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Lindenbaum Family

The Aviv Foundation

The Jim Joseph Foundation

Anonymous

Ann & Jeremy Pava

Marilyn and James Simons

Zelda R. Stern

The Belz Family Foundation

Crown Family Philanthropies

Abbie & Moshe Greenberg

The Covenant Foundation

Ariel Groveman Weiner & Josh Weiner

Anonymous

Jan & Andy Groveman

Hadassah Foundation

Ambassador Alfred Moses

Abigail & Shai Tambor

The Maimonides Fund

Wexner Foundation

Rella Feldman

Phyllis Hammer

Nancy Spielberg Katz and Shimon Katz

Elena Neuman Lefkowitz

and Jay Lefkowitz

Rabbanit Gloria and Burton Nusbacher

Lisa and David Pulver

Daniela Bellows Schreiber

and Laurence Schreiber

Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler

and Rabbi Dr. Dan Smokler

Carol and Irv Smokler

Harriet Kaplan Suvall and Marc Suvall

The Max, Malie,

Dr. Leonard and Bernice Laub

Family Foundation

The Jacob & Hilda Blaustein Foundation

The Kaylie Family Foundation

Daniella Fuchs and Jeffrey Wechselblatt

Tamar and Abe Eisenstat

Josh Goldberg and Rochelle

and Leo Goldeberg

Linda Mirels

Mazal Tov to all the musmakhot.

To my dear friend and chavrusa, Tanya --

may the light of your Torah illuminate the world.

My heart is bursting with joy for you.

Rabbanit Gloria Nusbacher

Atara Miller and Rabbi Benjamin Shiller

Rabba Sara Hurwitz and Josh Abraham

Carylon Foundation

Ethan Davidson

Mazal Tov to everyone at
Yeshivat Maharat.

Jennifer and Ari Feldman

Faye and Hartley Koschitzky

Alexandra Leichter

Shari and Nathan Lindenbaum

Carol Kaufman Newman

& Mel Newman

Mazal Tov to all the musmakhot!

May your Torah and leadership lift up

all of Klal Yisrael.

A special yashar kokhekh to my friend

and colleague, Tanya Farber.

Rabbi Marianne Novak

Elisa and Alan Pines

Adina Poupko

Lamelle and Rob Ryman

Mazal Tov to everyone

at Yeshivat Maharat

Erica and Rob Schwartz

Beth and Kuty Shalev

Toby and Rabbi Avi Weiss

Ilana and Daniel Benson

Jen Pepper and Jed Bergman

Gail Katz and Mayer Bick

Daniele Spira Bleier and Steven Bleier

Robin and Allen Bodner

Rabbi Angela and James Buchdahl

Dr. Esther Altmann and Richard Cantor

Dr. David Fassler

Adina and Steven Fredman

Sally Gottesman

Julie and Adam Groveman

Melanie and Dr. Mervyn Hurwitz

Mazal tov to the graduates,
especially to my chevruta, Lisa
and the kollel superwomen,
and to my BMP partner Tanya.

Your Torah will illuminate our world.

Rabbanit Aliza Sperling and Josh Milner

Rabbi Lila Kagedan

David Kanowitz

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Sheila E. Klein

Legacy Heritage/Project Accelerate

Ohev Sholom - The National Synagogue

Dr. Valerie Altmann and Daniel Perla

Mazal Tov to everyone
at Yeshivat Maharat.

Renée and Joe Septimus

Dear Liz,
חכמת נשים בנתה ביתה
We think you are absolutely cool
and totally awesome.

Love,
Ema, Abba, Dena, Dani, Jenny, Maya & Felix

Amanda Friedman Shechter and Judah Shechter

Mazal tov to each of the musmachot.

We are so proud and humbled by you
and wish each of you much meaning and joy
on this next step in your journey.

Rabba Daniella Pressner and Rabbi Saul Strosberg

Ronn Torossian

Alexander Greenbaum and Yoav Weinberg

Shifra Tyberg and Rephael Wenger

Ayelet and Jonathan Wiener

Mazal Tov to my amazing classmates
and to all of the wonderful women and faculty
at Yeshivat Maharat.

Eternal thanks for the learning
and the sisterhood!

Wendy Zierler and the Zierler Feit Family

Mazel tov musmachot 5781.
It has been an honor to teach
and learn from each of you.

With lots of love and brachot,
Rabbanit Devorah Zlochower & Rabbi Dov Linzer

"Aloh na'aleh...ki yachol nuchal" (Numbers 13:30)
Mazal Tov!

Keep rising higher,
bringing all you encounter with you,
for you can.

Maya Bernstein & Rabbi Dr. Noam Silverman

Congratulations to all the musmakhot
on your accomplishments

Dr. Joséphine Altzman

Mazal tov to my dear friend,
Wendy Zierler.

May you and your classmates
go from strength to strength.

Carole Balin

Hinda and Arnold Bramnick

Carey and Behnam Dayanim

Jennifer and Seth Fox

Blu and Rabbi Yitz Greenberg

Mindy Feldman Hecht and Eric Hecht

Nancy and Milton Honig

Dina and Marshall Huebner

Bryna and Josh Landes

In honor of my
daughter-in-law and graduate
Dr. Elizabeth Shayne.

Dr. David Lannik

Drs. Naomi and Martin Leib

Chani Bloom and Nathan Lesser

Hadassah and Senator Joseph Lieberman

Sally Mendelsohn and David Lowenfeld

Judith and Dan Matz

Yonit Nordenberg Tzadok

Cecily Marbach and Dr. Eli Oberstein

Oberstein Family

Linda Riefberg and Lee Perlman

Sharon and Russell Roberts

Mazal Tov, Wendy!

We celebrate you - and the
accomplishments of Yeshivat
Maharat and your
sister musmakhot.

Judy and Gary Rosenblatt

Professors Ruth Langer and Jonathan Sarna

?בן זומא אומר:איזהו חכם

הלומד מכל אדם, שנאמר:
(תהלים קיט צט): "מכל מלמדי
השכלתי כי עדותיך שיחה לי"

Mazal Tov to Those Who Inspire Us to Learn
and Grow.

Leah Krakinowski and Andy Silberstein

Ina and David Tropper

Elana and Mark Weinberger

Daniel Weiner

Drs. Linda Belfer Weiner and Bernard Weiner

Libby and Moshe Werthan

Mazal Tov to Lisa and Mazal Tov to Wendy.
May you continue to inspire those around you.

Leah and Jonathan Adler

Michal and Mark Arkovitz

Tanya, your Torah learning, emunah,
and compassion has enriched and strengthened us.
You are a light within our nation.

Beit Midrash Program Chavruta

Congratulations to all the musmakhot
on your accomplishment

Roselyn Bell

Rachel and Matthew Berke

Rabba Dina and Rabbi Naftali Brawer

Mazal Tov to my deepest most true chavrutot
in every sense of the word.

I am forever changed and always inspired.

Atara Lindenbaum and Jeremy Bressman

Doina and Dr. Lawrence Bryskin

We salute the musmakhot, leadership, faculty,
and our beloved Rabba Sara
on this milestone achievement.

Seryl Ritter and Buddy Skydell

Congratulations to Dr. Lisa Schlaff,
an extraordinary leader, educator and friend.

Adina & Lawrence Burian

Drs. Sharon Koren and Matthew Cohen

Mazel tov to all the musmakhot,
especially Lisa and Yael.

Our community is blessed to have
two such remarkable women.

Congregation Netivot Shalom

Barbara & Eric Dobkin

Pam and Ron Ennis

Mazal Tov to the incredible
Musmakhot - and to the entire
Board, Staff, and Faculty of
Yeshivat Maharat!

Rabba Yaffa Epstein

Shira and David Fishman

Dorothy and Herbert Fox

Mazal tov to all the
amazing musmakot!

The Jewish world is so much richer
having you as our leaders!

Dr. Laura Shaw Frank and Rabbi Aaron Frank

Amy and Mark Friedman

Jack and Lauren Gorman

Lesha and Dr. Samuel Greengus

Ronit and Yaacov Gross

Rabba Claudia Marbach and Professor Daniel Jackson

Daniel Kirk

חילכן לאורייתא
Mazal tov to Lindsey, Lisa,
Wendy and all the musmakhot.
Judy and Shmuel Klitsner

Ruth and Lawrence Kobrin

Mazal tov to all the musmachot.

It has been our privilege to learn alongside you.

We wish you hatzlacha in your future Rabbinic endeavors.

Kollel Class of 2022: Dalia Davis, Adina Fredman, Aliza Libman Baronofsky & Amy Newman

Annette and Gerald Kranson

Mark I. Miller

Ozzie Orbach

Mazal tov dear Wendy
on this tremendous accomplishment!

Am Yisrael is already blessed with
your scholarship and will be further enriched
by your rabbinate.

Mia Diamond Padwa & Daniel Padwa

Amy and Robert Rothman

Ella Ruderman

Congratulations to all the musmakhot
on your accomplishment.

Seligsohn Family

Deborah Benik and Edward Shapiro

Thank you Yael for teaching
our children - We are so proud
of you!

Mazal tov to our good
friend Wendy!

Ruthie and Joel Simon

Drs. Shira Berkovits and Ari Spiro

Aurora Cassier-Srulowitz and Sander Srulowitz

Mazal tov to all the musmachot, with a
special shout out to my fellow Kollelniks --
Lindsey, Lisa, and Wendy!

Alu v'hatzlichu!

Dr. Shira Billet

Amy Zwas and Yoram Bitton

Ellen Cherrick

Mazal tov to everyone at Yeshivat Maharat
with special congratulations to
the fabulous Wendy Zierler.

Ilka Shore Cooper and Fred Cooper

Congratulations to all the
musmakhot on
your accomplishment.

Rabba Dr. Anat Sharbat and Ariel Freidenberg

Ann Rauch & Michael Goldblum

Dear Lisa,
Thank you for teaching and mentoring
all five of our children and inspiring us.

מה רב טובך ומשכרתך יתרה

Debbie Braverman Hillel Grossman

Mazal Tov Musmakhot! Keep blazing trails!
Chaye Kohl

Mazal tov to all of the women
of Yeshivat Maharat,
especially Lisa Schlaff.

Thank you for inspiring us and
our children.

Shana & Bini Krauss

Lynn and Jules Kroll

Congratulations to
all the musmakhot
on your accomplishment.

Rabba Dr. Carmella Abraham and Dr. Steven Kubersky

We are so proud of our incredible and brilliant Ema
and partner in life.

Josh, Ayelet, and Hasdai Lannik

Mazal tov to the Musmakhot,
especially the Kollel graduates!

May you go from strength to strength
as you build up Am Yisrael!

Rabbanit Judith Levitan

Dr. David M. Mirvis

Dear Lisa, We are so proud of
your wonderful accomplishment.

You are a role model for
Jewish women.

Ruthy and Murray Miskin

Congratulations to Tanya, who we remember
when she first started at Drisha.

Look how far you've come.

Elaine and Tobias Robison

Heartfelt congratulations to
Wendy Zierler.

With admiration and love,

Rochelle Rubinstein and Family

Mazal tov to Lisa Schlaff
and her fellow musmakhot!

Diane Sandoval

Congratulations to all the
musmakhot on
your accomplishment.

Miriam Schacter

Wendy and Lindsey, it is an
honor to graduate with you.

Thank you Maharat for
providing me with this amazing
learning community.

Lisa Schlaff

In honor of our sister Wendy Zierler
upon her ordination.

We're so honored to be celebrating with you.

Love,
Randi and Richard Silber

Victoria and Yehuda Smooha

Nancy Ackerman Warshofsky and Alex Warshofsky

Congratulations to all the musmakhot
on your accomplishment

Leah Portnoy Worenklein & David Worenklein

So happy more women
are entering the rabbinate!

Rabbi Judith Hauptman and Milton Adesnik

Ruti Amal

Congratulations to Tanya.
The world has been waiting for your leadership.

Blessings!

Dr. Reza Green and Rabbi Moshe Silver

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Anonymous

Susanne Arney

Rosalyn Avigad

Ayala Ballonoff Aidman

Aliza Libman Baronofsky and Ari Baronofsky

Congratulations to
all the musmakhot
on your accomplishment.

Nitza and Yosi Ben-Dov

Edwin Bergbaum

Uri Berkowitz

Anita Bernstein

Rabbi Michael Billet

May you all go from strength to strength!
Freda Bluestone Birnbaum

Rabbi Rebecca Blady

Kayla Blum

Debby Bodanis

Love and congrats to
one of the nicest people I know...
my niece Lizzy.

Barbara (Aunt Barb) Braciale

Thomas Braciale

Ellen & Shoshie Brickman

Rabbi Nina Perlmutter and Tom Brodersen

Ruth Bromberg

Alan Brown

Warren Burstein

Briah Cahana

Brigit Chisholm

Karen Helig and Ivan Ciment

Anne Clark

Avie and Ron Cohen

Mazal Tov Lisa!

We are so proud!

Deborah and Jonathan David

Dalia and Rabbi Max Davis and Family

In honor of
Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch.

Florence and Lloyd Deutsch

Wika Dorosz

In honor of our teacher and friend
Wendy Zierler.

Jacqueline Koch Ellenson and David Ellenson

Rabba Avital Engelberg

Jacob Exler

Dan Farber

Irving Farber

Shira & David Fass

Julie and Alex Fax

Ethel C. Fenig

Paul and Wendy Filer

Mazal Tov on this tremendous simcha of smicha!

Rabba Rachel and Rabbi Avi Finegold

David Ford

Anne Frank-Shapiro

Mazal Tov to everyone at
Yeshivat Maharat

Miri Freud-Kandel

Mazel tov to all of
the graduates!

We are so lucky to have you!

Maharat Ruth Friedman

Maurene Fritz

Avigdor Gargy

Bonnie Geller-Geld and Isaac Geld

Sue Gessler

Debbie and Julian Gilbey

Susan Scharf Glick and Harvey Glick

Gloria Golbert

Mazal Tov to this group of women leaders,
especially our dear sister and auntie Tanya!

Love,

Julie, Abby, and Danny Golde

Elaine Goldman

Congrats to all musmakhot!

Tanya, we're so proud of you!!!

You will be an amazing leader!!
Nadine and Ari Goldman

Stu and Jan Goldman

Talia Goldman

Congratulations to all the
musmakhot on
your accomplishment.

Rabbi Linda Henry Goodman

For my teacher, Dr. Wendy Zierler
with great respect and affection.

Rabbi Jodie Gordon

Shira Gordon

Lisa Grant

Judith and Robert Grauman

Rabbi Miriam Greenblatt Weidberg

Ruth Gross

Ruth Gross

Stacey Guthartz Cohen

Racheline Habousha

Mazal Tov to everyone at
Yeshivat Maharat

Lauren & Neil Hamburger

Deborah Buchner and Jack Hausner

Tanya: your compassion,
sensitivity, and love guiding
me through aveilut have
elevated the Torah for me.

Mazal Tov!

Ricki Heicklen

Congratulations to all of the 2021 graduates
upon receiving semikha.

Best of luck in all your endeavors.

Felice Helfgott

Eric Heuberger

Abigail Hirsch

מזל טוב dear Wendy,
shacharit buddy, scholar extraordinaire,
passionate & compassionate community leader!

Lisa Licht Hirsch & Danny Hirsch

Marjorie Hirsch

Bernard Horowitz

Racquel & Dani Houpt

Congratulations to all the musmakhot
on your accomplishment.

We are so proud of you, Tanya.
Mazel tov from aunt & uncle, Joshua, Matthew and Naomi.

Aunt Bernie & Uncle Merrill Hoyt

Lilly Icikson

Rivka Isaacson

With much appreciation for your institution
which is groundbreaking for future generations.

Judy Weiss Jackson and Michael Jackson

מזל טוב to Wendy Zierler
on yet another outstanding accomplishment.

May you go מחיל אל חיל.

Madeline and Hillel Jaffe

Mazal Tov to my six esteemed colleagues for
your work and commitment to Torah values
and Halacha.

I'm excited to welcome to the world of the
Orthodox rabbinate as you take your rightful
places at the table.

R. Tanya, R. Dr. Liz, R. Yael, R. Lisa, R. Dr.
Lindsey, R. Dr. Wendy: May you know fulfillment
and joy in your work!

Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe

Jeannie Appleman - JOIN for Justice

Mazal tov to Lisa Schlaff and
all of the graduates.

Michal and David Kahan

Louise Kahn

Alan Paul Katz

Mazal tov to Wendy Zierler,
wise teacher, caring colleague
and cherished friend!

Jan Katz

Jill Katz

Joan and Henry Katz

Charlotte and Ranon Katzoff

Carole Kaufman

Karin Shmueli & David Kaufman

In honor of Yael Keller and all the graduates.
Barbara and Matin Keller

Yael and Rabbi Will Keller

Mary Jane Kennedy

Mazel Tov to Liz and her fellow graduates.
May you go from strength to strength.

With love,

Ruth and Brian Kerr

In memory of Hilda and Seymour Kessler
Chanan Kessler

Congratulations to all the
musmakhot on
your accomplishment.

Lizzy and Joseph Kimmel

Congratulations to all the musmakhot
on your accomplishment

Lisa Kleinmann

Mazal Tov to everyone at
Yeshivat Maharat.

Esther Kletter

Rabbanit Michal Kohane

Mazal tov Lisa!

Your dedication to and love for Torah
inspire your students and colleagues alike!

Danny Kroll

Arielle Krule

Janet Landay

Lisa,
Mazal tov on this beautiful achievement,
may all of us at SAR continue
to benefit from your amazing example.

Shifra Landowne

Zoë Lang

Judy Lee

Mazal tov to the graduates -
including our friends-
Elizabeth, Lisa and Wendy!

With admiration,

Nancy and Rabbi Dov Lerea

Agnes and Alan Leshner

Congratulations to all the musmakhot
on your accomplishment

Dena and Mark Levie

Susanna Levin

Sydney Levine

Yael Levine

Moshe Levison

Mazal tov to Dr. Wendy Zierler

Dorothy Feldman, Carolyn
and Howard Graybow, and Ruth Licht

Congratulations to Dr. Wendy Zierler:
Inspiring educator and wonderful person!

Nachama Loeshelle

Mazal Tov to the graduates, leadership,
Emerging Scholars and the entire Maharat Community!

Rabbi Asher, Rachel, Shayna,
Cara, Judah and Gideon Lopatin

Mazal tov musmakhot!
You are changing the world, each in your own way.

Totally inspiring.
Miriam and Harris Lorie

Ann Goldhirsch and Barry Love

Esther and David Malach

Margot Mann

Mazal tov to all of this year's graduates
for your inspiring achievement.

Shoshana Maraney

Mazel tov to Dr. Liz Shayne
on your many accomplishments!

Roberta Weinstein-Cohen and Mark Cohen

Yehudit Mazur

Ruth and Edward Medros

In recognition of the
wonderful and important work
you do to advance Torah
for women.

Chavee Lerer and Victor Mellon

You are my friend, my sister, my rabbi.
Thank you for being you
and being such an inspiration to me.

Love you.
Michal Miller

Debbie Mishaly

Marian Frankston and Burton Morris

Ariele Mortkowitz

Mazal tov!

We are so excited to be on
the road that you are building!

Rabba Wendy Amsellem and Rabbi Mike Moskowitz

Caroline Musin Berkowitz

Amy Newman

Lizzie Norland

Melissa Nunes-Harwitt

Mary Jane and Jack O'Brien

Ahrona Ohring

Fern and Lou Oppenheim

Risa and Curt Owens

Mazal Tov to all.
Special best wishes to Lisa Schlaff!

In honor of Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter - we miss you...

Bashi and Dr. Roger Packer

Phyllis and Charles Parker

Mazal Tov to our
wonderful daughter-in-law!

Debby and Jay Pearlberg

Fernanda Perrone

Dr. Beverly Pincus

Janet Podell

Adrienne Powell

Regene and Dr. Kenneth Prager

Stacy and Solomon Rabinowitsch

Sarah Ratner

Judy and Steven Richman

Rosenbaum Family

Tali and Rabbi Naftali Rothstein

Kate Rozansky

Tanya, As long as I've known you,
I've always experienced your spirit
as a tapestry of grace & authenticity.

Shelee Saal

Congratulations to all the musmakhot
on your accomplishment.

Rabbi Joanna Samuels

Delise and Michael Sandpearl

Congratulations to all the musmakhot
on your accomplishment.

Sheryl and Bruce Schainker

To Dr. Liz Shayne,
mazal u'bracha, kol hakavod!

Pamela and Mayer Schlisser and Family

Wishing you continuing and growing success.

Trudy and Dr. Howard J. Schwartz

Rabbi Eliakim Schwarz

Mazal tov to all the
musmakhot, and most especially
to my beloved teacher, mentor,
and friend Wendy Zierler.

Rollin Simmons and David Segal

Sybil Sheridan

Congratulations to Tanya and all mushmakhot

From,
Aunt Esther Shifrin,
and cousins Judy, Ken, and Rachel King

Maeera Shreiber

Devora Steinmetz and Rabbi David Silber

Shira Silver

Mazal tov Yael Smooha.
Audrey and Fred Silverberg

Mazal Tov to Yeshivat Maharat,
and especially to Wendy.
Your parents are so proud.

Love,
Carol, Jonah, Adina, & Evan

Lindsay Simmonds

Harry Sinoff

Dalia Smerka

Shira and Zvi Solomons

Mazal tov to Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
and all the graduates on your magnificent achievement

Deborah and David Stanhill

Congratulations to all the musmakhot
on your accomplishment

Rachel and Mark Stein

Sari Steinberg

Emma & Andrew Stitcher

Rhonda and William Stock

In honor of Rabbanit Amalia Haas
Susan Stodolsky

Yali Szulanski

Shoshi Talesnick

To honor our women teachers.

Antonia Tamplin

משפחת מיכאלי Team Michaeli

Warren Tessler

Mazal Tov to Wendy Z.
and all the graduates
from the Tuesday Sisters!

The Tuesday Sisters

In honor of all of the musmakhot
and in admiration of Rabba Sara Hurwitz,
who had the vision.

Sivya and Nahum Twersky

Lauren and Milton Wakschlag

MAZAL TOV LISA!!

We are so blessed to have your inspiring leadership-
always a pioneer and role model to us!

Talya & Alexander Waldman and the Waldman Family

Dr. Bella Hass Weinberg

Mazal tov to Maharat Tanya Farber -
your path is a fulfillment for generations of women,
especially Rabbanit Chava Oles a"h.

Miriam Oles and James Weinberger

Sue Gross and Dov Weinstock

Weiss-Yohananoff Family