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OUR ALUMNI
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Spotlight on Eli Schwartz (FYHS '07)
Graduating Year: 2007 Current Location: Skokie, IL Profession: Working for a medical equipment company, building AI and automation for them for better processes. I also work at Ateres Ayala, running their smachot (have probably done close to 100 weddings, many for people in the community), and I run the kitchen at NCSY Shabbatonim. Tell us a little bit about your family: Married with 4 kids. What is your favorite memory/(memories) from FYHS/HTC/Kayitz: The ski trip was a to
Tehilla Kanter


Spotlight on Michael Pershan (FYHS '05)
Graduating Year: 2005 Current Location: Washington Heights, NYC Profession: Math teacher Tell us a little bit about your family: Married with three kids (Yosef, Shuli, Simcha). What is your favorite memory/(memories) from FYHS/HTC/Kayitz: Working on FYI (Fasman Yeshiva Inquirer); rehearsing and playing with the Yeshiva band in the tunnel practice room; learning from Rabbi Weiss during all four years at FYHS (including a few times during the summer). Also memorable: getting
Josh Kanter


Spotlight on Yosef Lehrfield (FYHS '05)
Graduating Year: 2005 Current Location: Maaleh Adumim Profession: Senior Product Manager at a Hi-Tech company and also spending many days proudly serving in Miluim for the IDF Tell us a little bit about your family: Married with 4 kids What is your favorite memory/(memories) from FYHS/HTC/Kayitz: I have a great memory of once leaving Rabbi Segal's class in the middle of shiur with Josh Gottesman and Yity Matanky to go to Wisconsin to get A&W root beer from the store there
Josh Kanter
Spotlight on Yehuda Meyers (FYHS '08)
Graduating Year: 2008 Current Location: Lincolnwood Profession: Rabbi of Lincolnwood Jewish Congregation and a Therapist Tell us a little bit about your family: Married with children. What is your favorite memory/(memories) from FYHS/HTC/Kayitz: When I was a Freshman and in Rabbi Cardash’s math class, we heard Jason Ashman, who was a senior, scream that Michael Jordan was at Hillel Torah. Everyone thought he was joking (it was a common prank to get naive and gullible kids
Josh Kanter


Spotlight on Dov Kagan (FYHS '05)
Graduating Year: 2005 Current Location: Beitar Illit Profession: Mashgiach Kashrut for Rabanut Yerushalayim, Mateh Yehudah, and a bug checking specialist. I also fly to China to check kashrus on food factories there. Tell us a little bit about your family: Married with 7 kids What is your favorite memory/(memories) from FYHS/HTC/Kayitz: Torah bowl was a favorite. I loved being there for the Chagim as well especially the Yamim Noraim. The Rebbeim were very special. I also re
Josh Kanter


Spotlight on Dov Levinson (FYHS '13)
Graduating Year: 2013 Current Location: Bergenfield, NJ Profession: Middle School Judaics teacher and Director of Student Activities at The Moriah School in Englewood Tell us a little bit about your family: Married with 2 kids What is your favorite memory/(memories) from FYHS/HTC/Kayitz: The Rebbeim were always interested to connect with the students both in class and outside for anything that came up. I loved playing in the intramural leagues. I made a lot of friends from a
Josh Kanter


Spotlight on Dani Abell (FYHS '05)
Graduating Year: 2005 Current Location: Ramot, Jerusalem Profession: Admin at MMY Tell us a little bit about your family: Married with 6 children What is your favorite memory/(memories) from FYHS/HTC/Kayitz: The chevra was so special, especially having guys from all over the US. There was a lot of fun times and some great Torah learning. When I was a senior, towards the end of the year, we were tossing a football around the beis midrash. Rabbi Segal was sitting there, learn
Josh Kanter


Spotlight on Efrayim Clair (FYHS '08)
Graduating Year: 2008 Current Location: Bergenfield, NJ Profession: Executive Director of Yeshiva of North Jersey Tell us a little bit about your family: Married to Aliza with 3 children, Gavriel (11), Elana (9) and Daniella (7) What is your favorite memory/(memories) from FYHS/HTC/Kayitz: We have a class chat where we post tons of stories and memories. It reminded us how much we loved hanging out with each other. It is like a live yearbook. Senior class trip to Colorado was
Josh Kanter


Spotlight on Ari Kaye (FYHS '14)
Graduating Year: 2014 Current Location: Miami Profession: Advertising Tell us a little bit about your family: Married with 1 kid What is your favorite memory/(memories) from FYHS/HTC/Kayitz: I was a dormer from San Jose, and the dorms as a whole were very special. If you didn't dorm, you really missed out. Springtime when we played softball was also great. The Rebbeim were awesome. I loved all my rebbeim, each was really phenomenal. They were a real highlight of being there.
Josh Kanter
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