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To request an application for the 2010-11 school year, click here
The next application deadline is April 29th

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Thoughts on the Parasha

Give to the Annual Fund Because You Want NYHS to Thrive


Thank all of you who have contributed so far!

Your tzedakah to the Annual Fund ensures that NYHS will continue to thrive. Your generous support today is an investment in our Jewish future!

Click on the Tzedakah can below to donate online today!  You can also contact Melissa Rivkin at 206-232-5272 ext. 515 or click here

Lifecyle


Mazal tov to Orly and Israel Zelikovic on the birth of a daughter!


Condolences to Rivy Poupko Kletenik and the entire family on the loss of Rivy's father, Rabbi Dr. Baruch A. Poupko zt"l

Condolences to Molly Dubow and her family on the loss of Molly's grandmother, Lillian Dubow z'l

Thank You to the following individuals who volunteered at our Annual Meeting and Dinner with Noah Alper this week.


Tanya Friedland, Avinoam Baral, Sarah Varon, Dena Phillips, Juliana Gamel, Laura Reback, Sarah Rivkin, Lea Hanan, Naomi Solam

Thank you to Karen Franke and Michelle Haston for baking delicious desserts!

NYHS e-Bulletin

April 16, 2010
2 Iyar, 5770


Noah Alper with seniors, Shoshana Goldberg, Tmima Shupack, Dina Robsman, Zelle Rettman and Tanya Friedland

Shabbat Shalom

Save the Dates

Sunday, April 18 -Thursday, April 22 - Sophomore Wash. DC Trip

Thursday, May 13 - Cake, Food & Dessert Auction at the home of Joy and David Maimon, 6:30 pm

Thursday, May 27 -NYHS Drama Department's Spring Production, 7 pm at the Ericson Theater off Broadway
 
Thursday, June 3 - Merit Award Ceremony and Reception at NYHS

Friday, June 11 - Last Day of School for Seniors

Wednesday, June 16 - Class of 2010 Graduation at SBH, 7:30 pm

Thursday, June 18 - Last Day of School, 11 am dismissal

Magda Schaloum Visits NYHS

Holocaust survivor Magda Schaloum visited NYHS this week to share her story as a Holocaust survivor with our students.

Magda Schaloum speaks out on behalf of all Holocaust survivors and their families. Born and raised in Hungary, she endured acts of antisemitism throughout her childhood, and in 1944 and 1945 Magda was sent to several concentration camps. She lost both her parents and her brother.

Magda met her husband, Isaac Schaloum, in a Displaced Persons Camp in Germany. Isaac was from Salonika, Greece. They emigrated to Seattle in 1950, where Isaac became a tailor and businessman, and they raised three children. Magda is a longtime friend and supporter of NYHS and the grandmother of NYHS alumni!

 Although of Hungarian descent, Magda became an active and beloved member of Seattle's Sephardic community. She volunteers for many Jewish organizations, including the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center, and continues to bear witness to the horrors of hatred and antisemitism.

To read more, click here


Magda Schaloum and her daughter, Lucia DeFunis at the dinner with Noah Alper

Noah Alper, serial entrepreneur and founder of Noah's Bagels and Bread and Circus, on campus this week!
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Noah Alper has just published a book, Business Mensch, Timeless Wisdom for Today's Entrepreneurs. He offers business advice from a Jewish ethical perspective.

 

Noah spoke to NYHS supporters at our Annual Meeting and shared his personal journey to greater Jewish observance and of lessons learned through his many business ventures and life experiences. NYHS students also had the opportunity to hear Noah speak and ask this 'serial entrepreneur' many questions on Thursday!

'Why did you name your bagel company after yourself?'

"How was it to work with kashrut organizations when you owned Noah's?"

"Why did you decide to make Noah's kosher?  Why did you do on Shabbat or Pesach?"

"What do you need to do or  know to be an entrepreneur?"

If you would like to find out the answers to these questions and more, order your signed copy of Noah Alper's book, Business Menschby clicking here here!


www.businessmensch.net


Book signing


The Etseksons and the Alpers


Juliana Gamel 2011, Karen Franke and Sarah Varon 2011


Magda Schaloum and Miriam Levy


Rabbi Fox with Noah Alper


NYHS President, Louis Treiger, Eric Schneider and Bayla Treiger






Danny Medved and Noah Alper

From the Drama Department

SAVE THE DATE

NYHS Drama Department's Spring Production
7pm Thursday, May 27th
at The Erickson Theatre Off Broadway
1524 Harvard Ave, Seattle, WA 98122

On Thursday, May 27th, the Drama department will put on two one act plays: Tom Stoppard's The Fifteen Minute Hamlet and Stephen Gregg's This Is a Test. This is a joint production of the Drama Club and Mrs. Polyakovsky's Drama class.  

Need volunteer or in-school community service hours?

 The Spring Production needs you!

You don't have to be on stage to be a part of the Play! Much is needed to support the actors and director for a successful production. This is where YOU come in! Please support the NYHS Drama department: Become a Drama Booster! This is a great way to get your volunteer hours or in-school community service hours for the year and to help us put on a great show!

If you are interested in helping out with the Spring Production and becoming a NYHS Drama Booster, please come to a meeting after school (4pm) on Monday, April 19th. If you are interested, but unable to attend the Monday meeting, please contact Mrs. Polyakovsky at rpolyakovsky@nyhs.net or (206) 618-2170.

Helping Our Children Succeed
A Conversation about Strengths and Risks in our Community

Is our community at risk?
Are our kids vulnerable?
What protects them from the typical risks that come with growing up?

The answers may surprise you!

Join us in a conversation about the assets we can develop and utilize in our children and community.
Research on "developmental assets" will be shared, in particular relation to preventing substance abuse.

We'll also cover some current concerns and trends in substance abuse among teens.

This highly interactive discussion will provide a framework to help your child succeed, drawing on your values, traditions and community resources.
For parents, grandparents and others in the community working with students.

 
Sunday, April 25
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Lisa and Norman Behar's home
6200 Lake Shore Drive S, Seattle
 
Contact Suzanne Goren, sgoren@jfsseattle.org or 206-861-3147
Facilitated by Eve M. Ruff, Director of JFS Alternatives to Addiction and
Marjorie Schnyder, Director of JFS Family Life Education.
www.jfsseattle.

Sophomores Visit Washington DC Next Week
With great anticipation, 16 NYHS Sophomores and three chaperones (Mr. Kaufman, Ariella DeFunis and Rabbi Owen) are preparing for next week's five day trip to our nation's capital.  The program's itinerary is jam-packed.  Highlights of the trip include visits to the new US Capitol Visitors Center and the House Gallery, the Holocaust Museum, the White House tour, Old Alexandria, Arlington Cemetery, and The Mall.  We have also scheduled a meeting with Senator Maria Cantwell.  Meals will be provided by Eli's Restaurant - a well-known kosher restaurant in the DC area (Dupont Circle).

  College & Israel Program Acceptances to date:

 We will post the acceptances when given permission!  This is not a definitive list of where our students will end up!  For that, you must come to graduation in June! New news is in red!

Congrats to the following:

Ephraim Adatto: Derech Etz Chayim

Halen Baker - University of Tampa Honors Program, Goucher College, Eckerd College, Boston University

Avinoam Baral - University of Washington & University of Washington Honors Program, University of Pittsburgh Honors Program, University of California- San Diego, Eretz HaTzi

Nina Breen - Goucher College (Baltimore), Ithaca College, Simmons College (Boston), Touro College, Hobart and William Smith College, Be'er Miriam, Young Judea

Nicki Etsekson - Beloit, Tulane, University of Massachusetts (Amherst), University of Denver, University of Oregon, Muhlenberg College, University of Rochester and Syracuse University

Shira Genauer - MMY, Midreshet Morasha, Be'er Miriam

Shoshana Goldberg - Mechinat Beit Yisrael, Goucher, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Franklin and Marshall

Ari Greenberg - Netiv Areyeh Jerusalem

Tanya Friedland - University of Washington, Boston University, New York University

Carol Jacobson - Machon Maayan in Israel

Chaim Kohen - LeHigh University, Bradley University

Jonah Kohen - LeHigh University, Bradley University

Ari Langman - Bradley University, Muhlenberg College, George Washington University, Lafayette University, Santa Clara University

Albert Mezistrano - Queens College, Rutgers University, Seattle University, Hunter College, Brooklyn College, Florida Southern College, Eretz HaTzvi, Shvilei HaTorah, Yesodei HaTorah in Beit Shemesh

Dinah Robsman - Rutgers, Muhlenberg
College

Yonah Reback - Brandeis, Boston University

Zelle Rettman - Goucher College(Baltimore), Willamette University, University of Washington, Brandeis University,  Hobart William and Smith, Lewis and Clark, Whitman

Emily Rothman - Nishmat, Migdal Oz, Smith College, University of Rochester

Tmima Shupack- Mills College, Ca, Hampshire College, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Aaron Ziontz - Beloit, Seattle University, Denison Univ., Ohio, Western Washington University, Central Washington University, Knox College, Illinois

Seniors - Let us know where you get accepted!

Photos of the Week


Spring has sprung! These tulips were donated by Rachel Sassoon and planted by Gustavo Mendoza in the fall!! Thank you!


Ellie Silesky 2011 enjoys studying in the sun


Albert Maimon 2013 stops to check in with Chelma, our baby goat visitor!

Nina Breen 2010 with our friendly goat visitor

Ms.  Dean's class in the sun


Raphi Kintzer, Ben Spear and Jason Cohen

Community News



Visit NCSY at www.seattlencsy.com

NCSY Basar Fest this Sunday, April 18th, 5-8 pm at SBH


Lag B'Omer BBQ at SBH on Sunday, May 2nd - 4 pm- All Are Welcome!

Check out Jewish events in Seattle at www.jewishinseattle.org

Visit www.seattlevaad.org