

Marriages
Lisa Freed Cohen (MSW/MAJCS '97, HUC-JIR/LA) to James
A. Cohen
Ophra and Professor David Weisberg (Professor of
Bible and Semitic Languages, HUC-JIR/Cincinnati, C '77) on the marriage
of their daughter, Dina Weisberg, to Andrew Kramer

Births
Rabbi Donielle (C' 01) and Rabbi Scott Aaron (N'
98) on the birth of their daughter, Naor Laila Aaron
Coredelia Castillo-Almazon on the birth of her granddaughter,
Zaria Lani Savery
Dr. Lewis M. Barth (Dean, HUC-JIR/LA) and Dr. Joye Weisel-Barth
on the birth of their granddaughter, Liora Ruth
Dr. Elaine (C '04) and Dr. Brian Bernius (C '04)
on the birth of their son, Todd Mathew Bernius
Jane and Andie Cosnowsky on the birth of their son,
Jacob Garland Cosnowsky
Randi and Ilan Emanuel on the birth of their daughter,
Mira Francesca
Heidi and Rabbi Neal Gold (N'97) on the birth of
their son, Jeremy Fred Gold
Dr. Michael Graves (Ph. D '04) and Beth Graves on
the birth of their son, Nicholas Jonathan Scott Graves
Rabbi Lisa Grushcow (N '03) and Rabbi Andrea Myers
on the birth of their daughter, Ariella Rose Myers
Becky and Josh Hoffman on the birth of their son
Todd Kipnis (SSM student, HUC-JIR/NY) and Becky Dorwin-Kipnis
on the birth of their son Tyler Jon Kipnis
Abby and Jonny Mars on the birth of their son, Nathan
Samuel Mars
Johanna and Bernie Rabenstein (Senior Associate
Librarian, HUC-JIR/Cincinnati) on the birth of their granddaughter,
Shifra Rabenstein
Barbara (Managing Editor of HUC Press) and Roger Selya
on the birth of their grandson, Assaf Yehuda
Judith Siegal on the birth of her son, Benjamin Samuel
Siegal
Kim and Micha Streiffer (rabbinical student, HUC-JIR/Cincinnati)
on the birth of their son, Ami Streiffer
Ken and Lori Way on the birth of their daughter,
Schuyler Alling Way
Whirley and Sarah Weiler (Office Manager of The
Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education, HUC-JIR/Cincinnati)
on the birth of their daughter, Hannah Weiler
Dr. Andrea Weiss (Instructor of Bible at HUC-JIR/NY, N '93)
and Alan Tauber on the birth of their son, Ilan Max Tauber
Cheryl and Stephen Wise (rabbinical student, HUC-JIR/NY)
on the birth of their son

Engagements
Cantor Tamar Feffer (SSM N' 96) and Shmulik Havilyo
Jennifer Goldstein (rabbinical student, HUC-JIR/Cincinnati)
and Len Lewis, Esq.
Evon Finstead (rabbinical student, HUC-JIR/Cincinnati)
and Rachel Margolis
John Jaffe (rabbinical student, HUC-JIR/LA) and Yael
Frankel
Nicole Leiser and Daniel Greninger
Ethan Nash and Danica Stephens
Daniel Septimus (rabbinical student, HUC-JIR/Cincinnati)
and Amanda Allen
Retirement
Dr. Alvin J. Reines, esteemed Professor of Jewish Philosophy
at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati. Associated with HUC-JIR for over five decades,
Dr. Reines, expert in polydoxy, beloved scholar, teacher, and mentor
to generations of HUC-JIR students.
Anniversary
Tidg and Phillip Faust on 31years of marriage
Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Dan Sikowitz (rabbinical student, HUC-JIR/NY) and Ruth
Stuart on the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Gabe Stuart Sikowitz