Wedding Dr. Albert and Sherry Weisbrot are pleased to announce the marriage of their son Dr. Jeffrey Lawrence Weisbrot to Jamie Diane Priesman on February 20, 2011 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Jamie is the daughter of Rhoda and Harlan Priesman. Jeff received his bachelor’s degree from Miami University and received his D.D.S. degree from Marquette School [ Read More...]

HONORED The Greater Cincinnati Planned Giving Council (GCPCG) recently recognized philanthropist Anne Heldman and financial advisor Robert Brant with Voices of Giving Awards for having contributed to the long-term sustainability of the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati through bequests or planned gifts. Nominated by the Federation, Heldman and her late husband George have made significant permanent [ Read More...]

CLASS Barbara L. Morgenstern, a senior writer for The American Israelite, will teach specialty reporting in Florence, Italy, this summer for seven weeks in connection with Miami University’s “Italy and the Renaissance 2011” program. A former Cincinnati Post reporter and a lawyer, Morgenstern has taught news writing and reporting classes, as well as media law, [ Read More...]

GRADUATION On May 19, 2011, Jessica Aaron Fisher became a graduate of The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. Along with 38 other students, Fisher earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies. Fisher is from Cincinnati, Ohio and attends Adath Israel Congregation.

FELLOWSHIP Irina Livshitz, a student of the University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine, is one of the 50 students chosen to participate in the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE). Over the course of a two-week program, Livshitz will travel to New York, Berlin and Poland to study the contemporary ethical [ Read More...]

AWARD Naomi Ruben of Loveland received the Cele Singer Award for Creative Innovation in Teaching at Isaac M. Wise Temple’s Shabbbat HaMoreh service held May 13. A 3rd grade Sunday school teacher, Ruben received the award from the temple’s Board of Education for her lesson entitled “Modern Maccabees.” The class learned about Jewish soldiers currently [ Read More...]

GRADUATION Susan Haas is proud to announce the graduation of her daughter, Gabriella Sophia Chronis, from Sycamore High School on May 29, 2011. Gabriella, a National Merit Scholar, will be attending Reed College in Portland, Ore., in the fall. The entire family is very proud of her accomplishments. Gabriella is the granddaughter of Lothar and [ Read More...]

BAR MITZVAH Nicholas Stephen Giordano, son of Leslie and Ralph Giordano and brother to Jessica Samantha of Port St. Lucie, Fla. will be called to the Torah on June 18, 2011 at Temple Beth El Israel in Port St. Lucie. Nicholas is a seventh grade Honor Roll student at Southern Oaks Middle School and is [ Read More...]

AWARD BRIDGES for a Just Community recognized its honorees for distinguished service at the 61st Annual Awards Dinner on Wednesday, May 11, at the Hyatt Regency Downtown. This year’s honorees were Anne M. Zaring, Chief Thomas H. Streicher Jr., Craig F. Maier, and Jack and Mary-Bob Rubenstein. Anne M. Zaring is the president and executive [ Read More...]