Class Correspondent

40th Reunion
May 31-June 2, 2019

Jeff Burman married Krissen D’Yer on July 14, 2015, on a beach in Waikiki, Hawaii. His daughter is a graphic designer in Los Angeles, where Jeff lives, and his son works for the Democratic National Committee. Jeff writes, “I worked on Universal’s editorial staff for 29 years. Now I am active with my union and delighted to see so many of my peers becoming politically active. That’s the silver lining to an otherwise difficult moment.” Judy Rubman Ehrlich, P’10, received a living-donor kidney transplant in October. Judy’s donor has a Brandeis connection: Her son is a member of the Class of 2017. As of this writing, Judy’s symptoms of kidney failure due to inherited polycystic kidney disease are gone, and she is back to living a full life. “Living-kidney donation changes lives and enriches the soul of the donor as much (or more) than that of the recipient,” she writes. “There is no greater gift one could make in this lifetime.” To learn more, contact her at jrehrlich5@gmail.com. Nancy R. Gottlieb and Matthew Watsky welcomed the birth of granddaughter Amelia Rose on Oct. 28. Amelia is the daughter of Sarah and Bill Dungey, and joins big brother Athan. After 38 years apart, Jerry Krivitzky reconnected with Nancy S. Gottlieb ’80. Their romance quickly rekindled, and the two were married in October at the River Cafe in Brooklyn, New York. In attendance were Ed David, Cary (Muschel) David and Brian Rosen ’80. Jerry and Nancy live in Chicago, and spend summers on the Jersey Shore. Norman McFarlane and wife Christine recently celebrated three graduations among their children: Gregory earned a doctorate from Wilkes University, Heather received a master’s degree from SUNY Geneseo, and Caroline earned a Bachelor of Science from SUNY Oneonta. Sons Joseph and Douglas have started their own businesses. Norman, who practices law, is president of the board of directors of the Veterans and Community Housing Coalition. The family owns a vacation property on Maui. Debbie Rittner is creating a one-woman show titled “My Father, Myself,” a story of recovery from OCD. She hopes it will premiere this summer in Austin, Texas. After splitting their time between California and Hawaii for the past 12 years, Jeffrey Tanenbaum and his wife, Catherine, have moved full time to Mauna Lani, on the Big Island of Hawaii, where they are building a house. Jeffrey writes, “I am going to remain a partner at Nixon Peabody for one more year but with a reduced work schedule. After that, who knows! To all my Brandeis friends, aloha nui loa.
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