Yeshivat Maharat
!מזל וברכה לכולם
אשרי תמימי דרך
Rabbi Pinchas Giller
Yeshivat Maharat
Bryna and Josh Landes
Yeshivat Maharat
Mazal tov, and thank you
for lighting the path to the future.
Elizabeth Mandel
Yeshivat Maharat
Mazel tov on this incredible milestone!
You are the leaders and teachers
who will guide this and future generations
of Jewish students to new heights
in study and spiritual growth.
Todah rabah for your countless hours
of dedication and commitment to our people.
Hazak hanai, vnithazek!
Rabbi Laurie Rice
Yeshivat Maharat
Dear Semikha Class of 5780,
Mazal tov on this tremendous occasion! We were so fortunate to share the beit midrash with you as chevrutot, colleagues and friends. We know first-hand how hard you have worked to reach this day, and how lucky Am Yisrael is to have you as leaders and scholars. Enjoy today's celebration.
We can't wait to sing and dance with you in person someday soon.
With blessings of Torah & Mitzvot,
Rabbi Tali Adler, Rabba Dina Brawer, Rabba Claudia Marbach, Rabbanit Leah Sarna and Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez
The Semikha Class of 5778
Yeshivat Maharat
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School
honors Yeshivat Maharat's Class of 5780,
joining their 36 colleagues
honors Yeshivat Maharat's Class of 5780,
joining their 36 colleagues
serving in Avodat HaKodesh.
May You Go M'Chayil El Chayil!
Special Mazel Tov to Jennifer Geretz,
a former YCT staff member who followed her dreams
and worked so hard to get here today!
Executive Cabinet
Anonymous
Executive Cabinet
Lindenbaum Family
Executive Cabinet
The Aviv Foundation
Executive Cabinet
Ann and Jeremy Pava
Executive Cabinet
Marilyn and James Simons
Executive Cabinet
We value and look to your wisdom, guidance
and leadership now more than ever.
Zelda R. Stern
and Stanley I. Rosenzweig z"l
Executive Cabinet
The Belz Foundation
Executive Cabinet
The Jim Joseph Foundation
Leadership Cabinet
Tova Bulow
Leadership Cabinet
Abbie and Moshe Greenberg
Leadership Cabinet
Legacy Heritage Foundation
Leadership Cabinet
The Covenant Foundation
Leadership Cabinet
The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation
Visionary
Ariel Groveman Weiner and Josh Weiner
Visionary
Jan and Andy Groveman
Pioneer
Audrey Axelrod Trachtman
and Dr. Chaim Trachtman
Pioneer
Crown Family Philanthropies
Pioneer
Alisa Robbins Doctoroff
Pioneer
Hadassah Foundation
Pioneer
Ambassador Alfred Moses
Pioneer
Abigail and Shai Tambor
Pacesetter
Rella Feldman
Pacesetter
Elena Neuman Lefkowitz
and Jay Lefkowitz
Pacesetter
Daniella Fuchs and Jeffrey Wechselblatt
Pacesetter
Daniela Bellows Schreiber
and Laurence Schreiber
Pacesetter
Rabbanit Gloria and Burton Nusbacher
Pacesetter
Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler
and Rabbi Dr. Dan Smokler
Pacesetter
The Applebaum Foundation
Builder
Harriet Kaplan Suvall and Marc Suvall
Builder
Marsha and Henry Laufer
Builder
Carol and Irv Smokler
Partner
Anonymous
Partner
Dr. Mayim Bialik
Partner
Barbara Dobkin
Partner
Jewish Women's Fund of Atlanta
Sponsor
Tamar and Abraham Eisenstat
Sponsor
Josh Goldberg
Sponsor
Phyllis Hammer
Sponsor
Faye and Hartley Koschitzky
Sponsor
Atara Miller and Rabbi Benjamin Shiller
Champion
Anonymous
Champion
Lisa and David Pulver
Champion
Sasha and Andrew Fox
Champion
Mazal tov to all the amazing graduates
for being a beacon of light.
And thank you to the Maharat Team - faculty, staff,
and lay leaders for believing in
and actualizing Maharat's vision
of a better more equitable world.
Rabba Sara Hurwitz and Josh Abraham
Champion
David Kanowitz
Champion
Alexandra Leichter
Champion
Shari and Nathan Lindenbaum
Champion
Adina Poupko
Pillar
Mazel tov to all the graduates!
Ellen Fassler Schwartzberg
and Leonard Fassler
Pillar
Sally Gottesman
Pillar
Sheila E. Klein
Pillar
Andrea and Jason Ross
Patron
Ilana and Daniel Benson
Patron
Robin and Allen Bodner
Patron
Rabbi Angela and James Buchdahl
Patron
Consolidated Edison, Inc
Patron
Rabbanit Aliza Sperling
and Dr. Joshua Milner
Patron
Mazal Tov Graduates.
Thank you for being
such an inspiration.
Jennifer and Ari Feldman
Patron
Adina and Steven Fredman
Patron
Blu and Rabbi Yitz Greenberg
Patron
Melanie and Dr. Mervyn Hurwitz
Patron
Jen Pepper and Jed Bergman
Patron
My dear graduates - after all your years of hard work, I'm so thrilled to see you reach this day, and am honored to have been witness to your journey.
May you continue to thrive and bless the Jewish people and the world with your work.
Amanda Friedman Shechter
and Judah Shechter
Patron
Sharon and Steven Lieberman
Patron
Gail Katz and Mayer Bick
Patron
Lauren Novick Brody
Patron
Molly Ann Pollak and Philip M. Gassel
Patron
Tova and Walter Reich
Patron
Shifra Tyberg and Rephael Wenger
Patron
Beth and Kuty Shalev
Patron
Daniele Spira Bleier and Steven Bleier
Patron
Toby and Rav Avi Weiss
Patron
Ayelet and Jonathan Wiener
Patron
Alexander Greenbaum and Yoav Weinberg
Patron
Tamar and Reuven Zakheim
Guardian
Adrienne Cooper and Arthur Adler
Guardian
Drs. Linda Belfer Weiner
and Bernard Weiner
Guardian
Hinda and Arnold Bramnick
Guardian
Suzanne and Jacob Doft
Guardian
Rabba Dr. Carmella Abraham
and Dr. Steven Kubersky
Mazal Tov to all these great Musmachot!
Guardian
Shira and David Fishman
Guardian
Mati and Aaron Friedman
Guardian
Mazel Tov!
Continued growth and success.
Dorothy and Herbert Fox
Guardian
Dina and Marshall Huebner
Guardian
Professors Ruth Langer
and Jonathan Sarna
Guardian
Linda Riefberg and Lee Perlman
Guardian
Drs. Naomi and Martin Leib
Guardian
Judy and Martin Moritz
Guardian
Chani Bloom and Nathan Lesser
Guardian
Dahlia and Benjamin Prager
Guardian
Rabba Abby Brown Scheier and Rabbi Adam Scheier
Guardian
Sharon and Russell Roberts
Guardian
In celebration and support!
Mazal Tov!
Lamelle and Rob Ryman
Guardian
Micky and Dr. Eric Schon
Guardian
Renee and Joe Septimus
Guardian
Karen and Roy Simon
Guardian
Ronn Torossian
Guardian
Ina and David Tropper
Guardian
Rebecca and Daniel Weiner
Associate
Sandy Adelsberg
Josie Altzman
Associate
Rachel and Matthew Berke
Congratulations to the Maharat 5780 class.
May your Torah illumine our world and your
warmth bring healing.
warmth bring healing.
Mazal Tov Rabbanit Yehudit!
May the joy that sparkles in you animate the Torah you teach and all your students.
Rabba Dina and Rabbi Naftali Brawer
Associate
Carol and Paul Burstein
Tamara Charm
Associate
Carol and James Cunradi
Naomi Davis
Associate
Orli Lieberman and Edward Farbenblum
Deborah Benik and Edward Shapiro
Associate
Roselyn Bell and Eli Leiter
Pam and Ron Ennis
Associate
Sandra Friedman
Rabba Ramie Smith and Gideon Cohen
Associate
Lesha and Dr. Samuel Greengus
Judy Heicklen
Associate
Marlene and Basil Herzstein
Kol hakavod to Maharat`s semikha recipients
for all of your ongoing accomplishments
and contributions to Jewish life.
Rich Janis
Associate
Regina Tawil-Samstein and Jordan Samstein
Daniel Kirk
Associate
Talya Ladell
Julie Lieber
Associate
Aviva and Noam Lockshin
Judith and Dan Matz
Associate
Rabbi Justin Pines
Mazal tov to all the amazing graduates.
I am sure that you will spread
your beautiful Torah to the world!
your beautiful Torah to the world!
Rabba Claudia Marbach
and Professor Daniel Jackson
Associate
Mazel tov Musmakhot! The world awaits your Torah
and your leadership! I am so incredibly proud of
all you have accomplished so far and look forward to
hearing even greater things as you enter the rabbinate.
You are all a credit to this institution and to Klal Yisrael.
תלכו מחיל אל חיל
Rabbanit Devorah Zlochower and Rabbi Dov Linzer
Aylee Schneider
Associate
Sarah Schnoll
Yael and Mark Shayne
Associate
Rabbi Abby Sosland
Sari Steinberg
Associate
Miriam and Nathan Zussman
Contibutor
Mattice and Marc Aaronson
Shoshana Peyser and Robert Brody
Helen and Rabbi Stanley Bramnick
Contibutor
Doina and Dr. Lawrence Bryskin
Dr. Joseph Groveman
In honor of Rabbi Jeffrey Fox
Florence and Rabbi Ari Leubitz
Contibutor
Moshe Levison
Nathan Lindenbaum
Reena and David Makover
Contibutor
Helen B. Tager-Flusberg and Martin Flusberg
Susan Fink and Robert Smith
Elaine and Tobias Robison
Contibutor
Amy and Robert Rothman
Doreen and Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller
Arlene and Michael Smith
Contibutor
Betsy Strauss
Sandra and Max Thurm
Rabbi Nina Perlmutter and Tom Brodersen
Contibutor
Diane Torn
Brenda and Harold Walt
Elana and Mark Weinberger
Contibutor
Dalia Yablon
Friend
In honor of Rabba Sara Hurwitz
Jed Abraham
May Maharat grow from
strength to strength with
Esther's dedication and her
admiration for future rabbas.
strength to strength with
Esther's dedication and her
admiration for future rabbas.
Miriam Altmann
In honor of Rabba Sara Hurwitz
Nina Bruder and Gary Pretsfelder
Friend
Dearest Musmachot,
I would have preferred to be with you in person
bringing Mazal Tov wishes and hugs.
Instead I send you wishes for Hatzlakhah Rabbah from afar.
Esther and Rabbi Simcha Krauss
Lori Kagan and Bill Altman
Jennifer and Marshall Breger
Friend
Papa and I are kvelling
Ellen Dede
Dr. Nora Gold and Dr. David Weiss
Vera and Dr. Bernard Ehrlich
Friend
Anna and Elisha Fredman
Sarene Shanus and Harold Treiber
Susan Heller Pinto
Friend
Carolyn Hochstadter Dicker
Mazal Tov
Tao Moran and Jeffrey Schifman
Ilana Nossel and Jordan Kolar
Friend
Mazal tov to the musmahchot.
I am so grateful that you answered the call!
Rabbi Lila Kagedan
Adam Kaplan
Deborah and Doug Klein
Friend
With gratitude to Yeshivat Maharat community
& those who supported me along the journey,
especially TNLOMY!
Rabbanit Michal Kohane
Berel Lang
Mazal Tov graduates
and with great admiration for your teachers
The Lopatins
Friend
Betty Malks
Dr. Rama Zwillenberg Koslowe and Mark Koslowe
Atara Margolies and Michael Serlin
Friend
Miriam and Ira Parness
With deep admiration for
Rabba Sara, Reb Jeff
and the amazing graduates!
Alu v`hatzlihu!
Shira Billet and Rabbi Steven Exler
Nessa Rapoport
Friend
Davida and Ari Rosenstrauch
Surie Rudoff
Ronnie and Steve Sichel
Friend
Daniel Silverstein
Ruthie and Joel Simon
Mazal Tov to Rabbi Jeff Fox, Daniella Pressner and her classmates.
Wishing you a bright future.
Schenectady Strosbergs
Friend
Randi and David Sultan
Margot and Phil Sunshine
Lindi Vanderwalde
Devotee
Yonah Abraham
Laura Levine and Alan Krinsky
Alexandra Alhadeff
Carol King and Allan Brill
Cecille Allman Asekoff and Rabbi Stanley Asekoff
Beverly Goldsmith Druck and Andrew Druck
Ann M. Olsen Fund
Jordana and Gregory Ashe
Devotee
Sarah and Michael Austerlitz
Rosalyn Avigad
Matt Bar
David Bauer
Neesa Berezin-Bahr
Edith Bing Firestone and Bernard Firestone
Lauren Blatt
Leah Gayle Bourne
Devotee
Eugene Brody
Ellen R. Cherrick
Sheri Clemons
Chany and Justin Cohen
Avie and Ron Cohen
Claire and Joseph Cohen
Lynn and Stephen Cohen
Bobbie Sue Daitch
Devotee
Aliza Milner and Daniel Kornfeld
Amy Eisner and Daniel Reich
Cindy Kaplan and David Abrookin
Tanya Domi
Mindy Shapiro and Dr. Alan Mendelsohn
Linda Moed Cohen and Dr. Hillel Cohen
Barbara and Dr. Matthew Guy
Rabbi Moshe Edelman
Devotee
Anne-Monique Vos Rapoport and Edward Rapoport
Elizabeth Ehrlich
Abby Eisenberg
Elizabeth Emens
Dr. Tibor Engel
Samantha Kur and Evan Hochberg
Shirley and Donald Feldstein
Ethel C. Fenig
Devotee
Hannah and Alan Fisher
Judy and Jerry Frank
Sofia Freudenstein
Gabrielle and Rabbi Barry Gelman
Dr. Betsy Gidwitz
Shani Cohen and Gil Orbach
Gloria Golbert
Raquel and Jason Goldberg
Devotee
David Goldenberg
Elaine Goldman
Leslie Goldress
Nicole Goldstein
Annette and Rabbi Dr. Mel Gottlieb
Wilhelmina and Stefan Gottschalk
Judith and Robert Grauman
Carolyn and Howard Graybow
Devotee
Tina Grimberg
Arlene Groner
Dr. Judy Gurland
Dr. Jan Hackman
Charles Hall
Ellen Hertzmark
Marga Hirsch
Evelyn and Mitchell Hirth
Devotee
Roberta and Bernard Horowitz
Zahava Hurwitz
Bonnie Geller-Geld and Isaac Geld
Rivkah Isseroff
Milayna Subar and Jeffrey Schwartz
Alison Jordan
Joan and Henry Katz
Barbara and Martin Keller
Devotee
Chanan Kessler
Isabelle Kirshner
Idit Klein
Jocelyn Kleinman
Amy Koplow
Deborah and George Kornfeld
Bettina and Allen Kramer
Ruth and David Krasner
Devotee
Stefanie Kraus
Miriam Krupka
Adam Lackman
Zoe Lang
Emily Blum and Leon Metzger
Fran and Henry London
Diane Longmuir
Rabbi Beverly and Richard Magidson
Devotee
Chaya Marks
Deni Marshall
Tamar Marvin
Liron Nathan and Meron Sasson
Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath and Meylekh Viswanath
Rabbi Judith Hauptman and Milton Adesnik
Michael Minis
Dr. David M. Mirvis
Devotee
Susan Blady Lang and Mitchel Lang
Fran Moshkovski
Miki Moskowitz
Rabbi Menashe East - Mt. Freedom Jewish Center
Sareva Naor
Melissa and Noah Nathan
Naomi and Rabbi Dr. Judah Newberger
Carole Oshinsky
Devotee
Ernestina Osorio
Sydney Perry
Rabbi Sally J. Priesand
Lynn Quinn
Sara Winkelman and Rabbi Hyim Shafner
Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez and Rabbi Nahum Gutierrez
Stacy and Solomon Rabinowitsch
Beth Goldstein and Raphael Finkel
Devotee
Barbara Rascoff
Adinah and Dr. Heschel Raskas
Dina and Morton Rinder
Jane Flechner and Ronald Schechter
Ilana Rosen
Rabbi Dan Rosenberg
Deedee Rosenfeld
Marian Salamon
Devotee
Aurora Cassier-Srulowitz and Sander Srulowitz
Delise and Michael Sandpearl
Randi Sarokoff
Dani Schneider
Gertrude and Howard J. Schwartz
Meredith Schwartz
Phyllis and Dr. Jack Shapiro
Leah and Rabbi Jack Shechter
Devotee
Naomi and Richard Shore
J. Richard Skeen
Bernard Smith
Victoria and Yehuda Smooha
Beth Snider
Isabelle Sommer
Emma Stitcher
Amy Stone
Devotee
Victor Strasser
Thera Swersky
Nina Tarley
Abbe Tiger
Cheryl Tompkins
Dr. Khane-Faygl Turtletaub
Rabbanit Dr. Agnes Veto
Barbara Lerer and Victor Mellon
Devotee
Phyllis and Jonathan Wagner
Barbara and Jeff Weener
Noam Weintraub
Deborah C. Wenger
Ann Werner
Chani Wiesman
Dr. Nechama and William Liss-Levinson