Vol. V - No. I
A Free Publication
September, 1972
Rnmnz Greets New Faculty By Judy Cohen
There are ten new me-mbers of Rabbi John llcllman, .ludaic Studies the Rtimnz f,qcttlty. The following are Rabbi Hellman has always been bncf introductions. an avid student, who spends much Mr. Robert Bader, Biology and of his tune 111 scholarly pursuits. Math Mr. Bader, whose personal mter Born in \Vashmgton, O.C., he under csts range from philosophy to b::i.skct took his undergraduate .ind some of ball, will be teaching biology and his graduate work at Ycsluva Uni• math. He holds a B S. 111 biology vers1ty. He has earned both rm 1\'l,S. from S.U.N.Y . .1l Stoncybrook. Be in history and smicho. At Yeshivn fore commg to Rnmaz, Mr. Bader he was aw.irdcd o Talmud fcllow taught in a Long lsl:rnd high school. sh1p, Currently he 1s furthering his gr.iduate work :ll the New School Mr. Harvey Cohen, Social Studies - for Socrnl Resc.irch. During his student years at Queens Rabbi Hellman spent lwo years in College Mr. Cohen achieved various England, teaching and coordinating high scholashc honors - member a Jewish studies program at a pri ship in both Phi Beta Kappa and vate school. Aside from philosophy, Phi Alpha Theta, the national his he enjoys sports and music. tory honor society, and was a cum laudc graduate. He later re l\liss Shelley Henderson, Music In addition to her broad range ceived his M.A. m h1storv at the Un1vers1ty o( Toronto and� finished o( professional 111terests m music, ht$: stud1c-s :it P.1C'<.• Collcgl' Mr I\hss H"n<l<'tson finds pleasure m Col.t.'11 h.,::. t..1u�ht .. itY II SQ. W.1sh .J;;ip.111<•-.c- .u t, c.:unping .rnd S(''-' 1111-! mgton lrvmg High School and at Her undergraduate work was comQueens College. He will be teaching pleted at the University o'( Calisocial studies. He is a sports bu[f fornia, and she holds an M.A. from and also enjoys chess, traveling and Queens. She has taught two years on the college level. com collecting. l\lr. Elliot Horowitz, Judaic Miss Sar:i Gelbard, Health and studies Physical Education Mr. Horo\vitz completed his under Information on Miss Gclbard was unavailable. She will be teaching graduate work at Yeshiva, earning degrees in Jewish histo1-y and Jewish hygiene and gym. education. HC' also took postgrad Rabbi Tuvia GrOMman, Talmud - uate courses m Bible at the Hebrew Fath('l· of n two year old son whom University. He will be leaching Bible he labels his favorite pastime, Rabbi and literature. Grossman will be teaching mostly Talmud. He received a B.A., major- l\lrs. DaniCle Lassner, ("French stuing m Jewish studies, from Yeshiva dents please note 'accent grave· on the 'e' '') French University. Both his M.S. in Jewish education and his smicha were Mrs. Lassncr 1s one of Ramaz's earned at Yeshiva. He has served two new French teachers. Born in on the educational staff of Camp France, she w�s graduated from (Continued on Page 4) Morasha for two years.
Mrs. Shelley Henderson (left) Rabbi Tuvia Grossman (right)
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l\lr. Howard llosnrr (left) Mrs. DaniCIIe Lassoer (right)
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By Jay Horter Dr. Leon Bock, a tcarh�r of American lus101y, "ill depart from the school after more than ten years at Ramaz. He will leave to become a. full principal in a suburban high school. On August 10, he received notifi cation of his appointment as principal of the new Walter Parnas Senior High School in northern \Vestches ter. Until now he has been assistant principal of PHS 145 in Queens. Dr. Bock, who has enlightened many students on the intricacies of American history, first began tench mg at Ramaz in 1957, when he taught only one class. Since 1961, however. he has taught American history courses to both junior classes as well as one senior class. In addition, he originated and was the !acuity adviser o( the Brandeis Social Prob lems Club and helped organize the Ramaz Debating Te.im. Dr. Bock said that leaving Ramaz after such a long period of associa tion has been hard for him. ··namaz," says Dr. Bock. "has a very special meaning for me. There's no place hke it. For years, I have deliberately p]anned my schedule so as to be able to come to Ramaz." He also admits to a deep respect (or the caliber of Ramaz students, whom he will miss. Dr. Bock, who received his doc torate in American history from Columbia University just last year, looks forward to the challenge o( his new position. He also envisions the possibility ol teaching at the col lege level in the future. However, he promises to return periodically to Ramaz as his schedule will permit.
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Dr. Leon Bock
School Adds New Books to Library The Ramaz school library has add ed 31 new books to its shelves. Most o( the books center on topics that have just recently come mto prommcncc. A large number o( new books deal with Black and Alnca.n culture and history. Others deal with such pertinent subjects as ecol ogy and the Far East. Several new "easy" books on economics have been added. in an eCfort to make the subject morn lucid to the average reader. Mrs. Sylvia Herman, the as sistant librarian, described the books as "A collection any good library should have.'' She also mentioned that the books on Africa were ne cessary, because of the increased emphasis placed on the subject by history and social studies teachers. The collection contains works by such notables as Chaim Potok, J. D. Salinger and B. F. Skmner. The following 1s a Hst of new books. ( Oontinued 011 Page 4)