Alumni Back at TanenbaumCHAT
Speaker Labs – co-founded by Eli Gladstone ’06 – works with corporate executives to improve their presentation and communication skills, discover their own presentation style and boost their confidence. This past May, Eli joined members of the TanenbaumCHAT DECA team, to share his insights regarding effective public speaking, presenting, and communication. DECA members participated in a workshop, sharpened their public speaking skills, and had a detailed Q&A session with Eli.
When tensions escalated in Israel this past summer, the school reached out to Hasbara Fellowships Canada to come and brief our students on the current geopolitical climate there. Fortunately for us, Hasbara's High School Advisor is Pearl (Kraft) Gasner ’15. Pearl joined our students to share the historical background, current events, and other significant details about the conflict in Israel.
This year, a record number of graduates decided that their first post-secondary experience was going to be in Israel. Whether volunteering, studying, or working, dozens of TanenbaumCHAT graduates from the class of 2021 are currently spending a gap year in Israel. A key motivator for these students was hearing first-hand from their former peers about their experiences on the same programs in Israel. Jacob Samson ’20, Talia Levitt ’20, and Zara Berman ’20 joined our students live from Israel to share experiences and stories from their programs. The conversations took place during particularly tense times in Israel, and these alumni shared what it was like to live through such a situation. We were thrilled to welcome Zachary Perlmutter ’08 to school during Disability Inclusion Week as a key speaker at an extremely well-attended assembly. For many years, Zach has regularly spoken at events on behalf of Yachad Toronto, an organization dedicated to enhancing the communal participation of Jewish individuals with disabilities and their connection to Judaism through social and educational programs and support services. Zach considers himself a strong advocate for the rights of those with disabilities and the notion that those with disabilities can live full and normal lives. He addressed the importance of being aware of others’ disabilities and what we can do to make our communities more inclusive. www.tanenbaumchat.org | 27
