ALUMNI NEWS
At the Limud Award
Rashi is proud of the accomplishments
of its alumni and is delighted to share
their news.
Rashi board
member
and alumnus
Larry Tobin
attended the
Limud Award
Celebration
with his wife,
Jesse.
1999
Ethan Stone met Rebecca Sheff while living in Burundi and
became engaged while on vacation in Japan. They plan to get
married next summer and settle in the Washington, DC area.
Ethan is currently in the Foreign Service on assignment at the
US Consulate in Mumbai.
Lior Brinn, a 2006 graduate of University of Wisconsin,
graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 2013. He is engaged
to be married to Sarah Janoff. A fall wedding is planned in San
Francisco where he now lives. He is working as an associate at
a law firm that represents clients with asbestos poisoning.
Tikkun
Alum Award
recipient
Rebecca
Scharfstein
(‘04) with her
father, David, at
the celebration.
2002
Ayelet Brinn, a 2009 graduate from Brown University,
received a dual Masters from University of Indiana at
Bloomington in 2012 in Library Science and History. She
recently finished her first year in a Ph.D. program in American
History at U Penn. She is studying early American Yiddish/
Jewish culture. This past summer, she attended a Hebrew
Immersion program at Middlebury College in Vermont.
Ari Klickstein graduated from NYU’s Steinhardt School
majoring in media and communication with a minor in
art history. Ari is an avid photographer and also has been
interning at an organization called Jewish Lens which uses
photography to develop curriculum for Jewish schools
(www.jewishlens.org).
2003
Ari Winograd works as Executive Assistant to the Consul
General of Israel to New England. He recently spoke at Temple
Beth Am as a representative of the Consulate to open their art
exhibit and sale for Safrai Gallery of Jerusalem
(www.tbaisraeliart.com).
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2006
David Arbeiter graduated in 2014 from the University of
Rochester with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a
Minor in History. He is currently living in Groton, CT and works
for General Dynamics Electric Boat designing submarines for
the U.S. Navy.
2008
Gina Starfield (pictured right, page 7) spent six weeks in
Kigali, Rwanda on a study abroad program last summer. “It
was a transformative experience, academically, professionally,
and socially,” she reports. “Some of my most cherished
memories are singing Katy Perry songs with my brothers
while washing the floors and talking late into the night about
the differences between American and Rwandan culture. Their
warmth, caring, and laughter helped me feel at home in a
foreign environment.”
While in Rwanda, Gina studied the effects of the 1994
genocide. For the first three weeks, she took classes centered
on post-genocide conflict resolution, resettlement, and
reconciliation. For the final three weeks, she conducted
independent research in a field study setting. Her research
focused on current violations of freedom of speech, the
civic history education of Rwandan youth, and the justice
and reconciliation model implemented by the Rwandan
Government. “My experience in Rwanda has inspired me to
further research ethnic conflict and reconciliation policies in
other parts of the world.”
Recognizing Alumni Parents
at the Limud Award Celebration
We welcome the following parents to
The Rashi School Alumni Association.
We recognize and thank them for
their commitment and dedication to
our school.
Krista and Steve Alperin
Deborah Block
Laure and Hal Garnick
Janet Segal and Neal Green
Wendy and Steven Handler
Susanne Stern and Randall Horne
Ellen and David Kiron
Yael Hurwitz-Lange and Steven Lange
Ann-Mara and John Lanza
Barbara and Frank Litwin
Alison and Andrew Pomper
Jane Coles Ryter and David Ryter
Neuba and Giovanni Silva
Bonnie Tenneriello and Andrew Sofer
Sindy Wayne and Saul Weingart
Elizabeth Hirschhorn Wilson and Bruce Wilson
2008 (continued)
This fall, Josie Wilson
(pictured left) broke the
five-year girls’ course
record in cross country at
Milton Academy. She ran
Cunningham Park in 19:36;
seven seconds faster than the
previous record. Her first year
on the team, she decided
to join cross country after
fourteen years of playing
soccer and spending the
summer training to run in a
program called Emerging Elites. “I’d put a lot of time into training
and it seemed like a waste not to do anything with it. I wanted
to see how strong a runner I could become,” said Josie.
2010
Jackie Bussgang (pictured
right with Señora Lorena
Kavande-Flores) spent time
this summer volunteering
with AMIGOS, a non-profit
that inspires and builds
young leaders through
collaborative community
development and
immersion in cross-cultural
experiences. Her program
took her to Panama where
she spent seven weeks in a
town where she helped to
run a summer camp for the
local children and organized
a project to pave a path to the town’s school building. This
winter, she shared her experience with the students in Sra.
Lorena’s Spanish class. “After the program, I feel like I’m more
mature, I have a greater appreciation for things, and I feel at
ease talking with people of all different ages,” Jackie reports.
2011
Requesting Nominations for the
2015 Tikkun Alum Award
We invite current and alumni families
to submit nominations for this year’s
Tikkun Alum Award.
Jonny Zackman (pictured
right with a personal letter
from HOCR Race Director
Maura Conron) was recently
honored for saving a rower
during this year’s Head of
the Charles Regatta. The
rower, suffering from a
cardiac event, needed help
getting to a dock. Jonny,
who was volunteering as a
lifeguard that day, saw the
event happening and joined
others who helped the
rower get safely to shore
where he received medical
attention.
For more information, go to:
www.rashi.org/alumni/tikkun_alum.php
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