Yeshiva University High School For Boys - Elchanite Yearbook (New York, NY)

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JONATHAN BERNSTEIN JonaThan ioined our class noT Too long ago lhe was a iunior aT The Timel, buT quickly became inTegraTed inTo The scheme V of Things aT Yeshiva. When our Track Team capTains learned ThaT he could run The hundred yard dash in less Than eleven seconds, They unhesisTaTingly Took him inTo Their ranks. Though Jonny was one oT The many boys who had To cope wiTh The hazards oT The dorm, he has managed To compile a very fine scholasTic record. ln his spare Time Jonny reads exTensively and especially savors books dealing wiTh Tor- eign alilairs. He was one of The Tine sTu- denTs who Tound Mr. Leibel's poliTical science course really rewarding. Back in Springfield, Mass., J.B. is quiTe a cele- briTy, owing To his aTTiniTy Tor hoT-rods. He will prepare Tor a law career aT Y. U. Now The man Moses was very meelc above all men ThaT were on The Tace oT The earTh llxlumbers Xlll. inr- gy ' 5 wwf They ThaT deal Truly are his delight lEzekieI xviii. Mos:-IE BERNSTEIN The disTincTion oT being The youngesT member oT our class belongs To Moshe BernsTein lBar MiTzvah during his sopho- more yearl. Hence his scholasTic achieve- menTs musT be regarded wiTh an addiTional measure oT awe. Moshe has done exceed- ingly well in all his sTudies and on all scholarship and apTiTude TesTs. He is giTTed wiTh an unbelievably reTenTive memory and an asTounding TaculTy Tor languages. Moshe has oTTen amazed land amusedl Mr. CoberT and his Tellow hisTory sTudenTs by his knowledge of The mosT in- signiTicanT sidelighTs oT ThaT subiecT. A TalmudisT as well as a LaTin scholar, Moshe is sTudying boTh These subiecTs on The col- lege level. Moshe cerTainl does noT be- lieve ThaT silence is golden, his acTive parTicipaTion in all class discussions laT Times, so unmiTigaTed as To TesT The pa- Tience of his classmaTesl being proof of Thaf TacT. Moshe will conTinue his sTudy oT classical languages aT Yeshiva while aspiring To The RabbinaTe. 29 if

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Much sludy is a weariness of lhe flesh ALAN ABRAMOWITZ Allhough he has rarely come +o shiur on lime lhe has no+ cliscriminaled wi'rh re- specl' 'ro olher classes ei+herl, Al is one of 'rhe mosl' accomplished lamdanim in +he class. His abilily fo recall in lighfning fash- ion Talmudic principles 'rhal he has already analyzed complelely has amazed all of his rabbis. The incisiveness of in+elIec+ Al dis- played in +he morning was also manifesled in 'rhe affernoon and enabled him 'ro com- plefe a fafiguing calculus course. Noi' one 'lo allow his muscles +o grow flaccid, Al spenl' his lunch periods playing baskelball in 'rhe park. His forceful husfling and pass- ing +ac1'ics made him a valuable backcourf man on 'rhe senior in+ramural Ieam. Al is one of l5O people who can call Hurley- ville home a+ leasl' during some parl of +he year. Living in +he counlry, he has be- come in+eresfed in farming and plans +o s'l'udy agricullure before se'Hling in Israel. mm-M W, 3-uv. FQ-an fgllli W' Zyl 45 - ' .f ' 2 ' Mi g -. u- , -we ' 'gif 3 ' 4' , ., H f , zintsm KQV' I ,.-, w , -- , Q. sw, I -4, , gi,,,,,, , D, , ,, ls L .155 1 .. ' I -by - ., ,, ZW, f f ww + if : v -Q La Y .4445 . V .,. ,,.,f,- -V., L... v! llfcclesiasles XII JUSTIN BERGMAN Jusfin is Ihe human counferpari of 'Ihe No-doz pill, a+ leasi wi'Ih respecl' +o Rabbi Bernslein. Jus+in's verbal barbs were hearlily apprecialed by all members of fhe Daled-Aleph class, including +he per- sonage a+ whom 'rhey were mosl' offen di- recled. His sly re+or+s were offen made in reaclion +o depreca+ory remarks concern- ing his enfhusiasm for a+hIe+ics. Juslin is, in all seriousness, omniscienl in sporfs maf- fers. While yel' a junior, he was selecfed 'Io edil' 'Ihe spor+s column of Ihe Academy News and he acqui++ed himself well in fhis posifion. Jus+in also served +his year's Academy News as i+s News Edilor. As a senior, he held l'he posifion of I.il'erary Edilor of I'he Halchiah, somefhing quile no'l'ewor'Ihy considering fhaf his earliesl' experiences as a Yeshiva s+udenl' were gleaned a+ our school. Juslin will enfer college, wi+h a medical career in mind. 28 I said of laughfer, 'll is lo be praised' llfcclesiaslres Ill.

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JOSEPH BICK This year, Joseph decided fo broaden his educafional visfas and fearlessly ven- 'rured fo our shores. Yossie's engaging personalify and ready wif won him many friends during his shorf slay af YUHS. Wifhin fhe confines of his home, Yossie whiles away fhe fime classifying sfamps. ln school, Joseph fook on fhe burden of a Service Squad posifion ungrudgingly. As a'parficularly persuasive member of fhis organizafion, he apprehended many a cul- prif, fhus resforing some degree of fran- quilify fo our halls. He also was called upon fo assisf many of his feachers: fhe name Bick could offen be heard ringing from fhe lips of Mr. Bloom. Parficipafing in B'nai Akiva acfivifies has insfilled wifhin him fhe spirif of Zionism, and he hopes 'lo visil' fhe Erefz quife soon. A+ fhe momenl, however, Yossie's immediafe plans are cen- fered upon fhe confinuance of his educa- 'lion al' YU. D n s a lions whelp lGenesis lXll. DANNY COHEN If l forgef fhee O Jerusalem, lef my righf hand forgef her cunning llgsalms CXXIIJ. Danny liferally romped fhrough his se- nior year, considering fhal' he was con- sfanfly being enferfained by one of his co-pafriofs, a frolicsome Israeli. Danny was uniquely able fo appreciafe fhe ma- al' Yeshiva U. chinafions of fhis vislfor fo our shores as he himself arrived from Tel Aviv only aboul' four years ago. Since fhen, he has become fofally familiar wifh our way of life, bofh as a New Yorker and as a resi- clenf of Sfamford, Connecficuf lhis home fownl. ln facf, he offer: seems more fypi- cally American fhan many long-'lime dwell- ers in fhis counfry. Danny excels in fhaf fruly characferisfic American sporf-bowl- ing. He boasfs 'lhe highesl' bowling aver- age in fhe class, and his consisfenf perform- ance was unquesfionably a source of grafificafion fo our bowling feam lwhich he capfained fhis yearl. Ofher sporfs which Danny engages in are so-ccer and swimming. He will major in ,mafhemafics