Mazal Tov Libi

A big Mazal Tov to Libi Frager (Efron 06-07) on the birth of her daughter last Shabbos. Her name is Esther Tzophia and her parents love her very much!

Chanukah ooVoo Shiur

The ooVoo Chanukah shiur with Rabbi Rosenstein was a big success. On the lefthand side there is Julia Seni with a friend. Next to that is the Touro group, Rachel Minkin, Carol Kritzman, Carly Miller, Liza Souroujon, Atara Kaufman and Meira Pearl. Next is the Stern group with Channah Yudkowsky (who gets a big thank you for arranging all of this), Lisa Hecker, Orah Jooyandeh and Sarah Rivkah Heller (Leora Lax was there too, she's just off screen) and of course there is Rabbi Rosesntein on the right.

Mazel Tov Batya!

Mazel Tov Batya (08-09) on her recent marriage to Reuven Menzelefsky! Loads of Tomer Devorah girls were there to share (and bring) in the simcha!

Top Row: Sarah Hassan, Valerie Dahan, Kellie Kravitz, Reva Woodrow, Bari Dolinger, Kim Hazan, Gila Polatoff.

Bottom Row: Alyssa Ebrani, Karen Abramowitz, Tova Lazarus, Chasida Shicker.

Kiruv Classes, Bris and Visiting Alumnae

Hey there alumnae I was just scrolling through my inbox (always a dangerous activity) and I realized how many pictures I had just sitting there. So instead of keeping them all to myself I've decided to share them with YOU.

Here it goes:

Tova Walder (Ehrlich 06-08) has recently given birth to a baby boy (MAZAL TOV!) the bris turned out to be a bit of a Tomer Devorah event. The babies name is Elazar Menachem Man (named after Rav Shach).

Mrs. Rivkah Wieniger, Esther Amster, Dena Lichtman, Leah Kasten, Lani Pearl, Pesha Rubin, Mrs. Chaya Rochel Satt (Weinstock), Tova Walder (Ehrlich), Sara Orlan (madricha), Julie Wasserman, Sarie Levey, Naomi Markovic (Abrams), Adrienne Rosenthal, Reena Fried, Ariana Goldwasser and Miss Sarah Kesler.

First up... this past Motzei Shabbos Rachel Minkin hosted a kiruv class in her home. A woman from Project Inspired came to give a class to the alumnae, they gained a lot from it! Thank you Carol for sending in the picture and keep on learning!

Atara Kaufman (08-09), Carol Kritzman, Seffi Millstein, Leora Lax, Chelsea Shulman, Pearly Guttman, Rinat Liberman, Rachel Minkin, Esti Cohen and Aliza Abilevitz (09-10)

And lastly (but not leastly :) Hadassah Efros (06-07) recently took a trip to Toronto and had a visit with Lila (Simon/Grafstein 06-07), they kindly took a picture to share with us.

The Annual Tomer Devorah Alumnae Reunion has hardly ended and Alyssa Ebrani (08-10) has sent me pictures already! I don't even have much to post because I haven't had time to to talk to anyone about it but I wanted to get the pictures up so those of us who couldn't make it could enjoy them. Thank you so much Alyssa and thank you to all the attendees who made it out and to the Rabbis, of course, for all the work they put into the reunion.

I'll put a post up about the reunion as soon as I can.

Shavua Tov!

Alyssa Ebrani (08-10) and Chaya Gitty Smith (Stulberger, madricha 08-09)

Alex Levy (Kent 06-07), Tanya Barak(Wainhuas 06-08), Sara Leah Jaffee (Portnoy 06-08) and Zahava Markovic (06-08)

Lisa Hecker, Daniella Casper, Tamar Barak , Channah Yudkowsky , Sammy Greenstein (Cudeck), Meira Pearl, Yali Kay, Sima Polatoff, Esther Snyder, Sarah Siegel, Estie Petrushka, Stephanie Lepolstat (Chiert), Tali Brody and Amy Feder 2007-2008.

Alyssa Ebrani, Penina Ben-Yosef, Atara Kaufman, Karen Abramowitz and Carly Miller, Shana Bet 2009-2010

Tomer Devorah 2009-2010: Alyssa Ebrani, Sarah Rivkah Heller, Pearly Gutman, Seffi Milstein, Esti Cohen, Liza Souroujon, Neda Shayestehpour, Rinat Liberman, Chelsea Berman, Masha Kishkina, Tamar Barak, Sima Polatoff, Carly Miller, Aliza Abilevitz, Ahuva Blau, Rachel Minkin, Carol Kritzman, Atara Kaufman, Penina Ben-Yosef and Karen Abramowitz.

Rachelli Struass, Esther Katz, Shani Goldstein and Atara Kaufman 2008-2009

Esther Snyder, Stephanie Lepolstat (Chiert), Sammy Greenstein (Cudeck), Amy Feder and Esti Petrushka 2007-2008

Wednesday Nights ooVoo Shiur

Last night there was a well attended ooVoo shiur in... all over the place! Reports are coming in that the shiur was incredible and alumnae can't wait for the next one. Thank you to all of the hosts and of course to Rabbi Rosenstein for his time (especially at 5:00 AM!).

Top Left: Channah Yudkowsky (07-09), Sarah Rivkah Heller (09-10), Leora Lax (09-10) and Alyssa Ebrani (08-10). Top Middle, Sima Polatoff (07-09) and Gila Polatoff (08-09). Top Right, Daniella Casper (Lee 07-08). Bottom Left: Rachel Minkin, Pearly Guttman and Ahuva Blau (09-10). Bottom Middle: Carol Krtizman (09-10), Atara Kaufman and Carly Miller (08-10) Bottom Right, Rabbi Rosenstein in Ramot, Israel.

Inspirational Lunch at Touro

A recent email from Liza Souroujon (09-10)... Yashar Koach to all of you and of course a thank you to Liza.

Hi again!

During lunch in Touro a bunch of TD girls were sitting at a table and Margalit (Schwartz) walked by so we asked if we could have an impromptu shiur about what we should be working on during the next month of Cheshvan. Hope the picture can go on the blog.

-Liza Souroujon

Chelsea Berman, Liza Souroujon, Carol Kritzman, Margalit Schwartz (madricha), Neda Shayestehpour and Pearly Guttman (09-10).