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B I RTH
E N GAG E ME N T
LUCY ELAINE ROSENBERG
COHEN-BAUM Nicole (née Kent) and Douglas Rosenberg
of Collegeville announce the birth of their
daughter, Lucy Elaine Rosenberg, on April 27.

Sharing in their happiness are grandparents
Lisa and Robert Kent of Claymont, Delaware,
Robert Rosenberg of King of Prussia, and
Julia Rosenberg and Douglas Miracle of
Phoenixville. Lucy Elaine is named in loving memory
of her maternal great-grandmother, Lucy D.

Charles. Photo by Nicole Rosenberg
Jay and Betsy Cohen of Malvern and Rabbi
Shalom and Debbie Baum of New Milford,
New Jersey, announce the engagement of their
children, Reba Cohen and Dovid Baum.

Reba is a graduate of Jack M. Barrack Hebrew
Academy and the University of Massachusetts-
Amherst. She works as a communications
and marketing specialist in New York City.

Dovid is a graduate of Marsha Stern Talmudic
Academy in Washington Heights, New York,
and the University of Maryland. He is a
product designer in New York City.

Reba and Dovid are planning a December
wedding in New Jersey.
Photo by Betsy Cohen
COMMUNITYBRIEFS Buxco Teen Honored
CTEEN, THE CHABAD TEEN NETWORK
honored Bucks County teen Andrew Belder as one of
its “8 Under 18” honorees for 2021.

Honorees are CTeen leaders “who have demon-
strated remarkable dedication, engagement, and
leadership in their own respective CTeen communi-
ties and throughout the INTL network,” according to
the organization’s website.

Belder, who graduated from Council Rock High
School South and will attend Temple University,
organized interactions between teens and Holocaust
survivors, led teens on volunteer efforts for the Jewish
Relief Agency and ensured that CTeen programming
continued through the pandemic.

Andrew Belder
Courtesy of CTeen,
the Chabad Teen Network
He also is a swimmer and runner and raised money
for the Travis Manion Foundation that supports
veterans and their families.

Belder is a first-generation American whose
parents emigrated from the former USSR, where his
JEWISHEXPONENT.COM great-grandfather practiced his religion in secret and
where his parents were raised knowing little about
Judaism. “To me, being able to practice my Judaism openly
and proudly is especially meaningful,” he said.

JEVS Offering College Prep Program
JEVS Career Strategies is again offering the Lasko
College Prep Program free of charge to Jewish rising
high school juniors and seniors who meet financial
eligibility guidelines.

The program will offers two tracks this summer
for college counseling and SAT test prep guidance.

Each program is tailored to meet students where they
are in the college planning process and offers evening
classes. The College Readiness track is geared toward
rising juniors. The program includes 10 hours of
group SAT test prep, 10 hours of group college-
themed workshops and two one-hour individual
counseling sessions with an educational
counselor. The College Prep track is aimed at rising seniors
looking for guidance through the college appli-
cation and financial aid processes. The program
includes 10 hours of group SAT test prep, 14 hours
of group workshops and unlimited individual
college counseling sessions throughout senior year.

An additional family Free Application for Federal
Student Aid, or FAFSA, workshop is offered in the
fall, as well.

For more information, call 215-832-0876 or email
laskocollege@jevs.org. JEWISH EXPONENT
Board of Rabbis Names Executive Board
The Board of Rabbis of Greater Philadelphia
announced that its incoming executive committee
co-presidents will be Rabbi Jon Cutler and Rabbi
Greg Marx.

Cutler is rabbi at Beth Israel Congregation of
Chester County in Eagle, and Marx is the rabbi at
Congregation Beth Or in Maple Glen.

Its vice presidents will be Rabbi Beth Janus of
Jewish Music for the Mind and Soul and Rabbi Adam
Zeff of Germantown Jewish Centre in Philadelphia,
while its treasurer will be Rabbi Beth Kalisch of Beth
David Reform Congregation of Gladwyne.

Prominent Attorney Dies in Boating Accident
Attorney Andrew Stern died May 29 in a boating
accident off Longport, New Jersey, law.com reported.

Stern was a well-known trial attorney, particularly
for his role in the Salvation Army building collapse
litigation. He represented a woman trapped in the
rubble after the collapse. Survivors and families of
those killed received $227 million in a settlement,
which was the largest in state history, The Philadelphia
Inquirer reported. His client received $95.6 million.

Stern also was the lead lawyer for victims of the
2019 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and in
2000 won a $100 million medical malpractice case.

He worked for The Beasley Firm, then Kline &
Specter. Earlier this year, he opened a firm called Stern
& Crawford P.C. with Elizabeth Crawford. He was 60
and is survived by his wife and three children, Eric, 29;
Jeff, 27; and Jen, 24, according to the Inquirer. l
— Compiled by Andy Gotlieb
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