Yeshiva High School - Gesher Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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Dedicated to Rabbi Gold, We learn in Pirkei Avot, chapter one, verse six, Provide yourself with a teacher, get yourself a friend, and judge all men favorably. Rabbi Gold, everyone who is fortunate to have you as a teacher, has fulfilled the above commandment because you serve as a teacher, friend, and judge. You not only teach us Torah, but you also teach us Torah living. You joined the Yeshiva staff in Au- gust, 1976. Both you, as a teacher, and we, as students, were young and inex- perienced. Together we learned both how to learn and how to teach and we helped each other along the way. Because of you, we are all wiser, both in knowledge and in common sense. To you we are indebted for guiding us in the path of Torah and to you we are dedicating our yearbook. YHS Student Body m ITS Rabbi Baruch Gold

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»w ' T M0 Ben Zoma used to say, who is wise? He who learns from all men, As it is said in the Psalms, From all my teachers I have gained wisdom.

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A message from our principal . . . Student life at Yeshiva is different this year. In addition to another large eighth grade class, we have many new students in the upper grades as well, in particular from Iran and Russia. Moreover, the separate classes for boys and girls have contributed to the intensification of our school ' s aca- demic program. There is more emphasis on learning and more seriousness in the class- room. Most students seem to prefer the ar- rangement and the administration and fac- ulty certainly do. The recent changes at Yeshiva reinforce our notion of what our prime purpose is; namely, to give our students the highest quality secular and Judaic education. If we succeed in this, we will have achieved a lot. It is unrealistic to think that each student will receive all that is offered to him spiritu- ally and intellectually at Yeshiva, but still we have this dream. We sincerely want all Ye- shiva students to be exemplars of Torah liv- ing to the community; moreover, we want them to be conversant with the cultural heritage of Western Civilization. For these things to happen, students must work hard, they must exert effort. Fulfilling these ex- pectations is not going to occur if students apply themselves casually to their studies. We will achieve our goal only if students develop the maturity to realize that the re- wards of education will eventually come if one perseveres in the midst of adversity, if one does not succumb to momentary difficulties. My best wishes are extended to our se- niors this year who, each in their own per- sonal way, have triumphed over adversity and charted a path of personal achieve- ment for their own future Sincerely, Herbert J. Cohen Rabbi Herbert J. Cohen