Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 248 of the 1981 volume:

MASMID YESHIVA COLLEGE 1981 Dedication The secretary runs the institution. Unfortunately this saying has been overused to the extent that it has lost its impact. However, one has only to walk into the office of the Dean of Yeshiva College to meet the women to whom the phrase could well have been originally attributed. The senior class has unanimously agreed to dedicate its year- book to Mrs. Ceceil Levinson. This remarkable woman has the unique ability to combine absolute efficiency with perpetual cheerfulness and plain down -home friendliness. She is, and has been, an invaluable helper and assistant to the four deans under whom she has served. Her current boss, Dean Rosenfeld, sums it up by saying, Ceil is an absolute gem. How much better can I express it? The past four years have been marked by a constant turnover in the office of the Dean, and the concofjiitant instability thus engendered within the institution as a whole. And so, we are all the more thankful for the perpetual calm, guidance, and cheer Mrs. Levinson has brought to that most important office. MRS. CECEIL LEVINSON Tradition. Change. Two words that represent conflic- ting concepts, seemingly at odds with each other. Two words that perhaps equally summarize and symbolize the pattern of Yeshiva University from its inception to the pre- sent day. How is it possible for one institution to be both a bastion of Jewish learning, safeguarding the continuance of Orthodox Jewish tradition, and, at the same time, a fountainhead of change in the American Jewish communi- ty. ' ' The answer is to be found in the study of two factors: Firstly, one must understand what was and is the ideal behind the concept that is embodied by it. Secondly, one must examine the history and development of Yeshiva. i The founder and first President of Yeshiva College was Dr. Ber- nard Revel, a familiar name around these parts. It is his dream that we are living today. The college grew out of Yeshiva Etz Chaim and the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. Dr. Revel noted that some of the brightest minds coming out of the Talmudic Academy High School were aware that a high school di ploma was not suffi- cient to get by in American Society. They departed for secular col- leges thereby disrupting their Jewish education. In a prospective yeshiva college, he saw a means to retain these students: offer them a college education. In addition to keeping them, the college would in- sure that those students who were ordained from the Yeshiva would be better equipped for their task of disseminating Orthodoxy to the American Jewish community. The college would improve their in- tellectual resources. Dr. Revel himself, in a manuscript entitled Aims of the Yeshiva wrote: The College which is to be added as an aux- iliary to the Yeshiva is in no sense to be placed in competition with existing colleges and universities, but is to provide a general academic training to those who are also stu- dying in the other departments of the Yeshiva, so that they may harmoniously combine the best of modern culture with the learning and the spirit of the Torah and the ideals of tradi- tional Judaism. And so it was the stated objective of Dr. Revel to create a yeshiva college that would serve as a suitable alternative to existing colleges for the Jewish youth who craved both a Torah education and a secular one. Academic excellence in a secular sense was not foremost in his priorities. Dr. Revel ' s viewpoint however, was not the only one amongst the prime movers in the founding of Yeshiva College. Harris L. Selig, who was largely responsible for raising the funds needed to build the original facilities in Washington Heights as the director of the Yeshiva College Building Fund Campaign, had loftier vi- sions. In a manuscript entitled Standardizing the Hebrew Schools of America he wrote: Practically every great college and university was founded originally as a religious seminary. Princeton was established as a Presbyterian, Harvard as a Con- gregationalist, and Brown as a Baptist seminary. Our Yeshiva College, too, springs from what was originally a Rabbinical seminary, and is it too much to expect that in time it too, like other great American institutions, will he one of the foremost colleges in this country ... This approach did not at all appeal to Dr. Revel who, in a letter to Samuel Levy, chairman of the executive committee of the Yeshiva campaign, reaffirmed his position; The chief purpose of the college department of the Yeshiva is, and should always he, to afford the students of the Torah who are continuing their studies in an atmosphere of love and loyalty to the Torah and Jewish ideals, an opportunity to acquire the learning and culture of the modern world in addition to the learning and culture of Israel ... Thus, the emphasis was to be on Torah, and the college cur- riculum was to complement it, rather than be an independent enti- ty as an end in itself. Has Yeshiva remained consistent in this policy. ' ' That is a question that we will return to after examining the development of Yeshiva College. On March 29, 1928, the New York State Board of Regents amended the Charter of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary to authorize the granting of the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Science degrees. In September of that same year, Yeshiva College began classes with an enrollment of thirty-five students. Those first classes were held at The Jewish Center on West 86th Street in Manhattan, because the new building would not be ready for another fifteen months. In December of 1929 Yeshiva College moved uptown. The first graduation was held in the Nathan Lamport Auditorium on June 16, 1932 and nineteen students received degrees. By 1933 enrollment was in excess of 125 students, and by 1943, the year Dr. Samuel Belkin was elected president, it had soared to more than 250. When Dr. Belkin assumed the mantle of the presidency, he brought with him a blueprint tor the expansion of Yeshiva far beyond anything Dr. Revel had foreseen. Dr. Belkin was determined to provide the American Orthodox Jew with an opportunity for com- plete educational fulfillment. His grandiose plan took giant and necessary strides towards fruition in 1945, when the college Charter was amended to make the institution the first University m America under Jewish auspices, and in 1948 when it was accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Yeshiva University was quickly becoming recognized as a quality educational facility. Under Dr. Belkin, the University continued its phenomenal growth in two areas. In 1954 Stern College for Women was establish- ed, offering the opportunity for educational tultiUment to Jewish women that Yeshiva College offered to men. By 1968 the enrollment in Yeshiva College had exceeded one thousand students. Additional- ly, Yeshiva University established affiliated graduate schools, of which it has eight today, with a total enrollment of over seven thousand. When Dr. Belkin retired in 1976, eight months before his death, it became time to look for a successor. For the first time in its history, Yeshiva was able to have as its president one of its former graduates. Dr. Norman Lamm YC ' 49 was invested as Presi- dent of the University in 1977 and has since carried on the work begun by Dr. Revel and pursued by Dr. Belkin. Under Dr. Lamm, Yeshiva has continued its growth with the opening of the Cardozo School of Law, an extension of Dr. Belkin ' s dream. The academic excellence which YU has come to be noted for is noticeable in many ways. The graduate schools, in particular the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, are all of notable quality, and either have or are gaining the prestige that accompanies such excellence. As of 1977, YU ranked thirteenth in the United States in the number of research awards granted by the National Institute of Health, and in New York State, ranked second only to Columbia University. That is quite a long way from the simple alter- native to secular colleges that Bernard Revel had established. However, doesn ' t this mean that Yeshiva has strayed from the path that Dr. Revel had charted for it? Not necessarily, if one looks closely at what Dr. Revel really had in mind for Yeshiva. When the great depression hit, Yeshiva College felt the crunch. To weather the storm Dr. Revel reached out to Albert Einstein, asking him to use his influence to help keep Yeshiva above water. In a letter to wealthy acquaintances, Dr. Einstein appealed for support for the school, and in one phrase succinctly captured the essence of what Yeshiva University has always been about: plead the cause of Yeshiva College with all my heart, he wrote, because it has a higher purpose as the protector of the Jewish tradition. The Jewish tradition has always emphasized scholarliness in worldly matters, in addition to Torah, in order to be a complete Jew. Maimonides, one mustn ' t forget, was also one of the greatest medical doctors of his day. The great beacon of Torah at YU today, the Rav, Rabbi Dr. Joseph Ber Soloveitchik, in addition to being one of the Gedolai HaDor has a tremendous store of knowledge in secular matters. He has completed a doctorate at the University of Berlin in epistemology and metaphysics. And so, acquiring secular knowledge together with Torah learning is in no way a deviation from what is halachically proper, even in the most ideal situation. That is why in 1928, it was sufficient to have a Yeshiva College as it was: the need was to keep rabbinic students from disrupting their learning to go to college. But today the need is greater than that: as the protector of the Jewish tradition, YU has to keep its eyes open as to what are the dangers to that tradition and act accordingly. In the American scene today, the danger to that tradition can be capsulized in the word assimilation. Thus, it is incumbent upon Yeshiva University to battle that demon. Many are the Jewish youth who have lost touch with their heritage and tradition through what they were exposed to on today ' s American college campus. And so YU in keeping with the higher purpose of its existence is obligated to present a suitable alternative to those same secular colleges. n Does YU do that? A reputation for academic ex- cellence is certainly requisite for such a purpose. The national average for acceptance to Law School is 30% and to Medical School is 35%. YU ' s placement record is well above 80% in each. That would certainly reflect a high educational standard. The reputations of the af- filiated graduate schools also enhance the prestige of Yeshiva, and thereby serve the vital interests of the American Jewish community. Serving those vital interests, in its own way, is again what Yeshiva University is all about. As times change so does the Jewish community and its needs, and Yeshiva must always remain tuned in to those needs. In the 1940 ' s Yeshiva was able to help Jews escape the hor- rors of Hitler ' s Europe; papers and teaching positions were supplied, and students enrolled. Later on, YU helped in the fight to establish the State of Israel. And today YU is constantly in the center of Jewish affairs. Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin on a trip to Washington once commented that it was one of the few occasions on which an Israeli leader did not travel to Washington via Yeshiva University. YU has become more than just a school. It has become a voice of leadership for the American Jewish community, as well as a breeding ground for future Jewish leaders. There is a Department of Communal Services, which among other things, sponsors Yeshiva Seminars, programs designed to reach out to non- religious youths and bring them back into the fold of Judaism, to make them once again part of the tradition. Which brings us back to tradition and change, what YU is all about. Doing what it can to preserve the Jewish tradition by trying to meet the changing needs ot American — and world — Jewry. Of course things change; that is the way of the world. But the objective re- mains the same; as Joseph Kaminetsky, the tirst editor ot AiASAlID wrote: Fe have striven these years to reach a common goal, to realize the same idea; the harmonization of secular learning with our Jewish culture. The student ' s appearance might be different from fifty years ago. He may dress dif- ferently, listen to different music, and use Vitalis Dry-Control instead of Bryl Cream, but he still attends Jewish study classes in the morning and secular college courses in the afternoon; trying, as per the dream of Dr. Bernard Revel, to synthesize the two. Dear Mom and Dad ... Tm just writing to tell you that I arrived safely in New York. School began last week and everything is in full swing. I guess since I have some free time now I may as well write a full letter — especially since this will probably be the only one of the year . . . Not much has changed here smce last year The buildings are still standing give or take a few bncks On the bright side the neighborhood hasn t gotten much worse. The bad news is that I don ' t thmk the neighborhood can get much worse ... I can ' t really complain since I ' m in the Morgenstern Dormitory this year. The benefits here over Rubin Hall are that we have decent dressers in every room, study lounges on every floor, and seperations between the showers. My floor doesn ' t have shower curtains yet, but at least its a step in the right direction. {The separations, that is). Next year maybe I ' ll run for president of some club so 1 can get a suite on the se- cond floor — they have private bathrooms. Do you think people laugh when they find out that having a bathroom is a symbol of stature at YU? . . . ... I hear some guys even study in these lounges. It ' s nice when there ' s a Simcha — such as a guy getting into med school or a floor getting together on Rosh Chodesh and they have a party in the lounge. These are only the small Simchas . . . € - clljC(;LilM(; IS CATCHING! . . . Being on the third floor, we have the extra advantage of not only a lounge but also a Media Centre. It ' s nothing great but it ' s good to have because often enough the lounges are taken. Some clubs meet in the lounges. Sometimes stu- dent newspapers have their layouts there. On the fourth floor they even have the IVDU ES HASHEM B ' MHERA Minyan for MAARIV . . . ... If a guy gets engaged then that ' s a major Simcha dnd he has a surprise party in the lounge on the main floor. They ' re usually in the earl) ' evening because by U O ' clock everyone in the school must watch M A S H reruns. Real problems arise on film nights. I think that ' s why they begin after midnight . . . The funniest thing just happened. This guy comes around every ■ elling grape )uice and getilte fish. Well I guess it ' s not that funny but everyone always locks their doors. It ' s not unusual to have guys knocking on your door for one reason or another. Some want to sell you tickets for a blind date party, some come for blood, some to teach them an entire course in one night and some to sell you 2 Hoagie. That ' s a large, expensive sandwich that contains a slice of meat Every organization has a Hoagie sale at one time or another in order tc raise money . . . . . . Well. I guess I better be going now. Before I do. I just want to thank you for sending me here. Because if nothing else, the Dorm Life at YU is great. This is the place where you make friends that will last with you throughout your life. Then of course there are the memories of talking on the phone in the hall because your roomates studying, staying up until four studying and then sleeping until noon, going out on a date and then praying that you ' ll live through the train ride back, goofing off the whole term and not worrying about school until the night before your final — as well as countless other memories. Your loving son. Yosselle Behind Dorm Doors The Week Before . The Week After ■■■ ■ MMMMNMII . . . The Weeks Between . . ... seriously, they took it all away, the bed, the njght table — everything. I wouldn ' t exactly call myself suave, but then again I ' m not the type of guy that sits aiound i dirty socks i 1 ! ' ' ' [ ■ Dad, sit-down. Remember that girl that was stuck with me in that elevator three months aeo. Weil . . . Well. I ' m ah . . . eh . . , tall, dark, handsome, intelligent and , , , ah . . . did you ever go to Morasha; ' Faces in the Crowd ft 3K ja ! J hSd Sp jfin Sip C M --.- y i« Af- Q • ? ' All in a Days Work YE5HIVA UNIVERSITY 500 WEST IB5TH STREET NEW YORK, N. Y. 10033 February 23, 1981 Dear Graduating Seniors: Your graduation from Yeshiva College is a milestone in the life of Yeshiva University and, indeed, of the entire Jewish community. As the 50th graduating class, it marks a half-century of higher educational achievement by Yeshiva College. Because we represent a sophisticated and complex approach to Jewish life -- the symbiosis of Torah Umadda — we are often misunderstood. Our hashkaf ah defies the easy solutions and the simplistic illusions that others often find within easy reach. That is why each generation of Y.U. students, including your own, must rediscover for itself the meaning of our particular Weltanschaaung . This is a great, meaningful, and exciting adventure, but often takes its toll in anxiety and self-doubt. I have heard some of you ask: Is it really possible to implement and live Torah Umadda ? That is why the attainment of 50 years of Y.C. graduates is so significant. It is a powerful symbol that not only can it be done, but it is being done and has been done for five decades ! May each and every one of you, armed with the educational and spiritual resources you have gained here, go from strength to strength, fortifying your own lives and careers and becoming a blessing to the entire community. Cordially, NORMAN LAMM President THE WHITE HOI SK WASHlNt;T()N May it, 1981 To the 1981 Graduates of Yeshiva College: Today yoo have reached a goal thot, just a few generations ago, was on impossible dream for most Americans — you are groduates of a great college. Though your labors may have seemed long and tedious at times, ttiere con be no doubt about the richness of your reward. Many things lie before you — responsibility, success, disappointment, happiness, and, above all, a continuing growth which this college has helped to initiate. You have been given the tools to overcome those obstacles life will lay in your path. You, and only you, can use them. The spirit of America hos been aroused as never before with the forces of change. It is a thrilling time to be olive; it is the greatest time to be an American. I give you the words of a renowned American educator, scientist, and ambassador, James Bryant Conant, spoken at the height of World War II: The primary concern of American education ... is to cultivate in the largest possible number of our future citizens an appreciation of both the responsibilities and the benefits which come to them because they are Americans and they are free. May it always be thus. My heartfelt congratulations on your achievement ond best wishes for success in the years to come. o . ftk( ' - - On behalf of The City of New York, I am delighted to extend greetings and congratulations to the members and friends of Yeshiva University ' s 50th graduating class. This is indeed a golden occasion, and another landmark in the history of one of America ' s most notable institutions of higher learning. My best wishes go to the members of this year ' s class, along with my hopes that you will decide to live and work in New York, sharing your talents and creativity with the City we all love. With best wishes. Sincere!, Professor Morris Silverman University Registrar Mr. Paul Glasser Director of Admissions Rabbi Joshua Cheifetz Director of Residence Halls Rabbi Meyer Edelstein Associate Registrar j 3 m 1 L Mr. Jack Nussbaum Director of Student Finances Mr. Neil Harris Assistant Director of Student Finances Rabbi Chaim Bronstien Assistant to the Director — RIETS HaRav Joseph B. Soloveitchik Yeshiva Program Rav Moses D. Tendler Rav Jonathan Ginsberg Rav Gershom Yankelowitz Rav Zelo Schussheim T ipS 3 313JTK B ' 3 jra v o ' Vnp ' nis : Rav Nisson Alpert Rav Abba Bronspiegel Rav Mordechai Willig Rav Heshie Reichman Rav Yosef Blau Mashgiach Erna Michael College Rabbi Pesach Oratz Rabbi Yitzchak Rosenbaum Rabbi Zevulun Leiberman Mr. Harvey Sober Dr. Solomon Gaon Director of Sephardic Studies Dr. Marvin Schnaidman Rabhi Aaron Kreiser Rabbi Moshe Bernstein Dr. Moshe Pelli Rabbi Mitchell Serels hmi Rabbi Fred Kanarfogel rib ' 31 Cantor Macy Nulman Director — Cantorial Training Institute Mr. Joseph Shapiro Library James Striar School Dr. Morris Gorelik 45 Rabbi Moshe Kahn ■ ' ' m i H H m 4 « Rabbi Solomon Kahane Rabbi Pesach Oratz Dr. Asher Siev Rabbi Abraham Berman YESHI VA UNIVERSITY YESHIVA COLLEGE 500 West ISSlh Street New York. NY 10033 (2t 2) 960-5214 OFFICE OF THE DEAN March 12, I98I Dear Graduates: I congratulate you on the successful completion of your studies at Yeshiva College. During your years here, some of you have achieved academic distinction. Many of you have earned admission to prestigious graduate and professional schools. All of you have shared a commitment to the Yeshiva University ideal of Torah u ' Madda. This commitment has required an enormous investment of time and energy. You have subjected yourselves to the rigors of a dual program, each component of which is in itself demanding of full time attention. You have accepted the challenge of integrating your Torah studies with what is best in Western civilization and culture. That you have been successful in meeting that challenge will be reflected in your lives and careers. Fifty years of Yeshiva College men have preceded you and they have demonstrated that success in their lives and careers. And so, as you leave here to become exemplars for future Yeshiva College men, I wish you success and I wish you well. S i ncerel y , Norman S. Rosenfeld Dean Accounting Mr. Peter Wilner — Instructor Dr. Norman Schlessberg — Assoc. Professor Mr. Norman Neuman — Instructor Mr. Tuvia Rister — Instructor Di hHi n ' - ' an n ' fjsi i:27)t Art 3 f n ' ' u -iif nDK t3 : Mrs. Shf lly Dinhoffer — Vis. Lecturer -nh ' p)vi: B m Dr. Edward Levy — Assoc. Professor n m pis h it p rrni ' i ' n :z v Music Mr. Robert Meyers — Instructor Mr. Thomas Baker — Instructor Bible Dr. Louis Bernstien - - Asst. Professor P ! H • v - I I ' . ' f ifiM Bm 1 ' , c . ■ r HJKSS . 1 1 3y4 m H - rtrJl I ' . ' H - -1 ' C ■ ' . HI— la — ft - -..J Hi ? ki Dr. Moshe Bernstein — Asst. Professor Dr. Elazar Hurvitz — Professor f sy K ' pBin b i Dr. Philip Paretzi y — Instructor I Dr. Barry Potvin — Asst. Professor Biology Dr. Betty Borowsky — Asst. Professor Dr. Moses D. Tendler — Professor Dr. Katherine Keenan — Asst. Professor Dr. Saul Wischnitzer — Professor Ms. Kathy Nolan — Instructor Mrs. Ida Dobkin — Instructor lis in K ' ?si j -iS !;?! ' THJ hi; rV D Mr. Scott Berlant — Adj. Instructor Chemistry Dr. Leah Blau — Asst. Professor Dr. Aaron Levine — Assoc. Professor Mr. Joseph Rotenberg — Instructor Mrs. Rebecca Shubert — Vis. Lecturer Economics y 3rf) 1 : ; Dr. Seymour Lainoff — Professor Dr. Manfred Weidhorn — Professor Drjoan Haahr — Asst. Professor Dr. Frederick Piotkin — Assoc. Professor Dr. David Fleisher — Professor Dr. Paul Connolly — Assoc. Professor Dr. Steven Bayme — Asst. Professor History Dr. Albert Marrin — Assoc. Professor Dr. Jacob Reiner — Asst. Professor Dr. Jeffrey Gurock — Assoc. Professor D hsmnsufflnsra WV np Mr. Yitz Applbaum — Instructor Information Science Languages Ms. Anna Gutnik Vis. Lecturer — Russian Mr. Gregory Titelman Instructor — Russian Mr. Sheldon Schwartz Vis. Lecturer — French IID D ' VV- ' Dr. Louis Feldman Professor — Classics Mr. Thomas Knudsen Instructor — German Mathematics Dr. Arnold Lebow — Professor Dr. Jonathan Ginsberg — Assoc. Professor Dr. Adam Koranyi — Professor §; •5 F i Dr. Martin Schechter — Professor Dr. Leon Ehrenpreis — Professor Physics Dr. Ralph Behrends — Professor Prof. Perez Posen — Asst. Professor Dr. Aage Petersen — Professor Dr. Arthur Komar — Professor Mr. Leonard Brandwein — Lecturer Director of Laboratories Philosophy f Dr. Sol Roth — Assoc. Professor Dr. Arthur Hyman — Professor Ti:s:it( nn ' a nra nras Political Science Dr. Michael Hecht — Assoc. Professor Dr. Ruth Bevan — Assoc. Professor Dr. Eli Krakowski — Assoc. Professor Dr. Helmut Adler — Professor DHKn 4n-istnT D i:i Psychology Dr. Sidney Pleskin — Professor Dr. Manny Sternlicht — Professor Sociology Dr. Henry Leonard — Professor Dr. Joshua Fishman — Professor Dr. Anthony Beukas — Assoc. Professor Speech 13 i n K ns 0 13 Mrs. Rebecca Stearns — Lecturer Dr. Laurel Keating — Assoc. Professor ' li 0kK ;•■ ■ :t,.Oi x f33£ ' ; ' ? ' ■ ift ' - - ■Mil.B )i AARON AKMAN Information Science Minor: Economics Varsity Wrestling Team, MASMID staff. YITZCHAK APPLBAUM Information Science Minor: Economics DAVID ARBESFELD YP Pre-Med YP Editor-in-Chief — HAMEVASER, Adjunct Assis- tant Instructor SCW, YC, National Treasurer Yavneh, President Computer Science Society, Senior Justice Student Court, Who ' s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, Dean ' s List. If you want to live, you must first attend your own funeral — Jack volt Gross HAMEVASER — Feature Editor, Executive Editor, Karate club, Teacher Evaluation commit- tee. Who ' s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Society, Dean ' s List. ANDREW N. BADER History JSS Debating Society, WYUR-DJ. Newscaster, Pre- Law Society, HAMEVASER, COMMENTATOR staff. History Society, Political Science Society. YU has one great advantage; it is the only school where if you are a failure in life after graduating, you can always he a highly paid administrator. AARON BASSAN Economics Minor; Psychology TOMMY BAUER JSS Sociology JSS Captain of Fencing Team, Secretary of Economics Society, Editor-in-Chief Economics Journal, Dean ' s List with highest honors. National Dean ' s List, Belkin Scholar. Varsity Hockey Team, V.P. — Sociology Club, Ex- ec. Committee Club Canada, VPO — YCDS, Pro- perty Master YCDS — 4 consecutive shows. Alpha Psi Omega Dramatics Honor Society, Intramural Hockey. Take a deep breath of life and consider how it should he lived. Call nothing thy own except thy soul. Love not what thou art, but only what thou may become. Do not pursue pleasure, for thou may have the misfortune to overtake it. Look always forward: in last year ' s nest there are no birds this year. — Man of La Mancha 67 WILLIAM BERGER Information Science YP Asst. Instructor — YU, Computer training Inst., Founding memeber of YU Computer Society Governing Board, Captain of YU ' s Team A to Regional Computing Contest of the ACM, Lab In- structor — YC, Consultant — YU Student Com- puter Center. Teacher, why do I have to write my programs in this funny language? Why can ' t I just call the guy up and tell him the problem I want solved. BARRY ALLAN BIEDA History Minor: Sociology JAY BINDIGER Pre-Dent Minor: Psychology Coordinating Editor — MASMID, Editor-in-Chief Junior Class Secretary-Treasurer, Alpha Epsilon History Journal, President History Society, Technical Editor HAMASHKIF, Sociology Club, Pre-law Society, Dean ' s List. Chinese Curse: May you live in interesting times. As quoted by Delta Pre-Med Pre-Dent Honor Society, In- tramural Track Team, Blood Drive, Bio Club, Feature staff COMMENTATOR, Dean ' s List. It is easy in the world to live after the world ' s opi- nion. It is easy in solitude to live after our own. But the great man is he, who in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness, the independence of solitude. — Ralph Waldo En JOEL MITCHELL BLASS Biology Pre-Med JOEL JOSEPH AVRAM BLOCK III EMC History YP Minor: Economics Minor-Minor: Sleep President and Founder History Society, YCDS, Pre-Dent JOSEPH M. BRECHER EMC Co-Chairman Senate Sub-committee, COMMEN- TATOR copy staff, HAMEVASER copy staff. Biological Journal — Associate Editor, Biological Society, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Co-Chairman Voter Registration committee. Society, Dean ' s List. There ' s never time to do it right, hut always time to Hitch your wagon to a star. do it over. — quote from Joel Block to Dean Rosenfeld — Ralph Waldo Emetson when applying for his 70th incomplete grade. EMC Class President, Vice-President, Sec. Treasurer, WYUR Governing Board, Blood Drive, Technical Board — COMMENTATOR, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Dent Honor Society. Pre-Dent JOSH BRICKMAN YP Accounting AVYJ. BUCHEN MILTON CAHN YP Economics Captain Tennis Team, Basketball Varsity, Make-up and Coordinating Editor COMMENTATOR, Historian — Pre-Med Honor Society, Coaches Award on Tennis Team in Sophomore year, Dean ' s List. President — Student Organization of Yeshiva, Smicha Class — V.P. SOY, Chairman — SOY seforim sale. Chairman — SOY Tefillin Drive, Manager — Pesach Products Committee. Accoun- ting Society, Economics Society, Academic Plann- ing Committee, Who ' s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, Dean ' s List. Economics Society, Dean ' s List. JONATHAN CAPLAN Pre-Med Minor: Chemistry, Speech and Drama JSS YAAKOV K. CHAITOVSKY Enghsh Literature Minor: Music ROLAND CHAMAMA YP Accounting YP Wrestling Team, YCSC, JSSSC, YCDS, Economics Club, President — Alpha Psi Omega Dramatics Fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Society. Friends come and go but enemies accumulate. — Rav Murphy Vice-President English Honor Society, YU Chamber Ensemble, YU Chorus, Gesher — Copy staff. Dean ' s List. The man that hath no music in himself. Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds. Is fit for treasons, strategems and spoils . . . Let no such man he trusted. — Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice President — Sephardic Club, President — Yavneh, Accounting Society, French Society. Two things fill me constantly increasing admiration and awe, the longer and more ernestly I reflect on them: The starry heavens without and the moral law within. — Emanuel Kant YITZCHAK BARUCH CHEIFETZ History YP Minor: English COMMENTATOR, Kol, HAMEVASER, SOY, Intramural Basketball, History Society, History Journal Things are not always as simple as they seem, Pooh. — Adventures of Winnie the Pooh JAY CINNAMON Biology Pre-Med YP Yeshiva Seminars, Torah Leadership Seminars, HAMEVASER — Editorial Board, COMMEN- TATOR — Technical Board, Daily Talmud Educa- tion Program, Blood Drive, Intramurals. find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving. — Oliver Wendell Holmes YISROL NISSAN CLARK Physics YP Pre-Engineering WYUR — Assistant Chief engineer, YCDS — Lighting and Sound, Alpha Psi Omega. did not restrain my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor and this was my portion for all my labor. — Ecclesiastei: 2.10 ViDS JOSEPH CORN ELIOT DOBIN DANIEL DRAZEN Chemistry EMC Chemistry EMC Sociology Pre-Med Pre-Dent Minor: Psychology Minor: Math Sociology Club — Treasurer, YCDS. JSS EMCSC Vice-President, EMC Junior Class Presi- Intramural Sports Commission, EMCSC Secretary dent. Associate Chairman — Blood Drive, Treasurer, Chemical Society — Vice President, Secretary of Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Chairman YCSC Entertainment Committee, In- Society, Captain of Ping Pong Team. tramural Basketball. DAVID DRAZEN BARRY EISENMAN STEVEN Z. ETTINGER Political Science JSS Pre-Dent Minor: Biology YP Accounting Karate Club, YCDS. Accounting Society, MASMID Associa Computer Society, Daf Yomi — Technical Coor- dinator, HAMEVASER — Layout staff, Dean ' s List. YP Economics Society, WYUR-DJ., SOY, Tempo, President — Pre Law Society, COMMENTATOR, HAMEVASER — writer, copy staff, Racquetball Club, Intramural Hockey, Dean ' s List. Ven! Vidi Vici English IRA JAY FABER JSS Pre-Health Blood Drive, HAMEVASER — Typing Editor, COMMENTATOR Typing Staff, Isabella Geriatric Home Committee, JSS Student Faculty Committee, JSS Sephorim Sale, JSS Typing Staff, JSS Lecture Series, JSS Senior Class Representative, English Honor Society — President, HAMEVASER — Technical Editor. There is no hope, no escape; only pain and suffering. JOEL S. FEDERBUSH BARRY ALAN FELBERMAN EMC Biology YP Information Science Intramural Basketball, Blood Drive, COMMEN- TATOR, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor SOY — Junior Shiur Vice-President, Daf Yomi, Society, Dean ' s List. WYUR, Computer Society, Campus representative Don ' t let the past remind us of what we are not to C.A.T., Dean ' s List. now. — Crosby Stills Nash and Young y jti5 yio ti rti KENNY FELDMAN Accounting Graduated. !py v j} 7lj MARK J. FENSTER DAVID FISHER YP Pre-Med EMC Biology Chemistry Editor of Gesher, Scholastic Standing Committee, Married. Vice-President JSSSC, YCDS. The life of a happy man. JSS If ! ■ ' Jf ' jT C X NRVV J ' v ' •fl 1 — — 1 W- L ' ■— T i . , ■ .H. y ' X MICHAEL FREDMAN DAVID FISCHMAN KYLE FLICK Psychology YP Political Science JSS Psychology Minor: Information Science WYUR Newscaster, Senior Advisor, Karate Club, Tennis Team, Chairman — TLS. Advisor, Sec.-Treas. of Psi-Chi, Art and Pre-Law Society, HAMEVASER, Dean ' s List. campaign. Media Centre — Graphics of Psych Paths, TEMPO, Art Deco The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is motion. Dean ' s List. Designer — Media Centre, Idol — Fischman Fan no more to point than the fact that a drunken man is Happiness is a state of mind. Club. happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality. — G. Bernard Shaw YP UJA college campus Recruitment and Pro- — My Grandmother yCn jxyjxjx ipnn AARON FRIEDMAN Classics YP Pre-Med Minor: Economics Physics !5- FREDY FRIEDMAN JOSEPH FRIEDMAN YP Information Science Minor: Economics YP Contributing Editor — MASMID, President — Debatmg Team, Dean ' s List. Eta Sigma Phi — Classics Honor Society, Belkin The wisdom of a man enlightens his face. Scholarship. We derideas omnem hominem, neve inludes omnem rem, quoniam nemo est cui non sit tempus neque est res cui non sit locus. Assistant Instructor — YC, Senior Editor — COM- MENTATOR, President — YU Computer Society, MASMID, Assistant Editor — HAMEVASER, Copy Editor — TEMPO, Rav Unassigned ' s Shiur. NEIL STUART FRIEDMAN Pre-Med YP Racquetball Club, Alpha Epsilon Delca Pre-Med Honor Society. If a task is once begun, never leave it till it ' s done; he the labor great or small do it well or not at all. — Anonymous ROBERT M. FRIEDMAN Political Science YP Minor: English President — YCSC, Secretary-Treasurer — YCSC, Sophomore Class President, Freshman Class Secretary-Treasurer, Varsity Wrestling Team, Faculty — Student Judiciary Committee, Search Committee for the Dean of Yeshiva College, Academic Planning Committee, Coordinator — YU Theatre Ticket Service, Racquetball Club, Who ' s Who Among Students in American Col- leges and Universities, Dean ' s List. SHALOMJ. FRIEDMAN Pre-Med YP-SMICHA Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Society, High School Head Dorm Counsel or. JEFFREY SAMUEL FRIELIN G HOWARD I. GINSBURG BARUCH GLAUBACH Pre-Med EMC Accounting YP Economics EMC Chemistry Minor: Economics Economics Society, Varsity Hockey. Chairman Blood Drive, Vice-President and SOY representative. Governing Board of the YU Treasurer of Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Accounting Society. Society, Sports and Contributing Editor — Tempo, Be not timid, neither; EMCSC, Intramural Swimming, Dean ' s List. But let discretion he your guide — Shakespeare Economics JOSHUA GLIKMAN YP Economics Society, Circulation Manager of Tem- po, Founder of Chevrat Yerida Toranit. Diamonds are Forever. SHELDON GOLDMAN Economics Varsity Basketball JSS KENNETH GARY GOLDWASSER Economics EMC Minor: Education Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief — MASMID, YCSC — V.P. of Senior Class, WYUR — Engineer, DJ., Sportscaster, Head Referee In- tramural Hockey League, Washington D.C. Study- Tour 1979, Economics Society, Business Manager — Economic Mind 1980, YCDS — Techie; Tickets, Dean ' s List? In the game of life, it ' s not whether you win or lose, jt ' s whether you make it to the final buzzer. YITZCHAK GOLDZWEIG Political Science YP Sec.-Treas. of Political Science Society, HAMEVASER, Senior Assistant — Political Science Society, MASMID — Photographer, Tempo, T ' chiya Program 1979, YCDS Techie, Vice-President Skydiving Team, JACY Vista, And thii must be the way for the people of Israel in these times of ours; Taking a stand for our opinions, and being prepared to make sacrifices, even if in isolated cases it leads to the gallows. — Dov Gruner SHELLY GOLOMBECK Economics YP Minor: Speech Chief Justice Student Court, COMMENTATOR Photographer, Wrestling Varsity, Chief Advisor to YCSC President 2 years, YCDS, Charter Member Hegalian Society, Photography Club, Mishnayos B ' al Peh club, E.S. Club. Argue for your limitations and soon they will be yours. K SHELDON ETHAN GREEN Psychology Pre-Med Minor: Biology EMC Varsity Basketball, Varsity Hockey, Intramurals — Basketball, Hockey, Track, Wrestling, Swimming, etc. Psych Club — President, V.P., Psych Honor Society — President, V.P., Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Society, Director YU Student Athletics, COMMENTATOR — Associate News Editor, YP Dean ' s List. I have never allowed schooling to interfere with my education — Mark Twain OPPER 1.65 0.90 fll£S 0?D TAB SPRITE fRUlT PUNCH ORAKGE DRINK SMAlt 45j Ufta io ' Oh Aa fUi(« S£S SNACK - ' Pitas RWCHWIES OtHWR -• Pitas S-FRtNCHFRlSRai JlttlBO -PltCtSSFRflCHfRIES ROU TlffilFI6PitCES0fCK)CKt« BUCKET !6 PIECES Of CHiCKtII BAfiREl n PIECES Of CHICKEI TOTAl «2J0 3S5 S85 nso mso (1700 ROBERTJAY GREENBERG Political Science Minor: History HILLEL TSVI GROSSMAN YP Biology Pre-Med Minor: English Literature YP ISAAC GROSSMAN Math Minor: Economics YP COMMENTATOR — Managing Editor, Feature Editor, News Columnist, Typing Editor, Polls, Gesher, YCSC — Canvassing Committee, History Club — President, Fencing Intramurals. If I have to type one more thing. I ' m going to scream! English Honor Society, Rifle Club, Torah Leader- ship Seminar, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Society, Chairman — Big Brother Program, Gesher, CAT., HAMEVASER, Association of Or- thodox Jewish Scientists, Dean ' s List. There lives more faith in honest doubt believe me, than in half the creeds. — Lord Tennyson Math Club, Chess Club, HAMEVASER — copy staff. Give me a break. Huh! Pre-Law Society, JOSH HAIMOVICI PHILIP HARRIS EMC Pre-Med Pre-Dent JSS AVRAHAMJ. HENOCH Psychology Pre-Med YP Skydiving Club, HAMEVASER — News Staff, Hamashkif — Copy Editor, Chairman of the discipUnary committee of the Physical Education department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Now that all is said and done, we must admit that it has been a special and unique experience studying at YU. I wish many more Jewish students might come and benefit from learning here. Karate Club, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Society. SOY — President Juiiior Shiur, HAMEVASER — News Editor, WSl, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Society, Supergrub, Dean ' s List. Ochen Charosho Tovarish. ERIC M.HERMAN Political Science HOWARD HOROWITZ YP Psychology DAVID HORWITZ YP Political Science Alpha Psi Omega Dramatics Honor Society, Psychology Club. First Prize RIETS B ' Kius Contest (Massechet Bet- YCD§ — Head Techie, Editor Dialectic (Political If there were 48 hours in a day, I might he able to zah). Senior Assistant — Political Science Dept., Science Monthly), Tempo — Assistant Editor, Fen- finish all the work I have to do here. Belkin Scholar, cing Team, Political Science Society, History Society. No man is an island entire of itself. 7t Ti T T ' J? ' ? D —John Donne J ' ' ' ' JEFFREY INDIG Pre-Dent Minor: Biology, Hebrew Studies EMC JAY ARI JACOBS Information Science YP YCDS, HAMEVASER, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre- Med Honor Society, Alpha Psi Omega, Club Canada. There are many strange wonders, but nothing more wonderful than man. — Sophocles SOY Representative, WYUR, COMMENTATOR — Circulation Editor, Hockey Intramurals, Fencing Team. ; ' s just a fantasy. JEFFREY JOSEF Biology Pre-Med Mmor; Psychology EMC EMC — Vice President Senior Class, Pre-Med Honor Society, Dean ' s List — Highest Honors, Road Trip Club. The surest road to health say what they will, is never to suppose we shall he ill. Most of those evils we poor mortals know, from doctors and imagination flow. r STUART KAPLAN DANIEL KATSMAN AVI KATZ Chemistry YP Math YP Information Science Minor: Biology Minor: Physics HAMEVASER — Managing Editor, Debating Gesher Team, Dean ' s List, Belkin Scholar, Gesher, CTI. Computer Science Society, MASMID — Photography Editor, Media Centre — Technical Coordinator, Belkin Scholar, T ' chiya, Juggling Club, Dean ' s List. ijtion in TjjS yifC ly JONATHAN ABRAHAM RENTER STEVEN KERNER Economics YP Psychology COMMENTATOR — Newswriter, Washington High School Dorm Counselor. D.C. Study To ' ir, Bookbinder, Intramural — Track Team, Dean ' s List. I ' ve got to start acting more sensible . . . Tomorrow. MARC KLAPHOLZ Biology Pre-Med Minor: Political Science YP COMMENTATOR — Associate Editor, Student Representative to State Accreditation Committee, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Society, In- tramurals — Swimming, Hockey, YCDS, Dr. Joseph Dunner Political Science Society, Debating Society, Dean ' s List. But this above all — To thine own self be true. 1 • , • ' .L • • . JKll«i |. ii  : • ' - aj- J i V . I-i t • - 1 ' ' .. , ._ .. wr MM irr LAWRENCEJ. KLEIN Political Science Speech IRA KORN EMC Information Science LEO M. KOZLOWSKI B ' Kius Contest, Computer Society, ACM Gesher, Biology Club, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre- WYUR — Station Manager, Ass ' t News Director, Competition Harvard Model U.N., Dr. Joseph Dunner Political Speak for those without words. Science Society — Sec.-Treas., Senior Ass ' t — Dept. of Political Science, Nominee Harry S. Truman Scholarship, Debating Team, Pre-Law Club, Speech Club, Chairman Freshman Orienta- tion for YCSC, Life member — Iota Beta Sigma, Who ' s Who Among Students in American Col- leges and Universities, Dean ' s List. All generalizations are useless — including this Med Honor Society. Life is one long learning experience. DAVID KRAMER Information Science STEVEN E. KRAUSS Chemistry Pre-Dent Clep Minor: Kaplan ' s President Chemical Club, YC Alumni Assn, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Dent Honor Society, Ezra Levy Fan Club, Biology Society. Laugh and the wurlJ laughs with yuu. Cry ami yuu get your shirt wet. ' ■  X SHALOM E. LAMM YP EMC Philosophy YP EMC Chairman Yeshiva College Senate, Senator — Yeshiva College Senate, Chairman — Senate Sub- committee on Cheating, Chairman — Political Science Study Tours, Coordinator — Investors In- stitute of YU, V.P. of YC Republicans, Harvard Model II. N., Princeton U. Business Conference, President — YU Pistol and Rifle Club, HAMEVASER — Business Manager, Coordinator — Chevron Memorial Rally, Dean ' s List. is . . . sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than it is to turn one brat into a decent human being. —Joseph Krutch DAVID LAZAROS Political Science TOVIA LENT YP MURRAY LEBEN JSS Pre-Dent Minor: Chemistry Manager Varsity Basketball, WYUR, COMMEN- TATOR, Student Court, Intramural Basketball. COMMENTATOR — Contributing Editor, Sports That man is the richest whose pleasures are the Editor, Blood Drive, Wrestling Team, Intramural SOY — Shiur President and Vice-President, Bowl cheapest. Basketball, Bruce Club, Road Trip Association — Henry David Thoreau CoOrdmatOr. JSS Chemistry Pre-Med Minor: Biology ing Team, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Society, HAMEVASER — News Staff, Research Editor, COMMENTATOR — Copy staff. Blood Drive, Chemistry Club. Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. Biology Pre-Med JAY LERMAN JSS YP Captain — Wrestling Team, Piano player — YC Jazz Ensemble, Winner of Impromptu and Extem- poraneous Speech Contests, Debating Team Cap- tain, Volunteer at Isabella Geriatric Center. There are several redeeming factors of YU. I can ' t think of them offhand . . . But there are several. HOWARD J. LERNER Pre-Dent YP Minor: Chemistry Co-Chairman Blood Drive, Wrestling Team — Head Manager, COMMENTATOR — Copy Staff, HAMEVASER — News Staff, Co-Captam Basket- ball Intramural, Planning Coordinator — Road Trip Committee. Mister, I ain ' t a hoy, no I ' m a man, And I believe in the promised land. — Bruce Springsteen DAVID LEWIS Physics Minor: Math YP Math Club, In process of forming a Grub Club, Prime activity shall consist of studying at designated places and times, of course. Member- ship shall be restricted to a small number so that every member will be an officer. Prime Objective — Provision of an extra-Curricular activity for Grubs. AARON DAVID LIBERMAN Economics AKIVA LIBERMAN STEVEN LISS YP Psychology YP Psychology JSS Secretary — Academic Standards Committee, Co- President Jogging Club, Chairman Poll. Sci. Society — Travel and Accomodations Division. Properly the jew ought hardly to he heard of; But he is heard of, has always been heard of . . . All things are mortal But the Jew; All other forces pass, But he remains. ' ' — Mark Twain Founder of the Anti-Club Club, Media Centre Governing Board, Tempo Governing Board. Rahi Akiva didn ' t figure out what he wanted to do ' till he was forty! YCDS, Alpha Psi Omega, Vice-President — Psi Chi, Psych Honor Society In order to arrive there, to arrive where you are, you must go by a way wherein there is no ecstasy. In order to arrive at what you do not know, you must go by way which is the way of ignorance. ALAN DAVID LISTHAUS Pre-Med Chemistry EMC Editor — Pre-Med Journal, HAMEVASER — Senior Editor, COMMENTATOR — Op-Ed Editor, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Socie- ty, Coordinator — Mayor ' s Voluntary Action Center, Karate Club, Dean ' s List. Success hi life is a matter not so much of talent or op- portunity as of concentration and perseverance. DORON I. LOESER Economics YP Accounting Belkin Scholarship, Louis Werfel Memorial Award for Highest Ranking Junior, Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief of COMMENTATOR, Feature writer and Copy Staff, YC Accounting Society Board of Governors, Pre-Law Society, Economics Club, Dean ' s List. Thanks for the memories. ARTHUR M. LUXENBERG English Literature EMC Minor: Political Science Varsity Tennis Team, Senate Library Chairman, Blood Drive Associate Chairman, Chairman EMC Dept. of Public Relations, English Honor Society, Outstanding Young Men of America, LJ.A.R.T.C. Chairman, Dean ' s List. PESACH MEHLMAN Biology Bio Club Whoever has the gold makes the rules. LAWRENCE Z. MEITELES LEON MELOHN JSS Biology EMC Economics YP Pre-Med Minor; Chemistry Captain Debating Team, COMMENTATOR — Feature Editor, President — Spanish Society, Vice- - Murphy Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Society, President Speech Club, Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kap- Biological S ociety, EMC Sophomore and Junior pa Alpha Class President, Dean ' s List. ANDREW MEYERS IRA MITZNER GERSHON C. NEY Accounting JSS Economics EMC Pre-Med Tennis Team, Economics Society. After a time, you may find that having is not quite 10 pleasurable a thing as wanting. It is not logical, hut it is often true. — Mr. Spock President — EMCSC, Editor-in-Chief Economic Mmd, Intramural Hockey, COMMENTATOR, Vice-President Economics Society, I.J.A.R.T.C. — Cliairman of the Board, Dean ' s List. Be kind to the people you meet on the way up, Because you ' re gonna meet the same people on the way down. — Ralph Kramden to Ed Norton Dec. 9, 1955 Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Society, Stu- dent Struggle for Soviet Jewry, Student Commision to save Ethiopian Jewry, Dean ' s List. He prayeth well, who loveth well both man and bird and beast. -r BEN ZION NIDERBERG History Minor: Political Science DAVID M. NOVICK YP Information Science DAVID PANUSH EMC Biology EMC Rifle- Team, Student Court, TEMPO — Editor, History Society President, CAT, Bnei Akiva Club, Media Centre, Harvard U.N., Executive Director — The Love Center. Karate EMC Class President, EMC Student Council, Pre- YU is a hard working school and I ' m proud to have Med Honor Society — President and Secretary, from it . Blood Drive, Wrestling Intramurals, CTI Choral Ensemble. Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove. ELIOT PEYSER Pre-Med YP Pre-Dent JEREMY PEYSER SETH PEYSER YP Economics YP President Junior Class, Basketball Intramurals, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Pre-Med Honor Society, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Society, Media Centre Public Relations, FDOA Club, Photography Editor — COMMENTATOR, Road Swimming Instructor, Dean ' s List. Trip Club, Dean ' s List. Editor-in-Chief of Economic Mind, Executive Editor — MASMID, Philanthropist of Media Cen- tre, Dean ' s List. After the game the king atid the pawn go in the same box. — Italian Proverb JSS Pre-Med ALAN J. PHILLIPS YP LEONARD DAVID PLOTKIN Economics EMC ALAN M. PERLMUTTER Chemistry Pre-Med Wrestling, Pre-Med Honor Society, JSS Student Economics Society — Secretary, Bowling Team President, JSS Student Council, Council. Captain, Tennis Team, Hockey Intramurals Club Canada Tennis Team, JSS Student — Faculty Committee, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Dean ' s List. Talent, knowledge, success are important to human existence. Yet talent without dedication, knowledge without reverence, success without humility may end in futility. For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and The full value of YU is only realized upon having knowledge shall be present unto thy soul. graduated. AARON RAPAPORT Economics KENNETH MARC REINER ARNOLD DAVID ROBBINS YP Economics Business EMC Information Science Blood Drive — Advertising Chairman, Basketball MASMID — Technical Editor, Chairman — Intramurals. Steven Gladstein Memorial Fund, WYUR — What has past, will never last. Business Staff, COMMENTATOR — Copy Staff, YCDS — Technical Staff, Economics Society, Who ' s Who, Dean ' s List. Time it was, and what a time it was, it was . . . a time of innocence, a time of confidences. — Simon and Garfunkel Happiness is a computer that never goes down. ALAN ROSEN HAROLD ROSEN MICHAEL ROSEN YP Biology Pre-Med Blood Drive, Math Club. hope it ' s all been worth it. YP Pre-Med Chemistry JSS COMMENTATOR — Op-Editor, Karate Club, Wrestling, Intramural Hockey, COMMENTATOR -Jean Shepherd Pre-Med Honor Society, Association of Orthodox — Copy Staff, Spanish Club. Belkin Scholar, Jewish Scientists, Tchiya, NCSY, Project Hope, Dean ' s List. TLS, Mishkan, Care for Retarded Adults. The secret to happiness is not doing what you like. It ' s liking what you must do. JOSEPH ANDREW ROZENBAUM MICHAEL SALZBANK JONATHAN A. SACKS Biology EMC Accounting JSS Philosophy Minor: Education Poll, Sci. Club, Economics Society, JSS Represen- Philosophy Club. Roller Skating Club, WYUR, Racquetball Club, tative, Dean ' s List. . .. -j ,ta ,4  J Tennis Club, Pre-Med Honor Society, Biological TjlX) 773 P I jf U llp Society, Blood Drive, EMC — Sec.-Treas. — 1 W Senior Class, Dean ' s List. We ' re always proving who we are, always reaching for that rising star. STEVENS SANDERS Information Science YP Accounting HESHIE SCHERTZ YP GERALD AARON SCHIFF Pre-Health Sciences YP Computer Society, Karate Club, Dean ' s List. YCSC — Sec.-Treas., Founder and President — Accounting Society, Chairman — Broadway Tickets Service. MASMID — Editor-in-Chief, Commissioner, Head Referee Hockey Intramurals, Varsity Hockey Team, WYIIR — Engineer, YCDS — Techie, Media Centre, Daf Yomi, Blood Drive, FDOA Club, Washington D.C. Study Tour — 1979, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Society, Who ' s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, Dean ' s List. You will find men who want to he carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don ' t seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together. — Henry Ford II (XXXXXX ALLAN WILLIAM SCHUMAN Pre-Dent Minors: Biology, Economics YP Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Society, MASMID — Managing Editor, President Senior Class, Chairman — Film Series, Rifle Club, YCDS Techie, COMMENTATOR — Busmess Manager, Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief, JuggUng Club, FDOA Club, Media Centre — Executive Director and CEO, Who ' s Who, Dean ' s List. ; is a fine thing to he honest, but it is also very im- portant to be right. — Winston Churchill EDWARD SCHWARTZ Accounting YP Minor: Economics MASMID — Business Manager, Accounting Society — Governing Board, Chairman — Film Series, Media Centre — Executive Director and COO. What, me worry? — Alfred E. N. JOSEPH L. SCHWARZ Speech Communications EMC President — YCDS, Actor — YCDS, Alpha Psi Omega, Dr. A. Tauber Speech Award, 1980 Speech Contest winner, Student Court Justice, EMC — Vice President Junior Class, Vice President Pre- Law Society, Chairman Accounting Society, MASMID, Who ' s Who, Dean ' s List. G-iJ didn ' t create the world in 7 days — He slept for 6, then pulled an all- night er. MOISHE SCHWERD Political Science MICHAEL SEELENFREUND LAWRENCE AARON SHAFRON YP Economics EMC Chemistry JSS Minor: Biology Senate — Vice Chairman, Senator, Chairman — Varsity Tennis, EMCSC, Intramural — Hockey and Curriculum Committee, Cheating Committee, Basketball. POLIS — Editor-in-Chief, Louis Werfel Award — Highest Ranking Junior, Harvard Model U.N., Chairman — Voter Registration Drive, Intramurals — Wrestling, Dean ' s List. iay what I mean and I mean what I say! — Popeye It is those afraid of dying that never live. Rifle Team — Captain, Club Canada — President, WYUR, Pre-Med Honor Society. ... Those little blobs of toothpaste on the bottom of the sink — if you let them dry out they make great , party mints. — George Carlin. LOUIS SHICKER Biology YP COMMENTATOR — Editor-in-Chief, Copy Editor, Pre-Med Honor Society, Psi Chi Honor Society, Psychology Club, YC Chairman — NYC Mayor ' s Volunteer Action Committee, NCSY. The first wisdom is the fear of G-d. — Proverbs STEVEN SHOEN Pre-Med YP Minor: Biology Tennis Team, Debating Team, Pre-Med Honor Society, MASMID — Contributing Editor, COM- MENTATOR — Feature Staff. A doctor who takes nothing is worth nothing. MARC A. SINGER Biology Judaic Studies EMC BRGS Mmor; Math Economics Society, Speech Club, Pre-Med Honor Society, COMMENTATOR — Feature Sports News, Editor-in-Chief — HAMASHKIF, Administrating Co-ordinator — YV Seminars, Program Co-ordinator — Guidance Dept., Who ' s Who, American Youth in Achieve- ment Award. Rememher, the PUN is mightier than the sword! SAUL SLADOWSKY English HOWARD SLOCHOWSKY IRA SLOMOWITZ YP Economics EMC Political Science YP Debating Team, Intramural Hockey, YCDS, Intramural Basketball, EMC Constitutional Com- POLIS, Bnei Akiva Club, Eta Sigma Phi-Classical COMMENTATOR, MASMID — Staff. mittee. Economics Honor Society, Vice President Honor Society. Attending dais can tarnish an otherwise lustrous — Freshman Class, Bruce Club, Road Trip Club. Much madness is divinest sense to a discerning eye: scholastic career. Someday we ' ll look back on this and it will all seem Much sense the starkest madness. — Sladowsky funny. — Bruce Spnngstein - Emily Dickenson JACK SMITH English Minor: Political Science YP MICHAEL HUGH SPIEGEL Political Science JSS COMMENTATOR, Honor Society. Studies perfect nature, experience. Intramural Sports, English and are perfected by YCSC — Vice President — Soph. Class, Senator — YC Senate, POLIS — Associate Editor, YCDS — Actor, Publicity Director, Political Science Society, JSS Director ' s List, Alpha Psi Omega, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Semi-finalist, Dean ' s List. G-d grant me the serenity to accept the things ' -h. cannot change, courage to change the things I can and wisdom always to tell the difference. SAUL R. STROMER Pre-Med Speech and Drama EMC Alpha Epsilon Delta, Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha, COMMENTATOR — Projects Con- tributing Editor, Blood Drive, Debating Team, Spanish Club, Speech Club — V.P., Student Host, ..Admissions Phonathon. To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven. — Ecclesiastes r 1 ' T ' V RALPH JOSEF SUGARMAN HOWARD AHRON TANZMAN MICHAEL TEICHER Political Science JSS Economics YP Pre-Dent YP Poli Sci. Society, Harvard Model U.N., Hockey In- Ba ' al Koreh at Stern, WYUR — Technical Writer, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Society, CAT tramurals. Varsity Hockey Team Captain. ; all depends how proud you are ofheiii a Jew. — Campus Representative. Biology Minor: English JOSHUA A. TEPLOW YP EMC LOUIS TREIGER Political Science LOUIS TUCHMAN YP Political Science YP HAMEVASER — Feature Editor, Alpha Psi Omega, Sigma Tau Delta, TEMPO — Literary Editor, KOL — Governing Board, Biological Il- lustrator — Stern Lab Manual, WYUR Artistic Consultant, Art Editor — ECONOMIC MIND, MASMID — Graphics Editor, Dean ' s List. And I have known them all already, known them all — The Eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase, And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin, When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall, Then how should I begin to spit out all the butt -ends of my days and ways? And how should I presume? President — Yolanda Benson Honor Society, POLIS — Editor-in-Chief, HISTORIAN — Gover- ning Board. Never draw to an inside straight. COMMENTATOR — News Executive Editor, YC Senate — Senator, Student Court — Assoc. Justice, POLIS — Executive Editor, YCSC — Director of Publicity, MASMID — Art Editor, Poll. Sci. Society, Dean ' s List. Despise the mind and scientific work . . . and you have surrendered to the Devil and must go to destruction. — Goethe:Faust YITZHAK DAVID TWERSKY JACK VARON STEVEN WAGNER Pre-Med YP Economics YP English YP Biology Minor: Political Science Omicron Delta Epsilon, Varsity Basketball Co- COMMENTATOR — Copy Editor, Pre-Med Jour- Captain, Dean ' s List. Intramural Basketball, MASMID — Literary nal — Associate Editor, Student Court Justice, Editor, English Honor Society, Pre-Law Society, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Society, Personal Advisor to Contributing and Coor- Dean ' s List. dinating Editor of COMMENTATOR, Eliot When in doubt, vacillate. Peyser ' s Roommate, Dean ' s List. You can live with the wrong decision, hut you can ' t live with no decision. ' Mi tssm mh i m mif 5 ' ? i Z ' i ' %., S . ALEX WAKTER EUGENE WEISBERG Biology JSS Speech and Drama Minor: Astronomy Vice-President Club Canada, Tempo — Business Editor, MASMID, Skydiving, Stciing. The deepest feeling shows itself in silence. JSS Psychology BENJAMIN Z. WEISS YP YCDS — Technical Crew, Actor, Talent Show — M.C., President Speech Club, WYUR — D.J. — Rock-a-doodle-doo. What we are is G-d ' s gift to us. What we become is our gift to G-d. YCSC — Vice President, Junior Class Vice Presi- dent, Editor — PSYCH-PATHS, Dean ' s List. When faith is lost and honor dies, man is dead. Biology JOSEPH WEISSTUCH YP MASMID — Sports Editor, HAMEVASER — Coordinating Editor, Gesher — Managing Editor, Tennis Teann. I ' ll Do it Tomorrow. MURRAY J. WERZBERGER Pre-Med Biology LEWIS WIENERKUR yP Accounting YP HAMEVASER — Governing Board, COMMEN- TATOR — Technical Editor, Editor of Pre-Med Journal, Emergency Medical Technician, Chairman — NYC Mayor ' s Volunteer Action Committee at YU, SOY — V.P. of Senior Shiur, Blood Drive, Dean ' s List. MASMID — Coordinating Editor, YU Student Directory Editor, Accounting Society, Pro- crastinator, Arguer, Chauffeur, And if I laugh at any mortal thing, Tis that I may not weep. — Lord Byron V JOEL M. WOOLF JOSHUA YERES SIMON ARIEH ZAK English YP Economics YP Physics Math Minor; Speech Bnei Akiva Club. College ought to he its own reward. SSSJ, English Honor Society, HAMEVASER — News staff, Research Editor, Committee for Ethio- pian Jewry, COMMENTATOR — News Staff, Gesher Staff, Dean ' s List. wish I was . . . Homeward bound. — Simon and Garfunkel Psychology JEFFERY ZARET DORON ZANANI JSS Economics SAMUEL P. ZIMMERMAN YP English Minor: Economics Tennis Team, Psychology Honor Society — Presi- COMMENTATOR dent. Psych — Club, YCDS Honor Society, JSSSC, Science Society. Dean ' s List. Copy Staff, Political SOY — PPC, COMMENTATOR — Copy Staff, SOY — Kashrus Committee, Irving Linn Memorial Award Winner — English, English Honor Society, Associate Chairman and Bandleader — EMC Breakfast Club, Dean ' s List. To he beloved is all I need, and whom I love, I love indeed. — Coleridge NATHAN ZUSSMAN Economics YP MASMID Isn ' t rhtTc .inv pl.Kt where I can study I was looking over the Rambams Hilchos Tshuva last night, ' How did I get this great career. I just bought A Hedge of Roses a nd I received this free poster with it. The Tidy Bowl Man. I can really get into these YP parties. ' Good Morning Boys and Girls! You ' re chareine us WHAT for this yearbook? For Sale: One empty 18 fl Will someone please tell that guy with the beard to turn around. . i j i m imw. IHte mit mm m. i Y C S C P9 ES ENTS smmMf ZA BO v ifi z i TUBDAY EVENING DEC, 30 ' iw MORG LOUNGE a 9PM w£GooPMB ip m c a y ai Mi„u CLI JT EASTWOOD ijhoWi tt rAfyffRa aynsrl mm mmmm Henry was an innocent lad. And so it was in all innocence that he descended the stairs and took his place at the end of the line. The ensuing experience was his first real learning experience at Yeshiva University; he learned about a breed known as Cafeteria-Goers. More important Henry learned how to become one. When Henry took his place at the end of the line, he was five places away from being through the double doors that marks the entrance to the food area. The three boys that had followed him down the stairs were in the second, third and fourth positions. A curious state of affairs he thought, but not nearly as intriguing as that which followed. After several minutes, those lads were well beyond the doors: Henry was eleven places away and fading fast. His stomach was beginning to send distress signals to his brain, and he knew he ' d have to act fast. He did. Bravely, he tapped the shoulder of the beard- ed youth in front of him, and cleared his throat. Ahem, excuse me, but, er, ah, em, wasn ' t, uh, I in front of you. ' ' The boy, a well dressed, impressive figure clad in jeans and a Bruce for Pope in ' 84 T-shirt, turned around and vigorously nodded his assent. You certainly were! he declared. Henry knew that a great victory had been won. He would have felt better about it though, had his victim not collapsed in an uncontrollable fit of laughter. Henry was about to try again, when the hysterical student turned back to him. Say, are you a freshman. ' ' Henry nodded, Well, that ex- plains it! Freshmen don ' t have to wait in line. Just walk up to the front of the line, tell the guy that you ' re a freshman and he ' ll give you whatever you want. Go, go. Henry made his way eagerly to the front, passing many less fortunate sophomores, juniors, and seniors along the way. When he reched his destination he smiled and said: Hi! I ' m a freshman and I ' d like chicken and — The student standing behind Henry knew that he would have to pay for the tray he had just broken over Henry ' s head. Since he hated line cutters almost as much as he hated freshmen, he felt that it had been well worth it. He smiled in satisfaction as he watched Henry stagger back to the end of the line. By the time Henry reached the head of the line again, he was relieved to note that a different fellow was dishing out the foods. He would have been mortified to face the same guy after his em- barassing experience. He smiled broadly and said. Hi! I ' d like some chicken and — Henry turn- ed around to make sure no one was hoisting a tray overhead. We don ' t got no more chicken. Oh well, how ' bout a, um, turkey cutlet? We don ' t got no more of that either. What do you expect when you come ten minutes before we close.- Well what have you got.- Cabbage Souffle. He plunked a soggy brick on Henry ' s plate. Alright, well please give me some rice and — why are you shaking your head? What is that stuff? Creamed Broccoli. Here ' s a double portion of it. It ' s the only vegetable we have left. Henry took the plate and slid his tray along the rack towards the cashier, collecting two salami PARKER ' S SPECIAL duced himself. Hi freshie! I ' m a senior, he said, shaking hands with Henry ' s coffee. Then he walked away without relinquishing his grip. Undaunted, Henry redirected his attention to the bottom tray. This time he confidently chose the glass on the right. Cymbals, he thought. Hundreds of cymbals. That ' s what thirty-two glasses shattering sound- ed like. Henry decided to forego his coffee. By this time, there were only three per- sons separating him from the cashier, so he riveted his atten- tion on her. Vat have you got? Cabbage souffle special with rice and two vegetables? She scanned the price list. Three-fifty. Next. I ' ve got the cabbage souffle with rice and mixed veggies. Again she scanned the price list. Three sixty-five. Next. You have the special? Cabbage souffle and two vegetables? Just a minute . . . three forty-five. Henry had to pull back as she attacked the register. She seemed to be going berserk. Two hundred sixteen dollars and eighty-five cents. But wait, I think I made a mistake. Yes, the deserts are fifty-five cents each, no forty-five. But you rang them up as forty-five cents each! So, it ' s nine dollars and forty cents. That ' s vat I said. And give it to me exactly, I don ' t have change. Henry paid and found his way over to a table. He went to get silverware, and returned just in time to see a white-clad Hispanic tray-cart driver load his tray upon the vehicle and wheel away. Henry dashed after him and shouted: Hey, that ' s my tray! Yeah, well 1 been looking for you man. You got one hell of a nerve wasting all that food. Don ' t you know that there are children starving in Biafra! sandwiches, one brownie, two cherry pie slices and one apple-turnover along the way. When he got to a coffee spigot he hesitated. He hesitated because he was unclear as to where he was supposed to obtain a glass. Then he noticed the interesting stack of glasses on trays. The top two trays were virtually full, while the bottom one had but three glasses remaining. Henry studied the bottom tray carefully, then selected the leftmost glass. He smiled, held the glass aloft, and bowed to the burst of applause that resulted when the pile teetered precariously but refused to topple. As he filled it with coffee, a tall, slim lad with a friendly smile ap- proached and intro- YESHIVA COLLEGE DRAMATICS SOCIETY JOSEPH SCHWARZ DR. ANTHONY S. BEUKAS PRESIDENT FACULTY ADVISOR THE GRAND TOUR DECEMBER 20-25, 1980 1 ' = ' f ' vl. L i n the yeshhra college dnmatlc voclety december 23 28, 1978 o«u fourteentii fteavoD US Army Base Memo V Attn: All ClvUlBji Audience members i Trom; Yeshlva College Dramatics Society Ha: (B( t Data: Spring 1979 Place: Studio Theatre THE YESHIVA COLLEGE DRAMATICS SOCIETY December 22-27, 1979 Our Fifteenth Season There are few places on the Yeshiva College campus where administrators, faculty, and students alike can go for a diversion from the daily routine of a rigorous college program. The professionalism and high caliber of Yeshiva University Theater is something the university and its students can point to with pride. Since our freshman year, YCDS has presented well known, colorful musicals (Pippin, Man of La Mancha), as well as serious, emotional dramas (Equus, Streamers, Family Business). The Yeshiva College Dramatics Society produced 2 shows during the 1980-1981 season. The fall production of The Grand Tour featured the largest cast (26 members) and orchestra (15 members) of any past YCDS musical comedy. The play was based on the flight of an optimistic Jewish refugee during the Nazi era. Yeshiva history was made as Stern College students appeared on the YCDS stage for the first time, albeit, as puppeteers. Over 1200 people at- tended the performances. The intriguing spring production Flowers for Algernon demonstrated the versatility of the Dramatics Society. On the surface, it was the touching story of Charlie Gordon — a mentally retarded young man who undergoes an unusual operation, enabling him to progress to the level of genius. In ac- tuality, we are confronted with the tragic drama of a man in search of himself. The success of this production was evident in the fact that at the conclu- sion of the 7 sold-out performances, there was hardly a dry eye in the house. Yet, membership in the society is not limited to the actors on stage. In fact, more than 100 members work behind the scenes in areas such as lights, sound, makeup, costumes, props, scenery, construction, painting, program, ushering and ticket sales. The Dramatics Society is more than a platform for the portrayal of stage characters. This organization with its unique and educational experiences im- bues its participants with both a sense of discipline as well as the importance of dedication, commitment and cooperation. Without these fundamentals, the Dramatics Society would not be able to produce the shows on the level of excellence for which it is known. Family Bu$ine$$ THE YESHIVA COLLEGE DRAMATICS SOCIETY March 22-29, 1980 Our Sixteenth Season THE YESHIVA COLLEGE DRAMATICS SOCIETY December 20-25, 1980 Our Sixteenth Season THE YESHIVA COLLEGE DRAMATICS SOCIETY April 4-9, 1981 Our Sixteenth Season FHE E5HVA CDLLEGQSTUKNfl _LNDN BUILDING 1 ' eshva fhg|, idlleqE muD D J «b o healER Hd B H R 1 . j ■ Hr J T lyn B I  3 r Hj HI H! r K I Vv H| XI f 1  1 t- f ■ 1 T K FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON APRIL 4-9, 1981 AWARDS NIGHT 1981 Best Actor — Adam Charnoff Flowers for Algernon Best Supporting Actors — Steven Liss and Eugene Weisberg Flowers for Algernon Best Gypsy — Avi Abikzer The Grand Tour Best Techies — Nissan Clark and Donn Ungar Lighting Special Dr. B Award — Joseph Saks College is merely a stepping stone — a four year entrance examination for graduate schools. Our college diplomas are worthless in today ' s job market. In order to succeed, we must gain admittance to the best Graduate schools. So we work and study hard in order to convince the admissions boards that we are intelligent. However, the key to admittance, as we all know, goes way beyond that. Graduate schools are looking for well- rounded, interesting people? How do we convince them that we are well-rounded, interesting people. Glad you asked. We par- ticipate in as many clubs, organizations, honor societies, and extracurricular activities as possible. This is relatively simple considering that we attend Yeshiva University which has an infi- nite number of clubs, organizations, honor societies, and extra- curricular acnvities. In fact, chances are, if you are a Yeshiva stu- dent, you are also a president or vice-president of one obscure society or another. The undergraduate school boasts 4 student councils consisting of 60 student council members — that ' s 12% of the student body. Some of the other distinguished groups in the school include the Pre-Med and Pre-Law Societies; the Psy- chology, Sociology, and Philosophy Clubs; the Poll Sci, Eco- nomics, Speech, and French Clubs. Had enough? Well, there are hundreds more. Nevertheless, some students can ' t seem to fit into these estab- lished clubs and so they create their own. In recent years we have witnessed the addition of an Accounting Society, as well as the Biology and History Clubs. These creations stir the imagina- tion for future possibilities. How about a Classical Language Club, or a CTI Club. ' Eventually there may even be a Biochemis- try Lab Club (for any pre-meds who are as of yet not president of any existing club). Your interests still lie elsewhere? Don ' t despair. Yeshiva College has many opportunities to make a per- son appear well-rounded and interesting. Perhaps you are inter- ested in writing? The Commentator, the offical undergraduate newspaper of Yeshiva College, reports on the many fascinating activities of the various clubs. Both Kol and Tempo have large governing boards in order to make their regularly occasional appearances. Daf Yomi offers every student the opportunity to, as the N.Y. Times says, write a bestseller. Unfortunately Daf Yomi never does. Then there is also Hamashkit, an up and com- ing magazine for those who prefer to write from right to lett. The more active student may join any of the numerous varsity teams. One may choose from a wide variety of sports including hockey, basketball, wrestling, tennis, fencing and bowling. Despite losing records, the athletic clubs offer their members that which cannot be acquired in the classroom. ' Varsity Letters. The very daring may choose to venture out to the futhermost part of the Yeshiva campus (184th St.) where they will find the Student Union Building. Understandably, this converted garage is not your average Student Union Building. Nevertheless, this is home for the Dramatics Society and the radio station. It also gives many a Stern girl an excuse tor coming uptown. This is where Tova and Linda; and Tova got their start. Finally, it by some chance you ' re such a hopeless case that you have no ability or interest in any of the aforementioned — fear not — you can always write dumb articles for MASMID. It ' s nothing great — but it looks good on your college transcript. ELECTIONS o%n. PRESIDENT-VICE-PRESIDENT SECRETARY-TREASURER OF YCSC WILL BE HELD THURSDAY MARCH 26.1981 PoaS 0 £ V- 12 NOON rt 5 15 PM A TE SUPPORT = STRENGTH %m Official Undergraduate Newspaper of Yeshiva College ■3 v U — • f T! i (IIl|g Olommgntalor 5(K) West 18 Street. New York. New York 1(X)33. 9is.l2 ' ;2. Published bi- weekly during the academic year by the Yeshiva College Student Council. The views expressed in these columns are those of THE COMMENTA- TOR only and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the student body, the faculty, or of the administration of Yeshiva University. We also do not endorse any of the products or services advertised in these pages. Technical Board DORON LOESER ALLAN SCHUMAN Assistants to the Editor-in-Chief MICHAEL GRABOW Typing HAROLD ROSEN ALANLISTHAUS Op-Ed GAVY SIMON JOEY BODNER Business AVI JACOBWITZ Photography JAY CINNAMON MURRAY WERZBERGER ARI JACOBS Circulation Governing Board LOUIS SHICKER Editor-in-Chief MARC KLAPHOLZ ROBERT GREENBERG Associate Editor Managing Editor LOUIS TUCHMAN JOSH BRICKMAN Executive Editor Coordinating Editor MURRAY LEBEN SAULSTROMER Contributing Editor Contributing Editor JOSEPH FRIEDMAN JOSEPH STURM Senior Editor News Editor IRWIN WEISS LEON MELOHN News Editor Feature Editor YITZHAK TWERSKY ELLIOT NEWMAN Copy Editor Make-Up Editor DAVID KOBER SAM RUDANSKY Projects Editor Sports Editor Top Row. Left [o Risht; David Kober. Elliot Newman, Joseph Friedman. Irwin Weiss, Sam Rudansky. Louis Tuchman. Marc Klapholz. Louis Shicker. Robert Green berg, Josh Brickman. Saul Stromer, lak Twctsky. Leon Melohn. Joseph Siufm Bonom Row Murray Lebcn. ttomewLseR A student Publication of Traditionai Thouglit and ideas Put llshed by The Jewish Studies Divisions of Yeshiva University YITZCHAK APPLBAUM Editor- in-Chief Jeff Indig David Arbesfeid Associate Editor Executive Editor Stuart Kaplan Alan Listhaus Managing Editor Senior Editor Dov Fisch Joseph Weisstuch Contributing Editor Coordinating Editor Jay Cinnamon Nachum J. Stone Copy Editor Layout Editor David Jacobs Avi Henoch News Editor News Editor Dana Kaplan Joshua Teplow Feature Editor Feature Editor Moshe Rosenberg Joel Woolf Research Editor Research Editor Vlurray Wertzberger Meshulam Moskowitz Projects Editor Alumni Editor (a](lPPP(a|(alllP(i(ci|(i(l(l(l(a](a]P(a](a|ll@ll@(i@lll(ii] (g i) @ 11 i) g) i) @] i] g) il 11) i) i) il i) ii isi D il Is) H) i) i) i] il Is) il Daf Yomi Editors: Elliot Her.sk Zev Liebowit Yeshiva College Senate WYUR % MiP ' -iyn WYUR SPORTS hditors: Michael Spiege! Louis Treiger ipha Epsilon Delta, Premedical-Predental Honor Society n f) n Oil ... David Panush — President Jeffrey Frieling — Vice President Joseph Corn — Secretary Henry Anhalt — Treasurer Dr. Saul Wischnitzer — Advisor Mrs. Rose Unger — Secretary Club Canada Larry Shafron — President Rabbi Mitchell Serels — Advisor Media Centre, Morg 327 Allan Schuman — Chief Executive Officer Edward Schwartz — Chief Operating Officer (Pnuya ' s, Beware!) Yeshiva College Dramatics Society Joseph Schwarz — President Tommy Bauer — Organizational Vice-President Joseph Saks — Technical Vice-President Avi Abikzer — Secretary Brad Scher — Treasurer Jeff Indig — Honor Society Rep. Dr. Anthony S. Beukas — Advisor Accounting Society Heshie Schertz — President Gavy Simon — Vice-President Dr. Norman Schlessberg — Advisor Computer Science Society Yitzchak Applbaum — President Joseph Friedman — President Needlepoint Club Bobby Shubowitz — Chief Stitcher History Society Yaakov Kessler — President Joel Block — Advisor Classics Society 3BBBzaaBBsn Aaron Friedman — President Dr. Louis Feldman — Advisor Psychology Club Robert VanAmoragen — President Dr. Helmut Adler — Advisor Rifle Club J i mmf,. M-W r V Km Larry Shafron — President CoL Robert Marmorstein — Advisor Spanish Club Seth Peyser — President Ms. Joan Warshall — Advisor S.O.Y. Student Council Avy Buchen — President David Sherman — Vice-President Shimy Schwartz — Sec.-Treas. J.S.S. Student Council Irving Elson — President David Fisher — Vice-President ' Lewis Stien — Sec.-Treas. E.M.C. Student Council Ira Mitzner — President Joseph Corn — Vice-President Eliot Dobin — Sec.-Treas. Arthur Luxenberg — Director of Public Relations Yeshiva College Student Council Robert Friedman — President Benjamin Weiss — Vice-President Heshie Schertz — Sec.-Treas. Allan Schuman — Senior Class President Kenneth Goldwasser — Senior Class Vice-President Nachum Stone — Senior Class Sec.-Treas. Diaspora Yeshiva Concert ROLLING BOOTH Shirt Sale MAIZOS Elections Talent Show P.P.C. MASMID 1981 f ' f f t 4 • % ' f Editor-in-Chief Gerald A. Schiff Associate Editor Joseph Schwarz Literary Editor Steven Wagner Contributing Editors Barry Bieda Steven Ettinger David Fischman Aaron Friedman Steven Shoen Saul Sladowsky Joseph Weisstuch ' Lewis Wienerkur Managing Editors Allan Schuman Nathan Zussman Executive Editor Seth Peyser Grap hics Editor Joshua Teplow Business Editor Edward Schwartz Technical Editor Kenneth Reiner Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief Kenneth Goldwasser Photography Yitzchak Applbaum Yitzchak Goldzweig Avi Katz The Blind Date Edited by Joseph Schwarz Sometime between the day you hand in your first class registration card and the day you walk across Danziger Cam- pus to graduate, you will, inevitably, go through a trauma known as Dating Your First Stern Girl. It usually begins as you casually mention to your roommate, how you wouldn ' t mind dating a Stern girl — just to see what it ' s like. He, it conveniently turns out, has a girlfriend who knows a girl who has a cousin who would just happen to be perfect for you. She must be a dog you tell yourself, or she would already have a steady boyfriend. Well you never really know — you may just get l ucky, and she may even be your beshert. With these few optimistic thoughts in mind, you gather up just enough courage to call her. M...U...6...5...9...0...0... After about 30 rings, someone answers: Hello, Stern College. Hello, is Sarah Sterngirl there.- ' What room, please.- I give up. One minute, I ' ll see if she ' s listed. Sure enough, she is. You hear the phone ringing again when you suddenly realize that you can ' t remember your planned speech: what will you say? Hello. Hello, this is Harold Dorkman, I ' m a friend of Moishy Goldman. Pause, Pause, pause, pause, then she says — That ' s nice. Who would you like to speak to? Isn ' t this Sarah Sterngirl. No, one moment I ' ll get her. Oh my god, you blew it, How could you embarrass yourself like that.- ' How could you assume that was her without asking first? You then wait what seems to be an eternity. You hear some giggling in the background — she knows what you did. You debate whether you should just hang up and forget the whole thing or — Hello says a voice that sounds exactly like the first. Sarah? you ask. You won ' t make the same mistake twice. Speaking. Hello. This is Moish Goldman, my friend, Harold said — Wait, I mean this is Moish Goldman ' s friend Harold. Oh, hi. ■ ' Hello. Who is Moish Goldman? ' she asks. So you explain that Moish is your roommate who is going out with Shira F., who is a friend of Shani B., who is Sarah ' s cousin. Somehow you have the feeling that she knew all along and was just trying to make conversation. Especially when she says — Oh, thaaaat Harold Dorkman! Could you hold on one minute, the other phone is ringing? Oh, boy! You ' re really in a mess now. You hear more giggling in the background. She must think that you ' re some kind of Geek or something. As soon as she returns, you ' ll explain your dumb mistake. So, you wait. She finally returns and apologizes •Adapted from ■■M.L ' -6-5-9-0.0. MASMID for the interruption. You take a deep breath and tell her how you thought her roommate was her. She says, Don ' t worry about it, everyone does the same thing. Then before you can blurt out So, how do you like Stern? she is already telling you that she is only going to Stern because her older sister went there; she and her other two roommates can ' t stand their fourth roommate; it ' s so great having Airman ' s across the street; 34th street has some nice shoe stores; and she ' ll probably major in either Psych, or Soc, but might transfer to Barnard after this year because the com- puter department is better there than at Stern; and she loves the theater and one of her roommates already saw Deathtrap and what did you think of The Grand Tour and hold on one second the other phone is ringing . . . The second round of phone con- versation consists of playing Jewish geography. Since you both went to Camp Moshava in 1972 except she was there first trip and you were there second . . . So, do you know Heshy Webster or Chayala Titelbaum? . . . No, but do you know Layeh Finkel. ' ' . . . No, but do you remember Aryeh Schwartz from somewhere in Pennsylvania.- ' . . . Yes, wasn ' t he tall and skinny.- . . . No, he was short and fat — but at least we both know your room- mate ' s friend ' s friend, sort of. Eventually, you get tired and besides you tell yourself that this ridiculous three hour conversation with a total stranger is crazy, and so you pop the question: By the way, are you busy Thursday night. ' ' She answers No which definitely proves she must be a dog because otherwise she ' d already be taken. But it ' s too late to back out now . . . I ' ll meet you at Eight O ' clock unless, heh, heh, you ' d rather meet me at YU. This sorry attempt at wry humor will probably lead to a short discussion of how often Sarah has been to the Washington Heights campus and the fact that she thinks those girls who go uptown every week for WYUR are mainly boy-hungry. You end off by telling her that you ' ll meet her at the dorm, and if she asks how she ' ll recognize you, you cleverly retort, TU be the one with the yarmulke. Goodbye. CLICK. All week long you are continually reminded by good friends that Sarah has to be a dog. After showering and blow-drying your hair on Thursday night, you travel in the security van down to Stern with fifteen other guys going your way. As you pull up , .. , at 34th and Park and enter the Stern lobby, a quick glance ' 3!l. Blfei S ilSi-iM switchboard operator tells you why SHE ' S not going out tonight. You enter the lounge and take a seat because the guard asked you to clear the lobby. You sit uneasily, alone on the couch and pretend to be interested in the silly flirtations of the Stern lobby regulars. You observe a ' ki iil BrSI B slow hush which settles over the room as an elevator full of companions unloads at the entrance. A girl approaches you . . . She ' s gorgeous! . . . She ' s beautiful! . . . She says Hi, you must be Harold. You smile and sigh a deep sigh of relief. She continues, I ' m Sarah ' s roommate, Sarah said that she ' ll be down in-a minute. Pain. What excruciating PAIN. The roommate leaves with the guy from your chem lab who you thought was queer. Finally, Sarah appears. You look at her and swear you ' ll never be conned into another blind date in your entire life. DOG! DOG!! She probably backs when she speaks! You want to tell her you ' re spending the date near a fire- hydrant ... If this girl gets sick, you ' re not calling a doctor — you ' re calling a vet. . . DOG! Are you Harold? Are you Sarah.- Yes I ' m Sarah. How you ' d love to say, well, I ' m not Harold! You can now only try to make the best of an already doomed evening. With Sarah wearing her denim skirt, argyle socks and penny loafers — you feel like you ' re walk- ing around with a neon sign saying, Hi, I ' m a Stern girl. You buy tickets for some movie ' s next performance — any movie, for you realize that you won ' t have to talk to her much dur- ing a movie. More importantly, you won ' t have to look at her at all during a movie. Later, over Spare Ribs at Bernstein ' s, you discuss which restaurants are really kosher in Manhattan, whether you may eat at Greener Pastures and The Great American Health Bar, and which glatt kosher hotels Rabbi Tendler has recently called Trief. During dinner, you meet about half of YU, Sarah excuses herselfto go to the ladies room with a friend and you ' d give twenty bucks if she ' d stay there. Back in the Stern lobby, each girl slyly and subtly scrutinizes every returning couple, making mental notes of who ' s still smil- ing, who ' s starting to cry and who ' s being edged out the front door. Every girl seems a little better looking than Sarah, things aren ' t so bad when you discover that the queer in your chem lab got lost in Greenwich Village all night, and his date confides that she wishes she had seen your movie. With luck, you find a car going back to YU, and participate in a conversation of fantastic conquests, next time resolutions, and personal and Torah views toward negiah and premarital sex. And so, although Sarah Sterngirl wasn ' t your beshert this time — maybe it wasn ' t a totally wasted evening after all. A man should live so that at the close of every day he can repeat: I have not wasted my day. — Zohar Hockey Coach and Captain: Ralph Sugarman Ass ' t Captains: Gary Litwack Jeff Rappaport Jerry Schiff oe RACHMONAS SUPPORT A WINNER SUPPORT THE MACCABEES CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES 81 ' •S J ' - MAY 12, 1981 YESHIVA —9 COLUMBIA — 5 THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK The 1980-1981 Championship Team Seated: Tommy Bauer, Steve Agress, Baruch Glaubach. Standing: Mark Sosnowitz. Ari jay Jacobs, Doni Israeli, Jay Forman, Gary Litwack.Jeff Rappaport, Eddie Iszo, Gary Bellman, Jerry Schiff, Ralph Sugarman, Hank Reinhart Hockey Intramurals Coach: Arthur Tauber Asst. Coach: Stanislav Bardath Captain: Aaron Bassan 1980-1981 Record Yeshiva 1980-1981 Opponent 16 SUNY-Purchase 11 ' im 19 SUNY-New Paltz 8 M 17 St. Peters 1 ' ill 7 Pace 20 Pent! State 2- ' 18 N.Y. Polytech ■wa 12 Stevens Tech ,5 m 15 Brooklyn ' ' 1 7 Drew 20 ™ 15 N.Y. Maritime 12 8 NJIT J -7 19 Hunter M 15 Pratt ' ' M 8 Season .JmM Leasue Games 2-3 JKm m. JHi ■■ SABRE Bassan 19-18 Weiss 20-15 Zauderer.J., 25-11 Genet 2-1 Zauderer, M. 1-5 Bonom Row: Duvid Feit. Mark Zauderer, Aaron Bassan, Robert Weiss, Marc Epstein, Richard Krasna. Middle Row: Prof. Tauber, Adam Karp, Joelle Edery, David Green, David Mond, Richard Herman, Jeremy Greenbergjay Zauderer, David Genet, Richard Soskin, David Dubin. Top Row: David Burgur, Mark Adelson. FOIL Adelson 21-12 Burgur Epstein 11-19 14-16 Mond 7-7 Turner 3-1 Edery Dubin 0-3 0-2 Soskin 0-1 Feit Krasna Karp Greenberg Herman Green Mond Wrestling Coaches: Neil Ellman Nathan Schwitzer David ' Bugsy Segal Captains: Jay Lerman Robert Mugs Marcus 1910-1981 Record Opponent B ' Stevens Tech. 44 H36 NJIT 23 m 33 Bronx C.C. 19 ■60 Manhattan B 21 City College 33 m Brooklyn College 33 B 12 Boston College 45 B 42 Emerson College 15 HI 18 N.Y. Maritime 42 B 36 N.Y. Polytech 24 H 30 Delaware State 29 6 Season Total 5 2 lAC Matches 2 Bottom Row: Aaron Epstein, Aaron Adam Husney, Robe.T Marcus, Pesach Kremen. Middle Row: Jack Nuszen, Aharon Lapp, Wayne Brecher, Moishe Kranzler, Aaron Akman. Top Row: Allan Phillips, Ben J. Genet, Howard Lerner, Jay Lerman, Michael Mann, Coach Neil EUman, David Resnick, Coach Nate Schwitzer, Barry Bender, Andy Cohen, Gavi Simon, Coach David Segal. 1980-1981 Yesh va University Wrestling Team Wt. Class Name 118 Aaron Epstein 118 Joseph Rahabi 126 Pesach Kremen 126 Gavi Simon 134 Wayne Brecher 134 Ira Heller 142 Yossi Kowalsky 142 Moishe Kranzler 142 Aharon Lapp 150CAP ' T Jay Lerman 150 Michael Mann 150 David Resnick 158 Allan Phillips 158 Aaron Akman 167 Benjamin Genet 177 Jack Nuszen 190 Aaron Adam Husney HWTCAPT Robert Marcus HWT Andy Cohen HWT Phillip Tutnauer Basketball Coach: Dr. Jonathan Halpert Ass ' t Coach: Dr. Jeff Gurock Captains: Sheldon Goldman Jack Varon Bottom Row: Allan Sapadin, Barry Klein. Joshua Sklare. Hank Reinhart. Neil Tillson. Top Row: Jack Varon. Josh Brickman. Allan Greenberg. Michael Rosenbloom. Harvey Scheff. Sheldon Goldman, Coach Jonathan Halpert. Coach Jeff Gurock, Yeshiva 44 1980-1981 Record NJ. Tech Opponent 63 54 ••N.Y. Maritime 76 37 Johnjay -_„, wm ' 4 68 Bard a 1 3 6 60 N.E. Bible 5 9 64 Dominican 8 3 42 N.Y. Polytech 60 47 Trinity 81 46 Brooklyn g B mn 29 Trinity BHI W 76 43 Bates ' : ' 82 61 v ueens o i 43 Lehman 70 1 41 Johnjay 52 69 N.Y. Maritime 71 45 Connecticut College 86 52 Stevens Tech 55 47 Mt. St. Vincent 67 46 N J. Tech 68 50 Drew 83 54 St. Thomas Aquinas 97 59 ♦♦Stevens Tech 87 60 ♦♦N.Y. Polytech 45 3 Season 20 ♦♦lAC League Games 1-5 1 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ TOT ■ ■ TOT PUyer TCA FGM FTA FTM ASTS REB REB GAME PTS PTS GAME |H Josh Brickman 19 95 35 18 7 15 39 2.05 77 2.05 H Sheldon Goldman 23 U2 56 49 51 57 78 3.39 143 6.22 |H Allan Green berg 22 80 27 23 9 23 71 3.23 63 2.86 : l Barry Klein 9 38 13 11 8 10 28 3.11 34 M Hank Reinhart 25 104 32 41 23 26 64 2.78 87 3.78 : M Mike Rosenbloom 23 82 35 31 16 23 77 .3.35 86 3.74 H Alan Sapadin U 65 28 31 20 22 31 2.82 76 6.91 :. B Harvey Scheff 23 340 169 123 89 27 174 7.57 427 18- 7 H Josh Ski are 17 24 6 1 3 10 0.59 12 0.71 H Neil TiJson 21 71 19 15 3 33 57 2.71 41 1.95 ; H Jack Varon 19 109 46 43 23 16 52 2.74 115 6.05 H TOTALS 23 1150 466 m 386 229 255 681 29.61 1161 50.48 H Basketball Intramurals Bottom Row: G2r Rosenbaum, Howard Crow Slochowsky. Lenny Plotkin. Middle Row: Allan Schuman, Shelly Green, Steven Wagner, Michael Seelenfreund. Top Row: Howie Lerch Lerner.Jack Smith, David La2aros, Eliot Dobin. Not Shown: Yitzchak Cheifetz, Joel Federbush, Murray Leben, Eliot Peyser. Tennis Coach: Robert Kishel Captains: Josh Brickman Chucky Levine IP Team Record HH . ' Yeshiva 7 Pratt opponent 2 6 ! NJIT Drew 3 9 4 Stevens Tech 5 ! 9 Is Brooklyn Poly N.Y. Maritime Season : | M Josh Brickman 5-1 Michael Fredman 4-2 Avromi Markowitz 3-1 Jacob Schreiber 2-4 Michael Seelenfreund 4-2 Neil Tillson 3-2 Bowling Coach: Sidney Klotz Captain: Lenny Plotkin Standing: Rena Weinberg, Mona Allen, Joey Bodner, Coach Sidney Klotz, Barry Klein, Lenny Plotkin. Sitting: Dan Krombach, Scott Borinstein. Not Shown: Steven Et- tinger, Tuvia Lent, Silvio Taranda. Karate ...•a«Br.. ,j«r Rifle Coach: Robert Marmorstein Captain: Larry Shafron UJ The Pre-Med Office By: Steven Shoen When the elevator arrived, Sid entered and pressed four. Straightening his tie and smoothing out his jacket, he was reminded of what the junior on his floor had told him. Your first meeting with the Pre-med advisor is the most important. Make sure you dress properly, and give him a firm handshake. ' Sid walked out of the elevator on the fourth floor, and made his way through several corridors which reeked of old paint. The junior had given him flawless directions and Sid was following them precisely. Within two minutes he was lost. He decided to follow a voice coming from the end of one of the hallways. It was a woman ' s voice, and as he drew near he assumed it was coming from the Pre-med offlce, since her conversation dealt with pediatric surgery and foot ailments. He soon learned that the voice belonged to a middle aged woman with flaming orange hair. She was in the midst of explaining the presence of a white bandage on her right foot to two students. In the corner of the room, an old man sat by a long counter apparently addressing enve- lopes. The four of them looked up as Sid entered the office. They gazed wonderingly at his clothes, from his pat- ent-leather shoes, to the calculator dangling in its case at his side. As Sid explained that he was there to see the Pre- medical advisor for his freshman visit, the two other stu- dents snickered vigorously. Sid wondered why they were laughing, but quickly turned his attention to the woman with the orange hair, who had started to speak to him. She asked if Sid had an appointment. As Sid said no, he gazed down at the nameplate on the desk in front of which the woman was seated. It read Mrs. Hunger. The junior had told Sid about this woman. She was the Pre-med advi- sor ' s secretary. Sid, he said, If you ever feel like engag- ing in a nice long conversation, go pay Mrs. Hunger a visit. Mrs. Hunger handed Sid a freshman form and directed him to a vacant chair behind her. As Sid started to fill out the form, students began to enter and leave the office. When he had completed it, he turned his attention to Mrs. Hunger who was talking to a tall fellow with black hair. The boy jubilantly explained that he had just been accepted to a medical school in Mexico. Mrs. Hunger con- gratulated him heartily and moved toward a filing cabinet. Jeffrey Rosen, the student proclaimed as Mrs. Hunger searched for his folder. She found it and handed it to the student who made several indications on a piece of paper. The student then returned the folder, thanked Mrs. Hunger and left. A few seconds later, Mrs. Hunger called after him in a loud voice. Jeffrey returned and she asked him several questions relating to an upcoming dinner for Pre-Medical students. The boy answered her and left for a second time As Jeffrey walked down the hall, Sid could clearly hear him counting. Just as he reached five, Mrs. Hunger called after him again. When Jeffrey returned Mrs. Hunger asked him one or two questions about another student. Jeffrey answered her and left the room. Several seconds later Mrs. Hunger called him back for a third time. Jeffrey hadn ' t walked down the corridor at all, but was instead poised just behind the door. He merely stepped forward and was in the room. Mrs. Hunger asked him the same questions about the dinner that she had asked before. Jeffrey reminded her of his answer, said good-bye, and left. Sid could hear Jeffrey ' s footsteps as he walked down the corri- dor, gaining speed steadily until he was obviously running. While Mrs. Hunger spoke with the students who were waiting to see the Pre-Med advisor, Sid curiously observed the old man by the counter. He had just started on a new envelope, taking it from the top of a large pile, and placing it on the counter before him. He took an address label from a small box, licked it several times, and placed it over the used label on the envelope. Next he copied an address onto the label from one of many index cards and placed the envelope on top of an ever-growing pile. Sid watched for several minutes, as the larger pile slowly but surely dwindled in size, while the receiving pile grew steadily. Sid ' s attention was again drawn to Mrs. Hunger who was asking him if he had filled out a freshman form. When Sid replied that he had, Mrs. Hunger started telling him about her desire to become a full time secretary and the administration ' s attempts to keep her on a part time status. At first, Sid listened intently, but as time wore on he hoped she would end her conversation. She did not! Mrs. Hunger drifted from one topic to another as if she had the words memorized. Sid was amazed, not only at Mrs. Hunger ' s ability to make conversation, but at her hair as well. The orange color seemed to pass her hairline and run onto her forehead. Mrs. Hunger rose from the chair and made her way to the counter where the old man was sitting. The receiving pile of envelopes was now at least four times larger than the starting pile. Mrs. Hunger calmly switched the two piles around and the old man started to re-label the enve- lopes which he had just completed without complaints. The phone buzzed. Mrs. Hunger lifted the receiver, lis- tened for several seconds, spoke briefly, and hung up. She informed Sid that the Pre-Med advisor would see him now. Sid could feel his heart pumping in his chest, as he straightened his tie and vest. He had several pens, pencils, and even a protracter, protruding from his shirt pocket. He adjusted his vest so that these materials were now visible. Sid crossed the hall to the Pre-Med advisors office. On the door was printed, DR. SOUL WISHY PRE-MEDICAL ADVISOR. ' Tirm handshake, Sid said to himself as he knocked and entered the office. Dr. Wishy, a bespectacled middle-aged bald man, was seated behind a cluttered desk. All available wall space in the office was taken up by bookshelves filled to capacity. Sid grasped Dr. Wishy ' s outstretched hand tightly and shook it as hard as he could. After about ten seconds Dr. Wishy pulled back his arm. He eyed Sid strangely while he massaged his now reduced hand. It was at this point that Sid took notice of a small child seated next to Dr. Wishy. The boy was browsing through what appeared to be the catalogue of Einstein Medical School. Eh, do you have your freshman form.- ' asked Dr. Wishy, still massaging his hand. When Sid replied that he did not, Dr. Wishy picked up the phone. Mrs. Hunngerr Dr. Wishy bleated, Will you bring in the boy ' s freshman form! A moment later Dr. Wishy was analyzing the form and making several suggestions regarding which pre-med courses Sid should take during each year of college. Dr. Wishy was considering Sid ' s senior year when the little child suggested Biochemistry. Dr. Wishy shook his head and wrote down Biochemistry on the form. Eh, you should also take Hithtology, recommended Dr. Wishy. Sid had never heard of Hithtology, and he made another mental note to ask the junior about it. Dr. Wishy gave Sid the form and asked him to give it to Mrs. Hunger. The Pre-Med advisor then offered his hand, changed his mind and just said good-bye with a nod of his head . Sid closed the door behind him, took a deep breath, and checked his watch. His entire conversation had lasted but twenty minutes, while he had waited over an hour to see him. Mrs. Hunger was switching the old man ' s envelopes again when Sid entered the room. She took his freshman form, placing it in a folder she had prepared for him. Sid then offered his farewell and left. While he was walking down the corridor he had origi- nally come through, he heard Mrs. Hunger calling after him. When he returned, she informed him that it was advisable to meet with the Pre-med advisor at least once every two months. Sid acknowledged this and left for a second time, only to be called back again. Mrs. Hunger asked him if he had given her his freshman form. Sid reminded her that he had, and left the room once more. As he walked down the corridor he thought about the possibility of Mrs. Hunger calling him for a third time. Sid started to walk faster, and by the time he had reached the end of the corridor, he was running. The Last Word By: Alan Mayer Papa did everything slowly. He walked slowly, he talked slowly, and now he was dying slowly. At first Mom tried to hide it from us. Go outside and get some fresh air! she would yell. If I wanted you to stay inside all day we wouldn ' t have moved from the city! But we knew that Papa was just feeling sick again. It got so bad that we couldn ' t invite our friends over without being kicked out of the house, but what could Papa do. After all it wasn ' t his fault, I guess. The doctors said that it was his heart, but I never quite beheved them. It seemed to me that he just gave up on life, or existence anyway; I don ' t know it he ever lived at all. For as long as I can remember. Mom was running his life, even before he was sick. Between all her women ' s organi- zations and social events, she still managed to make all the decisions in the house. When Papa opened his own textile business, it was really Mom ' s doing. She ran around find- ing a suitable location, and going from one bank to another. All of this went on while Papa protested that he didn ' t want the troubles of a private business, and that he wouldn ' t stand for it. After the business was established. Mom decided that we were going to move to the suburbs. She had seen a lovely little house which she had fallen in love with, and she decided that it was to be hers. One time she explained to me that we had to move because we shouldn ' t live in such a cheap neighborhood. I never understood why my old friends suddenly became cheap while my new ones were so clean. Papa was different, I suspect, before he married Mom and started working. One day Mom sent me to find one of Papa ' s sweaters for him, and I came across his college year- book in the bottom of his drawer. I had to check the name and picture twice to make sure it was Papa. The bio described somebody that I never met. He had been a track star and had even won several trophies, including the championship cup for his school. In his senior year he served as both president of the student council and co-edi- tor of his yearbook. It ended off with Watch out world, here comes the Speedy P Express! When Mom came in to find out what happened to the sweater, she saw Papa ' s yearbook and started laughing to herself. Wasn ' t he so cute in those days? The Speedy P Express, she announced with a tone of solemnity. Then she broke out into laughter again. I didn ' t get the joke. Every so often, when I was still very little and we had our two-family house in the city, he used to have some of his old college buddies over for a small reunion. There was something in that yearbook pic- ture that reminded me of those nights. It seemed that for those few hours he was back in college again. He would sit around and swap old college and army stories. He even told some jokes, and, what ' s more, he laughed. His face would start to light up when he took the starting position and re-enacted his best races. One time everyone realized that he had disappeared. Five minutes later he came run- ning down the stairs with a whole pile of pictures and entries that never made the yearbook. I had never seen him so happy in all his life. If I didn ' t know better, I would have said he was drunk; in fact, I think he was, but it wasn ' t on alcohol. As they left he waved them good-bye and prom- ised that they would do it again soon. But they never did. As the last one drove away he turned around and closed the door slowly. He went over to the table and picked up the pictures and articles one by one. He started to climb the stairs, the same ones that only an hour ago he had run up in five seconds, skipping every other step, but he had to stop every few steps to regain his balance. I never saw those pictures again; he must have misplaced them when Mom was getting ready to move to the suburbs. Your mother was always the most popular girl in the school. Aunt Rose told me that once. She wasn ' t really my aunt, but I had to call all of Mom ' s best friends Aunt. She said that it was polite and proper. All of her friends thought that it was so charming. Whenever they would come, we would hear them say things like I wish my Jonathan would behave like your children, or They ' re so sweet, they remind me of you. At first their comments made me sick, but I got used to it and now I even enjoy it a little. Aunt Rose told me so many high school and college stories about Mom. They had grown up together, and throughout the years they had stayed best friends. Once, she told me, your mother was told by this ogre of a teacher to leave the classroom and go down to the dean ' s office because of some silly misunderstanding. Well, your mother, she went down all right, but the rest of the class was so angry at the teacher that they all followed her down and protested. They claimed that the teacher was biased and unfair, and they got the whole student body behind them to demand his resignation. Nothing happened to your mother, but the teacher went on a sabbatical and never returned. But her favorite stories were about Papa ' s courtship of Mom. Being the most popular girl, it was expected of Mom to go out with Papa, the most popular guy in the brother school, but she wasn ' t ready to just give herself up. The first time they met was at a friend ' s party. I saw Cupid ' s arrow aimed and shot at your father, said Aunt Rose. From that day on your father was in ) ' Our mother ' s hands. She wouldn ' t accept a date with him the first two times he asked, but Papa was persistent. On his third try she accepted. At first the) ' saw each other once a month, then twice, then once a week, until they saw each other every other day. Every so often Mom forgot a date, but Papa would always forgive her by the end of their next date. He started to write her love poems, and he even serenaded her in front of her sorority house at two o ' clock one morning. After two years he proposed to her, but she didn ' t accept. Soon after that, she didn ' t show up to a date, and she wouldn ' t talk to him on the phone for a whole week. When they got back together, she refused to explain her- self. They continued to date, but when she tried it again he didn ' t go after her. Your mother is not one to be given up on, said Aunt Rose. She went over to your father and apologized. He accepted her apology, and within three months they were engaged. Aunt Rose said that she was surprised by the news. Even though Mom and Papa had been going out for three years by then, she had never thought that Mom was really seri- ous. She was just playing a fast game the whole time. I guess I was wrong, she said to me. For their first seven years of marriage Papa worshipped Mom. He bought her diamond earrings and gold rings for their anniversary, her birthday, or just for the hell of it. Then, when I was five. Papa had to go to the hospital for a few months. Nobody told me why at the time, as if I would have understood what a nervous breakdown was. From what I could figure out, it had something to do with a mink coat that he bought for her on their seventh anni- versary and a party they had that night. Mom got drunk, or so people say, but that ' s all I could find out. I can ' t believe that my father would hold her accountable for something she did if she was drunk. When he came back from the hospital he was, well . . . different. I remember one day right after he came home I ran all the way up the stairs from breakfast and into Papa ' s room. I was giggling and hollering when I jumped on his bed and asked, Can you take me to play catch. ' ' He started to get up out of bed and reached for his bathrobe when Mom called him from the other room. Darling, will you please go play with the boys; you ' ve really been neglecting them since you ' ve come home. He just dropped his robe on the floor and slowly got back into bed. When I asked him again, he didn ' t answer. All he did was stare right at me, no . . . right through me. I didn ' t know why I was scared but I was. I started scream- ing and sobbing and then I ran over to Mom who hurried me into my own room. I buried my face in her soft night- gown and stopped crying, but from then on I never went to Papa when I didn ' t have to. It wasn ' t too hard to stay away; it seemed as if he was also trying to stay away from us. It wasn ' t as if he had any- thing against us specifically; it was as if we reminded him of something that he wanted to stay away from. But Mom always seemed to be there. She was up before us and had breakfast on the table waiting for us. Then she ' d drive us to school on her way to her daily errands and appointments. She ' d pick us up from school at 4:30 and drive us home. By the time we ' d get washed up and changed she ' d already have dinner waiting for us. Then she ' d clean up and help us with our school work. What else did he want from her? But he never gave her anything to say thank you for anymore. He didn ' t even buy her gifts on their anniversary or her birthday. That never bothered Mom. She would put on the jewelry he had given her during their early married years to show him that she still loved him. On her birthday or any of the days that used to be special for them, she would clasp around her neck the pearl necklace which he had given her on their first anniversary. Then she would put on the diamond earrings from her twenty-fifth birth- day, and the brilliant diamond bracelet he had bought for her for no reason. The final two touches would be some Joy perfume which she used only on such occasions — he had given it to her on their wedding night — and the mink coat from their seventh anniversary. It became a ceremony for us; we would rise up early in the morning just to help her. Only Papa never helped. He would get up and go to work as early as possible and he would come home as late as he could. Some times he didn ' t come home at all. If those special days came out on a weekend, he would stay in bed alone as long as possible. Then he would get up and try to do something with the garden or go somewhere, but when Mom offered to help him or go along he just gave up the idea. He would sit alone in front of the living room clock and watch the min- utes tick by. He would try to read a few books or maga- zines but he always lost interest within five minutes. One time I saw him move the hour hand ahead. When I asked him what he was doing he just slowly walked to the couch and sat down among the litter of magazines. About five years ago I thought that he was getting bet- ter. He started to become interested in my schoolwork and he even took the family out to see a show one night. That was right before he had his first heart attack. He was in the hospital for four weeks and the doctors told him that he had less than three years to live. I was leaving his room — in fact Mom was waiting for me in the lobby — when I thought I heard him sobbing. But when I turned around to run to him, I saw that he was laughing. He had this content smile on his face which melted along with the laugh when he saw me. He gave me a cold dark stare that sent a shiver down my spine. After he came home, the fighting began. They didn ' t fight about money, or friends, or the usual things; they argued about Papa ' s medicine and his funeral plans. Mom never wanted to talk about his funeral. You wouldn ' t need a funeral if you ' d take care of yourself, instead of planning your death, she yelled, but he just went on. We ' ll need flowers. Lots of flowers. Orchids, I think. They were always your favorite, he said calmly against her wild protests. I want a long wake. As long as possible, that is. I want a black coffin with white satin padding inside. Oh! he said as he remembered the stone, The stone. I want it to be gran ite with a fitting quote. Let ' s see. How about ' Death come proudly ' . he chuckled to him- self. You ' re crazy! You ' ve lost your mind! I can ' t believe you ' re seriously talking about your damn funeral! You ' re not even dead yet! He just kept silent. That ' s how he won every argument. Silence. He revised his plans meticulously over and over again, so that Mom wouldn ' t have to worry about them. He uprooted shrubs from here and changed flowers some- where else. In these arguments, he always had the final word. Mom began to cancel appointments as Papa ' s health deteriorated. She would let us fix our own breakfast because she stayed up many nights to take care of Papa. He went in and out of the hospital all of last year and every time he miraculously pulled through, until six months ago. He had another heart attack and the doctors said it was a matte r of hours. After spending the whole day with him. Mom and I started to leave. Mom had gone to get the car but I stayed by his bed. Five, maybe ten minutes I stayed there. Then I ran out of his room and out of the hospital to Mom who waited impatiently at the car. Papa died eighteen hours later. Mom was back at the hospital within the hour. She made all the necessary arrangements, disregarding Papa ' s plans. She could not bear the grief of a long wake so Papa was buried the next day at a quiet ceremony. As we were leaving the cemetary I looked back; the workers had already started to fill in the grave, slowly. ' The Rime of the Ancient Plumber By: Louis Tuchman Coleridge was right. His immortal words, we learned, have applications beyond the high school classroom. Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink. Every- one around us had plenty of H,0, but we could drink nary an ounce. Yeshiva, just to show up New Jersey and the rest of New York, scheduled its drought before anyone else ' s. The city felt that the sewer pipes on Amsterdam Ave. needed replacing, so our internal pipes had to take a vaca- tion. The toilets, the showers, the toilets, the sinks, the toi- lets, the faucets, and the toilets, all of them were shut off. We suffered. Boy, did we suffer. It wasn ' t enough when we smelled the unflushed toilet bowls, we had to smell our unshowered roommates as well. There was no escaping the odor. The only place it went unnoticed was RIETS HALL. Everywhere else we had to keep breathing down to a mini- mum. But our discomfort was not limited to the respiratory area. Imagine awakening at three a.m. with the effects of a beerfest making themselves felt rather forcefully, and the closest working bathroom is a block-and-a-half away. It ' s not the most pleasant of situations. One curious aspect of the experience, one which added a little flavor to it, was the symphony of jackhammers and steamshovels which played outside our windows early every morn. In case our nocturnal excursions left us exhausted enough to sleep through our alarms, these pneu- matic playthings managed to gently rouse us from our slumbers. These friendly nudges helped to drastically improve attendance at Minyan. Some were lucky. They returned to homes on weekends. There they blessed the plumbing, and tearfully awaited Monday morning. Others, less fortunate ones who remained in the besieged dormitories, prayed for deliver- ance in the form of running water. For the first time in the history of droughts, the thirsty prayed that it wouldn ' t rain, because rain just held up the roadwork. This blissful experience couldn ' t last forever, of course. Soon our beloved dump trucks and construction workers moved on to grace others with their presence. We were left with just rubble and the memories. Occasionally, though, one can spot an unwashed face among the crowd, or smell the aroma of an unbathed body, and those wonderful days return. Azia and the Jew By: Joshua Teplow Reb Azia tell down to the ground, crumpled like so man) ' pieces of dry lettuce in front of the tiny shul. The soldiers that dodged back and forth ignored him. Guttural German came from all directions, barked as commands and answered abjectly as responses. Azia looked up and saw that the heavy oaken doors of the shul were ajar. Squeezing through the small space, he entered the tiny shul, his haven now. Darkness surrounded him. In the dingy yellow light, scars that framed his face became inconspicuous. He crawled about the dirt floor and grasped for the rich sand that covered the ancient shul. Blood began to flow again from a deep gash above his eye. He felt a throbbing within his head that seemed to measure his every minute he had left to live. He made an attempt to get up but the strain cut through his every tendon. His arms collapsed and his head was thrown into the dust. The perspiration on his forehead began to trickle down his nose. The salty sweat in his mouth reminded him that he hadn ' t eaten in two days. So, he thought, we ' ve never had better. I enjoy the agony. They would have theirs on Judgment Day. He exerted himself once more and reached out for the arm rest of the pew. Steadying himself, he got up and set himself onto the bench. He wiped dust from his face and began to notice the state of his clothing. Ironic, he considered, the tailor of all Remlin and not one suit did he own. He closed his aching eyes and tried to rest while he could . . ' . The morning service had just finished and he was taking off his phylacteries. Reb Azia, shorteled Sam Neusman, Look at you! I i ff f fnniii iiiun7iiininiimininA ' have to admit those phylacteries are magnificent but you ' re no scribe. Reb Azia grumbled. Any comment would just provoke Neusman. A boor by profession, lawyer by trade, Sam saw fit that everyone profit from his questionable scholarship. It seemed Azia was to be the pupil this morning. On the other hand, where did you get that truly amaz- ing suit of patches.- Sam pulled Azia close as if to portend him telling the secret of the world. Reb Azia, why do you dress like such a shlep.- Better yet, a Jew. It ' s really an embarrassment to your trade! He then extracted a large note and slipped it into Azia ' s coat pocket. Now listen to me, Neusman exclaimed, removing his coat. You must certainly need the money or you would look more presentable. In any event, here is my jacket Azia. Treat it well, see what you can do about the buttons. Also, this looks sloppy, pointing to the collar, restitch it if you can; oh, just replace the thing with something rich though not pretentious; you think you can do that.- Azia responded quickly. Well, this isn ' t . . . Oh, and the pockets, Neusman interrupted, maybe some felt would do it; what do you think.- ' Azia waited, but Neusman didn ' t continue. I ' ll try to . . . Here ' s the coat, Azia, Neusman interrupted, throwing the heavy outerwear at the small man in front of him. Azia stepped aside in disbelief as Neusman scuffled off to catch up with some man. Herr Heinrich, Neusman yelled out the shul door. The doors slammed shut and Azia was left holding the coat. He deliberated now. Looking at the brass buttons of Neusman ' s heavy jacket, he saw the lawyer ' s round face shining out. His pretentious smile demanded attention from his friends, two German officers who diffidently nod- ded back. The vision left and Azia was once again staring at the gleam of the brass buttons. He observed that the coat decidedly mirrored Neusman ' s character. The wool jacket was thin and the rich outside covered a seedy cotton lining. He flipped the coat back and looked at the breast pocket in disdain. It was missing the obligatory yellow star worn by all Jews. Probably a returned favor for something Neusman did to some Jew. He had an idea. He smiled and walked out of the shul to his shop. He rushed along the streets, the faster the better. Along the corner of each block, brown shirts surveyed Remlin ' s Jewish population. Azia didn ' t turn to see the injustice done to one Jew on one corner or the punishment of another Jew somewhere else. He only let up at the bottom of the stairs that led to his shop. He hurried to the door and closed it tight behind him and began to work on the jacket. In the morning he was wakened by Neusman ' s knocking. Wake up, Jew. Azia, open the door! Azia let out a satisfying yawn and got up to let Neus- man in. Good morning, counselor. Good morning, Jew. Let ' s not be hasty counselor, you too are a Jew. Ahh, but I don ' t look the part. Your clothing makes you the despicable creature that you are. Yes Neusman, Azia thought, And your clothes will make you the despicable creature that you are! Then Azia spoke up. Regardless Herr Neusman, I have your coat. Observe. The lawyer looked at the coat and stared in awe at the repairments. Suede lavishly covered the collar and sleeves of the coat. Decorative stitching about the shoulders and front highlighted the wool which somehow shined now through the clever craft of the tailor. His eyes took in the whole jacket, but darted to the breast pocket. Beneath it, melodiously ornate, stood a silver swastika embroidered onto a deep field of black. The myriads of silver thread caught glints of a candle ' s light and threw them back into Neusman ' s eyes with an intensity that the sun could only mimic. About the swastika ' s legs was interlaced a brocade border which intensified the resplendent black field. The lawyer staggered back, allowing himself a minute to reorient himself. He looked up at the tailor and grew som- ber. What is this abomination? Excuse me, counselor, but this is no abomination. I consider it a masterpiece, and an artistic appraisal of you! Don ' t test me tailor. I won ' t be insulted by the likes of you. Please don ' t see this as an insult but as repair truly needed. A person ' s clothing must not only contain the per- son, fit him, but also contain the person ' s spirit. Your clothes counselor, are an adjunct to your character. While you may not observe this, a man ' s clothing reveals innuen- dos that he can ' t begin to disclose. A tip of the hat, mercy perhaps. A fur collar, kindness. A swa . . . I haven ' t finished with you yet, Neusman grabbed the coat, this will be taken up at some other time! Neusman stomped out of the small room and down the stairs. Good day, Jew! A hint from my clothes, counselor. ' ' Neusman didn ' t turn. Reb Azia sat down and commended himself on this meeting ' s outcome . . . A drop of water from the ceiling hit Reb Azia squarely between the eyes and woke him from his frenzied sleep. He looked about and realized that he was still in the shul. As he scrutinized the walls, he asked himself how a commu- nity could have ignored the obvious deterioration of the ancient structure that was theif shul. Built in 1862 it was one of the only wooden shuls left standing in Germany. Broad rays of light diffused through large stained glass windows; purple, red, yellow and orange. The red light accentuated his old, creased hands. He looked down and observed for the first time the shabby creature he really was. Tears began to trickle down his cheeks to be absorbed by his moisture-denied skin. He rubbed his eyes only to irritate them more. Finally, he burst out in a long wailing that could have pronounced sentence on every- thing that had made his life so bitter. He gasped. Yom Kippur; today was the day of divine retribution for sins not atoned for. He had fasted for lack of food. Had he had sustenance, he would have feasted damning God and this horror that he had created. The thought saddened him. Had his life been so melancholy as for him to question God ' s commandments. ' ' He cupped his hands and shook his head morosely. Thinking of his problems only hastened his depression. Sitting in the small pew, it would have been easy to lament over his torn life. It would always be simple to feel sorry for himself. But his physical pain couldn ' t be bothered with the mental adversity he was experiencing. His thoughts turned to other things that caused him anguish. Neusman came to mind. But he was too weak to deal with the thoughts that surfaced in response to the hated name. He let his head slump over and fell asleep . . . Run, Azia, the Germans are headed this way, screamed Sigmund They ' ll be here soon and when they come they ' ll beat whomever they can!! Sigmund picked up his bags and gestured Azia to move quickly. He then scuttled off to find an alcove or an alley in which to hide. Azia turned about and hurried to his shop. Another shout trom above warned him. ' Azia, get going! Yossie stuck his head out the window and looked exasperated. That bastard Neusman will have your head if you ' re not in your shop soon. Don ' t take your time! Azia nodded to him and started off, running now in earnest. He finally approached his shop and looked about the street for a sign of a crowd of Germans. Nothing. He rushed up the stairs and in one sweeping movement opened the door and let himself in. He then bolted it behind him. Looking about, he made sure his shop was secure. The next few minutes were spent in sweaty panic. Azia walked around his supply table, trying to calm his fright, though the visitors he suspected would come, arrived ultimately. A maddening knock on the door. Then a kicking. Yes, yes I ' m coming!! The stomping wouldn ' t stop until he opened the door. Turning the knob, the door was pushed open from the other side. He was then backed to the wall. Azia came in contact with Sam Neusman ' s glaring eyes. Neusman wasn ' t happy with what he had to gaze upon. Azia frowned. On each side of the lawyer were two German officers clothed in SS garb. Without looking at Neusman ' s face, it seemed that they too aquiesced with li Neusman ' s low opinion of this silly man in front of them. Neusman handed him a paper and concurrently read from a copy that he had. You are, hereby, to refrain from repairing the clothing of Aryans. You will stick to the tailoring of your own community ' s clothing — that means Jews only. Do you understand.- ' Azia nodded, shocked that he was being ordered by a fellow Jew. Neusman smiled, enjoying the fuming that Azia momentarily kept within himself. How does it feel to be a real fascist, Neusman. Aren ' t we good enough for you that you need German friends.- Tell me, do you wake up in the morning to admire your ugly countenance. You fool . . . This last comment eli- cited a painful kick in the groin. Azia doubled over and began to retch blood. Outside the officers finished paint- ing ' Jude in large red letters over the entire shop window. Azia tried to crane his head but his vision blurred and he rolled over unconscious . . . A ringing in his ear woke Azia once again. Perspiration soaked his clothes so they felt quite dank. He attempted to stand but his legs buckled beneath him and he fell onto the dirt floor. Crawling to the center of the shul, he clawed at the main platform and grabbed for one of the poles. A false security began to envelope him. Deep within his brain ' s convolutions arose a vision of the biblical criminal gripping onto the temple altar to escape the revenge of his victim ' s family. His knuckles, drained of blood, took on the semblance of white marble. Courage of a sort came to him. Kneeling in the shul he looked up as if to question the Master of the Universe. Suddenly the doors were forced open, splintering at the hinges. Two Germans dressed in corporals ' uniforms entered the building. A lieutenant, an SS officer, walked closely behind them. His overdress shined with a festoon of awards and honors. Across his headgear, stitched in silver was the familiar Death-head of the Einsatzgruppen, spe- cial commandos designated for the mopping up of infe- rior races. His eyes twinkled as he observed the old man groveling in the dirt. He chortled and spit into Reb Azia ' s face. Da, er ist, mein obersfuhrer, the first corporal blurted out, playfully poking at Azia with his blood encrusted bay- onet. Ahh, he thought, Neusman told the truth. Azia is here. This Neusman is to be trusted, hmm . . . The lieuten- ant stood his ground and grinned. So, Jude, wie geht ' s. ' ' ! Lifting his finger he signaled. The corporals lowered their rifles and shoved Azia with the bayonets out into the street. A crowd had gathered in front to see the outcome ot this unfortunate situation. The crowd parted to let him pass. The lieutenant jolted Azia throwing his face into the mud. It took some time for Azia to compose himself. When he did look up his eyes came to bare on a very somber Sam Neusman. The swastika beneath his pocket stood sinisterly bold. The lieutenant gruffly whispered to Neusman. He then pulled a rifle from one of the corporals and handed it to the lawyer. Neusman stared at the gun. The lieutenant pointed to Azia and stamped his feet. Neusman stood mesmerized by the shine of the cold blue steel of the gun ' s barrel. The SS officer goaded Neusman to get it over with. The lawyer looked up at the officer and then at Azia. Raising the rifle, he tried to aim at Azia ' s forehead but his trembling wouldn ' t subside. The lieutenant bellowed an obscenity and Neusman fired. Stunned, Azia ' s hands made a futile attempt to keep his head from disintegrating. As his body crumpled, the lieu- tenant pulled the gun away from the shocked Neusman. The SS officer then shrieked. Let it be known that the Germans never killed the Jews. It was the Jews that did themselves in! The lieuten- ant then shook Neusman back to consciousness and gave him a wide smile. Ah, Jew, you ' ll make a German yet. The SS officer then nodded to the corporal behind Neusman. A muffled shot ripped through the lawyer ' s back, and as he fell the corporal who had shot him broke out in a wide grin. The lieutenant rolled Neusman over and ripped the swastika off the front of his coat. He pinned this to his coat and looked down to notice what he had revealed. A tailor ' s artistry. A magnificent yellow star embroidered with the word ' Jude on it. My Own Self Awareness By: Joseph Rozenbaum In the quiet sequence of time. I watch the days As they turn — from darkness to light. I drift quickly — so slowly. I am being carried through experiences of time I am taken to heights I never dreamed of And depths I never thought I would see. Will I ever find my own self awareness An awareness that would answer My questions And set me in a direction That will allow me to take Time in stride I.ivmg each moment to its fullest. Drifting through the days From the past to the future. Purity By: Joseph Rozenbaum Flowing so simply Capturing my breath Holduig and caressing m heart Gentle waterfall soothe my emotions And let me tly. Your golden mist reflects my mmd Dance with me Touch my spirit with your melody Shower and purity me Take me home. In the Desert By: Joseph Rozenbaum Blistering winds on the plane Run up against my face Racing gusts aflow All around me. I ' p. upltlv I ' ntil the spirit is gone Then, back to Farth I go Cycles, round and round do go Stopping everything in their paths Man. alone in the desert Can never survive the future Nor languish in the fields ot the past. ZACHOR: How Should We Remember? By: Joel M. Woolf It is extremely difficult to formulate a response to con- temporary events while we are experiencing them. This dif- ficulty is compounded when we are attempting to establish responses which will also be meaningful for generations to come. Nevertheless, Jewish history is replete with examples of C «2 striving to accomplish this goal. There are suffi- cient examples of both success and failure in this area. Rabbi Akiva was mistaken in his attempt to acknowledge Bar-Kochba as the harbinger of the ultimate redemption. We are told in Megillat Esther that Mordechai ' s approach to Purim was initially acceptable only to most of his col- leagues, and several letters were necessary to strenghten the observance of the holiday. On the other hand, the Takanot and attitudes established by Rabban Yochanan Ben Zakai and the survivors of the destruction of the sec- ond Temple have made the memory of Jerusalem a corner- stone of our emotions and actions. The various fasts and prayers, established immediately after Jerusalem was destroyed, permeate our lives, encompassing the rituals of circumcision, marriage, and burial — and everything in between. In this way, Chazal have achieved two goals: Jerusalem itself has not been forgotten, and the ideals it stood for have survived throughout our history. Similarly, we must ensure that the victims of the Holo- caust will be remembered and that the ideals which formed the basis for their lifestyle be preserved for eternity. In searching for an appropriate response to this problem, it is reasonable for us to think in the same terms as did Rabban Yochanan Ben Zakai. Never has there been a devastation of the magnitude of the Holocaust in Jewish history since the destruction of the Temple and the fall of Betar. Not only ' are the sheer numbers of victims overwhelming, but practically an entire generation of Torah leaders was obli- terated. Nothing remains. So far, however, it seems as if we have failed to find a meaningful expression for memorializing the Holocaust Kedoshim. As one who was born after World War II, I can- not relate to the Yom HaShoa observances which are becoming accepted in many communities. It is certainly a good sign that such an idea is being taken seriously, and the recent increase in educational and historic research into the Holocaust era is heartening. However, the standard viewpoint seems to be that there is a need for more monu- ments and that Yom HaShoa is an appropriate way of cre- ating a focal point for the remembrance of European Jewry. In tact, though, this attitude is far from sufficient. Often our Holocaust monuments simply serve as another target for anti-Semitic graffiti. And ceremonies consisting of messages from world leaders cannot serve as a link to this tragic event for young Jews. This type of observance is cer- tainly not the kind which will be preserved for generations to come. In addition, Halachik problems arise from observing Yom HaShoa in Nissan, a month dedicated to joy- It is understandable that the Jewish people have had dif- ficulty in creating a fitting memorial observance for the Holocaust. It seems impossible to find an expression of horror which would fit the magnitude of the destruction the Jews suffered in World War II. But it is precisely this fact which makes a permanent reminder of the Holocaust in the Jewish calendar so necessary. We must be able to preserve for ourselves and for future generations of Jews the sensitivity to remember the Holocaust and to learn its lessons. Ideally, this should happen spontaneously — con- stant awareness of the Holocaust should be a cornerstone of Jewish education. However, a focal point for this duty is also necessary. The best method for ensuring an eternal remembrance of the Holocaust is for a ritual observance to be established by the Rabbinic leadership that would be incorporated into Jewish religious life. There are many pos- sible forms for this ritual to take. After the victims of Betar ' s fall were buried, the Birkat Hamazon was extended to include a new blessing. Perhaps a prayer could be estab- lished on a daily basis or in conjunction with the Selichot said on all the fast days which would express our obliga- tion to remember the Holocaust victims. Another possibil- ity is for a fast day to be established, dedicated solely to the memory of the six million Kedoshim. Whatever ritual may be decided upon, it should be something which involves every individual ' s participation. The point which should be brought home to every Jew for the rest of time is that Hitler wanted to destroy all of us. Thus, we are all sur- vivors. Therefore, every individual in each generation must realize the necessity to act differently as a result of the Hol- ocaust. The Nazis will have gained victory if their destruc- tion of six million Jews does not affect the way we live and think. Not only is it impossible to recover the victims, but humanity itself will be lost if we have not learned to guard against the evil which can so completely devastate civiliza- tion. If the Rabbinic leadership looks carefully and finds an appropriate ritual to commemorate the Holocaust, this message will be learned by every Jew. Forevermore. Yeshiva College Stern College for Women Class of 1981 cordially invites you to attend the Fiftieth Annual Senior Dinner Tuesday Evening, June 2, 1981 Lincoln Square Synagogue 200 Amsterdam Avenue at 69th Street New York City Reception: 6:30 p.m Dinner: 7:30 p.m Awards Candidates for Valedictorian Jay Lerman Doron Loeser Moishe Schwerd Valedictorian Dr. Aaron Levine — Senior Professor Gerald A. Schiff Philip Lieberman Memorial Award to a senior chosen by his classmates for his character, personality and special service rendered to the class. Joel M. Woolf Steven Gladstien Memorial Award to a senior for outstanding Jewish communal service. 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Join us and together we will continue to grow as individuals and as Jews united in our commitment to Torah. Yeshiva College Alumni Association Officers Samuel W. Bloom ' 46 Honorary President Joseph Appleman ' 47 President Seymour Brickman ' 53 Vice President Jonathan Helfand ' 68 Vice President David Ribner ' 55 Vice President David Stadtmauer ' 56 Vice President Daniel Chazin ' 72 Treasurer Robert Mark ' 67 Corresponding Secretary Morris Silverman ' 45 Recording Secretary John A. Krug ,74 Recording Secretary Office of University Alumni Affairs Richard M. Joel, Director Batsheva Wernick Preil Assistant Director Programming Rhonda Kuperman Assistant Director Alumni Fund Appearing on the YC Stage for the Final Time: YCDS Congratulates its Graduating Seniors Joseph Schwarz — President Tommy Bauer — Vice President Avi Abikzer — Secretary Jeff Indig — Honor Society Representative Joel Block Ben-Zion Niderberg Jon Caplan Jerry Schiff Nissan Clark Saul Sladowsky Eric Herman Michael Spiegel David Fisher Joshua Teplow Kenny Goldwasser Louis Tuchman Yitzchak Goldzweig Eugene Weisberg Shelly Golombeck Sid Weiser Steven Liss Jeff Zaret Mazel Tov and Break A Leg in All Your Future Performances. Medhlua ( o liege J tuaent ( ouncli extenad ltd bedt wldned to L Ciaa ofl98{ r obeft Friedman — ■ reiiaent i enlamin lA eidd — L ice- - rediaent .y einie cneftz — Secret aru-SJreadurer emp t , C o 2)a (on, a ana ZJne oDaiton eividh edefation (Lxiend ZJkeit rnazel ov io fei en C ttk inaef r Uf3on Jtid yfaduaiion. dhate with ouf at?oi and r eijoeiz f- fiae in hid accontpiidnmentd ana widn nim duccedd in ail hid f uiute unaeftafiingd. THE JAMES STRIAR SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL CONGRATULATES ITS GRADUATING SENIORS Rabbi Morris Besdin, Director Irving Elson President David Fisher Vice-President Lewis Stein Secretary-Treasurer Andrew Bader Aaron Bassan Tommy Bauer Jonathan Caplan Daniel Drazen David Drazen Ira Faber David Fisher Kyle Flick Sheldon Goldman Phillip Harris David Lazaros Murray Leben Steven Liss Pesach Mehlman Andrew Meyers Alan Perlmutter Michael Rosen Michael Salzbank Lawrence Shafron Michael Spiegel Ralph Sugarman Alex Wakter Eugene Weisberg Jeffrey Zaret Congratulations to the Class of ' 81 from the Student Organization of Yeshiva S.O.Y. Avy Buchen — President David Sherman — Vice President Shimy Schwartz — Secretary-Treasurer (o ueen L afoet, oUaiton, Cfci. exienai to teuen C tti inaer ' 9 C on aratu iaii 9 lonA on hid Cjfaduation and edt lA idhed foi ' hid future. Po : ¥r ac an J ZJhe J atold napiro S:ramiiu expteii tneif Conaratuiationd a felicitations to an teuen C ttln er on hid Cffaduation. fau hid future endeai ori l}e oleddea u itn AucceAA. CONGRATULATIONS to LEWIS WIENERKUR - trom The King, Lucille, Jill Mark and The Big D } ' yir yivm upS Tn yj an iv n p n JDry V Mazel Tov to MOISHE and his fellow graduates with love from Mom and Dad Paula and Sam Karen and Steve Jonathan, Jeannle, Andy, and Alyssa odepn lA elddtucn azel ov Lfpon L our Cffaauation rf au uouf futut ' e be bieAded with nappineid, neaun ana AuccedA u iih ail our ioi e, aiwa i rf ' oin ana aO act ana nainaee ( riedlander and Qyc ens tnc. FIFTH AVENUE AT PIKE SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 (206) 223-7474 C onaf ' atuiatlond to oLould ZJrelaei ffom niA atanafatnef Education is a Ladder Towards Greatness Professional Preparation is Toward Sucli Greatnesi if it is in a miiieu of Torali Learning and Living. HOWARD A. TANZMAN ' S t« ' ' , Congratulations On Your Graduation from Yeshiva University An Institution Dedicated To Greatness Mom, Dad and Family To Our Dear Son and Brother Eddie Best of Luck and Much Happiness in All Your Future Endeavors w Thank you for all the Nachas you have shown us all our love ■ Mom and Dad Rochelle and Marcos 1 Congratulations to our Son, Brother, Nephew and Cousin HES IN MEMORY of MORRIS SCHERTZ r h iiy ]y r v 1 Congratulations to AKIVA with love from ABA N- - 0 % Congratulations to ELIOT and The Class of ' 81 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Peyser (Editor-in-Chief MASMID 1948) Congratulations to MICHAEL FREDMAN and All Yeshiva College Graduates from his Parents MARVIN and ESTHER FREDMAN His Brother and Sisters Grandparents, Aunts, and Uncles Fredman Bros. Furniture Co. Peoria, III. St. Louis, Mo. P - ' X  : I g TO V JOSHUA TEPLOW -fj, and the J CLASS OF 1981 n [L We wish you Hatzlacha and fl Godspeed in your future. IVIay you be a n pride to your people and a builder of Israel. en With love from, r Mom, Dad, Michael, Eve and Honeycone s To the Class of ' 81 Not Just Another Class. From the EMC Council ' 81 Not Just Another Council Congratulations to LOUIS TUCHMAN on his graduation. Love, Mom and Dad Frieda and Victor Joseph and Bubbie The Corn Family Congratulates IZY JOSEPH and The Class of 1981 We ' re All Proud of You Love Mom, Benjy and Beth Mommy, Daddy and All the Girls Mazal Tov to JERRY upon your graduation. With love and pride in your past accomplishments and our hopes for your future success Mom, Dad, Shani, Jonathan and David Mazel Tov and Best Wishes to DAVID ARBESFELD Mom and Dad Benjy, Michelle and Pnina Yeshiva University ' s Loss — Is Our Gain! Compliments of iVIORRIS J. GOLOMBECK INC 960 Franklin Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y. 11225 Maze! Tov to Our Son, Son-in-Law and Husband JAY n T ib nn m sto tts ns-iaa Love, Mom and Dad Bindiger Mom and Abba Softer Tamar Grandma and Grandpa Mazel Tov to Mazel Tov to JOEL and all his ciassmates upon their graduation. Dr. and Mrs. Federbush Danny and David YAAKOV CHAITOVSKY and Nachat to His Parents Rachel and Simcha Levin We the undersigned, members ot the MEDIA CENTRE, wonderful mmds and even better bodies, do hereby offer our heartfelt congratulatio ns and the following thought to all our graduating seniors: In your pursuit ot higher education and firm society standing, remember what the Media Centre has stood for and be true to its philosophy — Cramming your pants oft is an honorable and educational endeavor. To do it right vou must wait until the very last minute. Until then ... MEDIA CENTRE!!! We don ' t make you feel guilty — we make you feel at home — because at Media Centre, failing behind is a way of life. Shapsi Beilin Avi Katz Meir Rosenfeld Tzvi Bernstein Mark Kirshbaum Jerry Schiff Andy Bloom Nemi Klien Allan Schuman Barry Eisenman Ira Korn Eddie Schwartz David Fischman Sammy Mezistrano Label Shapiro Aaron Friedman Ben-Zlon Niderberg Ely Stillman Neil Friedman Jeremy Peyser Tavor White Hillel Grossman Seth Peyser Nathan Zussman Shelly Green A Champ In Every Way Mind, Heart and Body With All Our Love and Best Wishes Mom and Dad Gary, Karen, Lisa and Mutty Mazel Tov to ALLAN and all his classmates upon their graduation. Mr. and Mrs. David Schuman Ethan and Debby Renee Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Schuman Steve and Barry Mazel Tov to JOSH GLICKMAN Upon His Graduation. Love, Mom and Dad Malky, David, Devorah and Avi Mazel Tov to ERIC HERMAN, Account Executive and the Graduating Class of 1981 M. H. 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Nicholas Beverage Discount Center 1487 St. Nicholas Ave. Between ' 184 185 St Tel. (212) 928-6810 Mazel Tov to Our Wonderful Graduate Mazel Tov to Our Beloved Son ARI BENJY Love, Mom and Dad Sushie and Shea Yael and Shimon Raphael Yosef and Yona Bobby Hirsch and Family Uncle Sam and Aunt Blanche The Jerome Family on His Graduation. May your life be filled with success and happiness. Dr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Weiss Naomi and Suzy nnb na - -T-nv yw aqn yn ' i I To TOMMY BAUER on the occasion of his graduation Eudice and Gus Bauer Rita, Marty and Ya ' acov Congratulations to our dear son JPiraT and the Class of 1981 i.Dc Mom,lbad and Jacob Mitzner Congratulations to HILLEL TZVI GROSSMAN Rabbi and Mrs. R. G. Grossman Mrs. Lena Zaretsky Aviva, Shamai, Yehoshua Mazal Tov to STEVEN and ail his classmates May you be successful in all your endeavors. Mom and Dad Tammy - jfan, Stuart, Barbara Mazel Tov and Congratulations to dear JOSH BRICKMAN With love and pride from your parents grandparents Rena and Sharon Maze! Tov and Best Wishes to LEO KOZLOWSKI May your future be filled with happiness and success With Love Mommy, Daddy and Nechamie Mazel Tov and Best Wishes to JOSEPH BRECHER and his classmates From Mom and Dad Rubin (YC ' 80) Congratulations and Best Wishes to our dear son ANDREW MEYERS upon your graduation lorn and Dad Mazel Tov and Best Wishes to dear SAULIE Happiness and Success Always Mommy, Jackie, Aunt Rochelle, Uncle Abe Gilda, Nancy and Joseph To Our Dear Son and Brother MARK FENSTER Congratulations and Lots of Mazel! Love, Mom, Dad and Lilly MOTTI Dad, Mom, Ari and Family ni and Dad Werzberger Rifka jdv From Zahava Abba and Ima Macher Esther Yackov Yoel Adina SAM ZIMMERMAN Liit Mom, Dad, Stanley, Joanne Grandma Regina Grandpa Emil and Grandma Daisy We ' re proud of our uncle Sammy! Isaac Lawrence and Abby Lauren Mazel Tov to our son, grandson and brother AVY BUCHEN on his graduation The Buchen and Aranoff Families Mazel Tov to our dear son and grandson DAVID HORWITZ upon the occasion of his graduation from college. Best wishes for a future filled with success. Minna Horwitz and Zur Horwitz Rabbi and Mrs. S. Brenner •ii KENNETH GOLDWASSER Congratulations for today and best wishes and much success in the days to come. Edith, Jerry, Amy, Marta, Donna Snoitalutargnoc dna vot-lezam EUGENE drawroJ kool sseccus hcum ot Love, IVIom and Dad Beth, Jeff Tricky, IVIorris, Spirit, and Mr. E. 753D ' fev an Congratulations and warmest wishes SHALOM LAMM from the entire Lamm family Congratulations to MICHAEL SEELENFREUND upon his graduation and our best wishes for success in his future endeavors May his superb record in Yeshiva College be surpassed by his future contributions to Torah and Israel. Miriam and Jerry Seelenfreund Ari and Ruth Frommer Jeffrey and Jessica Seelenfreund David Seelenfreund. Congratulations and Maze! Tov to our dear son and brother HOWARD HOROWITZ Wishing you continued success, that all your desires, wishes and inspirations should fulfill themselves to the best of your dreams. Mazel Tov to ROBERT GREENBERG on your graduation May the light of Torah ever brighten your way, and may all your dreams and hopes be fulfilled. Love, Mom, Dad and Jacqueline To our dear JOSHUA Love, Mom, Dad and Sharon Bubby Greenberg The Rubins The Newmarks The Lasts Congratulations AVI You made it! Good health, happiness and success in all the years to come. May you continue to grow in Torah The Yeres Family from Abba, Mom, Zev, Raqueli, Jeremy (YC ' 94), Uncle Joe, Aunt Shula, Gilly, Danny, Debra, Grandma, Auntie Sharon, Uncle David Aunt Chana and the Fastags, Uncle Irving, Aunt Eunice, Robin, Adam and Moishe, DDS. Good Luck at Downstate. (You ' ll need it.) Mazel Tov to SHLOMO SANDERS To AVI KATZ Congratulations on your graduation. Our best wishes for continuing success in your future goals. ' Bubble Mrs. Charles M. Batt Mom and Dad Baila, Pinny and Eli MICHAEL SALZBANK upon his graduation Love, Mom, Dad Robbie and Alan Uncle Ahron and Aunt lolet Batt Uncle Shimshon and Aunt Mirian Halpern Mazel Tov and , Congratulations to our dearest AARON RAPAPORT May Hashem grant you health, happiness, and much success in all your future endeavors. With Love, Mom, Dad and Leah Uncle Joe, Aunt Barbara Congratulations to IRA KORN, Tiras, and his classmates Mazel Tov and Best Wishes (or future success to our son and brother LARRY IVIEITELES Mom, Dad Charles, Helene, Nancy and ChatuI Simon, Alisa Barbara and Karen Hebrew Orthodox Congregation South Bend, Indiana takes great pride in its member JAY E. LERMAN graduating in the 1981 class of Yeshiva University Mazel Tov to our dear son and brother ALAN DAVID LISTHAUS upon your graduation and acceptance into medical school. May you continue to be a source of great pride and nachas to us, and may Hashem guide you in all your future endeavors. Mom, Beverly, Harvey, Michelle, Cindy, Mark and Adam p Congratulations to ROBERT M. FRIEDMAN President — Yeshiva College Student Council upon your graduation May you have many future successes Love, Mom, Dad, Gila, Renee, Bube, Uncle Phil and Saben Foods Mazel Tov and Best Wishes to our son and brother JEFFREY FRIELING and the Class of 1981 upon your graduation We wish you happiness and success in all your future endeavors. Love, Mom, Dad, and Gloria To YITZCHAK From your loving parents Rabbi Mordecai and Phyllis Goldzweig and Grandma Fay Bukatman Best Wishes to IRA JAY FABER and the rest of the graduating Class of 1981 4 Love, -- 5C v | Granny, Mom, Dad, ' . ■ !V and Robin Leslie June 3, 1981 Mazel Tov to the Second Floor Mc (SFMS) Graduates and Their Classmates Jakes AIL. Wertz Arby Yitz T. Robert G Doron Kiap Double J. A.Z. JayC. Lerman Shick In Honor of My Parents Frederick and Rachel Rosen for their love and guidance HAROLD N. ROSEN To My Double Nachas DAVID and DANIEL and the Class of 1981 aw 31 nai n ifn aiu Tia Your Loving Mom Our very sincerest best wishes on the occasion of your graduation. May the future bring to you and Rochelle Mazel, happiness and success. All our love, Mom and Dad Mazel Tov to YITZCHAK and his classmates from Mr. and Mrs. Nachum Twersky To our brother BARRY FELBERMAN Much love and wishes for Hatzlachah in the future Marsha and Sam Shiomo, Ghana, Natan, Tzipora Graduation Congratulations to STUART KAPLAN and the Class of 1981 Love, Mother, Dad Sondra, Mark Best Wishes Dr. and Mrs. Eli Sar Dearest Joey With all my heart, I wish you success and happiness always. Yours Forever, Rochelle Dear Shelly, Manage your life the way you manage campaigns, and you ' ll always be a winner! ' Love, Tante Deb, Uncle Mel and Your Fan Club Compliments to my dear grandson AVI KATZ Oscar A. Katz Mazel Tov to STEVEN KERNER and continued success. Your loving grandparents Mr. and Mrs. B. Komil Mr. and Mrs. M. ZIotnick Mazel Tov and Best Wishes for a happy and bright future to LEON MELOHN on the occasion of his graduation from his Parents and his Brothers Congratulations to our nephews JEREMY and SETH and their classmates upon their graduation Rabbi and Mrs. Asher Siev Mazel Tov to NEIL FRIEDMAN Upon his gra duation and best wishes to him and to his classmates for continued hatzlacha Aunt Ruthie, Uncle Ronnie and Family To my brothers DAVID and DANNY on their graduation Best Wishes Always Love, Marti Congratulations to my dear grandson BARRY N. EISENMAN Sylvia E. Schreiber Congratulations YITZ Best of Luck Love, Rochelle and Debbie Best Wishes to Dr. Tovia Lent from Or. Marvin Hamburg, D.D.S., P.C. 70-41 Main Street Flushing, N.Y. 11367 Maze! Tov and Best Wishes to Uncle Shaully From Leba Tova and Leba Miriam (and their parents) Mazel Tov to Seth Peyser Avy Buchen Kenny Goldwasser from Neal Harris Congratulations to ALEX Now let us see each other in Jerusalem. Mr. and Mrs. I. Wakter and Roland To Doron, Our nephew and cousin so dear, as you embark on your accounting career. We wish you health, happiness and success, and a continued supply of the Loeser finesse. With love always, Henry, Thea, and Arlette (The Other Loesers) We cake t;reat pride in congratulating Alan Perlmutter upon his graduation. Harold and Elizabeth Perlmutter. Toronto. David and Chaya Perlmutter, Ktar Menachem, Israel, Morrie and Dorothy Perlmutter. Van Nuys. California. Charles and Clara Goldman. Toronto. Ben and Pearl Goldman. Toronto. Jake and Jeanette Goldman. Toronto. Percy and leanette Goldman. No. Hollvwood, California. Da id and Esther Storm. Toronto, Abraham and Mary Kohl. Toronto, Paul and Bess Mintz. Toronto. Michael and Michelle Ostreicher. Los Angeles, Chairn and i Miriam Lamasz. Toronto, Rabbi Mitchell and Ruth Serels, R, N.Y. P fe:; Mazel Tov and Best Wishes to our son and brother HOWARD JAY LERNER from Mom, Phil, Stu, Joe, Shari and Sandy To AVI With love as always. Mom, Dad and Maidi 1 To NEIL Holding the Hooser tradition high From the folks back home in Indiana Love, Mom, Dad, Al (YC ' 80), How (YC ' 84) I Mazel Tov and Shalom to JOEL M. WOOLF Mom and Dad Marc and Jonathan 1 In Loving Memory of a dear husband and devoted father Solomon Lerner May you enjoy much health, happiness, and a peaceful future. Aunt Libbie, Bubbi Lerner, ;«pPi Bubbi Min, Uncle Jules, ' IS Uncles Murray, Zelik and Sam jIHPrK 1 Congratulations to Our dear son JOSEPH ANDREW and to his classmates - With great pride we wish our son DORON LOESER Mazel Tov and continued fiHH| success in the future. I |R: i BBm mM ' Mom, Dad, Steven and Anne mH E 1 Congratulations to our beloved son BARRY on the occasion of his graduation from Yeshiva College. May he continue to be a true Ben-Torah and a continued source of Nachas to all of us. Mr. and Mrs. Moritz Felberman Mazel Tov to our dearest son SHAUL We look forward to future milestones. i Love, Abba and ima ALWYN FRENCH CLEANERS AND FINE HAND LAUNDRY 182 West 58th St. N.Y.C. Congratulations From GLATT ■ I r ' i BERNSTEIN-ON-ESSEX-ST. 135 ESSEX STREET Ncw V.ORK. N.Y. 10002 «(- ) 473-3900 Murray Plaut Moshe Gordon Congratulations from PARADISE GLATT KOSHER CATERERS (212) 627-0072 Good luck STEVEN KERNER GERSHON AND CO. 201 West 89th St. New York, N.Y. 11024 799-9500 1424 Elm Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y. 11230 Compliments of RAY CO. TOOL AND DIE San Juanl f R service! Insured and Licensed Drivers Base Regulated Metered Two-way Radio Dispatched Cabs 24 Hour Service All Airport Out-of-town Call Minimum Charges Complaint Dept. Ask for Administrator. CALL: 927-7900 Mazel Tov to the Class of 1981 Compliments of BEVERLY CREATIONS 29 West 36th St. New York, N.Y. 10018 PRIDE ENTERPRISES, INC. in you have ideas, outlines, or manuscripts for a reference book and would be interested [for salary or commision] in developing them for publication contact: NICHOLAS PUBLISHING 551 5th Avenue New York, N.Y. 972-1667 Mazel Tov to the Class of 1981 HARLEY TRADING 37 West 29th St. New York, N.Y. 10001 Best Wishes from N. C. GREENFIELD, INC, ADVERTISING The Editor-in-Chief and the Governing Board of HAIVIEVASER would like to congratulate the graduating Class of 1981 The Department of Youth Services wishes Mazel Tov to the Class of 1981 Special thanks to our advisors: Jay Bindiger Jay Cinnamon Kenny Feldman David Fischman Michael Fredman Neil Friedman Robert Friedman Hillel Grossman Ira Korn Jeremy Peyser Seth Peyser Hillel Rosen Heshie Schertz Allan Schuman Eddie Schwartz Marc Singer Louis Treiger Lewis Wienerkur PREPARE FOR: MCAT-DAT-LSAT-GMAT-GRE GREPSYCH-GREBIO-PCAT-OCAT VAT MAT- SAT- CPA-TOEFL-MSKP NMBI,JI,Jir-ECFMG FLEX-VOE NLE-NDBI,I[,-NPBI Flexible Programs Hours Visit Any Center And See For Yourself Why We Make The Difference Outside NY. State Only CALL TOLL FREE: 800-223-1782 ■s in Maior US Cities, Toronto, Puerto Riio and Zuncli, Switzerland Congratulations and much love to our grandson SHAUL Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Sladowsky Dear Steven, Congratulations and best wishes on your graduation. May you always be a source of nachas to us. Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Kerner and Cheryl Mazel Tov and Best Wishes to our brother BARRY FELBERMAN On the occasion of his graduation. May all your future endeavors be filled with joy and success. Harriet and Elliot To my grandsons DAVID and DANIEL Mazel Tov and Best Wishes on your graduations. Mama Mazel Tov to our loving grandson Mazel Tov and Best Wishes to TOVIA LENT YAAKOV CHAITOVSKY on his graduation and on his entrance to Medical School on your graduation Leo Rosenblum Bobbi and Zaide Eckstein Well Wishers All our best to you Neil. Grandma and Zaide Congratulations from Crown Kosher Meat Products, Inc. Best Wishes from the Daf Yomi Duo Ohavei Shalom Tsedaka Fund for the poor and needy in Israel — Judah Wohlgelernter Best wishes to the class of 1981 for future success — BARTON ' S CANDY STORE Mazel Tov to Tovia Lent from Aaron and Gerald StoUman Kenny, Mazel Tov and all the best to a special friend — Sherry Best Wishes from MEAL MART Best Wishes Neil, all the best, much love. Granny and Grandpa Congratulations from Uncle Henry to Allan Schuman Good luck to Yitzchak Goldzweig — Stanley and Gloria Leisner Congratulations to Barry and his fellow graduates from Phil and the gang at KOSHER INNS I AND II Congratulations to Allan Schuman and his classmates — Bubbie Mollie and Zaidie Charles Best Wishes — Dorothy and Robert Marmorstein Good luck to everybody ' s future — J C CLEANERS, 1495 St. Nicholas Ave. Best Wishes from GOOD DAY REALTY CORP. r r: h n 131 rjiD