Graduating Year: 2002 Current Location: Cleveland, OH Tell us a little bit about your family: Married with 2 kids Profession: Pediatric Pulmonologist and Sleep Physician What is your favorite memory/(memories) from FYHS/HTC/Kayitz: A lot of the great memories are surrounding friends, especially how guys showed up at my door Shabbos morning after the chimney fiasco. They walked right in and felt comfortable just eating breakfast there. Some even stayed a couple weeks, and it

Graduating Year: 2012 Current Location: Neve Shamir, Israel Tell us a little bit about your family: Married with 3 kids Profession: CPA working at a financial startup that is using AI to help with taxes What is your favorite memory/(memories) from FYHS/HTC/Kayitz: I loved every part of the Yeshiva. We did a lot of fun things. I still keep up with Rabbi Schachter. I call Rabbi Weinberg as well. I was a dormer from Pittsburg and loved living in the dorms. I once lost $150 at B

Graduating Year: 2012 Current Location: Mitzpe Yericho, Israel Tell us a little bit about your family: Married with 4 kids Profession: I edit Seforim in English for a few publishers in Israel What is your favorite memory/(memories) from FYHS/HTC/Kayitz: My senior year, I got to be part of working on the yearbook and our senior trip. It was a great chance to develop closer relationships with many guys in my class, including those I hadn't had much to do with until then. I w

Graduating Year: 2012 Current Location: West Rogers Park, IL Profession: 4th Grade Rebbe at Arie Crown, and I also work at the Chesed Fund as their Data & Systems Coordinator. What is your favorite memory/(memories) from FYHS/HTC/Kayitz: I came to the Yeshiva from WITTS a few weeks into my sophomore year and was put into Rabbi Schechter’s class. My first day was a fast day and everyone was exhausted. Rabbi Schechter was basically doodling on the board because everyone was s

Graduating Year: 2012 Current Location: Boston, MA Profession: Scientist in Biotech What is your favorite memory/(memories) from FYHS/HTC/Kayitz: My favorite part was centered around the dorms. It was an incredible experience. The dormers were like my brothers. There was always something fun to do. I am still in touch with Rabbi Cardash who calls me twice a year, and every time I get that call, it makes my day. It is so nice that he cares so much about me and I really apprec

Graduating Year: 2013 Current Location: Mercaz Shapira in the South of Israel, after spending the past few years on shlichut in Miami Profession: I work as an Instructional Coordinator and also teach at a school in Israel. Tell us a little bit about your family: I’m married, and my wife and I are blessed with two children. What is your favorite memory/(memories) from FYHS/HTC/Kayitz: One of my favorite parts of my time at Yeshiva was the friendships I built. Living in the d

Torah Thoughts on Parshas Nitzavim-Vayelech by Rabbi Moshe Schecter "אַתֶּם נִצָבִים הַיוֹם כֻּלְכֶם לִפְנֵי ה' אֱלֹקֵיכֶם רָאשֵׁיכֶם שִׁבְטֵיכֶם זִקְנֵיכֶם וְשֹׁטְרֵיכֶם כֹּל אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל" דְבָרִים כ''ט:ט' “You are standing today, all of you, before God, your Lord: your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers – all the men of Israel.” Devarim 29:9 Rashi famously quotes the Midrash which explains this pasuk in connection with the קְלָלוֹת – the curses or admonitions fr

Torah Thoughts on Parshas Nitzavim-Vayelech by Joshua Mishkin "וְעַתָּה כִּתְבוּ לָכֶם אֶת הַשִׁירָה הַזֹאת וְלַמְדָהּ אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל שִׂימָהּ בְּפִיהֶם לְמַעַן תִּהְיֶה לִי הַשִׁירָה הַזֹאת לְעֵד בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל" דְבָרִים ל''א:י''ט “And now, write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the Children of Israel. Place it in their mouth, so that this song shall be for Me a witness against the Children of Israel.” Devarim 31:19 The term “this song” found in our pasuk is a refer

SHWCT student, Yael Cohen, participated in the HISTORICAL ROME TRIP, this past June, offered in conjunction with Touro University. Each year, an exciting trip is offered to our students, and they earn college credits during this 10 day adventure. This trip partnered with Collegio Rabbinico (The Rabbinical College) in Rome for an insider look at the Jewish Archives in Rome at the Great Synogogue. "The trip was incredible! There was touring of the Jewish ghetto, key historical