Fall/Winter 2012-2013 Newsletter - New Community Jewish High ...

Corps Volunteer in Madagascar where sheAlumniteaches English at the public high school. Shestudied and worked in Ghana, East Africa.2008 Sara Fligelman (ChapmanUniversity, 2012) studied in Israel andparticipated in several pediatric internships. Shecurrently lives in Israel and is pursuing agraduate degree in medicine or psychology nextyear. Aaron Goldman (Pratt Institute, NY,2013) studied architecture in Rome. LindsayHadash (University of Arizona, 2012)participated in Birthright and works at aTelevision Rep Firm in Los Angeles. DrewJackson (UCLA 2012; currently attendingUCLA Law School) served as VP of Challah forHunger; appointed member of the UndergraduateStudents Association Council, the highest officeof USAC’s general representative offices and theofficially recognized voice of the students atUCLA to the campus administration, faculty andoutside community; student Leader of the 10-member Westwood Revitalization Committee.Micah Kantrowitz (University of Michigan,2012; Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School ofYeshiva University in Manhattan) studied inRome and traveled throughout Europe.Danielle Siegel (UC Berkeley, 2012) lives andworks in New York and is part of the Avodahprogram. Ryan Snyder (University ofWashington, 2012) is studying at a Yeshiva inJerusalem. Michelle Weiser (BostonUniversity, 2012) works as the Public Affairs andEducation Assistant for GLAD in Boston andstudied in Sydney, Australia. Elie Vogel (LehighUniversity, PA, 2012) teaches English inIsumizako, a small town north of Tokyo Japan.2009 Oriah Amit (USC, 2013) served as aresearch assistant to a Cambridge professor,researching sleep and dreams in 17th centuryEngland. She plans to study in Amsterdam nextsummer and to participate in the MASAinternship program in Israel the following year.Roee Astor (USC Baccalaureate/MD program,2013, continuing at USC Keck School ofMedicine) studied at Hebrew University ofJerusalem and travelled to Spain, Greece, andHolland. He is going to Peru, joining a team ofUSC doctors on a “doctors without borders”mission to help low income indigenous villageswith medical issues. For a year before startingmedical school, he plans to work in SouthAmerica or Africa/Asia focusing on medicine andpublic health issue. Alisa Goldrich (UCBerkeley, 2013) studied at Tel Aviv University.David Greenfeld (UC Berkeley Haas School ofBusiness, 2013) studied in Barcelona. GilaKreitenberg (University of Washington, 2013)studied in Rome and traveled throughoutEurope. Talia Sobol (Bar Ilan University, Israel)finished her full service at IDF in a field unit as alone soldier. Charlie Toder (Davidson College,2013) studied in Chenna, Southern India, with abiology professor. Rachel Wallace (UCSC,2013) studied in Ghana, East Africa; traveled toIsrael as a Hasbara fellow; and served as a UCPublic Service Fellow in Washington, DC.interning in the foreign policy field. She wroteabout her study abroad experiences in the UCSanta Cruz Leviathan, a campus literary journal,works with the UC Education Abroad Program atUCSC, and serves on two advisory committeesto the Chancellor. Molly Williams (University ofColorado, Boulder, 2013) studied at Tel AvivUniversity. Maya Scherr Willson (ReedCollege, 2013) studied in Ecuador and obtaineda grant to work last summer in Nicaragua for theLa Isla Foundation, addressing chronic kidneydisease among sugar cane workers. She is oneof her school’s 4 nominees for a WatsonFellowship, which may provide resources for ayear’s worth of travel, post-graduation.2010 Andrew Cohen (WesleyanUniversity, 2014) studied in Amsterdam andtraveled throughout Europe. He is President of ,AEPi fraternity. Elisheva Grob (AmericanUniversity, 2014) studied in Australia. KarenKaye (Allegheny College, PA, 2014) studiedItalian and painting conservation at Studio ArtCenter International in Florence, Italy. RachelKipnes (Pitzer College, 2014) studied servicesprovided for women in Gabarone, Botswana(Africa) and is going to Quito, Ecuador thisspring to study and live with a family whileworking on an independent project. KennethSchneider (Chapman University, 2014) studiedat Oxford University in England at the ChristSchool of Economics. Danny Strum (USC,2014) travelled to Israel on Birthright. DavidWeingarten (University of Washington, 2014)was recognized as the inaugural PruzanLeadership Fellow for his work in strengtheningthe Jewish community on campus, for Hillel, andIsrael through AIPAC.2011 Jordan Grant (WittenbergUniversity, Ohio, 2015) will study at theUniversity of Botswana next year. BrandonJackson (UCLA, 2015) will study Europeanpolitics in Britain, Netherlands and France nextyear. Shira Kreitenberg (University ofMichigan, 2015)plans to study inSpain or Praguenext year. MaxLevin (IsraelDefense Forcesparatroopers)participated in theYoung Judaeaprogram in Israeland has made Aliyah. Hannah Macias (UCSC,2015) studied in Europe with “The Grand Tour”program tosimulate 17th and18th centuriesexperiences inEurope. She plansto study in Londonnext fall. ArielPrince (UCBerkeley, 2015)was the onlyundergrad internfor Judge Cottonat the Los Angeles Superior Court. She receivedCal’s Leadership Award for the second timeand is the youngest member appointed toVice Chancellor of Finance, John Wilton’s,think tank.New Community Jewish High School • www.ncjhs.org 5