MARCHING ON
a publication for the alumni and friends of
Broward County
March of the Living
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ROSH HASHANA 5781 SEPTEMBER, 2020 |
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SHANA TOVA
A HAPPY, HEALTHY AND
PEACEFUL NEW YEAR TO EACH OF YOU AND
YOUR FAMILIES
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DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE
I hope this newsletter finds each of you and your families healthy. No one could have imagined the times in which we are still living. We are slowly moving forward and charting new territories; learning new things and adapting like never before.
This newletter is full of mazel tovs, condolences, updates, catch ups, interesting articies, program announcements and reminders. If we missed something, I apologize. Let us know what we missed. Send us your life cycle events - we love pictures. Everyone (including parents who get the newsletter as well) enjoy learning about the life cycle events and other information about those with whom they went on the March.
The March of the Living, both locally here in Broward County and the International March of the Living are providing a variety of interesting and informative virtual programs open to alumni, their parents and the entire community at large. Information on upcoming programs are below.
As you will note, we have started a new section - "Catching Up". We all love to see where our fellow Marchers have been (and where they are going). We want to include you, so send your update to me (rbaltuch@jewishbroward.org) for our next newsletter.
We also want to send you a birthday card - so be sure to send us an updated mailing address and if you know of alumni who are not receiving our newsletters, tell them first to check their promotions tab or spam, as unfortunately that's where our emails often land and if that's not the case, have them send me a good email address.
Watch for some Zoom reunions - the first will be 1992....coming up in the next couple of weeks. If you want to "host" one, let me know. We're happy to set it up. Please, please stay in touch.
On behalf of Amy Wildstein, Broward County Assistant Director of the March of the Living and me, we wish you and your families a Shana Tova, a happy, healthy and sweet New Year. G'mar hatimah tova - May you be inscribed for all good things
Rochelle
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WEDDINGS
Yosefa Heber (06) on her June 21, 2020 marriage to Eli Lunzer. They live in New York where Yosefa is in house counsel at a publicly traded realestate firm and Eli runs Eli Lunzer Productions, an event planning and brand marketing firm.
Erin Butler (00) on her August 16, 2020 marriage to Ben Cohen. They were married in Minnesota at the home of Ben's parents and are living in New York. You can find more information on Erin in the "Catching Up" section below but wanted to share that Ben is a filmmaker and writer. His grandmother is a survivor and participated as a witness in the last trials in Germany of former Nazis guards from Stutthof. Ben attended the trails on his grandmother's behalf and dedicates his work to telling her story and honoring her life-long commitmen to human rights and justice. Mazel tov to mom, Alicia Butler (05)
BNEI MITZVAHS
Josh Kent (92) on his son Shalev Ethan on becoming a Bar Mitzvah and the upcoming Bat Mitzvah of his daughter Zoe Shirav on October 12, 2020
Carol Axel (15) on her grandson, becoming a Bar Mitzvah.
BIRTHS
Lauren Gostel Groffman (00) and husband on the June 17, 2020 of a daughter,
Mazel tov also to grandmother Karen Fine (02, 10-14) and Uncle Adam Gostel (02)
Emily Cohn Gallardo (10) and husband Lenny on the June 27, 2020 birth of a daughter, Gianna Lea, 8 lbs 3 oz and 20 1/2 inches. Mazel tov also to grandparents Lauren (10, 13) and Alan (06, 12) Cohn, Uncle Darren Cohn (12) and Aunt Rachel Cohn (06)
Skye Paniccia (17) and Steven Sciacca on the June 30, 2020 birth of a daughter, Mia Marie, 6 lbs 4 oz and 18 1/2 inches. Mazel tov also to Aunt Shelbi Panicia (15).
Gaby Ittah Sehayik (10) and husband Aryeh on the birth of a son, Isaac Aaron on July 28, 2020, 5 lbs 14 oz and 19.5 inches. Mazel tov also to Aunt Julia Ittah (19)
Jessica Rozental Ben Nun (96) and husband Shay on the birth of a daughter, Noa Chava on July 13, 2020. She is namefor Jessica's mother, Eva (z'l).
Rachel and Alex Baum (05A) on the birth of a new granddaughter, Naya Elle Barikian on August 6, 2020
Daviah Rimboeck Kasten (06) and husband Peter on the August 26, 2020 birth of a daughter, Aria Elisabeth, weighing just over 8 lbs and 21 inches.
HONORS, ACHIEVEMENTS, NEW JOBS
Jason Rogers (94) on receiving the Robert S and Ceil N Levy Young Leadership Award from the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County.
Alexandra (Alex) Cott (14) received her Masters in Visual Arts Administration from NYU.
Jessica Rozental Ben Nun (96) accepted the position as Director of Advancement for Hillel International
David Roberts (10) has become an anesthesiology resident at Penn Medical
Samantha Schultz (14) graduated nursing school this past December and is currently working at NYU Hospital in New York in the mother baby unit.
Sid Handler (Survivor with 07 Adult Bus) on being honored by the New England Friends of the March of the Living with the Stephan Ross Excellence in Holocaust Education Award.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Shout out to Lauren Walerstein Lieberman (98) - LILA Photo - on being featured on the Today Show when they featured a segment on unemployment. Lauren, one of the Founding Partners of Headshot Booker announced the initiative of 10,000 Headshots. They partnered with Brookfield Retail Properities and 200 photographers to create pop-up studies on July 22, 2020 at their locations in all 50 states, to enable those unemployed to be able to enhance their resumes with a headshot. Lauren said, "It really has the power through one image, through one experience to completely change around their lives and give them hope."
CONOLENCES
Marilyn Zlatkin (18) on the passing of her father, Thomas Bohan. Condolences to grandchildren Alyssa Zlakin (14 ) and Chad Zlatkin (18)
Rachel Lesnik (14) on the passing of her grandfather, Jerry Breslaw.
Stepheanie Rosner (13), Carly Rosner (16) and Julie Rosner (16) on the passing of their grandfather, Dr Ben Zion Rogoff.
Marni Greenberg Roberg (04) on the passing of her mother, Roberta Neuhaus Slade Greenberg
Jenna Tandlich Andrade (04) on the passing of her grandmother, Helen Beloff
Irv Kempner (07 A) on the passing of his mother, Holocaust survivor, Marlene Freidenreich Kempner, at the age of 98.
Jessica Bagliebter (10) on the passing of her grandmother Sophie Englander
Geil Bilu (92) on the passing of his father, Yehuda Bilu
Julia Sumkin (13) and Madeline Sumkn (15) on the passing of their grandmother.
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Heather Scherman Prather (96) has been married for 3 years to Joey Prather, living in California. She is a Director, overseeing integrated marketing at Cliff Bar
Rachel Dalin Biderman (94) has been married for 17 years to Brandon Biederman. They have 2 children, Mallory, 12 and Blake, 10. Rachel is a pharmaceutical sales rep for Pfizer Dematology.
Jessica Broad Kalish (00) lives in Atlanta, Ga with her husband Alex Kalish and children Shane, 6 1/2 and Ruby 2 1/2. Jessica works in marketing for the Coca-Cola Company.
Josh Lewin (10) graduated from the University of Florida and Emory University School of Law. Currently, he lives in Atlanta, Ga where he has been practicing business litigation at the law firm of Herman Mullins for the last 3 years.
Yvette Klein Katz (90) is married to Aviv Katz and lives in Boca Raton. She has 3 teenage boys, one of whom is eligible to participate on the 2021 March of the Living. Both Yvette and Aviv are physicians.
Brandice Corriveau Almeida (02) lives in Tampa, Fl with her cute pup, Marley. She is a licensed clinical social worker and together with a friend started a private practice, Sustainable Family Services, in 2015, working primarily with children and families. This summer they completed an 8 week therapeutic summer camp program and will start their therapeutic schooling shortly.
Brandon Perdeck (10) is back in Miami after living in Chicago after college graduation. He returned to set up the Miami office of Aires Capital, where he is Vice President. They are commercial real estate bankers focusing on financing all classes of commercial realestate (warehouses, hotels,shoppingcenters, apartments, storage)
Elyse Cohen (00) has become Vice President of Social Impact at Selena Gomez's new beauty brand, Rare Beauty, aimed at reducing the stigma associated with mental health and helping people get access to the mental health services they need, with a focus on underserved communities.
Jessica Bagliebter (10), after 8 years in the hotel industry, has joined NextLink as their office manager in their Boston headquarters.
Seth Kaplan (92) graduated with a Bachelors in Journalism from GW University and a Master's in public administration from FIU. He could be seen on many TV networks commenting on airline issues. Currently moving from DC to Harrisburg, Pa where he will be an evening news reporter at WHTM-Channel 27, the ABC affiliate in Harrisburg. I will continue to be the transportation analyst for NPR's "Here & Now" and host of the "Airlines Confidential" podcast. As you know, I'm MOL '92, and if this helps too, I have a bachelor's degree in journalism from George Washington University and a master's in public administration from Florida International University.
Darci Cohen (02) is married to Harrison Benjamn and live in Miami, where they are both lawyers. Darci practices complex commercial litigation. They are both involved in the Jewish community, including the Miami Federation where Darci is devoting her efforts to PJ Library. They have twin boys turning 3 on September 14.
Marni Orlove (92) has been living in Boston where she is an essential worker at Mass General Brigham Hospital. She has been working all through COVID and looks forward to traveling the world again.
Jennifer Rickel Sarran (06) is married to Brian Sarran and they live in Boynton Beach with their 2 year old son, Max and doldendoodle, Maggie. Jen is a speech pathologist working in a hospital.
Erin Butler Cohen (00) has spent most of her career in the food justice space working to end hunger in communities through food rescue, distribution, education and other practical, innovative solutions. She recently celebrated her 10th anniversary at City Harvest. New York City's largest food resue organization. She is the Director of Volunteer Programs where each year she and her team work with about 10,000 volunteers assisting with over 2,100 projects to help feed the 1.2 million New Yorkers who are struggling to put meals on their tables.
Marc Rothschild (94) is celebrating 20 years working with the Walt Disney Company. Currently Marc is the entertainment producer for the new shows coming to Shanghai, Tokyo and the Walt Disney World Resorts.
Zach Hoffman (00) and his wife Marlee live in Parkland. They are now proud parents of a son Blake who is three and a daughter, Shelby who is one. He is the founder and CEO of Exults, a digital marketing agency that has been in business for over 15 years. In addition to his professional endeavors, Zach believes that it is extremely important to give back to the local community, as well as non-profits, programs and initiatives that serve children’s needs. Zach is determined to continuously contribute to organizations that fulfill this mission. He is currently a Board Member of Jewish Family Services of Broward County and also supports several non-profit organizations including the Jason Taylor Foundation, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, American Cancer Society, Broward Education Foundation and the Broward Center of the Performing Arts Ghost Light Society, to name a few.
Alan Waldman (13) worked for three summers interning at Facebook and Instagram, and has received an offer to work full time. He was on the Instagram Graph Core team,mdoing everything from optimizing for efficiency on the engineering side to creating new product solutions such as new notifications, and through his work he increased Daily Active Users on Instagram by over a million
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CALLING ALL ALUMNI WITH PICTURES OF ADELE
Because she is stuck at home and no family living close by and doesn't use any kind of device, her family has bought her a Skylight Frame - a photo frame you can email photos to and they appear on the frame in seconds. You can keep adding to them at any time. Send your photos to adelebesserman@ourskylight.com
She'll love them!
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Join us whether you know an indivdual who needs a healing prayer or not.
Although the dates on the flyer end with September 24, the Prayers for Healing/Mi Sheberach will continue.
Don't forget to contact Paulette at pancrum@jewishbroward.org to give her the information and get the zoom link.
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INTERESTING READS:
Celia Kener (17,18), appeals to Facebook to remove Holocaust denial.
Do not miss Amar'e Stoudamire's son singing Avinu Malkeinu.
Ben Cohen's article: "The Last Living Memories of the Holocaust will soon be gone"
"A Film Being Made on the Life of Nicolas Winston"
Little Known Story of Japanese Americans Liberating Dachau
"The Holocaust Survivor Who Deciphered Nazi Doublespeak"
"A Daring Nun Helped Hide 83 Jewish Children"
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Eli and Yoshefa Heber (06) Lunzer
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Ben and Erin Butler (00) Cohen
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Shalev Ethan and Zoe Shirav, Bnei Mitzvah of Josh Kent (92)
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Mason Axel, grandson of Carol Axel (15)
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Gianna Lea, daughter of Lenny and Emily Cohn Gallardo (10)
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Mia Marie, daughter of Steven Sciacca and Skye Paniccia (17)
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Issac Aaron, all by himself |
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Isaac Aaron, son of Aryeh and Gaby Ittah Sehayik (10)
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Noa Chava, daughter of Shay and Jessica Rozental Ben Nun (96)
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Aria Elisabeth, daughter of Peter and Daviah Rimboeck Kasten (06)
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SAVE THE DATE
FRIENDS OF
THE MARCH OF THE LIVING
16TH ANNIVERSARY
GOLF TOURNAMENT
Date: November 22, 2020
Place: Miami Beach Golf Club
2301 Alton Road, Miami Beach
10:00 am – staggered tee time begins
Teams will tee off every 8 minutes
We will assign you a tee time a few days before the event.
Complimentary Driving Range & putting green
20 minutes before tee time only
Box lunch & beverages will be given out
to every cart at start time (Strictly Kosher)
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, there can be no awards dinner.
All winners will be notified by email and trophies will be mailed.
Face coverings/masks must be worn when assembling by your golf cart
Registration Deadline: Nov. 8, 2020 - no walk-ins
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER
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LEARN TO SPEAK HEBREW
Make This The Year To Speak Hebrew!
through Florida Online Adult Ulpan
5-Week Evening Sessions
Classes beginning October 2020
Details to Follow
Levels:
Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced
TO REGISTER:
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REMEMBER TO CHECK OUT THE INTERNATIONAL MARCH OF THE LIVING FACBOOK PAGE EVERY MONDAY FOR ALUMNI IN THE SPOTLIGHT
WATCH FOR UPCOMING PROGRAMS INCLUDING
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“When you listen to a witness, you become a witness” Survivor Speaker Series,
featuring Mala Tribich, MBE, from the United Kingdom.
Mala’s story is one of incredible strength, sadness and resilience. Born in 1930 in Piotrkow, Poland, Mala survived horrific conditions in the ghetto and was hidden by Christian Righteous among the Nations in Czestochowa. She was later deported to Ravensbruck Concentration Camp and ultimately was liberated by the British Army from Bergen Belsen in 1945 at the age of just 14. To her complete shock, her brother Ben had survived the war, and they reunited in England several years later.
Mala was honored by the Queen with an MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) and currently lives in London.
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PLEASE STAY IN TOUCH
STAY HEALTHY
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