{ FOOD } for THOUGHT
A Dinner Like No Other.
{Mission} To develop boys into young men who are committed to a life led by Torah values. To provide students with excellence in Limudei Kodesh and in general studies so they will have the requisite skills to be admitted to yeshivas and/or colleges of their choice. Students will learn in an environment that will inspire them to be passionate and sincere about learning and about Yiddishkeit. Derech Eretz and middos are at the core of all learning. Our orchestrated program of Limudei Kodesh (Judaic Studies), General Studies courses, and extracurricular activities develops each student’s knowledge and skills. Every Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael graduate will be prepared to pursue his post-secondary life goals and to add value to his community. Our dual curriculum academic program includes both Yeshiva preparatory and college preparatory offerings. All students are mentored to grow in character and morals according to the ideals of the Torah. Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael faculty and administration bring passion to education and are dedicated to the full individual development of each student. Adult members of our community are active partners in the mission of the school.
{Philosophy} Our yeshiva emphasizes that Torah is at the very center of our lives guiding our values, ideals, and choices. With Yiddishkeit as our foundation, we view the pursuit of the sciences and humanities as a means to further develop our appreciation of G-d, and that knowledge of those subjects enables us to contribute to the world around us. We are committed to the consistent study of Torah and the refinement of character traits. We believe that men who are inspired to study Torah, and are armed with middos, knowledge, and skills, will become lifelong learners who will continue the Jewish legacy as a light to other nations. We believe that the Torah is Truth, and welcomes any questions. We do not fear the secular world, nor do we seek to emulate it. 2
Food For Thought during the month of November Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael, focused on excellence in all areas of growth and development, invites community members to participate in engaging conversations on a variety of topics. Throughout the month of November, YOY will host a series of small dinners, each with a renowned speaker discussing a topic of interest. The small dinner setting will allow guests to engage with our expert speakers and learn something interesting while enjoying a beautiful dinner with one of our gracious hosts. The proceeds from this fundraising event will directly support the continuing growth and development of our students. We are grateful to our hosts and speakers and look forward to a month of community learning. Please review the exciting list of topics and rank the dinners you wish to attend. All are first come, first serve so respond today! We will do our best to have you placed at the dinner of your choice. YOY is proud to provide “food for thought�, engaging the broader community in our vision of educational excellence.
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REYNA SIMNEGAR
{ Cookbook Author }
EXOTIC FLAVORS IN THE KOSHER WORLD
Reyna Simnegar was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Her family history dates back to the Spanish Inquisition when her family fled from Spain changing their last name and living as hidden Jews for centuries. Reyna grew up Catholic but, inspired by her family heritage, converted to Judaism. Reyna is the author of “Persian Food from the Non-Persian Bride” (Feldheim, 2011). Her recipes are lavish, rich, and enticing; the photographs are divine. The details in this cookbook make it magnificent; Persian calligraphy graces each page, along with personal anecdotes about integrating into a Persian family. Reyna has appeared in several morning shows including NBC Connecticut, ABC Chicago, and 10! News in Philly. The cookbook was featured in several newspapers including The Boston Herald, The Chicago Tribune and The Baltimore Sun. Reyna was also featured online in many popular cooking websites and Blogs from The Tablet Magazine where she was interviewed by author Joan Nathan as well as Epicurious.com and many other websites. Today, she travels around the US and Canada doing cooking demos and classes as well as giving motivational speeches inspiring many Jews and non-Jews to rediscover their past and embrace their Jewish roots. Enjoy a cooking demonstration in Reyna’s own kitchen!
HOSTS: SAMMY & REYNA SIMNEGAR 101 DEAN RD. | BROOKLINE, MA
NOVEMBER 1, 2016 4
NOAM WASSERMAN
{ Entrepreneurship Expert }
FOUNDING PITFALLS AND BEST PRACTICES: RELATIONSHIPS, ROLES, REWARDS, AND OTHER SENSITIVE ISSUES Noam Wasserman is founding director of the Founder Central initiative at the University of Southern California. Before returning home to L.A., he was a professor at Harvard Business School for 13 years. His book, The Founder’s Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup, was an Amazon #1 bestseller in Management and won the Academy of Management’s Impact on Practice award. Noam created HBS’s most popular entrepreneurship elective, “Founder’s Dilemmas,” for which he won the Faculty Teaching Award. He also taught the course at Stanford Engineering and at Columbia Business School; at each school, he received a perfect teaching rating. Noam’s research has been published in top academic journals and national periodicals, and focuses on the early decisions that tend to get founders and their startups into trouble. He lives in Brookline with his wife and eight children, has edited and distributed the weekly NetTorah compilation of divrei Torah for the last 18 years, and is an avid fan of Daf Yomi.
HOSTS: ANDY & TZIPPY SHOOMAN 26 DUNBAR ST. | SHARON, MA
NOVEMBER 6, 2016 5
RUTH PINKENSON FELDMAN
{ Early Childhood Educator and Acclaimed Artist }
ART IN THE SALON – A CONVERSATION WITH SELECTED ORIGINAL PAINTINGS Ruth Pinkenson Feldman, EdD is a renowned educator and an acclaimed artist. She has been painting for thirty years, in parallel with her career as a Jewish educator. Ten years ago she became a professional artist. Her work reveals a love of color and of nature expressed in large and small abstractions, in oil or acrylic, on canvas and on metal. They are visually arresting and aim to challenge viewers to enter into a “conversation” with the paintings to find meaning on the viewer’s own terms. Her use of art as a language and as a boundary-crossing meta-language reflect her commitment, as a Jewish educator especially, to the power of texts, both literal and metaphorical, to engage people with one another and with life’s deeper meaning. Dr Feldman is a recognized expert in Jewish early childhood education. She received the prestigious Covenant Award for Outstanding Jewish Educator, was selected as a Jerusalem Fellow and was a participant in The Conversation: Being Jewish in America. She served as Director of Early Childhood Education for the Jewish Community Centers of North America. She created the program An Ethical Start, a multi-media curriculum based on Pirkei Avot that has been implemented in over 60 communities across the U.S. and Canada. She is the author of The Green Bubbie: Nurturing the Future, a book that promotes intergenerational spiritual relationships that was a featured profile this summer in Mishpacha Magazine, which highlighted her “art, her garden, and the relationships [her work] nurtures.
HOSTS: YAAKOV & LOIS KLERMAN 9 PENNIMAN RD. | BROOKLINE, MA
NOVEMBER 6, 2016 6
MICHAEL LEVIN
{ New York Times Best Selling Author }
WHAT’S THE FUTURE OF BOOKS IN OUR WORLD?
Michael Levin is YOY dad and a New York Times best-selling author who has written, co-written, or ghostwritten over 300 books, 13 of which became national best sellers. Levin, founder of BusinessGhost, Inc., America’s leading provider of ghostwritten business books, has helped create more successful books, as a writer, cowriter, ghost, or coach, than anyone in the U.S. publishing industry. His client list includes a member of the Forbes 400, five billionaires, as well as business leaders on four continents. He also edited Zig Ziglar’s final book, Born To Win. He has appeared on Shark Tank, the BBC, and Fox News, and is a regular columnist for the Huffington Post and the New York Daily News.
HOSTS: MICHAEL & SUZANNE LEVIN 50 CLARK RD. | BROOKLINE, MA
NOVEMBER 13, 2016 7
JOSEPH JACOBSON
{ Associate Professor at MIT, Leader of MIT Media Lab’s Molecular Machines Group }
TORAH ETHICS IN SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND ROBOTICS Joseph Jacobson is Associate Professor at MIT and leads the MIT Media Lab’s Molecular Machines group. He received a PhD in physics from MIT (where he set the record for the shortest pulse, in optical cycles, from a laser) and was a postdoctoral fellow in physics at Stanford. His lab, which is focused on the field of Synthetic Biology, has pioneered efforts in Genomically Re-Coded Organisms (The first forms of life which run a different genetic code) and Next Generation Gene Synthesis for programming cells to produce new pharmaceuticals, renewable chemicals, fuels and food. He is the recipient of a Technology Review TR100 Award for the top 100 Innovators under 35, The Gutenberg Prize, a Discover Award, The 2013 Exner Medal and is a 2016 inductee into the U.S. Patent Office’s Inventors Hall of Fame. Jacobson was a co-founder of E Ink and Gen9 Corporations and was a founding director of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC).
HOSTS: DAVID & DAVIDA ZIMBLE 282 KENT ST. | BROOKLINE, MA
NOVEMBER 13, 2016 8
MICHAEL DUKAKIS
{ Governor of Massachusetts (1975-1979, 19831991) 1988 Democratic Nominee for President of the United States }
KNISH AND DISH WITH GOVERNOR MICHAEL DUKAKIS Michael S. Dukakis is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Northeastern University, and a visiting professor at the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA. He and former U.S. Senator Paul Simon authored How to Get Into Politics – and Why, which was designed to encourage young people to think seriously about politics and public service as a career. Dukakis was the three-term governor of Massachusetts and the 1988 Democratic nominee for president of the United States. Residents of the city of Boston and its surrounding areas remember him for the improvements he made to Boston’s mass transit system, especially major renovations to the city’s trains and buses. He served on the board of directors for Amtrak. Enjoy a delicious knish tasting from NRM Catering while you “dish” with the governor!
HOSTS: HERB & SUZY TOBIN 297 MARKED TREE RD. | NEEDHAM, MA
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