Brandeis Magazine

Geryl Baer is synagogue director at the Bethesda Jewish Congregation, in Maryland. Rachel (Hartstein) Breitman and husband Josh welcomed a son, Avi Caleb, on Dec. 13, 2021. The baby joins big sister Rosie. In July, Rachel joined Michelle Gaba, Anna (Natsume) Gribben, Eszter (Lengyel) Neuman, Michelle Poliak-Tunis, and Anna Statnikova in New York City to celebrate their joint 40th birthdays. Alyson Decker has her own law practice, Alyson Claire Law, focused on providing fractional general counsel and litigation services. She also conducts mediations, arbitrations, and third-party investigations, and regularly speaks on space-law issues. Samantha Joseph is senior adviser for faith-based initiatives in the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Previously, she was head of community outreach and vaccine equity at the Cambridge Innovation Center. In April, Alan Ringvald’s AI/machine-learning company, Relativity6, announced a $5.25 million round of seed funding. The product the company has developed promises to revolutionize what has been an antiquated process in commercial underwriting: detecting what a business actually does.