Community Blog Prozdor Celebrates 87th Graduation
On Sunday, May 6th, Prozdor of Hebrew College celebrated its 87th graduation. The 26 graduates from the class of 2018/5778 came from communities throughout the Greater Boston area and reflected the diversity of Jewish life in the region.
Dan Brosgol, Director of Prozdor, recognized these exceptional graduates saying, “You are the best of the best. The ones who have elected to add on Jewish education on top of everything else, and to do so all the way through the end of your high school years. Now more than ever, you deserve to be applauded for that commitment.”
Prozdor graduates leave the program transformed and ready to take on challenges they will face post-high school.
Below is a list of the 2018/5778 Prozdor graduates, along with their synagogue, high school, college or post-high school plans, and Prozdor awards.
Jacqueline Bernstein (Temple Emunah, Lexington) Concord-Carlisle Regional High School, Kenyon College
Max Breslau (Temple Emanuel, Newton) Needham High School, University of Massachusetts at Amherst The Reuben and Lizzie A. Grossman Award and Prozdor Hebrew Language Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Study of Hebrew
Joseph Duke-Cohan (Temple Beth Zion, Brookline) Newton South High School, Kenyon College
Josh Feinstein (Temple Aliyah, Needham) Needham High School, Lehigh University
Gershon Gilman Newton North High School, Case Western Reserve University The Ruth Cohen Blumsack Award for Academic Excellence
Alanna Gold (Congregation Or Atid, Wayland) Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, University of Delaware The Maurice J. Silver Memorial Award for Academic Excellence
Liora Goldberg (Temple Aliyah, Needham) Needham High School, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Shahar Hartman Brookline High School, Mechinat Rabin in Israel
Noah Jacobson (Temple Emunah, Lexington) Lexington High School, Williams College The Ralph and Betty Cohen Award for Performing Arts
Jake Kanef (Temple Emunah, Lexington) Lexington High School, Emory University Natalie and Dr. Reevan Levine Prize
Lili Klayman (Temple Chayei Shalom, Easton) Mansfield High School, University of Rhode Island The Reuben and Lizzie A. Grossman Award
Ben Leikind (Temple Emanuel, Newton) Newton North High School, Tufts University The Parents League Award in Honor of Edith and David Swartz and Sandra and Melvin Weiner
Rebecca Levy (Temple Aliyah, Needham) Newton South High School, University of Maryland
Jackson Megar (Temple Aliyah, Needham) Needham High School, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Abigail Miller (Temple Emanuel, Newton) Newton South High School, Tufts University The Prozdor Senior Award
Hallie Popkin (Temple Emanuel, Newton) Needham High School, Ohio State University
Matthew Rabin (Temple Emanuel, Newton) Newton North High School, Case Western Reserve University
Lisa Radin (Congregation Kehillath Israel, Brookline) Brookline High School, Tulane University
Jenna Rubin (Temple Reyim, Newton) Newton South High School, University of Massachusetts at Amherst The Bess and Murray Kesselman Award
Rebecca Silverman (Temple Reyim, Newton) Newton South High School, Washington University in St. Louis The Sylvia and Samuel O. Silver Prize for Academic Excellence
Gabriella Smith (Temple Emanuel, Newton) Newton South High School, Washington University in St. Louis
Lauren Stahl (Congregation Or Atid, Wayland) Wayland High School, Bentley University The Phyllis and Clifford Seresky Prize for Academic Excellence
Megan Stahl (Congregation Or Atid, Wayland) Wayland High School, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Adi Volosov Newton South High School, University of Maryland The Wendy R. Breslau Award for Social Responsibility
Seth Walensky (Temple Emanuel, Newton) Newton South High School, Princeton College
Sam Wiesman (Temple Aliyah, Needham) Needham High School, UMass-Amherst The Wendy R. Breslau Award for Social Responsibility