Alumni Event in Boston!Over 100 Alumni came to The Wintergarden at the Boston Seaport on May 4th for a fun filled evening of appetizers, cocktails, music, old friends, and lots of schmoozing.

We had representation of alumni from the 1960’s - 2000’s with a few notable groups: D’79 with 6 alum; D’92 with 7 alum; D’80 with 8 alum; & D’02 with 12 alum! Our music was provided by David Blaustein (D’77)’s jazz band, Melodious Funk.

Friday, August 2nd, we started what we hope to be a new tradition at CYJ - celebrating the 20 year reunion of a Daled Group. Daled 1993 came up to camp on a beautiful Friday afternoon while camp was in

session, and participated in a tour of camp; Line-Up with the campers; Services in the Grove; Shabbat Dinner followed by a ruach filled Song Session; and finished the night off with Israeli Dancing. Lots of nostalgia!

Daled ’93, 20 Year Reunion

DALED 1992: Julie Gulko Fireman; Lara King Friedman; Jody Epps Keival, Caroline Davis Maguire, Naomi Ellis, & Stefanie Cohen Misiph

DALED 1980: David Robbins; Patty Goldstick; Eric Schwartz; Andy Frank & Jay Rosenthal

DALED 1972: Amy Comen

Sherman; Karen Rosenberg Ginsberg

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Below pics from Boston Event as well:Pam Slavsky Stich D’94; Deborah Goodman D’91 & Jamie Udler Koplan D’91

CYJ at the Yankees

Sunday afternoon, April 28th, 40 alumni and some of their family members attended a luncheon on the Rooftop Deck of Yankee Stadium along with a Yankees Game. Daled 2000 and Daled 2002 came out strong in numbers but we were still represented by many generations. We even had Ina Botvin Rosenthal(1949-1953). She wrote to me afterwards: “It was so good to be with other YJ’ers, no matter what their ages or years at camp. I never expected to have such fun!”

DO YOU WANT TO SEE MORE PICTURES? Click on the links below to see more pictures:

•Boston Event at Wintergarden

•CYJ at the Yankees

•Daled ’93 20 Anniversary Shabbat

•Old CYJ Yearbooks (still working on adding more)

•Old CYJ Photos

All of these links direct you to different areas of our Alumni Website:

www.cyjnhalumni.org

ADDITIONAL PICS FROM D’93 REUNION

Tahl Smith-Rapaport holding up Challah for the Motzi at Shabbat Dinner in the Dining Hall

D’93 women experiencing Services in the Grove on a beautiful Shabbat evening

CYJ Women from the 1940’s (and Lou Brown’s son - Murray)

DINA CREIGER CYJ CAMPER

1975-1976

What is it? A movement dedicated to encouraging and inspiring kindness wherever & whenever possible.

How did you get the idea? The idea came to me in 2011 while thinking about the risks to teens associated with Facebook and other social media platforms and the ever prevalent news stories about

bullying. 

Why now? An unexpected tragedy, The Boston Marathon bombings, compelled me to finally move forward.

How can we help? “like” my FB page HERE and go to our website to purchase a Choose To Be Nice t-shirt. And please, spread the word!

This  summer’s  Maccabiah  theme  was  the  Founders  of  CYJ!    Marcy  Kornreich  (Co-­‐Director  of  CYJ)  was  doing  some  research  on  Lou  Brown  and  called  his  son  Murray’s  house.    She  spoke  to  his  wife  Edie,  who  also  went  to  CYJ,  and  was  hosting  a  luncheon  for  a  group  of  her  CYJ  friends  from  the  1940’s.    I  was  lucky  enough  to  be  invited!

(standing  left  to  right)  Harriet  Giss  Bern  (’48-­‐’56);  Jodie  Gould  Diamand  (met  her  husband  Dick  at  CYJ  in  1946);  Honey  Midman  Stollman  (’48-­‐’60);  Eleanor  Midman  Lewis  (’45-­‐’54);  Joan  Jacobs  Brown  (’50-­‐’53);  Murray  Brown  (Head  of  Waterfront  ’46);  (sitting)  Vivian  Orodenker  Kolodny  (’44-­‐’46)  whose  husband  was  older  and  helped  to  actually  build  the  camp!;  and  our  lovely  hostess,  Edie  Giss  Brown  (’48-­‐56).

I  learned  about  the  girls  living  in  tents  on  the  far  side  of  current  boys  area;  campers  taking  hebrew  classes  in  the  morning;  and  how  CYJ  friendships  are  timeless!  

Edie (Giss) Brown & Murray BrownMet at CYJ in 1946!Married 63+ Years

UPCOMING EVENTS

West Hollywood, CA

Saturday, September 28th

Bethesda, MDSaturday, October 19th

Save the Date!Saturday, Aug 16th

75th Reunion@CAMP

1980’SStephen Schwartz D’84 wrote in before the summer, “My wife Paige and I just had our first baby and her name is Andie Bliss Schwartz. She was born 12/6/12, 5.06 lbs, and 18.75 inches long. Both Andie and Paige are doing wonderfully! My niece, Emily Schwartz, is headed to YJ for her first summer at overnight camp. My brother Eric (D’80)and I are both jealous.”

Josh Levine D’88 & Board of Directors and his wife Rachel announced the birth of their first child in the following e-mail: “Even though the world is focused on the royal birth yesterday (Prince George of England), something more important happened in our world.  We were scheduled for a C-section this morning to deliver our son, but our boy decided he just couldn't wait to meet us.  Rachel and I are happy to announce the arrival of Zane Kaiser Levine; 7lbs 15oz; 20” long. Born 7/22/13 @ 9:03pm We are overwhelmed with joy having Zane join his big brother Blazer in making us a happy family of four. We can't believe how fast 9 months can go, but hope that life slows down a bit so we can enjoy these precious moments with our new son.”

1990’SKara Sidell Fischer D’91 and her husband David added to their family on May 29, 2013

with baby girl Samantha Kate. Big brother Jack is 2.5 yrs old. Kara was happy to also share that her niece & nephew went to YJ this past summer.

Mitch Nelles D'91 writes, “My wife, Ellie Gettinger, an alum of Ramah Palmer, and I welcomed our second girl, Nora Claire Nelles, January 27. Hurray!”

Debbie Bender Llewelyn D’ 92 and her husband Danny welcomed their first child, Natalie Meredith Llewelyn, at the end of August. 

Emily Nicholson Scheyer D’93 and her husband welcomed their second daughter, Juliet Reese on August 28th. Juliet and her big sister Lindsey are already listening to camp songs!

Samantha Carieri Feldschneider D’96 and her husband Jeffrey had a little girl, Sydney Lynn Feldschneider on December 11, 2012.

Brian Kesselman D’96 and Michelle Kaufman Kesselman D’98 had a babyBoy, Abel Mack, on January 15, 2013.

Daniel Gorsky D'96 and his wife Debbie Shamban Gorsky welcomed their first child, Edward (Eddie) Gorsky on August 15th.  Eddie was delivered at Mt. Auburn Hospital by Dr. Leo Tom Koshi, weighed 8.5 lbs. and was 20.5". 

Debbie and Eddie are doing great.   

Amanda Pritzker Kahn D’97 writes, “We're loving the YJ bib over here. Thank you so much. In fact, I had my camp friends in town over the weekend and they just melted. Here's Evie (see below)wearing her bib. Daled 2028!

Emily Macnow (staff ’01-’06) & Ted Macnow D’98 son Carl wearing his CYJ Future Camper Bib. (picture below)

Babies! (& future CYJ campers!)

1990’S...Laurie Bohn D’98 writes, “My husband Matt Curley and I recently had a baby girl named Sarah Eve Curley. Sarah is our first baby everyone is doing great! (picture below)

Marissa Jaffe Gelfand D’98 writes, “This is our first baby, and Justin (my husband) and I couldn't be happier. Chase Jackson Gelfand was born on 5/25/13 weighing 9lbs 9 oz at a height of 22 inches. In our eyes, he is just perfect.”  (see picture!)

Sara Rother Floyd D’98 and her husband Jason announce the birth of Kaylee Rose in January. Sara and her family live in Ohio.

Stephanie (Steingold) D’98 and Jason Bressler welcomed their first child, Holden Charles, on May 6, 2013.

Babies! (& future CYJ campers!)

CYJ in the Major Leagues sent in by Andy Murachver D’96

RE:  Josh  Zeid  via  Andy  Murachver  '96.    I'm  really  excited  to  tell  you  that  former  CYJ  camper  Josh  Zeid  has  been  called  up  to  the  Majors  to  pitch  for  the  Houston  Astros.  Yes  you  read  that  correctly,  there  is  a  major  leaguer  among  the  ranks  of  YJ  alumni!

Josh  was  a  camper  and  star  of  the  "junior  junior"  softball  team  in  the  summer  of  1998.  He  went  on  to  pitch  for  Tulane  in  college  and  has  spent  the  last  several  seasons  with  minor  league  afWiliates  of  the  Phillies  and  Astros,  but  now  he  gets  his  chance  at  the  big  show.    Hope  you  Wind  this  as  exciting  as  I  do!  http://www.nhregister.com/general-­‐news/20130729/baseball-­‐new-­‐havens-­‐josh-­‐zeid-­‐called-­‐up-­‐by-­‐houston-­‐astros  

Make sure to let me know when you or another CYJ Alum has a baby! His/Her “Future Camper” bib awaits!

Magazine Articles Inspired by CYJJacqueline Davidson Kopito D’83 and Amy Davidson Lombardo D’83 are twin authors, identical sisters and best friends. They wrote, “Our Camp Secret”, TWINS Magazine, page 9...see link...enjoy!http://www.twinsmagazine.com/html/TWINSJA13.html

Julie Curhan Cottineau D’80 is the CEO & Founder of BrandTwist. She recently wrote an article that was inspired by CYJ! "Branding Lessons Learned from Summer Camp". The article is on Page 25.https://issuu.com/dcom/docs/julyaugust2013ezine_final?e=0

Engagements!

Jason  Paul  D’93  got  engaged  to  Gail  Tabak

Brooke  Ellison  D’95  got  engaged  in  December  to  Jesse  Berman.  He  went  to  Greylock  in  the  Berkshires  for  overnight  camp.  They  live  in  Sharon,  MA  and  are  having  an  immediate  family  wedding  on  Sunday,  December  1st.

Hannah  Wurtzel  D’98  and  Jon  Arkin  D’97  got  engaged  in  NYC  in  February.    They  thank  CYJ  for  allowing  them  to  meet!

Jenn  Segill  D’98  and  Evan  Wantman  (a  camp  Tel  Noar  alum  &  CYJ  Staff  alum)  got  engaged  in  May.      Jen  writes,  “Ahh  this  is  vey  surreal!!  Is  it  kosher  that  I  am  going  to  be  married  to  a  Tel  Noar  boy?!?”  (we  think  it’s  ok  since  he  also  worked  at  CYJ!)

Marissa  Loria  D’99  got  engaged  to  Anthony  Lehmayer  

Ali  Lewinter  D’01  got  engaged  to  Joel  Felcher  (who  happens  to  be  a  Bauercrest  Alum  and  his  mom  is  director  of  CampPembroke.)    

Arielle  Cooperman  D’01  got  engaged  in  March.  She  and  her  Wiance  are  very  excited  and  she  cannot  wait  to  bring  him  up  to  YJ  for  the  75th  reunion!

Weddings!

Jen  Gorden  D’03  (above  in  white  tank  top)  got  married  to  Scott  Marchione  on  July  28th  in  Westborough  Massachusetts.  Four  of  her  seven  bridesmaids  were  her  CYJ  friends:  Jennifer  Kracoff,  Danielle  Tellier,  Hayley  Levine  and  Julie  Tabroff.  Shows  how  strong  of  a  bond  camp  friends  truly  have!  Jen  &  Scott  went  on  a  mini-­‐moon  right  after  the  wedding,  but  are  hoping  to  take  a  real  honeymoon  next  summer.  She  and  her  husband  live  in  Natick  Massachusetts  and  she  is  a  Boston  Public  School  teacher.  

Jason Kaplan D'87 Jason’s  Blog  is  called  The  Wine  Layman:  Wine  in  Plain  English.    The  link  is  http://homewinetastinghq.blogspot.com/.    If  you  need  an  explanation  about  what  the  blog  is  -­‐  click  on  the  right  column  on  the  link  "Who  is  the  Wine  Layman?  What's  His  Deal?"

Len Saunders D’76Len’s  Blog  is  called  Your  Health  Journal.    It  covers all areas (adults and children) of health, fitness, nutrition, and wellness from our former Head of Athletics & Boys Area at CYJ!www.yourhealthjournal.com

Karen Potischman Wise D’77Karen’s Blog is called Verbatim - Musings of a mom of 3, freelance copyeditor, voracious reader, and enthusiastic cook. http://verbatim.blogs.com/verbatim/

CYJ alumwho...

1960’SPhyllis Geller Shulman D’64 writes, “I am thrilled that my granddaughter will attend CYJ next summer as a 9 year old as the 3rd generation.  L'Dor V'Dor. “ 

1970’SMargie (Chebot(ariov)) Apfelbaum D’76 in lieu of children has adopted an impossibly cute puppy named Louie. He’s part rat terrier/Australian cattle dog. He was born on Marathon Monday (4/15/13) which seems to give people around here some solace that life was born even on that terrible day. Although he can’t be a CYJ camper he does have lots of doggy ruach and has already learned to not eat until Motzi has been recited.

1980’SDanny Kern D’80 lives in Israel and writes, “My oldest daughter got married last September.  She was all of 19+.  She is doing fine.  She and her musician hubby live in Jerusalem in a small apartment.”

DALED 84Leslie Klaidman I used to live right outside of Boston in Brookline, but I bought a condo in Concord(MA, not NH) so I have been living there for the

past six years. I have worked at the same company for 14 years. I have been at American Tower Corporation as the Manager of Customer Accounting after working for almost every radio station in Boston in their business departments. I also keep busy volunteering for the sorority I joined in college. I have served Alpha Epsilon Phi in many roles and I just started my third year as National President of the organization. There are a few AEPhis who work at CYJ so my different worlds have definitely collided! Between work and sorority, I have not had time to settle down and get married. I do have a special man in my life who puts up with my crazy hours and endless travel, so that is all that I can ask for.So great to hear how everyone is doing…keep the updates coming!

Sandra Harrisburg Serbin It so great to hear from everyone again! I am married and am living in Scarborough, Maine with my husband Drew and two girls, Ava(6 1/2) and Lexi (4 1/2). I own a boutique(women's clothing) in Portland's old port section. I've been doing this for about 16 years now and love what I do.My girls are too young for YJ but could be a possibility for the future. My eldest (Ava) just started Hebrew school this year and is really enjoying that. I hope everyone has a happy new year and if anyone's ever in Portland

please stop by to say hi. Julie Kahan Simone I Love reading everyone's updates and seeing how everyone is doing! The summers spent at YJ were the best summers growing up. I am married with 2 boys - Zachary is 11 and in 6th grade (yes he is in Jr. High) and Tyler is 10 and in 4th. My boys are 14months apart, but not planned that way - should have been 16 months, but my younger one couldn't wait to meet the family. I am living in Hampton, NH. We spend our summers following my oldest around to baseball games (his team has done fantastic) and going to the beach. Haven't sent my kids to camp. They love spending their summer at home and going to the beach. Paul - we drove by TelNoar on our way to a Tournament in Hampstead. My husband, who is Catholic, and didn't go to camp, looked over and said look at all those kids. Then I saw the sign and told him about how we used to go their for sports and how I had friends who went to that camp. Did drive by YJ when I was in college and got the same feeling I used to when I went for the first day - butterflies in my stomach but so excited! I work from home as a consultant for the company I worked for before having the boys and also sub in their schools. Would love to get together with anyone that is local to NH!! 

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Justin Hoffman Congratulations to everyone on their families. I've never been married and absolutely love what I do for a living. I play records for the sweet, god fearing, mitzvah loving people of Las Vegas. I work for some of the hotels and get to travel the world. I’m incredibly lucky and grateful. I am in love with a muslim girl and couldn’t be happier. Love and miss everyone and so happy that you were all a part of one of the best if not the best time of my life. 

Laurie Aaronson I am married, have 2 kids (I started on them on the later end of the spectrum....daughter Talia is 4 and son Rex is 2) and live in San Francisco. Have a restaurant consulting company and also own a few restaurants here in SF. I think its early to dream about summer camp for my kiddos but when I got my s*** together enough to take them to temple yesterday (First time ever), several tunes really took me back. Best summers of my life. Would be fun to reconnect so please let me know if you find yourself in SF!

Hedy Schwartz Dion I currently live in Framingham with my 10 year old daughter Nicole. My daughter really wants to go to YJ, so we're thinking about it for next year. I work for Oracle as a Project Manager within the Health Sciences Global Business Unit.

Jodie Markell Titus I am married living in Marblehead, MA. I have two children - a Daughter Rachel who is 19 who went to YJ and is currently a Junior in college(did I really just say that, I am old) I also have a 13 year old son Zach in 8th grade, and to my disappointment no YJ for him. I just found our Gadna yearbook in the attic last week. Best summer of younger years! Hope everyone is well.  Resa Tolin Sherr I am living inWestborough Mass with my husband and 2 daughters (Rachel who is 13 and Rebecca who is 10). Both girls go to YJ and absolutely love it! I was a special education teacher for many years, but have enjoyed being home with my girls for the last few years. I am very involved with the parent groups in town as well as the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

 DALED 86Todd Brenner D’86 is the Daled 1986 Alumni Ambassador. He is married to Lauren (she never went to CYJ), and has a 10 year old son Jared. And Jared just had a great time at CYJ this past summer in Bunk 4. Todd works at EMD Millipore in Billerica, MA. And he enjoys coaching Jared’s Little League baseball team.

Daniel C Jaffee M.D. and his wife have four children. His girls are eight, seven, and twin boys that are 3 1/2. This summer they moved from Providence Rhode Island where they have been for the past nine years to Scottsdale, Arizona. Dan is a urologist.

Elisa Finer Levenbaum moved to Scottsdale AZ in 2004. She is married to a great guy Michael and they have 2 kids, Ethan is 7 ½ and Alexandra is 6. They also have 2 Great Danes names Clifford and T Bone. Elisa has been working in corporate sales for the past 18 years and has enjoyed it for the most part. She is now spending more time with her children and has been venturing on a new career and her own business as a dog trainer.

Eric Drotch wrote to us from Jerusalem, where he has spent the past 4 months on a Fulbright grant, looking into art education in Israel. After college and working in the nonprofit world for a bunch of years, Eric went back to school and got an MFA in painting. Eric teaches at a school in central NJ. He got married in 2009. His wife - a poet and teacher - and Eric have two young boys who are now 2 years old and 8 months old.

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Eric has two nieces and a nephew going to CYJ this summer, and he’s looking forward to the day when he can drop off his own kids in Amherst.

Tamara Kessler now lives in Southeast Virginia, Hampton Roads area. Tamara works in nursing education as the Director of Nursing Development and Recruitment for ECPI University, which has 12 campuses across 3 states: NC, SC, and Virginia. Tamara is married to a great man (Ryan) who helps keep it all together with a busy work and home life. Tamara has 3 kids, Carlee (21), Brandon (18), and Morgan (8). Carlee and Brandon both went to YJ as campers for a few years, and Carlee also went back as a counselor, making them the 3rd generation of Kesslers at YJ.

Karen Kramer works as a curator of Native American Art and Culture at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. Karen went to college in Denver, then after grad school in DC, she worked at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian for a couple of years. She lives in Marblehead, MA with her sweet 3 1/2 year old boy Mason. She has been back in Marblehead (where she grew

up) for a little more than 10 years. Mason is a little too young to go to YJ but she hopes that he'll have fun summers there like she did.

Amy (Weinberg)Abrams is a native New Yorker that is now living in MA. Amy has been here for 17 years after marrying her high school sweetheart. They have 3 kids...13,10 and 7. She works in special education. They spend time in the summer in Hull, MA.

Leah (Dorfman) Doryoseph has been living in Haifa, Israel for the past five years. Before that she worked at Millipore. Leah and her wife Karen have two sons ages 10 and 7. She works teaching English and computer science.

Stephanie Posner is married to Adam. Stephanie worked in Daytime Television in NY City for 16 years. Five years ago, she started her own boutique production company where she branded companies, people, and events through video. She also consults for television networks and she produces sizzle reels for reality shows. Her 3 kids are Noah, 8. Ella, 6 and Olivia, 2. She is relocating to Sudbury Massachusetts, and can't wait to send her two oldest to YJ!!

Eric Epstein has spent most of

the past 18 years in southern CA by the beach. He worked most of his career with large private equity funds and is now more focused on living a balanced life as a surfer and yogi. He recently started a new investment firm. He is still single, never been married and has no kids. He travels frequently particularly to Hawaii where he recently took up kite boarding. He is soon taking a surfboat trip with 12 of his buddies to Indonesia.

Jamie (Gornstein)Tighe is married to Kevin for 13 years and they have a 12-year-old daughter Sydney and an 8-year-old daughter Ashley. They are in the process of planning Sydney's Bat Mitzvah, which will be held on May 3, 2014. She will also be training for her third Boston Marathon.

Jill (Silk) Behar graduated from GW, and then lived in NYC for about 9 years. She was a Credit Analyst for Deutsche Bank. After her son Eli was born, they moved to Woodcliff Lake. Eli is 9 and her daughter Leah is 6. Eli will be going to YJ second session for the first time!

Eric Bikofsky lives out in the Scottsdale area (Chandler). He’s got 2 wonderful daughters, Kacie who will be 8 at the end of August and Mia, who just turned 6.

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Michael Katz has a partner Bill and a Bernese Mountain Dog, Isabel. He’s living in Boston's South End and works in Cambridge for a software company doing digital marketing. Michael loves traveling. He’s also been a Jewish Big Brother for the past 11 years and it's strange now that his "little" brother just graduated from high school.

Ilana Marcus Drimmer lives in DC with her husband and 2 kids, working at NBC news for "Meet the Press." She has a boy who is almost 8 and a girl, almost 6. Ilana has been in tv news for her entire career-- and is now working part time.

Jennifer (Epstein) Callahan is married to Kevin and they have a 9 year old, Emma, 6.5 year old, Sara and 5 year old, Ryan. They moved to Houston 4 years ago from NYC for her husband’s job. Jen has been a stay at home mom for the past 6 years. Before that, she traded Asian equities on the institutional side. Their kids go to a Jewish day school in Houston and it was painful not sending their daughter this year to CYJ!

Scott Duby has been in Chicago for the last 10 years and works for IBM. His wife, Wendi, is a Rabbi in Glencoe, IL. They have two kids; Josh,

is 6 and their daughter, Cameron, is 4.

Josh Fluhr and his wife Melisa moved to Mendham, NJ last week with their two boys Austin (6) and Chase (3) after 18 months back in NYC following a 5 year run in LA (NY prior to that). The kids aren’t YJ aged yet but when the time comes they will likely make the annual pilgrimage to NH each summer. After grad school at NYU he went to work for Starwood Hotels in NY (W and aloft hotels) and he now works for Morgans Hotel Group in NY developing/opening hotels around the globe and coincidently he wrote this note from Doha, Qatar where they are in the middle of building a hotel. “It is a balmy 110°… I’m just saying.”

Julie Ravech got married 2 yrs ago to the best man in the world. “We are enjoying city life here in Boston - we both walk to work, which is great except when it's 100 degrees. My husband isn't Jewish and my married name is - r u ready? - O'Connell. I love telling people that I am the only Jewish O'Connell they know. I talk about camp all the time and my husband is trying to get it - very foreign for those who didn't have what we all did. As for career, I work at

Fidelity in managed accounts and have been there forever. I also teach yoga at Equinox in Boston. If anyone wants to come for class, let me know!”

Tarni Fondren lives on Martha's Vineyard with her husband, Vasska, their almost 6 year old son, Dillon and their 2 Hungarian Vizsla dogs, Beckett and Beatrice. She is the 4th generation owner of Brickman's, a family department store. They are currently celebrating their 100th year in business! “Please stop in to say 'hi' if you find yourselves on the Vineyard!”

Dara (Shindler) Theodore has been in NYC since 1995. She met her husband there in 97, and they are about to celebrate their 10th anniversary. “His name is Ali--and he is Jewish--that's my contribution to the name game. :)” They have 2 boys, Lee and Jude, 7 and 4.5 years. Dara sang professionally for a while, which is how she met Ali who works in music, and now she’s home with the boys.

Stephanie (Clayman) Giarla has been married to RJ Giarla for the past 12 years. She has two girls Rayna, 11 and Emelia, 7. She would love to send Rayna to CYJ but Rayna is afraid to be away from

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home. After being a retail store manager for 10+ years Stephanie has taken a step down and is currently working in sales for Brooks Brothers. She lives in Lynn, MA just north of Boston. Her biggest volunteer activity was as a chaperone for 95 fifth graders on her daughter's trip to DC recently. It brought back memories of the count off.

Karen Pogatch has been in the Convention / Event planning industry for 16 years now and she definitely has done and still does a fair amount of traveling. In her spare time She does a lot of photography...more hobby then business but she does tend to do a lot of children’s portraits, something about capturing the expressions of children that she loves. She has not updated her website in a few years...but feel free to check it out, it's a work in progress. www.karenlynnephotography.com She is currently single, still searching and without children. She has been to so many fabulous countries and has done so many great things, but “it would be nice to finally settle down soon.”

Susan (Bornstein)Abraham recently moved to Needham, MA with her husband (Andrew) and their two

children. Their daughter Barrie is 6 and their son Brayden will be 2 this fall. She works in Boston at Fidelity Investments. They are in the Cape most weekends in the summer and welcome visitors.

Jodi Silverman now lives in Florida with her 8 year old son Evan. She is an IT Project Manager and a Program Leader at Landmark Education. She spends most of her time training and developing leaders and empowering people to live extraordinary lives. She is trying to get her son into the second session of CYJ this year! “I would be so thrilled to have him go there.”

Jodi (Cohen) Daniels & Ross Daniels represent Daled '86 in the camp couples category. They’ll be married 16 years this summer and they have two boys, Michael (12) and Andrew (10). They moved to Holliston, MA 4 years ago and live in a great family neighborhood that feels a lot like camp, which probably has something to do with living on the same street as her brother Craig Cohen D’88 and his wife Rachel (their kids are at YJ for the first time this summer) as well as Marni (Wiadro)D’88 and Jason Israel D’89, along with a bunch of other neighborhood friends who

seem to have a YJ or other Jewish geography connection. Ross has been working at Cisco Systems for the past 14 years doing technology marketing, and Jodi left the high-tech marketing world a long time ago and is home with the boys. Both boys are attending their second summer at Camp JORI in Rhode Island (where they actually bumped into the Jaffee family last year and where YJ's Rachel (Mersky) Woda D’88 is now the assistant director), and they are thrilled for them to have a Jewish overnight camp experience.

Joy Goldberg Jenner lives in Coral Springs, FL. She is married with 2 kids. Her son is 12 and her daughter is 9. She met her husband in Boston and they have lived in sunny FL for 14 yrs. She does not miss the cold at all! Joy is married to a non Jew, so he does not "get" the whole YJ thing, but at some point she would love to get her daughter there. Her son plays baseball all summer so for him it is out. She works for a telecommunications company and has been in that industry since getting out of college. It's stressful but she really enjoy it. She writes, “It's great to hear how everyone is doing! My best childhood memories are of YJ and all of you!”

Alumni News

Barbara Platt D’66 (after receiving an e-mail this summer from the Alumni Association, writes me the following e-mail)

The timing of this email is so ironic! I was in my car with my husband yesterday, on a long drive and Ira Glass, from This American Life, was doing a radio show on NPR about camp people v non-camp people and how non-camp people will NEVER get the kind of experience camp people have. There do not seem to be words, in our vernacular, that can actually replicate the true nature of the experience. The understatement of this century and the last. Exciting? (Ha! During Macabiah, I would venture to say, I experienced more of a pure adrenalin rush then with any other experience in my life with the POSSIBLE exception of childbirth. Note, I said POSSIBLE!) Emotional? (Ha! Waiting for Barbie Bass' bus to arrive the first day of camp, from Long Island, and suddenly hearing somebody in Hadar Ohel yell - with the first sighting - IT'S HERE! - well, my wedding was pretty emotional but....in the same category as Barbie Bass' bus? I'm not goin' there.) Life-changing? (Ha! Some counselor who had gone to the same camp for 12 years was asked how camp was life-changing - in what way he a different person then he would have been had he not gone to camp. Now this was a very well-educated, articulate man, who had no trouble answering previous questions with great expression and enthusiasm. But, try as he might, words utterly failed him. He stammered. He stuttered. He cleared his throat. And finally, he said, with as much feeling as he could muster: I dunno. It just did.)

At the end of the program, at a girl's camp somewhere, they just let the recording instrument run and record a ceremony that took place during this camps' color wars . It was some ceremony letting the girls know who was selected team captains.

I was driving our car at the time and my husband was in the passenger seat. Every time he opened up his mouth to say a word.....I screamed SHHHHHHH!!! During the ceremony at this camp, you could hear the voices of the head counselors making the announcements but then all you heard was HYSTERICAL CRYING. Happy crying from the girls who were selected. Miserable, gut-wrenching, suicidal crying from the girls who weren't. This sobbing must have gone on for - fully - five, six, seven minutes of air time, and I kept thinking...anybody who is a NON-camper must have turned their dial a LONG time ago. For them, it would have been absolutely revoltingly obnoxious.

For me? I was delirious. Screaming with laughter, tears rolling down my cheeks. Pointing, hysterically, at the radio. Holding my sides. It was probably not a good idea that I was behind the steering wheel. That hysterical, out-of-control, blindingly painful, happy, miserable, over- the-top crying, brought back the best memories of my life.

We Remember the fun times...

Really  great  job  on  the  newsletter  and  all  the  other  alumni  stuff.    I  can  spend  hours  going  through  photos  and  yearbooks.  Thanks.    Jeffrey  Worob  D’84

I  was  Daled  '91.    I  recall  our  slogan  was  'we  are  awesome,  we  are  fun,  Daled  Daled  91!'.    All  of  the  girls  got  t-­‐shirts  with  the  slogan  at  one  of  the  kiosks  in  the  old  Natick  Mall  before  we  went  to  camp  that  summer.    My  good  friend,  Jamie  Koplan,  told  me  about  the  reunion.    We  are  still  friends  after  all  these  years!    Deborah  Goodman  D’91

Just  a  quick  note  to  say  thank  you  for  organizing  the  event  last  night  (Boston  Alumni  Event  at  the  WinterGarden).  There  were  some  really  nice  touches  (cake,  M&Ms,  etc),  the  space  was  beautiful,  food  delicious  and  most  of  all  it  was  so,  so  good  to  see  everyone  after  so  many  years.  Reconnected  with  one  good  friend  of  the  past  in  particular  after  20  years  which  is  pretty  amazing….  It  was  much  appreciated  by  all.    Lara  King  Friedman  D’92

It  was  a  really  fun  night  (Daled  ’93  Alumni  Shabbat)  and  a  great  way  to  build  up  alumni  spirit.    I  think  that  holding  during  the  the  Friday  night  activities  was  a  fantastic  idea  as  we    were  able  to  sample  all  the  things  we  remembered  -­‐  services,  dinner,  songs,  dancing,  etc.    The  tour  of  camp  was  really  fun  too  because  even  though  it  is  mostly  the  same,  it  certainly  looks  different  from  an  adult  perspective.    Thanks  for  organizing  this  fun  event  and  I  hope  it  continues  for  future  Daleds  to  enjoy!Laura  Glazer  Gebhardt  D’93

Mail Bag (various e-mails sent to Alumni Director)

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Richard  Shakter  D’79  (bottom  left  #22  in  pic)  went  to  Jerusalem  this  summer  to  participate  in  the  Maccabiah  2013  games!    He  was  selected  to  play  MidWield  for  the  USA  Masters  45+  soccer  team.    Richard  had  not  been  to  Israel  since  his  Gadna  trip  in  1980.    He  writes,  “touring  Israel  with  my  teammates  brought  back  memories  (distant  at  this  point)  of  being  in  Israel  with  my  camp  friends  33  years  prior.    As  we  did  back  in  1980,  my  teammates  and  I  did  a  sunrise  climb  of  Masada.    It  was  wonderful  to  have  the  memories  of  CYJ  and  add  this  new  memory  of  climbing  with  my  teammates  in  our  team  uniforms  and  carrying  the  Maccabiah  2013  Wlag.”    Richard  lives  in  Acton,  MA  and  has  a  Winancial  consulting  Wirm  in  Wellesley.