Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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GARFINKEL, SAM Manitoba, Canada Sid, or Sam, as he is known to the American Immigration authorities, is another of our tower- ing six-foot Canadians who have left their rugged North in a quest for knowledge. Major- ing in Chemistry, he was duly rewarded by finding a source of atomic sized energy in Dr. Levine. Sid is a Yeshiva man. Having helped organize the Yeshiva soccer team, he also starred as its ace goalie. He is also a member of the tennis and swimming teams. An ex- hockey player from the University of Manitoba. Sid ' s goal is the acquisition of a Ph.D in chem- istry. GELLER, VICTOR New York, New York From the stifling corridors of Talmudical Academy to the wide opsn battle-fields of France and Germany, to the spacious halls of Yeshiva University, Vic, with time, has ma r ched on. This tireless energetic personality is Presi- dent of the Young Israel of his neighborhood which, with his ascendancy, has increased the scope of its activities. His winning smile soon won the heart of Young Israel ' s recording sec- retary and in a short period of time, Vic achieved full manhood. His huge tasks have caused a myopic condition of the jaw and to correct the malady, Vic wears a special type of pince-jaw. He intends to enter the field of edu- cation. GOLDSMITH, BERNARD New York, New York Tall, light, and handsome, Bushy ' s life ambition is to be a History professor. An eight year man at Yeshiva University and a graduate of the Rabbi Israel Salanter Yeshiva, he claims that his hobby is going to Yeshivoth. School activities and functions have not had the privilege of benefiting from his many talents, beaming personality, and his fine sense of hu- mor, since his time has been fully absorbed by Dr. Brody ' s courses with a little basketball and ping pong on the side for relaxation. A finer boy , Bushy is also an apt Tal- mud student— isn ' t that so? 22

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FREDMAN, ALVIN St. Louis, Missouri Suffering from an overdose of Mengenlehre and affecting an aversion for anything not suf- fused with the savory flavor of mathematics, Skippy voraciously devours mathematical forms, figures, pies, projective representations and Pepsi Colas. A member of the Yeshiva basketball team, he is one of the infinite reasons for its present condition. He also supplies the mathematical section of the Maccabean,— the physical training newspaper,— of which he is the Associate Editor, with Chanukah candle prob- lems. His future plans lie in business enter- prise, wherein he hopes to satiate his numerical desires. FRIEDBERG, DAVID Bronx, New York From the way this pint-sized scholar moves his hands, he is only a beard ' s distance away from Smicha. Te manages, however, to remain calm and collected at least four hours during the day. From the Yeshiva Shel Matah he transferred to the Yeshiva Shel Maalah (T.I.) and immediately upon being graduated he found his way back to the bottom again. FUHRMAN, NATHAN Pittsfield, Mass. Nat entered Yeshiva as a naive and unas- suming individual, and emerged a man. His sweet voice has often competed with the un- couth cacaphonic medley of noises emitted from the vocal cords of the two hundred or more chazonim roaming daily the dormitory corridors. His study of the Halacha has made him so profound that it is claimed that he is proficient in quoting unwritten Gemorrahs. A potential competitor of Professor Grinstein in the field of American Jewish history, he hopes to make the Rabbinate his crowning achieve- ment. 25

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GOLDSTEIN, NOAH New York, New York Nayech is an artist of repute and a notor- ious mimic. During his four year stay at the col- lege, he has been fed on an exclusive diet of Jung articulate uh uh— matzoh balls. He has, however, managed to keep in shape by attend- ing the Minyan consecutively for one day after each pep talk from Rabbi Lifschitz. Baruch Hashem , Beli Neder , he will— Beezrat Ha- shem — become an integral part of the American Rabbinate. GROSS. MURRAY Brooklyn, New York With a jovial, good-natured gleam in his eyes, end a bright smile radiating from his cheeks, Murray overcame the gloom of four years of history with Dr. Brody and is now look- ing forward to a happy tentative future. During his college years, full of mirth, frolic, and inimit- able queries, Murray has stored up enough ex- perience working as a cub-reporter for Commie, retailer in Coop, racket-wielder on the tennis team, and job-seeker on the employment com- mittee, to join the army of the fortunate ones who are marching onward toward their ambitious destiny— Salvation. HEIFETZ, CHAYIM South River, New Jersey Napoleonically built Chaim came to conquer Yeshiva University by way of Mesiftah Tifereth Jerusalem and Telze Yeshiva in Cleveland. One of the class favorites and interested in school activities, he could always be found in one of the offices of the Flambeau, the Com- mentator, or the Library. Particularly interested in languages, major- ing in French, and an avid Talmud student, Chaim sees his future in Palestine. He plans to broaden his knowledge and perspective by studying abroad under the auspices of the Joint Distribution Committee, thus preparing himself to go to Palestine and help build our homeland 23