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NEWSMAKERS Michael A. Weinberg became a partner at Weinberg, Kaplan and
Smith, a Marlton, New Jersey-based law firm. Weinberg focuses
his practice on matrimonial and family law matters.

More than 150 people attended “Jewish
Values & The Ethical Now: A Conference
in Celebration of Rabbi David A. Teutsch,
Ph.D,” held at the National Museum of
Jewish History and sponsored by The Center
for Jewish Ethics of the Reconstructionist
Rabbinical College. The conference was
organized to advance discussion on issues
that Teutsch, a longtime Philadelphian who
has held numerous leadership roles in the
Reconstructionist movement, has influ-
enced, including organizational leadership,
liturgy and advocacy for a two-state solution.

Rabbi David A. Teutsch
Photo courtesy of Reconstructing Judaism
Michael A. Weinberg
Photo courtesy of Thomas Boyd Communications
Leslie Stone Hirsh, a prosthodontist in Philadelphia, was
awarded a certificate in implant dentistry from the Academy
of Osseointegration at the annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

Hirsh, a clinical associate professor of restorative dentistry at
Penn Dental Medicine, who also has a private practice, was one
of two award recipients.

Leslie Stone Hirsh
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Yoram Azulay, Shmuel Elbaz
and Moshe Barsheshet
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Rabbi Chaim Pass, the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Chochmas Shlomo in B’nei B’rak, Israel, recently
spent Shabbat at Foxman Torah Institute, the yeshiva of Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Pass shared
divrei Torah, hashkafa and inspiring stories, as well as a shiur on the sugiya of s’ fek s’ feka in
Kesubos, which FTI is learning.

Photo courtesy of Leslie Stone Hirsh
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38 In a concert co-sponsored by Jewish
Federation of Greater Philadelphia,
Partnership2Gether and ARTolerance,
musicians Yoram Azulay, Shmuel Elbaz
(on keyboards) and Moshe Barsheshet, all
from Netivot, play Sephardic Andalusian
music at Congregation Mikveh Israel
prior to Shabbat services.

From left: Head of School Rabbi Yisrael Davidowitz, founder Rabbi Shimon Max, Rabbi Chaim Pass,
Head of High School Rabbi Chaim Juni
Photo courtesy of Foxman Torah Institute
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Abrams Hebrew Academy in Yardley kicked off Purim with Rabbi Joshua Ottensoser and Rabbi
Chaim Tesser reenacting Haman leading Mordechai through the streets of Shushan on a horse.

The school is celebrating the holiday with a carnival, megillah reading and talent show for the
students and will also have a free Purim event open to the public on March 24 from 3 to 5 p.m.

Philadelphia Youth Basketball held its Game Time Gala on
March 14 at the Fitler Club to raise money for the organization’s
mission to provide programming for young people.

From left: Janna Weinerman, Michele Sherman, Adam Sherman and
Philly Youth Basketball CEO Kenny Holdsman
From left: Hila Zabib, Shoshana Geller,
Leslie Kornsgold and Sonia Arusy
From left: Rabbi Joshua Ottensoser and
Rabbi Chaim Tesser
Photos courtesy of Abrams Hebrew Academy
Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy’s STEAM Institute 10th-grade and 11th/12th-grade teams
won first place at the Technology Student Association TEAM+S engineering competitions at
Widener University. TEAM+S is an annual competition where students work collaboratively
to solve real-world engineering challenges, applying their math and science skills in practical,
creative ways.

From left: STEAM Director
Arthur Maiman, teacher
Miranda Cento, Ida Narli,
Hannah Parish, Ben Beal,
Madeleine Rosenthal,
Ellie Sherwood, Rebecca
Weinstein, Avi Loren,
Robby Ufberg and Upper
School Director Darin Katz
From left: Chuck Meyers and Sharyn Berman
Photos courtesy of Jack M. Barrack
Hebrew Academy
From left: Elana Kopelman,
Devon Sandler, Billy Cohen,
Ari Miller, Daniel Nahamo,
Josh Goldstein,
Max Weinstein, Michael Grant
Warshowsky, STEAM Director
Arthur Maiman and Ronald
Mersky, associate professor
and civil engineering
chairman at Widener
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From left: Val Gross, who handled logistics for the event, and
Geoff Gross
Photos courtesy of Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
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