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Adrianne Pasternak
Adrianne Pasternak never imagined that giving a D’var Torah at a USY event would
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Lois Hecht Oppenheim, PhD
A graduate of the University of Rochester, where she double majored in Political

AJU’s Annual Dinner Honored
Johnny Varble with the 2009 Shlomo Bardin Lifetime Achievement Award
June 7, 2009. (Click here for photos)
AJU made ABC News on June 8th, with it’s innovative new service learning program – Helping Hands Gardens. The project is part of the Service Learning Class required by all graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Joy filled the air as the graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences, David Lieber School of Graduate Studies, William and Freda Fingerhut School of Education, and the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies participated in the 59th annual commencement exercises, held Sunday, May 17th at the Familian Campus.
In a beautiful and moving ceremony at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, on May 18th, the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies held their ordination services. These twelve new rabbis each begin a new and exciting journey: Aviva Berg, David Caplan Bluman, Shai Cherry, Steven Edelman-Blank, Benjamin Katz, Rachel Mara Kobrin, Laurie Matzkin, Chaya Elizabeth Oliver, Penina Zahava Podwol, Moshe Smolkin, Adam Frank Stein and Elana Ann Zelony. Benjamin Katz was selected by his fellow ordinates to teach a Torah portion. He selected Sefat Emet on Par’shat Ekev (1896).
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