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Nearly two years ago, the planning of the TanenbaumCHATJubilee began. As I sat at a round table with Judy Engel, CecileZaifman, Paul Shaviv, Rhona Birenbaum and Frances Bigman, we

set out to define the mission of the Jubilee. Realizing we would

first need to define our audiences, set celebration calendars,

recruit committee members, develop communication plans and

rebrand the logo...was only the beginning. What it actually became

was an opportunity to reminisce and rekindle the relationships

with the individuals who gave this school character and marked it

with their memories. A true celebration indeed! Fifty & Fabulouswas the tagline of choice and it began popping up throughout the school community. By far our

greatest challenge was trying to update our database. We made phone calls, sent emails, used

social media and CHATTER publications to try and reach out to our TanenbaumCHAT family.

Our events began last fall with an Alumni Homecoming weekend and a Wall of Honour Induction

ceremony to recognize past Valedictorians, Student Council Presidents, Athletes of the Year and

Governor General Award Recipients. At our Jubilee Annual General meeting, we honoured

our past lay leadership and were thrilled to have 10 of our Past

Presidents light the Chanukiah together. Our Jubilee Birthday Bash

was an opportunity to celebrate this milestone with a fabulous

night of dinner and dancing in true 60’s style.

This Jubilee year, a culminating project of sorts, has been a special

milestone in our school’s history commemorating 50 years of

Jewish education. I hope you enjoy taking a walk down memory

lane and reading through this Jubilee Special Edition. Thank you

all for your contribution to 50 fabulous years.

E X C E R P T F R OM T H E M A R C H 1 9 9 2 C H AT T E R

THANK YOU ALL

FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION

TO 50 FABULOUS

YEARS.

first reflection has been

on the astonishing achievement and

growth during fifty years of determined

effort and perseverance by leadership,

educators, parents and students. We have

graduated around five thousand students

– most in the last decade as the school

rapidly grew.

The second reflection has to be on our

present. In rapidly changing times, living

in a changing world and a changing

community, we are holding our own very

well. Recruitment continues to be very

strong, and – perhaps a more important

metric – retention is as high as it has ever

been, and in the coming year (2011-12)

may touch record levels. Our academic

record continues to be stellar, and in my

thirteen years at the school I cannot recall

our sporting and extra-curricular activities

ever being as varied, as strong, as active,

or as impressive as they are today.

But the third reflection is, of course,

the tantalizing speculation about what

the future holds! In a recent CHATTER I

looked forward at the possible outcome

of technological change. Our financial

plan, and our absolute determination

to put the school on a sound fiscal

foundation for the coming decades,

is also well documented. Where the

Provincial education policy is heading is

anyone’s guess, and we may brace

ourselves for an inevitable radical change

to correct the insidious creep of grade

inflation – the present situation is

untenable. But I would like to make a

simpler request for the future to our

TanenbaumCHAT ‘family’: please commit

yourselves to be active, positive ambas-

sadors for the school. Help us to spread

the word about the great ‘TanenbaumCHAT

Experience’ to your family, your friends,

your neighbours and your community.

Suggest the school as an educational

choice to families who may not have

considered us. Convince ‘waverers’ that

the greatest educational, social and

community experience is here in this city

and available to them. And … do not

forget to suggest and promote the

school as a destination for philanthropy!

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Our JubileeYear has been a great time to reflect.”

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CecileZaifman

P r e s i d e n t

behalf of the Board of Directors

of TanenbaumCHAT, it is an honour and

a privilege to be celebrating our Jubilee

year with our TanenbaumCHAT family.

We are marking 50 years of success

for TanenbaumCHAT – from 1961 with an

inaugural class of 16 students, to today

with two vibrant, thriving campuses

bustling with 1400 students. Over the

years, our school has earned a reputation

as one of the finest Jewish High schools

in North America.

We are so proud of our most

important accomplishments – our

students. We have strived, over the past

50 years, to provide an environment

that builds strong minds, inspires

independent thinking and prepares our

students to take their place in society

and become the future leaders of our

community.

In addition to our first rate profes-

sional staff, it is clear that we could would

not be here today without the immense

and vital contribution that our lay

volunteers have made over the past

50 years. I would particularly like to

acknowledge all of our past Executives

and Boards of Directors. They have

devoted endless time and effort to ensure

that our school continues to educate,

motivate and inspire our students. Their

collective wisdom, tenacity, and vision for

a community Jewish high school has,

without a doubt, laid the foundation for

our current success. However, in order to

secure our future, we must look to the

future as our past leaders have done. We

look forward to working with you and your

families in planning for the refurbishment

of our Wallenberg Campus so we can lay

the foundation for the next fifty years of

success for TanenbaumCHAT.

I hope that today, working together

with our dedicated staff and lay volun-

teers, we can follow in the footsteps of

our past leadership and continue our

mission to motivate our students to

achieve excellence and realize their

potential. Yasher Koach to all of our lay

volunteers over the past 50 years for a

job well done!

We are so proud of our most important accomplishments

– our students.”

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“ C H A T i s w h e r e i t ’ s a t . ” For five decades now, over 5,000 of Toronto’s Jewish youth have had the privilege

of being a part of the TanenbaumCHAT experience. Hundreds of faculty members have dedicated themselves to their

students. Administrators have faced the challenges of providing the most comprehensive academic and Jewish curriculum.

Board Members – the super volunteers – committing their time, treasure and talent to provide stellar governance to the

school. There are fifty years of stories, of individuals who toiled, of outstanding student accomplishments, of sacrifice

and of vision.

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In Board Minutes from the very early days of the school, a discussion is preserved that looked forward to the full flowering

of the seed that was then being nurtured. “If we ever reached our full capacity, we could imagine a school of as many as

three hundred students”, enthused one of our ‘Founding Fathers’. Today, the school is well over four times that number, and

recruits many more than three hundred new students each year!

We started in the old Neptune building of Associated Hebrew Schools. It took some fifteen years for the school to

become the “Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto”, and almost twenty years to move to what was then Wilmington

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Public School, in 1979. Administration opposed the move as it felt that the Wilmington building was “far too big” for the

school, which moved in with 219 students in Grades 10-13. Only twenty years later, in 1999, with sixteen (illegal) portables

on the backfield, we faced issues of dangerous overcrowding with over one thousand students on the same site.

In 1979 Rabbi Marvin Pachino (now retired and living in Israel) was appointed Headmaster. It was a memorable

appointment, and during the nineteen years of his leadership he laid many of the foundations of the school, as we know

it today. With his retirement in 1998, he was succeeded by Paul Shaviv, who came from Montreal. His first year was totally

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taken up in dealing with school overcrowding, and, in the beginnings of a partnership with UJA Federation, the 1999

renovation and extension – the new gym, library, atrium and ‘C’ wing – were conceived, planned and built within a year.

Dr. Anne Tanenbaum z”l gave what was then an unprecedented donation to enable the project to be completed. In

recognition of her further substantial support of the school, in 1999 the Wilmington Campus was renamed The Anne &

Max Tanenbaum Campus.

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But the student numbers just kept on growing. In the early years of the twenty-first century, the school expanded

exponentially at the rate of 20-25% per year. Despite the 2000 building addition, the school faced another crisis the same

year, as over 400 students applied for grade 9. Lay and professional leaders scrambled frantically to solve the space

problem. In June, an Executive of UJA Federation told us that there was an empty High school building available for rent

in Richmond Hill Village. An emergency Board meeting authorized the negotiation of a lease. At the end of June, we

announced to the incoming Grade 9 students who lived north of Steeles Avenue that they were headed to Wright Street,

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not Wilmington Avenue. Neither they nor their parents were happy, and few who were present will ever forget the stormy

public meeting that ensued!

But in September – having planned, equipped, staffed and scheduled a complete school within six weeks –

TanenbaumCHAT took a historic step and established a second campus in York Region, designed to meet the needs of

the new and rapidly growing Jewish population north of Highway 7. “CHAR” was born. It was a long way from Neptune!

Very quickly, CHAT’s northern campus became an integral part of UJA Federation’s ‘Jewish Toronto Tomorrow’ vision for

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a major community campus in Vaughan. After years of planning, and with help from Federation and the Kimel Family, in

2007 “CHAR” was retired as the school moved into The Kimel Family Education Centre – a sparkling new building on the

The Joseph & Wolf Lebovic Jewish Community Campus.

The school has survived and flourished because it has moved and adapted to the needs of changing times and changing

community. Its mandate remains to make the ‘Jewish High School Experience’ accessible to the maximum number of

young people in our community, throughout the GTA. We serve students from the Beaches to Newmarket, and they come

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carrying their laptops and iPads to an increasingly digitalized classroom. Yet some things remain the same – our students

of every age can tell you about their grad trip to Washington, hell weeks and skip day. Our alumni teachers work side by

side with colleagues today that were their own teachers not that long ago. Dance Fashion Show and Reach for the Top are

still student favourites – now joined by the ever growing DECA fans, while vending machines along with King David still

provide the basics in nutrition at the Wallenberg Campus. In recent years the school has greatly expanded its sporting,

cultural, and extra-curricular activities. Some seven hundred students and staff participate on Shabbatonim each year;

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our students travel all over North America to participate in Model UN, DECA, basketball, hockey, music, and all sorts of

other activities. We go to Israel to compete in the Weizmann Institute’s international High School Physics competition,

and, of course, in the Bible Contest (Chidon Tanakh). We field dozens of teams in a whole range of different sports. We

host other schools for The Israel Becker Tournament, and for Moot Bet Din. For some years groups of students have gone

to build houses in the USA as part of ‘Habitat for Humanity’. Our campuses ‘rock’ from early morning until late at night

– we like our students to work hard, but also to play hard. TanenbaumCHAT is not just an education – it is an experience.

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Our Jewish community identity, our attachment to scholarship and learning, our love for Israel are, in their modern

incarnations and expressions, as strong as they ever were.

In the coming decade, our strategic objectives are many – to expand and completely refurbish the Wallenberg Campus,

to establish longer-term financial security; to adapt to the great educational and cultural changes rapidly transforming

our world; and to continue to transmit an informed and inspired Jewish identity to our students.

It has been an exhilarating, distinguished and successful fifty years. We look back – but only as we move on!

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Heads of SchoolMr. Jacob Burke z”lRabbi Marvin PachinoMr. Paul Shaviv

1960-19791979-19981998-

General Studies PrincipalsDr. Sol Burak z”lMr. George HullDr. Sidney KazMr. Gary DiamondMr. Sheldon Friedman

1960-19731973-19741974-19761976-19891989-2002

Executive Directors/CFOMr. Arthur TannenbaumMr. Mordechai Herskovits z”lMrs. Rhona Birenbaum

1984-20012001-

Campus Principals

Mr. Sheldon FriedmanMrs. Helen Fox

2002-20052006-

Wallenberg CampusMr. Gary Levine2000-2006

CHAT RH –Wright StreetMrs. Frieda WoznicaDr. Jonathan Levy

2006-20092009-

Kimel Family Education Centre


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Senior SchoolAdministratorsOver five decades, the School has benefited from theinspired leadership of successive Administrations and Faculty. The following senior educators have occupied (and occupy!) the most senior educational positions in our school.

Director of Jewish StudiesMr. Samuel Kapustin1999-


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PastPresidents

Wilferd Gordon z”l

Samuel J Sable z”l

Samuel Shainhouse

Harold Dessen z”l

David Rotenberg

Donald Carr Q.C.

Mel Finkelstein

Stephen Freedhoff

Bernard Ghert

Dr. Joseph Berger

Norman Grill

Baila Lubek

Brian Lass ’75

Terri Weintraub

Alan Applebaum

Lori Disenhouse ’76

Judy Engel

Heaven rewards those who fai thful ly serve the community.

In recognition of exemplary leadership, tireless efforts and dedication.

Life Members

of theBoardof Directors

Donald Carr, Q.C.

Dr. Sydney Eisen

Mel Finkelstein

Stephen Freedhoff

Bernard Ghert

Dr. Arthur Haberman

Dr. Ben-Zion Shapiro

Dr. Murray Urowitz



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Mark Shapiro

Harry Steiman

John Ulmer

Mark Goodman

Ron Davis

Jeffrey Lipsitz

Allen Zimmerman

Maury Greenberg

Lewis Dubrofsky

David Genesove

Mark Satok

Hartley Lichtblau Anthony Benjamin

Nina Hagler Susan Valencia

David Debow

Les Brail

Robyn Farber

Simon Wolle

David Shvily

Michael Haltrecht

Michael Haltrecht

Shoshana Farber

Stefanie Rochwerg

Adam Bretholz

Alex Kojfman

Wendy Litner

Lyle Shugar

Richard Luft

Elliot Cappell

Adam Kaplan

Adam Jesin

Talia Radcliffe

Raffi Rush

Ben Singer

Rebecca Zendel

Hayley Baranek

Jeremy Chad

Ari Satok

Ilana Walters

Jonathan Goldberg

Rory Gangbar

Jonathan Goldberg

Matthew Zarek

Aaron Abramson

Charles Korn

Samuel Rothman

Ethan Eisen

David Galperin

Jonathan Green

Noam Elituv

Elected by their peers, the Student Council President is the leaderof the student body. These students possess strong interpersonal,

leadership, social, economic and management skills, and represent

the student body to the Administration and Board of Directors.

*Records Unavailable

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StudentCouncilPresidents


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Mark Lapedus Mark Okrent

Mark Shapiro Lorne Temes

David Frankel Emina Applebaum

Karl Skorecki

Stephen Kraft

Ellen Warner Les Train

Steven Skurka Leora Marcovitz

Mark Korson Judy Sturm

Jeffrey Lipsitz Marilyn Reiter

Susy Seeman Sharon West Reiter

Ian Zagdanski

Glenn Starkman

Eva Rosenthal Tammy Anklewicz

Larry Guterman

Debbie Zagdanski

Michelle Sund

Renee Ghert

Hyla Reiter David Debow

Russel Goldman

Natasha Press Cindy Spier

Andrea Rudnick Darren Sukonick

Mark Garmaise

Rachel Dayan

Uri Etigson

Myles Steiner

Elana Lavine

David Preiss

Aviva Golberg

Karen Held

Nathaniel Lipkus

Laura Erdman

Marci Turner

Yaakov Roth

Lior Braunstein

Jordan Silverman

Sarah Acker

Sam Reitman

Lee Cohen

Mitchell Drucker

Michael Chaikof

Josh Satok

Ari Satok

Jonah Himelfarb

Matthew Zarek

Leora Jackson

Leora Smith

Jonathan Blankenstein

Adam Friedman

Jeffrey Hendler

Aryeh Feinberg

Sarah Edgerley

Valedictorians are chosen by the students of the graduating class to be their voice at the graduation ceremony. The students chosen as Valedictorians have achieved academic excellence throughout their

high school years, participated in student activities, reflect the values of the school in all dimensions,

and are regarded as exemplars by their classmates and the school.

Valedictorians

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Jason Zacks

Darren Sukonick

Mark Garmaise

Jeff Silverman

V. Moss Weinstock

Mark Fruman

Mara Berman

Oded Friedman

Miriam Ingber

Jeffrey Shafer

Evan Garmaise

Eric Stutz

Marci Turner

Yaakov Roth

Lior Braunstein

David Walt

Tamar Rubin

Stephanie Ladowski

Amanda Goldberg

Jonathan Peck

Jacob Shiff

Josh Satok

Rachel Carr

Elianne Neuman

Alexandra Schaeffer

Moriah Shemer

Ian Brasg

Jonathan Blankenstein

Laura Pellow

David Galperin

Oron Eli

Mark Freeman

Lord Dufferin, Canada’s third Governor Generalafter Confederation, created the academic medals in

1873 to encourage academic excellence across the

nation. The Governor General’s Academic Award

Medals are awarded to the student graduating with

the highest average from each high school.

Governor General’s AwardRecipients

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Althoughmany people would refer to Dr. Sydney Eisen asthe “Father of CHAT”, he modestly replies that CHAT was

established through a collaborative vision of the early

leadership of Associated Hebrew School and community

members who were committed to Jewish education.

Having served for more than three decades on the CHAT

Board of Directors and as Chairman for several years, Dr.

Eisen simply made CHAT a large part of his life. He strongly

believed, and was often heard saying, “Keeping a Jewish

kid out of a Jewish school would be a Jewish catastrophe!”

Syd Eisen is proud to have had 4 children graduate

from CHAT and now has a grandson entering the school. It

is with much thanks to his wife, Doris, that he was able to

contribute much of his time to ensure the foundation of

this extraordinary institution was firmly set.

In the early 1970’s, Dr. Eisen chaired the committee

recommending CHAT have a separate administration from

Associated Hebrew School and move into its own quarters.

Regarded as the Jewish community high school encom-

passing all families, the school strived to ensure the

General Studies program was competitive with the best

schools. Still the Board struggled with a small student

body and wondered if it could be sustained. How could

they recruit more students? Would there be enough funds

to run the school? Tuition was an ongoing challenge.

“When we reach 800 students, I will feel I can resign and

my work is done”, frequently joked Dr. Eisen.

Needless to say, thanks to his efforts and those of his

fellow lay leaders and senior administrators, Tanenbaum-

CHAT has far surpassed the expectations and vision of the

founding members.

Dr. Eisen’s message to the Jubilee graduating class:

You are heirs to a great tradition and extraordinaryeducation. It took enormous dedication to createand maintain this institution. You have been a partof our first 50 years of success and should goforward feeling you have been well prepared for astrong Jewish and civic life.”

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Sydney Eisen is both a visionary and a person who knows how to get things done. He supplied much of the vision that has made CHAT a community school of excellence, and he worked tirelessly to make it happen. His leadership was exemplary. His contributions to educational excellence and to social justice in the Jewish community and at York University are models for all of us. – Dr. Arthur Haberman

Sydney Eisen was the remarkable, unsung hero in creating CHAT as a true “community” school. Indeed, the community reaped the benefit of Sydney’s many years of expertise in relation to the kind of curriculum which we should have and the kind of teachers who should transmit the essence of that curriculum. His far-reaching knowledge and his quiet persistence about how high we should aim left an indelible impression on all of us who had the honour of serving with him. – Donald Carr, Q.C.

Sydney Eisen was the “Father of CHAT”. It was Syd who wrote the original report that established CHAT as an independent school. He understood the process of education and tried to implement it on a consistent basis. – Bernard Ghert

Reflect ions from Life Members of the TanenbaumCHAT Board of Directors


SydneyEisen

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One of the outstanding personalities in the historyof the school is Rabbi Marvin Pachino, Headmasterfrom 1979 until his retirement in 1998. He and hiswife now live in Israel. We asked him to contributesome memories:

I came on as headmaster in the summer of 1979, when

CHAT was preparing to open in its first year as an

independent community high school. Every subsequent

year, with one exception, saw significant increases in

enrolment as CHAT’s credibility and students’ pride in their

school rose.

During my tenure, the two senior administrators were

the headmaster and the principal of general studies (Gary

Diamond, succeeded by Sheldon Friedman). The three of

us shared common aspirations for the school, and we

respected each other as equals. The staff and faculty were,

too, possessed of a sense of loyalty and commitment,

and a spirit of camaraderie. The students were the

beneficiaries.

If I had to point to one “most meaningful success”, it

would be the establishment of the program for students

with learning disabilities. Related to this, my “most

continuing challenge” was to maintain high academic

standards in both Jewish studies and general studies while

not short-changing either the high achiever or the average

student. Not a simple task.

The greatest change was the unprecedented growth of

the student body. The larger numbers brought a broader

mix of students which required ongoing re-thinking of both

curricular and extra-curricular objectives and means,

especially in Jewish studies.

Do I miss it? Without in any way implying negative

feelings, because I harbor none, I have to say that I don’t

miss it. I was grateful to be able to retire feeling that I had

been privileged to lead the team that contributed to the

education of a generation of Jewish teenagers. It was time

for me to move into a new stage of life, in which my wife

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Daniel Daviau & Karine KriegerKuretzky Vassos Henderson LLP & The Kuretzsky Family

Howard & Janice LangerMervin & Myrna LassMarvyn & Baila LubekRBCDr. Judith WeinrothGuy Weissberg & Danielle Hollander

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A fabulous night of dinnerand dancingwas held in honour of

TanenbaumCHAT’s Jubilee to celebrate the impact that

this institution has made

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last 50 years. Friends, families

and alumni reunited for this

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We would like to thank everyone

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and to our generous sponsors

whose gifts have contributed

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values – ensuring that the

TanenbaumCHAT Experience

remains equally accessible and

inspiring for all our students.

Chai SponsorThe Family of Anne Tanenbaum z”l

Platinum SponsorThe Kimel Family

Gold SponsorsStephen Bloom & Bonnie Goodman-Bloom

Bogoroch & AssociatesThe D.H. Gales Family Charitable Foundation

David & Leanne MatlowScotiabankMadison HomesState Building GroupTorkin Manes LLP

Silver SponsorsSheldon & Lori DisenhousePaul Shaviv & Michelle SteinDanny Stern & Michele Mandel

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We gratefully acknowledge the generosity of the following Alumni who have supported the school for this Jubilee celebration:


Nili Abrahams ’76

Michael Adler ’76

Lisa Ain Dack ’99

Judi Alter ’76

Mira Appel ’01

Naomi Appel ’03

Dan Bank ’99

Avi Behar ’90

Shoshana Berliner ’94

David Binder ’73

Annette Blankenstein ’76

Michael Bloom ’94

Andrew D. Bloom ’93

Shimmy Brandes ’90

Michelle (Goldstein) Brandes ’90

Arielle Branitsky ’03

Ian Braverman ’90

Herbert Brill ’94

Ella Burakowski-Cohen ’76

Daniel Cantkier ’94

Carole Cantor ’76

Jeremy Chad ’09

Rebecca Cherniak ’06

Steve Cohen ’91

Tammy Cohen ’94

Debbie Cohen Savage ’93

Allie Cuperfain ’07

Adam Cutler ’00

Chaim Cutler ’02

Itamar Danziger ’99

Ronnie Davis ’76

Esther Direnfeld ’03

Noah Egelnick ’94

Meira Elituv ’04

Aaron English ’97

Tina (Engel) Erlich ’99

Melanie Faust-Ksienski ’98

Shlomi Feiner ’90

David Fishbaum ’76

Arie Fisher ’94

Mitch Freed ’06

Sharona Freudmann ’76

Adam and Sara (Halperin)

Frieberg ’04

Sheldon Frisch ’92

Mark Fruman ’93

Annette Fulop Wine ’76

Steven Gallinger ’76

Michael Garfinkle ’00

Robert Gasner ’76

Aaron Glatt ’03

Jordan Gnat ’90

Laura Godfrey Guttman ’99

Michael Goldberg ’99

Steven Goldenberg ’76

Jared Goldlust ’02

Mark Goodman ’76

Monique Gottlieb ’06

Jared Green ’90

Erin Greenblatt ’04

Carole Gruson ’08

Elena Hagi ’92

Gerald Hartman ’76

Daniel Held ’00

Karen Held ’97

Steven Hoffman ’04

Chana Honig-German ’95

Shoshana Israel ’91

Shlomo M. Jesin ’08

Marc Joffe ’99

Jodi Katzeff ’02

Marsha Klerer ’77

Pnina Lenga ’89

Uri Lenga ’97

Simone Levey ’99

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Rina Levi ’86

Batya Levy ’87

Jonah Libman ’76

Kyle Lichtman ’04

David Lifshitz ’03

Aviva Lightstone ’76

Yehezkel Lipinsky ’10

Nathaniel Lipkus ’98

Martin Lockshin ’69

David Machlis ’01

Jeffrey Mammon ’91

Jeff Markus ’90

Noah Markus ’94

Shawna Maron ’06

Naomi (Cohen) Mazer ’91

Rob Melamed ’99

Elliott Michaelson ’92

Daniel Michaelson ’99

Mark Mietkiewicz ’76

Gaela Mintz ’98

Michael Mucher ’76

Melissa Muskat ’83

Sydni Naglie ’06

Shelly (Katz) Oshri ’73

Ariel Oziel ’99

Mark Peranson ’90

Liane Porepa ’99

Archie Rabinowitz ’76

Sari Rajsky ’76

Yoni Reviada ’04

Benjamin Rubin ’76

Benjamin Rusonik ’84

Alexandra Schaeffer ’04

Adena Scheer ’99

Chad and Leah (Goldberg)

Shandler ’94

Ari Shapiro ’93

Bronwyn Shepherd ’10

Randy Shiff ’73

Dan Shimmerman ’90

Daniel Shiner ’06

Joanna Shore ’93

Michael Shour ’01

Lyle Shugar ’99

Joshua Shuval ’98

Kleinman Sidney ’76

David Silver ’97

Michelle (Greisman)

Silverberg ’97

Ruthie Simpson ’99

Gail Slome ’76

Mark Smiley ’76

Shayna Smith Merker ’99

David Sonenberg ’93

Judy Sturm ’76

Eric Stutz ’99

Brittany Sud ’07

Ilana (Dash) Tamari ’86

Louis and Risa Vandersluis ’76

Rachel Wald ’91

Sarah (Reiss) Warren ’97

Hannah (Slavens) Wasserman ’93

Amanda (Benchimol) Wassermuhl ’97

Jack Weinberg ’73

Sharon (Stolero) Weisblum ’76

Mark Weisleder ’76

Larry Weisman ’76

Laya (Rusonik) Weissberger ’94

Daphne Winland ’76

Stephen Wise ’92

Hyla Wise ’91

Laura Wiseman ’75

Cindy (Eisen) Wodinsky ’76

Alexandra Wolfond ’09

Simon Wolle ’90

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At TanenbaumCHAT our students experience excellencethrough Jewish living, learning and academic achievement.By challenging students intellectually while cultivatingtheir individual talents, TanenbaumCHAT provides aneducational environment that builds strong minds,encourages independent thinking, inspires creativity andprepares today’s Jewish students to be tomorrow’s Jewishleaders. When you make your gift to the Annual Fund, you havea direct impact on these young lives. Annual Fund giftsafford the valuable resources that enhance every aspect ofschool life by providing endless opportunities for our morethan 1,400 students to excel. Your charitable supportcontributes to advancing our school’s mission by providingoutstanding teachers, enrichment programs, extracurricularactivities, an expanded Jewish life curriculum and strongacademics. Last year our Annual fund grew by over 27%, providingmore than $300,000 to address the immediate and currentneeds that support the daily life of the school. Our “Familyof Funds” allow you to direct your gift to a specific pro-gramming area of the school that is meaningful to you andyour family.

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On behalf of every student, we hope you will make TanenbaumCHAT’s Annual Fund one of your first giving prioritiesby supporting the features and enrichments that have become synonymous with a TanenbaumCHAT education.

Please consider making your tax deductible gift today.

The Athletics Fund Ensures students have the opportunity to learn teamwork, sportsmanship & personal growth while promoting healthy and active living.

The Faculty FundSupports our educational community by providing the opportunity for professional growth and development.

The Jewish Programming FundThe Raison d’être of the school.

The Performing&Visual Arts FundSupports programs that encourage creativity and individual expression by developing student talents in a wide variety of creative endeavors.

The Technology FundInfuses state-of-the-art technology into every aspect of our curriculum.

Our Greatest NeedsAllows the school the ability to support major priorities not covered by the operating budget, and the flexibility to embrace timely and innovative opportunities as they arise.

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Wallenberg Campus Carly Reed, Advancement Coordinator416-636-5984 x 355

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Thinking about what the school has accomplished over the

past 50 years, inspires me as we begin to envision what will

come in the next 50 years. Although we have achieved great

success, there is so much more to accomplish. With that, I am

so proud of the work being done and I am thrilled to welcome

aboard Lisa Ain Dack ’99 as my co-chair. Lisa brings with her

the passion, appreciation and commitment to Tanenbaum-

CHAT that is required to carry forward the development of the

Alumni Association.

Together, with your help, we will work to further enhance the

Alumni Association. Look through the pages of this CHATTER

to learn more about the ways in which you can get involved,

and ensure that the CHAT that meant so much to all of us, is

accessible to future Jewish youth in our community.

I look forward to working with Lisa in the year to come as we

move from strength to strength.

Jen Lev, Class of ’89

I am very excited to be back at TanenbaumCHAT, as I take on

the role of Alumni Co-Chair with Jen Lev. Attending my

10-year CHAT reunion a couple of years ago, reminded me

how important it is to stay connected to the school. I regularly

think about all that CHAT has done for me and I believe that

it's time to play my role in doing the same for other Jewish

students in our community. Jen has done a wonderful job in

moving the Alumni Association forward over the past three

years, and I look forward to working with her and Rebecca

Kornblum to continue helping it grow to be a strong, engaged

alumni association that is a constant support to the school.

Lisa Ain Dack, Class of ’99

To get involved in the

Alumni Association contact

Rebecca Kornblum at

416.636.5984 ext. 315 or

[email protected]

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R e u n i o n s !Mark your calendar because this year is your 10th and 25th reunion!

If you would like to hold a class reunion during TanenbaumCHAT’s Jubilee year, contact Rebecca Kornblumat 416.636.5984 ext. 315 and let’s start planning!

Class of 2001 will be celebrating at the Wallenberg Campus (on Wilmington) on Sunday, October 9th at 5:30 pm

Class of 1986 will be celebrating at the Wallenberg Campus (on Wilmington) on Saturday, November 19th at 7:30 pm

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The Alumni Association’s Mentorship Network is holding its very firstNetworking Event in celebration of the Mentorship Network andin sincerest thanks to our talented and generous mentors. Please join usto reunite and network among CHAT alumni.

When: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 5:30 pmWhere: Scotia Plaza Radcliffe Room, 63rd FloorWho: TanenbaumCHAT AlumniContact: Rebecca at 416.636.5984 ext. 315

or [email protected]

Event generously sponsored by Scotiabank

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TanenbaumCHAT students have excelled academically

TanenbaumCHAT has been a beacon for Jewish education and leadership

TanenbaumCHAT has enriched the lives of its

students and their families

TanenbaumCHAT students have given back to the

community

What will you give back?

To donate please go to tanenbaumchat.org/alumni and click on Battle of the Classes

or call Rebecca at 416.636.5984 ext 315.

As alumni, we now stand 5,600strong and as we celebrate, we turnto you and ask each one of you tosupport the school and give in thedenomination of your year. Forexample, if you are part of the classof 1989, please give $19.89. We aretracking donations by graduatingclasses and we can’t wait to seewhich class will win the Battle ofthe Classes!

If every alumnus participates,we can raise over $100,000! Thewinning class will be featured inan upcoming CHATTER! Helpus go from strength to strength.Give generously so that CHAT canremain where its at, for the next50 years and well beyond!

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For more information contact,Rebecca Kornblum at 416.636.5984 x 315 or [email protected]

TheTanenbaumCHATMentorship Network is analum to alum program that gives ourmentees honest insight into the “real world” ofvarious industries and our mentors the chance to give back. Fill out a mentorship form and takepart as a mentee or a mentor. Gain the benefitsfrom other’s experience or give back andshare your time and talents.

Are you at the end of your formal education or at a crossroad in your career? Are you ever curious aboutwhether your career choices were the right ones? Do you wish you could have received honest advice from someone with relevant knowledge and experience before you made them?

Well nowyou can!

The TanenbaumCHAT Mentorship Network introduced me to col-leagues who were helpful, insightful, and generous with their time. DanShimmerman, president of Varicent, sat down with me and related hisown experiences and background. He helped me refine and understandmy goals. After reviewing my opportunities with me, he went out of hisway to help with introductions and references. My participation has beena terrific experience and I look forward to returning the favour.

Jared Gordon ’02

S o m e S t e r l i n g P r a i s e a n d R a v e R e v i e w s o f t h e A l u m n i M e n t o r s h i p N e t w o r k‘‘I haven’t been able to meet with Rachel, my mentor, yet,just because I’m in Montreal and she’s in Toronto but shehas been very helpful nonetheless. She answered a bunchof my questions via email, offered to look over my resumeand cover letter (which she did and sent me detailedcomments) and gave me some general advice. Overall,taking part in the Mentorship Network has been a verypositive experience!

Vicky Tobianah ’07

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Marni Banack

Shauna Bornstein ’98

Shimmy Brandes ’90

Ian Braverman ’90

Rafael Cashman ’93

Steven Cohen ’91

Lindsay Collins ’98

Steven Davidson ’95

Dara Dickstein ’93

David Eisen ’80

Jasmine Eliav ’96

Thierry Elmaleh ’95

Arie Fisher ’94

Matthew Fishman ’00

Lauren Friese

Michael Garfinkle ’00

Michael Goldberg ’99

Lori Goldenberg ’99

Allan Grill ’92

Ilana Halperin ’00

Joshua Heuman ’92

Jacob Jesin ’97

Shayna Kahn ’99

Greg Kaplan ’94

Jesse Kaplan ’00

Joshua Katz ’03

Wendy Kauffman

Stephanie Kauffman ’98

Tamir Kojfman ’00

Sara Kuzmarov ’96

Sarah Lambert ’91

Rena Lichtblau ’82

Evan Marcus ’01

Steven Mayer ’87

Milton Mednick ’02

Rachel Mendleson

Gaela Mintz ’98

Julie Mitz ’01

Rebecca Moffs ’98

Benjamin Mogil ’91

Lorne Morein ’03

David Moscovitch ’94

Marvin Navy ’94

Jennifer Paton Smith ’82

Edward Prutschi ’92

Dana Prutschi

Eva Rosenthal ’81

Sharon Rotzang ’98

M E N T O R SAaron Samole ’07

Joshua Scheinert ’01

Dan Shimmerman ’90

Joshua Shuval ’98

Randal Slavens ’91

Tamar Spilberg ’89

Glenn Starkman ’80

Ted Starkman ’88

Alon Sternhill ’99

Darren Sukonick ’89

Philip Sylver ’91

Ilana Tamari ’86

Ira Teich ’66

David Urbach ’87

Simon Weintraub ’91

W e g r a t e f u l l y a c k n o w l e d g e t h a t f u n d i n g f o r t h e M e n t o r s h i p N e t w o r k i s g e n e r o u s l y a s s i s t e d b y t h e A d a m z ” l a n d O r a h B u c k B u s i n e s s F u n d

I really appreciate the TanenbaumCHAT MentorshipNetwork. Sara and I have built a great relationship;we have had a couple phone calls, and initiallyexchanged e-mails regularly. When she came toToronto from New York we had a very nice lunch.She has been a great mentor for me in the Mediaand Entertainment Industry, and I look forward tocontinuing this great friendship in the future.

Lisa Freedman ’05

T H E M E N T O R S H I P N E T W O R K

’’I had been working in the Real Estate industry for just over a year, and I waseager to make a career change. I had secured an interview at another firm,but it had been so long since I had gone through the interview process, thatI had reached out to the TanenbaumCHAT Mentorship Network for adviceto give me the leg up in the interview. I was able to level with my mentor,and receive unbiased answers to my questions – a conversation I realisticallycould not have with a fellow co-worker. My meeting helped me preparefor an upcoming interview with another firm, by allowing me to betterdemonstrate insight into the position and the industry, and stand out as anapplicant.

Josh Katz ’03

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It is hard to think of what our Jewish community would be like

without TanenbaumCHAT – our community high school that has

educated 5,600 graduates over the last 50 years. However, accord-

ing to Dr. Judith Weinroth, a graduate of the class of ’65, the school,

as it stands today, is far beyond the wildest dreams of the

visionaries that first dreamed the dream; that Jewish education

would continue to be available at the high school level.

Judith described her class as the “pioneering class”. A collection

of 16 boys and girls who endeavored to help establish this new

idea and ensure that the school was a success – living up to the

high general standards while also providing a traditional Jewish

education. Classes were in the Associated Hebrew School building

on Neptune at the time and though there was very little in the way

of resources “just the basics”, “the organizers made sure that we

had excellent teachers and everything we needed to succeed”.

Judith said that it was a daunting task and a lot of work, but “we

always had fun”. Judith went on to U of T where she received her

BSc in Biological and Medical Science, her Masters of Science

(M.Sc.) in Histology. Later, after having four children, Judith

fulfilled her lifelong dream of going to medical school and is now

a general practitioner in oncology.

Judith credits CHAT for teaching her the stellar work ethic that

helped her get through medical school as a wife and mother.

Chavi (Weinroth) Vanek ’89, Judith’s oldest daughter has

carried with her the lessons and values she learned at CHAT.

“Jewish identity, pride and the Jewish value of always treating

others as you would wish to be treated”.

All of Judith’s children, Chavi ’89, Yitz, Aaron ’91 and Dena ’94,

went on to attend TanenbaumCHAT. She remains proud to have

been a part of that first pioneering class and for giving the gift of

the TanenbaumCHAT Experience to her children and hopefully, one

day, to her children’s children.

She is certain that the visionaries, who first organized the

school, could never have foreseen the heights that Tanenbaum-

CHAT would climb to by its Jubilee anniversary. It is also hard to

imagine where our Jewish community would be without the 5,600

educated, hardworking leaders that CHAT has proudly taught over

the past 50 years.

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Chavi (Weinroth) Vanek ’89 & Dr. Judith Weinroth ’65

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As alumni, it is always special to comeback to CHAT and visit for a reunion, asa parent or as a volunteer. However, it isa unique and special opportunity tocome back and be transported, to someextent, back in time and play basketballwith your old team, in your old gym(kind of) and for your old coach. This iswhat happened during Settle the Score,our alumni basketball tournament.Five teams took part in this year’s

tourney; Jared’s Support Squad, TheLegends, The Menchies, The 96ers, and’99 Problems. The tourney started onWednesday, May 11th with all fiveteams playing twice and the teams wereback on Sunday, May 15th to battle itout in front of friends and family. The ’99Problems ruled the court again this year.Avi Raphael, on behalf of his team, TheLegends, has already guaranteed victoryfor next year! Special thanks to Aubrey Zimmerman

’73 and Jen Lev ’89 for organizing thetournament and a special shout out tothe Sherman girls – Amy, who was theonly girl to play and Lesley, who keptscore like a champ throughout the entiretourney.

S TAR T P U T T I NG YOUR T E AM TOG E TH E R F O R T H E F OUR TH ANNUA L A L UMN I S E T T L E T H E S COR E BA S K E T BA L L TOURN EY : W EDN E SDAY, MAY 2 NDTHUR SDAY, MAY 3 RDSUNDAY, MAY 6 T H

You can support the Athletics program at TanenbaumCHAT by designating your gift to our Annual Fund’s Athletic Fund. www.tanenbaumchat.org/support

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Allan Friedman ’83 and Kim Ades on the bar-mitzvahof their son Brian and for Jonathan Friedman ’11 onhis acceptance to the University of Waterloo for thecombined Arts/Business program

Eric Kaplovitch ’06 on receiving the Prince of WalesPrize for most outstanding graduate in Bachelor of Science and the Gold Medal in Life Sciences forQueen’s University

Baruch Lipinsky ’04 on graduating from the University of Toronto with a Masters of Information

Faygle Train ’05, who made Aliyah in December 2010, after receiving her concurrent B.A. and B.Ed.

Marriages

Hailey Banack ’03 to Matthew Mann

Joe Heller ’02 to Dr. Dalia Rotstein

Ilana Horvath ’04 to Adam Brown

Orly Kahn ’05 to Adam Waldman

Jaclyn Milstein ’05 to Josh Lakien

Abbie Solish ’99 to Michael Warga

Sean Friedman ’03 to Stephanie Wolkin ’04Abby Zeifman ’00 to Ben Feferman

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Hannah Bank ’97 and Robert Klopot on the birth of their daughter Charlotte Bank

Michelle Samuel English ’00 andAaron English ’97 on the birth of their son, Ethan Jack

Tina (Engel) Erlich ’99 and Adam Erlich on the birth of their daughter, Isabelle Rose

Lauren Hacker ’98 and Evan Morrison onthe birth of their daughter, Maya Yasmin

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Becky (Berkowitz) Moffs ’98 and Andrew Moffs ’96 on the birth of their second son, Dylan Benjamin

Rina (Goldberg) Parker ’00 and JonathanParker on the birth of their son Adin Dov

Jessica (Bank) Redlick ’00 and SammyRedlick ’99 on the birth of their daughter,Reese Halle

Daniella Samuel ’96 and Ari Bergel, on the birth of their son, Coby Micah

Laya Rusonik-Weissberger ’94 and Jeff Weissberger on the birth of Amy Natalie, little sister to Evan and Aaron

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Your ongoing commitment and support through the years has helped us Creating Space (1999 Building Campaign) and took us from Dream to Reality(2007 opening of the Kimel Family Education Centre). Now as we look towards our future, we know that Together (2011 Wallenberg Campus Building Campaign) we wil l continue to go from strength to strength.

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FutureAs we celebrate this Jubilee milestone in TanenbaumCHAT’s history, we would liketo thank you for sharing your memories and for your contribution to 50 years ofoutstanding Jewish education in the Greater Toronto Jewish Community.

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CHATTER Spring Summer 2011

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