’99 Brittany Sud ’07 Ilana (Dash) Tamari ’86 Louis and Risa Vandersluis ’76 Rachel Wald ’91 Sarah (Reiss) Warren ’97 Hannah (Slavens) Wasserman ’93 Amanda (Benchimol) Wassermuhl ’97 Jack Weinberg ’73 Sharon (Stolero) Weisblum ’76 Mark Weisleder ’76 Larry Weisman ’76 Laya (Rusonik) Weissberger ’94 Daphne Winland ’76 Stephen Wise ’92 Hyla Wise ’91 Laura Wiseman ’75 Cindy (Eisen) Wodinsky ’76 Alexandra Wolfond ’09 Simon Wolle ’90

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Mark Peranson ’90 Liane Porepa ’99 Archie Rabinowitz ’76 Sari Rajsky ’76 Yoni Reviada ’04 Benjamin Rubin ’76 Benjamin Rusonik ’84 Alexandra Schaeffer ’04 Adena Scheer ’99 Chad and Leah (Goldberg) Shandler ’94 Ari Shapiro ’93 Bronwyn Shepherd ’10 Randy Shiff ’73 Dan Shimmerman ’90 Daniel Shiner ’06 Joanna Shore ’93 Michael Shour ’01 Lyle Shugar ’99 Joshua Shuval ’98 Kleinman Sidney ’76 David Silver ’97 Michelle (Greisman) Silverberg ’97 Ruthie Simpson ’99

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Rina Levi ’86 Batya Levy ’87 Jonah Libman ’76 Kyle Lichtman ’04 David Lifshitz ’03 Aviva Lightstone ’76 Yehezkel Lipinsky ’10 Nathaniel Lipkus ’98 Martin Lockshin ’69 David Machlis ’01 Jeffrey Mammon ’91 Jeff Markus ’90 Noah Markus ’94 Shawna Maron ’06 Naomi (Cohen) Mazer ’91 Rob Melamed ’99 Elliott Michaelson ’92 Daniel Michaelson ’99 Mark Mietkiewicz ’76 Gaela Mintz ’98 Michael Mucher ’76 Melissa Muskat ’83 Sydni Naglie ’06 Shelly (Katz) Oshri ’73 Ariel Oziel ’99

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Puts the extras in this extraordinary JewishHighSchool

✓ The Athletics Fund

Ensures students have the opportunity to learn teamwork, sportsmanship & personal growth while promoting healthy and active living.

✓ The Faculty Fund

Supports our educational community by providing the opportunity for professional growth and development.

✓ The Jewish Programming Fund ✓ The Performing & Visual Arts Fund The Raison d’être of the school.

Supports programs that encourage creativity and individual expression by developing student talents in a wide variety of creative endeavors. Infuses state-of-the-art technology into every aspect of our curriculum. Allows the school the ability to support major priorities not covered by the operating budget, and the flexibility to embrace timely and innovative opportunities as they arise.

On behalf of every student, we hope you will make TanenbaumCHAT’s Annual Fund one of your first giving priorities by supporting the features and enrichments that have become synonymous with a TanenbaumCHAT education. Please consider making your tax deductible gift today. Kimel Family Education Centre Jill Garazi, Advancement Coordinator 905-787-8772 x 2509

Wallenberg Campus Carly Reed, Advancement Coordinator 416-636-5984 x 355

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At TanenbaumCHAT our students experience excellence through Jewish living, learning and academic achievement. By challenging students intellectually while cultivating their individual talents, TanenbaumCHAT provides an educational environment that builds strong minds, encourages independent thinking, inspires creativity and prepares today’s Jewish students to be tomorrow’s Jewish leaders. When you make your gift to the Annual Fund, you have a direct impact on these young lives. Annual Fund gifts afford the valuable resources that enhance every aspect of school life by providing endless opportunities for our more than 1,400 students to excel. Your charitable support contributes to advancing our school’s mission by providing outstanding teachers, enrichment programs, extracurricular activities, an expanded Jewish life curriculum and strong academics. Last year our Annual fund grew by over 27%, providing more than $300,000 to address the immediate and current needs that support the daily life of the school. Our “Family of Funds” allow you to direct your gift to a specific programming area of the school that is meaningful to you and your family.

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A L U M N I A S S O C I AT I O N

Reunions!

Mark your calendar because this year is your 10th and 25th reunion!

Together, with your help, we will work to further enhance the Alumni Association. Look through the pages of this CHATTER to learn more about the ways in which you can get involved, and ensure that the CHAT that meant so much to all of us, is accessible to future Jewish youth in our community. I look forward to working with Lisa in the year to come as we move from strength to strength.

Class of 2001 will be celebrating at the Wallenberg Campus (on Wilmington) on Sunday, October 9th at 5:30 pm Class of 1986 will be celebrating at the Wallenberg Campus (on Wilmington) on Saturday, November 19th at 7:30 pm

Jen Lev, Class of ’89

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&Lisa I am very excited to be back at TanenbaumCHAT, as I take on the role of Alumni Co-Chair with Jen Lev. Attending my 10-year CHAT reunion a couple of years ago, reminded me how important it is to stay connected to the school. I regularly think about all that CHAT has done for me and I believe that it's time to play my role in doing the same for other Jewish students in our community. Jen has done a wonderful job in moving the Alumni Association forward over the past three years, and I look forward to working with her and Rebecca Kornblum to continue helping it grow to be a strong, engaged alumni association that is a constant support to the school.

If you would like to hold a class reunion during TanenbaumCHAT’s Jubilee year, contact Rebecca Kornblum at 416.636.5984 ext. 315 and let’s start planning! The Alumni Association’s Mentorship Network is holding its very first Networking Event in celebration of the Mentorship Network and in sincerest thanks to our talented and generous mentors. Please join us to reunite and network among CHAT alumni. When: Where: Who: Contact:

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 5:30 pm Scotia Plaza Radcliffe Room, 63rd Floor TanenbaumCHAT Alumni Rebecca at 416.636.5984 ext. 315 or rkornblum@tanenbaumchat.org

Lisa Ain Dack, Class of ’99 To get involved in the Alumni Association contact Rebecca Kornblum at 416.636.5984 ext. 315 or rkornblum@tanenbaumchat.org

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Event generously sponsored by Scotiabank

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Thinking about what the school has accomplished over the past 50 years, inspires me as we begin to envision what will come in the next 50 years. Although we have achieved great success, there is so much more to accomplish. With that, I am so proud of the work being done and I am thrilled to welcome aboard Lisa Ain Dack ’99 as my co-chair. Lisa brings with her the passion, appreciation and commitment to TanenbaumCHAT that is required to carry forward the development of the Alumni Association.

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If every alumnus participates, we can raise over $100,000! The winning class will be featured in an upcoming CHATTER! Help us go from strength to strength. Give generously so that CHAT can remain where its at, for the next 50 years and well beyond!

As alumni, we now stand 5,600 strong and as we celebrate, we turn to you and ask each one of you to support the school and give in the denomination of your year. For example, if you are part of the class of 1989, please give $19.89. We are tracking donations by graduating classes and we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to see which class will win the Battle of the Classes!

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TanenbaumCHAT students have excelled academically TanenbaumCHAT has been a beacon for Jewish education and leadership TanenbaumCHAT has enriched the lives of its students and their families TanenbaumCHAT students have given back to the community What will you give back?

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Well now you can!

NETWORK MENTORSHIP

Are you at the end of your formal education or at a crossroad in your career? Are you ever curious about whether your career choices were the right ones? Do you wish you could have received honest advice from someone with relevant knowledge and experience before you made them?

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The TanenbaumCHAT Mentorship Network is an alum to alum program that gives our mentees honest insight into the “real world” of various industries and our mentors the chance to give back. Fill out a mentorship form and take part as a mentee or a mentor. Gain the benefits from other’s experience or give back and share your time and talents.

Some Sterling Praise and Rave Reviews of the Alumni Mentorship Network

I haven’t been able to meet with Rachel, my mentor, yet, just because I’m in Montreal and she’s in Toronto but she has been very helpful nonetheless. She answered a bunch of my questions via email, offered to look over my resume and cover letter (which she did and sent me detailed comments) and gave me some general advice. Overall, taking part in the Mentorship Network has been a very positive experience!

The TanenbaumCHAT Mentorship Network introduced me to colleagues who were helpful, insightful, and generous with their time. Dan Shimmerman, president of Varicent, sat down with me and related his own experiences and background. He helped me refine and understand my goals. After reviewing my opportunities with me, he went out of his way to help with introductions and references. My participation has been a terrific experience and I look forward to returning the favour. Jared Gordon ’02

Vicky Tobianah ’07

For more information contact, Rebecca Kornblum at 416.636.5984 x 315 or rkornblum@tanenbaumchat.org

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THE MENTORS NETWORK

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M E N T O R S Aaron Samole ’07

Shauna Bornstein ’98

Lori Goldenberg ’99

Steven Mayer ’87

Joshua Scheinert ’01

Shimmy Brandes ’90

Allan Grill ’92

Milton Mednick ’02

Dan Shimmerman ’90

Ian Braverman ’90

Ilana Halperin ’00

Rachel Mendleson

Joshua Shuval ’98

Rafael Cashman ’93

Joshua Heuman ’92

Gaela Mintz ’98

Randal Slavens ’91

Steven Cohen ’91

Jacob Jesin ’97

Julie Mitz ’01

Tamar Spilberg ’89

Lindsay Collins ’98

Shayna Kahn ’99

Rebecca Moffs ’98

Glenn Starkman ’80

Steven Davidson ’95

Greg Kaplan ’94

Benjamin Mogil ’91

Ted Starkman ’88

Dara Dickstein ’93

Jesse Kaplan ’00

Lorne Morein ’03

Alon Sternhill ’99

David Eisen ’80

Joshua Katz ’03

David Moscovitch ’94

Darren Sukonick ’89

Jasmine Eliav ’96

Wendy Kauffman

Marvin Navy ’94

Philip Sylver ’91

Thierry Elmaleh ’95

Stephanie Kauffman ’98

Jennifer Paton Smith ’82

Ilana Tamari ’86

Arie Fisher ’94

Tamir Kojfman ’00

Edward Prutschi ’92

Ira Teich ’66

Matthew Fishman ’00

Sara Kuzmarov ’96

Dana Prutschi

David Urbach ’87

Lauren Friese

Sarah Lambert ’91

Eva Rosenthal ’81

Simon Weintraub ’91

Michael Garfinkle ’00

Rena Lichtblau ’82

Sharon Rotzang ’98

I really appreciate the TanenbaumCHAT Mentorship Network. Sara and I have built a great relationship; we have had a couple phone calls, and initially exchanged e-mails regularly. When she came to Toronto from New York we had a very nice lunch. She has been a great mentor for me in the Media and Entertainment Industry, and I look forward to continuing this great friendship in the future. Lisa Freedman ’05

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Evan Marcus ’01

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Michael Goldberg ’99

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I had been working in the Real Estate industry for just over a year, and I was eager to make a career change. I had secured an interview at another firm, but it had been so long since I had gone through the interview process, that I had reached out to the TanenbaumCHAT Mentorship Network for advice to give me the leg up in the interview. I was able to level with my mentor, and receive unbiased answers to my questions – a conversation I realistically could not have with a fellow co-worker. My meeting helped me prepare for an upcoming interview with another firm, by allowing me to better demonstrate insight into the position and the industry, and stand out as an applicant. Josh Katz ’03

We gratefully acknowledge that funding for the Mentorship Network is generously assisted by the Adam z”l and Orah Buck Business Fund

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CHATTING WITH OUR ALUMNI

with our Alumni

Dr.Judith Weinroth

Chavi (Weinroth) Vanek ’89 & Dr. Judith Weinroth ’65

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It is hard to think of what our Jewish community would be like without TanenbaumCHAT – our community high school that has educated 5,600 graduates over the last 50 years. However, according to Dr. Judith Weinroth, a graduate of the class of ’65, the school, as it stands today, is far beyond the wildest dreams of the visionaries that first dreamed the dream; that Jewish education would continue to be available at the high school level. Judith described her class as the “pioneering class”. A collection of 16 boys and girls who endeavored to help establish this new idea and ensure that the school was a success – living up to the high general standards while also providing a traditional Jewish education. Classes were in the Associated Hebrew School building on Neptune at the time and though there was very little in the way of resources “just the basics”, “the organizers made sure that we had excellent teachers and everything we needed to succeed”. Judith said that it was a daunting task and a lot of work, but “we always had fun”. Judith went on to U of T where she received her BSc in Biological and Medical Science, her Masters of Science (M.Sc.) in Histology. Later, after having four children, Judith fulfilled her lifelong dream of going to medical school and is now a general practitioner in oncology. Judith credits CHAT for teaching her the stellar work ethic that helped her get through medical school as a wife and mother. Chavi (Weinroth) Vanek ’89, Judith’s oldest daughter has carried with her the lessons and values she learned at CHAT. “Jewish identity, pride and the Jewish value of always treating others as you would wish to be treated”. All of Judith’s children, Chavi ’89, Yitz, Aaron ’91 and Dena ’94, went on to attend TanenbaumCHAT. She remains proud to have been a part of that first pioneering class and for giving the gift of the TanenbaumCHAT Experience to her children and hopefully, one day, to her children’s children. She is certain that the visionaries, who first organized the school, could never have foreseen the heights that TanenbaumCHAT would climb to by its Jubilee anniversary. It is also hard to imagine where our Jewish community would be without the 5,600 educated, hardworking leaders that CHAT has proudly taught over the past 50 years.

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...FOR THIS YEAR! As alumni, it is always special to come back to CHAT and visit for a reunion, as a parent or as a volunteer. However, it is a unique and special opportunity to come back and be transported, to some extent, back in time and play basketball with your old team, in your old gym (kind of) and for your old coach. This is what happened during Settle the Score, our alumni basketball tournament. Five teams took part in this year’s tourney; Jared’s Support Squad, The Legends, The Menchies, The 96ers, and ’99 Problems. The tourney started on Wednesday, May 11th with all five teams playing twice and the teams were back on Sunday, May 15th to battle it out in front of friends and family. The ’99 Problems ruled the court again this year. Avi Raphael, on behalf of his team, The Legends, has already guaranteed victory for next year! Special thanks to Aubrey Zimmerman ’73 and Jen Lev ’89 for organizing the tournament and a special shout out to the Sherman girls – Amy, who was the only girl to play and Lesley, who kept score like a champ throughout the entire tourney. S TA R T P U T T I N G YO U R TEAM TOGETHER FOR THE FOURTH ANNUAL ALUMNI SETTLE THE SCORE BASKETBALL TOURNEY: W E D N E S D A Y, M A Y 2 N D T H U R S D AY, M A Y 3 R D S U N D AY, M A Y 6 T H You can support the Athletics program at TanenbaumCHAT by designating your gift to our Annual Fund’s Athletic Fund. www.tanenbaumchat.org/support

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Sean Friedman ’03 to Stephanie Wolkin ’04 Abby Zeifman ’00 to Ben Feferman

Allan Friedman ’83 and Kim Ades on the bar-mitzvah of their son Brian and for Jonathan Friedman ’11 on his acceptance to the University of Waterloo for the combined Arts/Business program

Hailey Banack ’03 to Matthew Mann Joe Heller ’02 to Dr. Dalia Rotstein Ilana Horvath ’04 to Adam Brown Orly Kahn ’05 to Adam Waldman Jaclyn Milstein ’05 to Josh Lakien Abbie Solish ’99 to Michael Warga

Banack

Behar Eric Kaplovitch ’06 on receiving the Prince of Wales Prize for most outstanding graduate in Bachelor of Science and the Gold Medal in Life Sciences for Queen’s University

Baruch Lipinsky ’04 on graduating from the University of Toronto with a Masters of Information Faygle Train ’05, who made Aliyah in December 2010, after receiving her concurrent B.A. and B.Ed.

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Rina (Goldberg) Parker ’00 and Jonathan Parker on the birth of their son Adin Dov Suttner

Tina (Engel) Erlich ’99 and Adam Erlich

Jessica (Bank) Redlick ’00 and Sammy Redlick ’99 on the birth of their daughter, Reese Halle

Lauren Hacker ’98 and Evan Morrison on

Daniella Samuel ’96 and Ari Bergel, on

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the birth of their son, Coby Micah

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Planning for our

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As we celebrate this Jubilee milestone in TanenbaumCHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history, we would like to thank you for sharing your memories and for your contribution to 50 years of outstanding Jewish education in the Greater Toronto Jewish Community.

Your ongoing commitment and support through the years has helped us Creating Space (1999 Building Campaign) and took us from Dream to Reality (2007 opening of the Kimel Family Education Centre). Now as we look towards our future, we know that Together (2011 Wallenberg Campus Building Campaign) w e w ill c o nt inue t o g o fro m st reng t h t o st reng t h.

Office for Advancement 200 Wilmington Avenue, Toronto, ON M3H 5J8