Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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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.

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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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Samuel Feder Krcioklyn horn ami BrookKn lircil, Sam has alwavs been tops in all his undertakings. He was Hebrew valedictorian ai Crown Heights Yeshiva and was president of the Student Council of Talmudical Academy in Brooklyn. Sam ' s blond hair has made him the firiest member of the fencing team, and of Rabbi Lifshitz ' s shiur, where he is serving as vice- president. He majored in Mathematics, and spends most of his spare time learning with and teaching kids and Katz. He ' ll .study for Smicha and attend graduate school in Mathematics, ami perhaps become a rabbi and or an applied mathematician. Manfred Fulda The only living personality whose birthplace bears his name. Fulda, he is obviously destined to carry on great tra- ditions. A major in Classics, on one hand, and in J. B., on the other, he symboHzes the fusion of Hellenistic and Halachic worlds. Besides distinguishing himself as the most ubiquitous presence on the campus, Manny has participated in every conceivable activity, has dabbled with practically every field of interest, including Rabbi Bernstein, and yet has found time to cultivate a moustache flashy enough to compete with his bow-tie. For the present, he is happy as a lark; as for the future, he intends to continue acting and dabbling, and settle down to the more sober endeavor of combining the rabbinate with an academic career. Aaron S. Gelman Bronx-bred Babe ' s bright ambition came to light when he became business manager of Masmid. Not wanting to break up a great combination, he pulled his two cohorts in with him. The word Masmid denotes a scholar, thus a person with a wide vocabulary; since joining the governing board, he has added exactly two words to his repertoire, get ads. Besides working in mathematics, he is active in organizational work in the Young Israel and Hapoel Hamizrachi. He wants to enter the rabbinate, get married and get a position in a small community. Now that he is an experienced business manager, a rumor has been circulating that his secret ambition may be to become a business tycoon.