2010s
15th Reunion: Oct. 24-26
Tamar Ariel, Matthew Kravitz ’07 and big sister Daniela welcomed baby Michael to the family in July 2024.
Denisse Dubrovsky and Michael Lapides welcomed a daughter, Eden Hana, in November 2024.
Anna Kaufman got engaged to Alix Dieudonne in Paris in October 2024.
Last summer, Adam Rosen completed a bucket-list item: attending a baseball game at all 30 MLB stadiums. (In August, he met up with Ian Guss ’09; Matthew Kessler, IBS MA’11; and Mike Mandel at Dodger Stadium.)
Gideon Klionsky, of Somerville, Massachusetts, married Annie Davis in Lexington in June 2024. The officiant was Rabbi Jacob Chatinover ’12. Other Brandeisians at the celebration included Gideon’s father Matthew ’75, P’11; Ari Abelman; Brian (Blumenthal) Blumenband ’12; Lisa (Aremband) Blumenband; Dani Carrus ’12, GSAS MAT’14; Simona Dalin; Ethan Goldberg ’12; Jordi Goodman ’12; Sarah Harpaz, Rabb MS’19; Ariel Kagedan ’16; Steffi (Aronson) Karp ’78; Naomi (Kling) Kesher, IBS MA’12; Lilah Kleban ’17; Sarah Klionsky ’87; Sasha Kopp; Samantha Lakin ’08; Julian Olidort; Barbra Rabson ’80; Shani Rosenbaum ’12; Ben Sacks ’10; Honi Sanders, GSAS PhD’16; Deborah (Thompson) Shalshelet; Aaron Press Taylor ’10; Daniel Yahalom ’17; and Liora Zhrebker ’17. For their honeymoon, Gideon and Annie traveled to Iceland, the Czech Republic, Israel and the Republic of Georgia.
In July 2023, Sahar Massachi, GSAS MA’12, married Sarah Winsberg in Naples, New York, with Jacob Edelman ’18, Adam Hughes ’12, Anna Jursik and Alex Melman in attendance.
In May 2024, Laurel Adams reunited with Kevin Diep, GSAS MA’14; Jon Hsieh; Angela Sham ’13; and Felege-Selam Yirga in Tokyo.
Kelly Eisenbies and husband Joe ’13, IBS MA’14, welcomed their first son, Cameron, on Aug. 8, 2024.
On Sept. 10, 2024, Jeremy Elkins welcomed a son, Grant, who joins big sisters Maya (4.5) and Audrey (2.5).
Rachel Fried and Eric Javor ’10 were married in a ceremony outside Boston in June 2023. A number of Brandeis alumni were there to cheer the couple, including Rachel’s parents, Ron and Rhonda, both ’78, P’09, P’12, P’15; sister Ariel ’09; and brother Zachary ’15.
Ariel Hirsch lives in San Diego.
Joshua Kahane and Rebecca Feldbaum were married on June 9, 2024, at the Memphis (Tennessee) Botanic Garden. Joshua is a litigation partner at law firm Schlam Stone & Dolan, in New York City.
Jordana Gluck Lang and Justin Lang celebrated a milestone birthday for Justin with an at-home omakase dinner alongside Megan Kessler Margolis ’14 and Michael Margolis. Future Brandeis roommates Julian, Selena and Avery Lang, and Tate Margolis enjoyed their first meeting, Jordana reports.
Aeisha Lima, GSAS MA’13, welcomed a baby girl in March 2024.
Patricia Tian married Austin Schiller on Aug. 10, 2024, at the Peabody Essex Museum, in Salem, Massachusetts.
Joshua Kaye married Ahuva Sunshine on July 21, 2024, in Baltimore. The couple lives in Washington, D.C.
Janey Zitomer married Addison Bennett, in November 2023 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Brandeisians in attendance included Yael Dai, Sara Eisenberg, Nina Godles, Hilary Heyison and Tali Puterman.
Allie Alexander has a private mental health practice providing individual and group therapy. She also has a YouTube channel, Silver Lining Therapy, that offers guided mindfulness videos.
Alexis Damish, who completed an OB-GYN residency at UPMC, is an obstetrician-gynecologist in North Carolina.
Karina Gaft-Azcue and husband Ian welcomed their first child, Lev Jan, on May 20, 2024.
Samantha Gordon married Daniel Goldman on Oct. 14, 2024, cheered by Harrison Bannett ’11, Rachel Benjamin, Leah Cadena-Igdalsky, Jason Dick, Lili Gecker ’13 and Jeremy Weinberg ’12.
Danielle Miller and David Lasher ’13 were married in June 2024 in Ventura, California. Danielle’s sister Michelle Miller ’11, a Brandeis Alumni Association board member, was there to celebrate the couple, as were David Cohen; Jeremy Elkaim ’13; Ahmed Abdel Kouddous ’13; Erica Lubitz ’12; Nick Mead ’13; Steven Rachmuth; Lewis Solow-Collins ’13; and Shayna Straus, GSAS MA’16.
Aaron Zuckerman is an assistant professor of surgery and an attending surgeon in the trauma and acute-care surgery division at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York.
10th Reunion: Oct. 24-26
Mariya Greeley left her position at Boston Globe Media and moved to Scarborough, Maine, to open Maple Media, a writing, editing and content-strategy business. She also co-founded a book club, the Portland Worms.
Sarian Holt is government relations manager at Baltimore’s National Aquarium, where her favorite animals are the rescued sea turtles. Previously, she spent seven legislative sessions in the Maryland General Assembly.
Sabrina Libretti, whose pediatrics residency was at Westchester Medical Center’s Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, is a full-time pediatrician at Boston Children’s Health Physicians Branch Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, on Long Island, New York.
A feature film written and produced by Amanda Stern and Julian Seltzer, “Perfectly Good Moment,” was released on video on demand in November 2024.
Roy Büchler, GSAS MA/MBA’22, wed Shira Hartman, GSAS MA/EdM’23, on June 28, 2024, in Ashdod, Israel. Roy and Shira were both students in the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program.
Oscar Courchaine earned an MS in anthrozoology at Canisius University, in Buffalo, New York. Oscar studied wild-animal ethics, conservation philosophy and critical animal studies.
Dov Gold and Madeline Lefkowitz ’19 were married on Aug. 18, 2024, in Malibu, California. They began their relationship at Brandeis eight years earlier.
Samantha Roth married Ari Winokur, of Baltimore, on March 28, 2024.
Ray Trott is back in Boston after living abroad for two years. He spent most of that time working and traveling in Australia, then backpacked through Southeast Asia, Spain and Italy before returning to the U.S.
On Aug. 17, 2024, Rachel Gabrilowitz and Henry Snow were married in North Andover, Massachusetts.
Jaime Korner and Eli Siegel ’14 were married on Oct. 19, 2024, in Northampton, Massachusetts. Eli and Jaime met through mutual friend Jessica Hack-Chabot ’15, who officiated their wedding. The couple lives in Victoria, British Columbia, where they attended graduate school.
Michelle Oberman and Noah Braiterman ’13 were married on June 23, 2024, in Chatham, Massachusetts. Noah’s parents are David and Lisa (Gertler), both ’78, P’13.
Gregory Wilson reports “Heretic,” the final book of his award-winning “Gray Assassin Trilogy,” was published in July 2024. Grayshade, a tabletop role-playing game set in the trilogy’s universe, is scheduled for release this year.
Rachel Geller and Joe DeFerrari were married on Aug. 20, 2023. They met during their first year at Brandeis in the a cappella group No Singer Clef Behind.
Brooke Granovsky won a 2024 Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella Prize, presented by the Royal Society of Canada. The annual award is given to a student from each Canadian law school who is most likely to positively impact equity or social justice in Canada or globally after graduation. Brooke earned a JD at Western Law, in Ontario.
Shoshi Singer and Tova Perlman celebrated their 11th annual fall photo shoot, which they began as Brandeis first-years. This time, Shoshi’s baby, David, joined in.
Five and a half years after meeting in a Ridgewood hallway, Sam Jean and Andie Watson ’21 were married on July 18, 2024, in Boston City Hall. They’re planning a celebration with family and friends this year in Scotland.
Khushee Nanavati married Karan Sawla in Jaipur, India. The couple, Khushee writes, had “a big, fat Indian wedding, with the groom coming in on an elephant and the bride on a chariot.” Pramoda Bapatla ’20; Krithika Chagari; Rachel Groth; Santiago Montoya Palacios; Ritika Saxena ’20, ’23; Sravya Shankara; and Sagie Tvizer attended.
Hannah Rezonzew and Alexis Sverdlik ’20 were married on April 14, 2024, in Miami. The couple started dating when Alexis was a first-year. “Thank you, Brandeis, for helping me find my soulmate,” Hannah writes.