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2010
Graduations and Achievements
“Happiness
does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of
satisfaction
that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that
demanded our best.”
- Theodore Isaac Rubin
As
always, we have an outstanding and illustrious group to
commemorate. Mazal tov to ALL
these children and their families on their graduations and
achievements...
 Graduates:
Jason Aronson, son of Helene and
Michael Aronson, graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s
degree from the Business school at Cornell University.
Philip Cohn-Cort,
son of Yvonne Cort and Dennis Cohn, graduated from Half Hollow
Hills High School East. He’ll
be attending the University of Rochester in the fall, and is
planning to major in computers.
Samantha Delouya,
daughter of Shari and David Delouya, graduated from Half
Hollow Hills High School East and will be attending Cornell
University.
Alexandra Diamond,
daughter of Samantha and Mark Diamond graduated from Half
Hollow Hills High School East and is attending SUNY Binghamton
in the fall.
Hillary Goodman,
daughter of Barbara Roy Goodman, graduated from Hofstra
University with her Masters in Speech Pathology
Emily Figueroa,
daughter of Leslie and Ray Figueroa, graduated from Walt
Whitman High. She received an academic award from the Edward
J. Cush Scholarship Fund, and will be attending LIM College in
Manhattan, where she will be studying the business of fashion,
majoring in Fashion Marketing and Merchandising with a
concentration in Fashion Public Relations.
Adam S. Greenblatt,
son of Dorie and Mark Greenblatt, graduated from Brandeis
University with a BS in Neuroscience, a BS in Biology and a
minor in Near Eastern Judaic Studies.
Adam was on the Dean's List and accepted a position at
the Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital.
Chelsea Harris,
daughter of Caasi and Keith Harris, graduated from Half Hollow
Hills High School and won the Silver Medal Band Award for her
many accomplishments on the flute.
She will be attending the University of Maryland in the
fall.
Rebecca Harris,
daughter of Caasi and Keith Harris, graduated from Half Hollow
Hills High School, where she won the Outstanding Athlete Award
as Most Valuable Player on the Varsity Cheerleading Team.
She’ll be attending the Honors Program at the
University of Delaware this fall.
Nava Jacknis,
daughter of Suri and Rabbi Ian Jacknis, graduated from Walt
Whitman High School. She’ll
be attending the NATIV Program at the Conservative Yeshiva in
Jerusalem this coming year and then returning to attend Lesley
University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Jack Kaye, grandson
of Susan and Paul Kaye, graduated from Jericho High School and
will be attending the Price Waterhouse Scholars Business
program at Binghamton University.
Samara Kelhoffer,
daughter of Caryn and Kevin Kelhoffer, is moving up from
Paumanok Elementary School to West Hollow Middle School.
Jamie Kralstein,
daughter of Almarie and Evan Kralstein, moved up from
Maplewood Intermediate School to Silas Wood.
Seth Kunoff, son of
Shari and Marty Kunoff, is moving up from Chestnut Hill
Elementary to West Hollow Middle School
Cory Kurtz, son of
Maya and Bruce Kurtz, moved up from Candlewood Middle School
to Half Hollow Hills High School West.
Tyler Kurtz, son of
Maya and Bruce Kurtz, graduated from Half Hollow Hills High
School West and will be attending Ithaca College in August.
Jordana Lanz,
daughter of Leora and Alain Lanz, finished up at Stimson
Middle School and will start Walt Whitman High School in the
fall.
Zachary Lanz, son
of Leora and Alain Lanz, is moving up from the Silas Wood
Sixth Grade Center to Stimson Middle School.
Joelle Lichtman,
daughter of Gwen and Stu Lichtman, received a Master of Arts
in Design and Environmental Analysis from Cornell University.
During the past year, she has also become a Certified
Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS) and a LEED Green Associate.
Adam Luper, son of
Gail Glickman and Alan Luper, graduated from the Kelley School
of Business at Indiana University in Bloomington with a major
in Finance and a minor in Sociology.
He is traveling in Israel as part of the Israel
Reloaded program, and will begin work in September as a trader
trainee at Hunter Douglas Metals, Inc. in Chicago.
Jillian Melnick, daughter of Amelia and Warren Melnick,
graduated from Walt Whitman High School.
She is the winner of a Hunter Community Full Tuition
Scholarship to Hunter College, where she will attend school
this fall. Jillian
made the Principal's List at Whitman, was a National Merit
Commended Scholar and a National Hispanic Merit Scholar.
She was the recipient of a PTA Athletic Scholarship,
and earned a national ranking in fencing.
Jillian placed second in the Maria Fareri Children's
Hospital Fundraiser Fencing Tournament.
Jackson Mlawer, son
of Barbara and Ira Mlawer, graduated from Half Hollow Hills
High School East, and will attend the School of Industrial and
Labor Relations at Cornell University.
Brittany Nadler,
daughter of Jodi and LG Nadler, graduated from Half Hollow
Hills High School East and will be attending Emory University.
Baylee Scharf,
daughter of Karen and David Scharf, graduated from elementary
school.
Jonathan Scharf,
son of Karen and David Scharf, graduated from Half Hollow
Hills High School East a silver academic honor award for
business. He will
be attending SUNY Albany, majoring in Accounting.
Aaron Siev, son of
Toba Weinstein and Joel Siev, graduated from Half Hollow Hills
High School East. He’ll
be attending Lehigh University, where he was admitted to the
Integrated Business and Engineering Honors Program.
Abigail Simon,
daughter of Marcia and Don Simon, graduated from Walt Whitman
High School. She
received academic scholarships from the Council of PTAs, Girls
Leaders Organization (of which she was vice president),
Spanish Honor Society and the American Sign Language Honor
Society. In the
fall, Abigail will be attending the University of Delaware
where she was named a University of Delaware Scholar and was
admitted into the Honors program.
Carly Sirlin,
daughter of Arlene and Richard Sirlin, graduated from Indiana
University with a Bachelors degree in Social Work. She
will be attending graduate school at New York University this
fall, pursuing her Masters in Social Work.
Alli Travis,
daughter of Lisa and David Travis, graduated from Half Hollow
Hills High School West and will be going to Indiana University
in Bloomington, where she’ll major in Elementary and Special
Education.
Alex Wasserman, son
of Michele and David Wasserman, moved up from Stimson Middle
School, where he was on the High Honor Roll, to Walt Whitman
High School.
Corey Wasserman,
son of Michele and David Wasserman, graduated from Walt
Whitman High School. Corey
made the Principal’s List and was Vice President of the
Whitman chapter of the National Honor Society.
He’ll be attending Hofstra University this fall,
where he received a Presidential Scholarship and acceptance
into the Honors College and Legal Education Accelerated
Program.
 Achievements:
Lia Berger, daughter of Susane
and Jeff Berger, a 5th grader at Solomon Schechter in Jericho,
received a perfect score in level 3 NYSMMA for piano.
She also received second place in the Holocaust
Museum’s Annual Middle School Contest in the Music Category
for an original piece she wrote for the piano.
Gennah Borg,
daughter of Paula and Michael Borg, was elected to serve next
year as 11th grade class delegate/representative for Student
Government at Half Hollow Hills High School East.
Nolan Borg, son of Paula and Michael Borg, was inducted
into National Junior Honor Society at West Hollow Middle
School.
Dana Cohen,
daughter of Maxine and Larry Cohen, and her husband, Vadim
Izgur, completed their medical residencies and will relocate
to Long Island to practice psychiatry.
They are eagerly awaiting the birth of their first
child this summer.
Sherri Cohen,
daughter of Maxine and Larry Cohen, is the recipient of a
Fulbright Scholarship in Turkey for the 2010-2011 academic
year. She will
teach English in a university and research how Judeo-Spanish
has survived in the Turkish Jewish community.
Michael B. Greenblatt,
son of Dorie and Mark Greenblatt, finished up freshman year at
Tulane University on the Dean's List.
Our member Stu Lichtman,
husband of Gwen, has been promoted to Professor of Medicine at
the Weill Cornell Medical College.
He is an Attending Physician at Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Center specializing in gynecologic cancers and
the care of older cancer patients.
Amanda Luper,
daughter of Gail Glickman and Alan Luper, played on the Half
Hollow Hills High School East junior varsity basketball and
softball teams this year, and was also the only 9th grader to
make the varsity tennis team.
Amanda scored in the 7th rank in Suffolk County on the
Level 2 National French exam.
Jordan Schuman,
daughter of Peri and Peter Schacknow, was inducted into
National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society, in addition
to her continued membership in the International Thespian
Honor Society and American Sign Language Honor Society.
Jordan just finished a term as USY’s Rakevet Division
Social Action Tikkun Olam Vice President, and has been
selected as a GSO Officer at Walt Whitman High School for the
coming year, where she will be a senior.
Jordan is currently attending the University of Miami
Summer Scholar Program as a Broadcast Journalism major.
Justin Schuman, son
of Peri and Peter Schacknow, completed his freshman year on
the Dean’s List as a Theatre major at Northwestern
University. Justin
auditioned into the Musical Theatre Certificate Program, was
accepted into the Dance minor, and added a concentration in
Music. This year,
he appeared on stage in the roles of Larry Foreman and Gus
Polock in “Cradle Will Rock”, and as the Snake Charmer in
“Side Show”. He’ll
appear in “Kiss of the Spider Woman” when he returns to
school this fall.
Once again, mazal
tov and yasher koah
to all our students and their families!
May you continue to go m'hayil
el hayil, from strength to strength.
Sisterhood simha
cards can be ordered through e-mail or by phone from Mindy
Maze, sisterhoodcards@shjc.org
or 631-643-3520.
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