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25th Reunion: Oct. 24-26
Devika Mahadevan reports, “During the height of the pandemic, my family and I left Mumbai and moved to Goa, India, choosing a quieter, slower, greener life. It’s been wonderfully healing for us. I am now formally studying my two passions: Buddhist philosophy and spiritual ecology.” Devika and her husband, an architect, have a 13-year-old son.
Joel M. Roberts has launched Brescor Wealth Advisory, a firm that provides financial planning, investment management and personal finance coaching.
Benjamin Seldin’s studio, Outerface, creates branding and design for the built environment, partnering with real estate developers, architects, hotels, restaurants, retailers and museums.
Artist and art therapist Tova Speter presented her work at an international conference on arts and medicine in Berlin. She also facilitated a therapeutic art workshop for Jewish teenagers from Russia and Ukraine displaced by the ongoing war.
Diana Einstein has founded a social-impact consulting firm, Dynamic Waves Consulting, to help businesses and nonprofits elevate their community impact, and align their business objectives with societal needs and values.
Cheryl Ginsburg is a partner at Braverman Greenspun, a Manhattan law firm that handles condominium, cooperative and real estate matters.
Last November, Becca Rausch was elected to her fourth term in the Massachusetts Senate. Becca, a Democrat who lives in Needham, is the first woman and first Jewish person to represent several of her district’s communities in the senate. Becca is also a Massachusetts Democratic state committeewoman.
Amber Rohner Kawamura, branch medical director of five adult mental-health division clinics in Hawaii’s Maui County, says she is grateful to have remained safe during the 2023 Maui wildfires.
Sebastian Castro-Malaspina, IBS MA’03, is vice president of category strategy and insights at BodyArmor Sports Nutrition, a division of the Coca-Cola Co.
Maryanne Cullinan, GSAS MEd’17, has earned a PhD in education.
Chaim Kirby, GSAS MA’03, wife Eliana and their four sons (ages 11, 9, 7 and 7) left their Silver Spring, Maryland, home in July 2024 for a yearlong world tour. They expect to visit approximately 25 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia and South America. Follow their progress at kirbyworldtour.com.
Meg (Berenson) Lederman, GSAS MAT’05, and husband Eli welcomed a baby, Rani Rafael, in September 2024. Teenagers Max and Vivy are Rani’s siblings. Elana Fein ’04; Alison (Beker) Judd ’04; Sara (McAulay) Korn ’02; Adam Shain ’04, GSAS MS’04; Michelle (Smith) Shain ’04, Heller MA’13, PhD’16; Rachel Silverman ’04; and Lauren (Gottschalk) Stefano ’04 attended the baby’s brit milah ceremony.
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly named Michaela May among its Top Women of the Law for 2024. She is a partner at law firm Bennett & Belfort, where she practices primarily in the areas of employment law and litigation.
Viveka Prakash-Zawisza, Heller MBA/MS’19, senior medical director at MassHealth, earned a 2023 Extraordinary Women Advancing Healthcare Award. She lives in Waltham with her husband and two children.
Yael Rajstein’s architecture and design firm, YR Studio, celebrated its fifth year in the luxury residential and hospitality industry. Yael and husband Scott Drucker recently welcomed a son, Liam José, who joins brother Ethan and sister Maya.
Rachel (Hartstein) Breitman and husband Josh welcomed son Jacob Gabriel, on Aug. 3, 2024. Jacob’s older siblings are Rosie and Avi.
Arti Dua and Vikram Agarwal were married at the Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World. Among the guests were Lauren (Lichtenfeld) Abel, Elaine (Gierlach) Amoy, Ityng Hsieh, Marc Kolpon, Susan (Abrams) Kolpon, Jennifer (Sklar) Rotem and Moha Shah.
Rachael Jussaume has been a teacher in the Revere (Massachusetts) public school system for 20 years. In 2024, she earned a Certificate of Graduate Studies in education administration from Salem State University, an achievement she celebrated with her husband and four children.
Naomi Orensten is a member of the board of directors of the Krupp Family Foundation, which builds relationships with local and national movement groups working in Massachusetts and Los Angeles.
David Pearlman, who was elected to the Brookline (Massachusetts) Select Board in May 2024, is a child welfare attorney at the trial court and appellate levels throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire. David’s son turns 2 this June.
20th Reunion: Oct. 24-26
Andrew Bragin is a senior attorney in the real estate department at law firm Richards, Watson & Gershon. He lives in Los Angeles’ Cheviot Hills neighborhood with his wife and children Preston (10), Margaux (6) and Jack (1.5).
Daniel Schleifstein is a partner at law firm Hinshaw & Culbertson, working in the financial services group in the New Jersey office.
Since November 2023, Arnon Shorr has celebrated the publication of four books he authored: two comic books, a novel and a graphic novel that features a fictional globe-trotting archaeologist from Brandeis’ own Classical Artifacts Research Collection.
Amanda DeMartino is the Harold Alfond Director of Athletics at Colby College, in Waterville, Maine. Previously, she was executive director of athletics at The College of New Jersey.
David Fried and wife Molly (Katancik) ’10 welcomed a baby, Aharon Shalom, in February 2024.
Rebecca Goldberg is a partner at law firm Berchem Moses in Milford, Connecticut. Her practice areas are labor and employment.
Jay Hyne is head of regulatory affairs for the U.S. and Canada at Google Cloud. He and wife Elissa Glucksman Hyne live in Ridgewood, New Jersey, with children Lily (9), Brady (7) and Austin (4).
Ava Morgenstern is an immigration attorney at Meltzer Hellrung, in the Washington, D.C., metro area.
Benjamin Woodring is a partner at law firm Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago.
Arielle Katzman is counsel at law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, working in the public company advisory practice in the New York City office.
Brian Wartell, who lives in Baltimore, is a faculty lecturer in Towson University’s chemistry department.
Sarah Brin has been awarded a fellowship at the Immersive Fiction Lab in Yorkshire, England, to study the application of humor in mixed-reality storytelling.
David Milch married Claire Stern on March 16, 2024, in New York City.
Jamie Ansorge, Jesse Klebanow, Dan Rueven and Sam Shoolman — along with their families — enjoyed a morning together in New York City.
Noah Kaplan co-developed, directs and stars in “Thousand Dollar Listing,” a series on YouTube. The show humorously delves into the gritty reality of finding affordable housing in New York City.
Ilana Levine Seidmann, GSAS MA’13, and husband Jonathan welcomed a daughter, Amalia, in June 2024. Amalia joins big brothers Samuel (7) and Jacob (6).
San Diego Magazine named Sam Zuber a 2024 Top Doctor in the area of general and endocrine surgery. Sam and wife Adira have two children, Lia (5) and Ezra (3).