Brandeis Magazine

Maggie Cohen writes, “Still running my interior design practice but slowing down, I admit. Still love gardening, opera, NYC’s cultural life, and my dear friends Susan Handloff and Roberta Yaruss Smith.” Susan Cross says she’s happily retired in Atlanta and is “finally” a grandmother. Two of Suzanne Hodes’ works on paper were added to the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, including a monotype portrait of Primo Levi. Her studio is at Artists West in Waltham, and she lives at Lasell Village in Auburndale, Massachusetts. Susan Kahn’s book “PSS for Phonics: Position in a Syllable Determines Sounds and Spelling,” which helps learners of all ages improve their reading and spelling accuracy, was published last year. She has given book talks across the U.S. and co-published seven animated videos about spelling, available on her YouTube channel. In December, she began a pilot program with a Somerville, Massachusetts, elementary school to train a special-education teacher and two “resistant readers” using her book “Sue’s Strategies: Best Reading Spelling Method, Ages 6-60.” Burt Raimi writes, “Clem Cohen and I, along with Clem’s wife, Lisa, and my partner, Rosalyn Fleischer, attended David Landay’s 80th birthday party in February at the Founders Golf Club in Sarasota, Florida. The party, which was given by his wife, Naomi, was also attended by David’s children.” Jerry Schwartz has retired from the practice of orthodontics after 50 years. He and Joyce have moved to Monroe Township, New Jersey, where he coaches and plays on the community basketball team. He’s also training to swim in the New Jersey Senior Olympics this summer. Jerry played on the 1957-58 basketball team, which has been voted into the university’s Joseph M. Linsey Athletics Hall of Fame.