Brandeis Magazine

Samara Robbins Bober and her husband, Peter; Stacey Bleaman Hammer ’94 and her husband, Alexander; and Robin Goldstein Hammer ’92 and her husband, Max, found themselves on the same tour of Israel this summer. Samara and Peter’s son, Ethan, and Stacey and Alex’s son, Oliver, became b’nai mitzvah at Masada. Rachel (Cook) Goclawski, a certified educator and naturalist who lives in Millbury, Massachusetts, teaches wild food, herb and mushrooming classes to adults and kids. See her @cookingwithmrsg page on Facebook. Pallavi Rai Gullo has been named director of graduate academic and student affairs in the Office of the Provost at George Mason University, in Fairfax, Virginia. Formerly, Pallavi spent seven years at George Washington University Law School as director of legal clinics. Brigid Nuta Howe is the director of member and field services at the National Council of Jewish Women, a 125-year-old social justice organization. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with her 7-year-old son, James. After a national search, Erika Rudin-Luria has been named president of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland. Currently the organization’s senior vice president and chief strategy officer, she assumes her new office on Jan. 1. Erika and her husband, Rabbi Hal Rudin-Luria, live in Pepper Pike, Ohio, with their two sons, Jacob and Ari.