Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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GtTfilHtn Brounstein Gersh attended kindergarten and seven years of elementary school at Berkley School, in Newark. Subsequently he studied at Torah X ' odaath, Talmudical Academy, and the ' eshiva at Lakewood. This man is the only senior who can say he almost appeared in two Masmid s — he ' s brought in enough money in ads tor Masmid to warrant that distinc- tion. In addition, he is a masmid in Talmud. He majored in Hebrew and holds a teacher ' s license for the Jewish Edu- cation Committee. A personable young man whose sin- cerity is undoubted by all, he is interested in education and youth work. His plans call for continued study at R.I.E.T.S. with Smicha in mind. David H. Chanofsky Here is a sociological statistician from New York City. Before he became accjuaintcd with the social life at Yeshiva in 1049, he studied at R.J.J, from 1937 till 1947, and at Talmudic al Academy from 1947 till 1949. D. H. C. ' s sta- tistics notes are often beautified by some fancy doodling, obviously out of interest inherited from a Political Science course. Once a member of Agudah, he matured enough so that now he is a member of Young Israel. Muscular Dave enjoys participating in sports and leading them. He can often be seen pressing the one-hundred pound dumb-bell. (Now who can that be. ' ) Now he hopes to press the Roshei Yeshiva — for Smicha, that is. Reuben Davidnian A prospective lawyer who wants to study for the rabbinate, Ruby majored in Political Science but is primarily inter- ested in basketball. Born on the lower East Side, he became engaged after moving to Brooklyn and from there to Forest Hills. He is now contemplating a further move but still remaining in the metropolitan area. Having attended P.S. 4, J.H.S. 49, Mesifta Torah Vodaath High School, and C.C.N.Y., he finally arrived at Y.U. Even here Rube was not satisfied with sitting still, as he pendulated frequently between T.I. and R.I.E.T.S. Aside from all excursions into the world of hyphen, Ruby played four years of basketball on the varsity of which he was co-captain in his senior year.

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K,M|M.I l ' ,.M.I.r liack in (;:i|)clown, K;ir|)ol w.is I ' olisli. In iln ' I ' clslic Ycshivii of (IIcvcIiiik!, lie w;is ;i Soiiili AIih.im. i V ' csliiva (College, wliiili lir cniiiid III T ' T ' , 111 was known as a Tclslicr Hoclur. I ' lcinj I. mil ul iinsrii ii|i liirnsflf as rc jards Ills |)iililii;il .iliil siiil.ll l),ii Luiiiiiiiil, I .i|i iril lull III I ' oliliml Siiriuc .mil minnlcil m llllrill.ilinil.il Krl.iliuns. Upiin j railiKiliiin lie v: s slill sli|;lilly li.i y, mi iIi-iI lie ' If- ciclcd Id ri ' iiiinii iiiilil llir iiii|i.Kl nl nililim.ilr ' ill ri|i.iir liis senses, ' rlicii lie miriiil.s III nliiiii III .Siiiiili , Mill. I .IS a missionary. II ilir .ulns will imi i.ii Inm lulnrr, lie uill probably lalk iliiin min Irciiiiiiiil; vi- ' ;ti.iri.iiis. Ai)rali;iiii licrinaii W ' Ikii I lie Yeshiva decided thai it would be a ffHxl idea 111 li.ive .mother Rabbi Zaks within its walls, it im|X)rtcd Avnihom straighi from Vienna. On the way he told stories to all u ho would listen in Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem. Being blessed w iih .1 flash of insight, he came to Y.U. so that he could tell his .sories all over again — to different people. Sup- posedly majoring in Math, he concentrated his energies in copying the Bochen ' s speech mannerisms and Rabbi Pale- yef? ' s beard. The hierarchy of his interests runs in the fol- lowing order: Drush (and well has it been said that one cannot answer Drush), Batoloh, and retelling jokes. After graduation, he intends to talk himfelf into Smicha, be talked into a position, and get married and stop talking. Erviii Birnliainii Czechoslovakia was the birthplace of this traveler. Erv attended secondary school in Hungary. Later he studied at the Teachers Institute in Germany. He was one of the members of the Exodus 1947, ' seeking admission to Israel. He came to our shores in 1948. He has also had contacts with France as vice-president of the French Club here at Yeshiva. Bim-Bom has been totally annihilated by Professor Litman; he is now seeking to visit the four corners of the earth through International Relations. You can recognize him b his mile-wide smile, his neatly- combed blond hair, and a copy of the German translation of Hegel ' s P iilosophy of History under his arm.

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Alii;ili;iiir H.irrv I ' ickslriii I )lirilij; his .si My Iktc :iI V ' csliiv;!, I Ins si mlcnl .ii|i)|ilril Voiili;; Israi ' l, N(i;ii ' Mi iM(lii, ' oimil; )iii1i.i, ( arnp M;i.s.s;kI, I.Z.l- ' .A., .111(1 liis iiiiddlc II. line. Willi Ins ))crsii;isivc m;m- lui anil spaikiinj; wit, busy liariy lias talked many a inisiin (iiii of Ik-c ' s. He even talked himself into the youth ilirecloiship ol ihe ' (iimg I.srael of I ' laiinish. An Mnj lish major, he was .1 iiuinher of Mraiios and (iamma Kho Sigma, lie was ediior of ilu- Nir (.11 Ic.isi he i.in talk aholil ih.il), .111(1 w.is lie i|)Kiil III lIu Miiilnn Hebrew LiU ' raliire aw.ird in 1.1. . lur eiiuiiiiL; ilu 1 .iblnn.ili-, Ik h(i|K ' s III reliini In ' I .1. .mil sl.nl all nvrr .iL;.nn inddilri- ii.ilmg (illier ' I ' .l. birds inln his )ihil(isn|iliy nl rdik.iiinn. K(.lMTt Kll.r W ' lien liioking ,11 die photograph of this rather personable (iung man, it would be difficult to realize that it tcxjk three separate trips to the photographer in order to get one pre- sentable picture. Hob has a certain amount of hidden talent which is revealed by the fact that he won the medal from the D.A.R. for a prize essay in an American history contest. and a Declamation Medal at his grade school graduation. A singing math major, he intends to take advantage of neither of these assets in his future, but rather to enter the rabbinate and the Jewish Education field. Joseph Erushaliiiy Sad-eyed joe, otherwise known as Josephy, has claitned. at different times, to stem from such varied backgrounds as Turkey, Tagikistan, and Oxford. Actually he was born in a Cambridge-tinged area of the Bronx. Upon entering the college, Joe quickly distinguished himself as president of Le Cercle Frattcais and as a master debater. n English major, he may be found quite frequently quaffing a cup of cofTee with Doc. His interests tend to the classical, from literature to tnusic. Besides these and other sundry artistic interests, Joe finds time to guide Ehrman in the ways of true scholarship, His verbosity combined with a natural belligerence in argutnent make him a good bet for the law profession.