Class Notes
July 2025
Mazel tov to Gabe ’88YC, ’84E and Aliza Sosne and Jay and Debbi Lakritz on the engagement of their children, Betzalel Sosne ’17SB and Miryam Lakritz.
Mazel tov to Michael ’85YC and Leah Popper on the marriage of their daughter, Leah, to Eli Sadiky of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and to the grandmother, Esther Pascher ’68S.
Stanley Mirvis ’05YC, ’08R took up the mantle of director for Arizona State University’s (ASU) Jewish Studies department.
June 2025
Diagnos, Inc. welcomes veteran optometrist Dr. Barry A. Ginsberg ’74YUHS, ’78YCto its scientific advisory board for the United States.
Denholtz has added to its leadership team with the hiring of Jonathan Callahan ’09C, tapping the former Related Management Co. executive as its general counsel.
May 2025
Mazal tov to Yisroel Tannenbaum ’23SB and Ayelet Richter ’21S on their marriage! Mazal tov to Yisroel's parents, YU alumni Dr. Mark Tannenbaum '79YUHSB, '83YC, '83BZ, '87E and Mrs. Judy (Pianko) Tannenbaum '89S, and to Yisroel's siblings, Sarah Sklar, Yechiel Tannenbaum and YU alum and current Sy Syms employee SJ Tannenbaum '22SB, '24K. Mazal tov to Ayelet's parents, YU alumni Mr. Joel Richter ’83YUHSB ’87YC and Elissa (Baum) Richter ’89S and brothers Eitan and Ari.
October 2024
The Stone family is sad to announce the untimely passing of èßäapp alumnus Dr. Zvi (Herman) Stone z"l (’54YUHSB, ’58YC) on October 15, 2024, 13 of Tishrei. Husband of Tasya (’60S), father of Dr. Nachum (’82YC, ’84BR), Shalom (’84YC), Dani, Avi, and Miriam. Brother of Edna Kwalwasser (’64YUHSG, ’68S), Helen Weglein (’59YUHSG, ’63S). The funeral took place in Israel on Erev Sukkot. Notes of condolences can be sent to Tasya at tasyazvi@gmail.com.
August 2024
Malka Zeiger Simkovich ’04S was appointed Editor-in-Chief and Director of the Jewish Publication Society, the pre-eminent non-profit Jewish publishing house in the English-speaking world. Simkovich previously served as the Crown-Ryan Chair of Jewish Studies at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and is the author of three books about Jewish history, most recently Letters From Home: The Creation of Diaspora in Jewish Antiquity (Eisenbrauns 2024). She encourages all YU graduates who care about Jewish ideas to contact her at msimkovich@jps.org about how they can partner with JPS to bring the best of these ideas into the public sphere.
August 2023
From Peter Lowitt ’81E: It is with great sadness that I report Lucille Gerard passed away on August 9, 2023, after a long illness.
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