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Alumni Spotlight

CESJDS is proud to have alumni around the world with impressive accomplishments, both personally and professionally. We hope you enjoy reading these success stories, and encourage you to e-mail Shayna Held at sheld@cesjds.org with any stories of your own.

Spotlight on the...

  • 2000s
  • 1990s
  • 1980s
  • 1970s

2000s

Avner May ‘05
Avner May ‘05
Xander Orenstein '10
Xander Orenstein '10
Ari Eisen ‘11
Ari Eisen ‘11
Zach Krame ‘05
Zach Krame ‘05
Noah Stoler '09
Noah Stoler '09
Noah Katz '09
Noah Katz '09
Arielle Green '12
Arielle Green '12
Steven Freidkin '02
Steven Freidkin '02
Rachel Milner '11
Rachel Milner '11
Ariana Heideman '00
Ariana Heideman '00
Marnina Cowan '06
Marnina Cowan '06
Avi Jacobson '00
Avi Jacobson '00
Ari Johnson '00
Ari Johnson '00
Maya Lieber '12
Maya Lieber '12
Micah Buck-Yael '04
Micah Buck-Yael '04
Daniel Feith '02
Daniel Feith '02
Henry Baron '12
Henry Baron '12
Rebecca Keren Eisenstadt '03
Rebecca Keren Eisenstadt '03
Shelby Zitelman '03
Shelby Zitelman '03
Micha Weinblatt '01
Micha Weinblatt '01
Katie Kolben '05
Katie Kolben '05
Carey Heller '03
Carey Heller '03
Shira Kobren '02
Shira Kobren '02
David Feith '05
David Feith '05
Heather Brooks Karatz '02
Heather Brooks Karatz '02
Alex Feder '01
Alex Feder '01
Kira Epstein '00
Kira Epstein '00
Alex Gruhin '07
Alex Gruhin '07

1990s

Sivia Lapidus '95
Sivia Lapidus '95
Sarina Godin '91
Sarina Godin '91
Josh Block '97
Josh Block '97
Adam Friedlander '97
Adam Friedlander '97
Yaron Cohen '99
Yaron Cohen '99
Jessica Steinberg '94
Jessica Steinberg '94
Dan Schwartz '93
Dan Schwartz '93
Rachel Simmons '92
Rachel Simmons '92
Yuval David '96
Yuval David '96
Yael Luttwak '90
Yael Luttwak '90
Dana Karesh Pelzman '96
Dana Karesh Pelzman '96
Sarah Bunin Benor '93
Sarah Bunin Benor '93
Lila Shapiro-Cyr '91
Lila Shapiro-Cyr '91
Andrew Zuckerman '95
Andrew Zuckerman '95
Zeke Vanderhoek '94
Zeke Vanderhoek '94
Ari Sunshine '90
Ari Sunshine '90
Sara Polon '95
Sara Polon '95
Chuck Fox '91
Chuck Fox '91
Aileen Goldstein '96
Aileen Goldstein '96
Asher Epstein '92
Asher Epstein '92

1980s

Josh Frey '89
Josh Frey '89
Rabbi Elliot Goldberg '87
Rabbi Elliot Goldberg '87
Heinan Landa '83
Heinan Landa '83
Yael Mossé '89
Yael Mossé '89
Shelley Raab Mendelow '83
Shelley Raab Mendelow '83
Deborah Topol Rosenberg
Deborah Topol Rosenberg
Rachel Schreiber '89
Rachel Schreiber '89
Allison Nazarian '89
Allison Nazarian '89
Adam Bonnett '86
Adam Bonnett '86
Jeremy Bash '89
Jeremy Bash '89

1970s

Rebecca Prigal '79
Rebecca Prigal '79
Saul Goldfarb '78
Saul Goldfarb '78

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