Catching up with our alum and alum parents.

MAZAL TOV TO….

Brian Crystal (99) on passing  the EMT-B exams and becoming an EMT. Proud parents are Hillary and Jack.

Jay and Cindy Goldstein on the engagement of their son, David (02) to Laura Schimberg.

Edward and Carol Gratz on the birth of their granddaughter on 6 May.  Proud parents are  Ricky (94) and Sarah and sister Julia.

Rich and Ellen Gillette on the engagement of their daughter Rebecca (02) to Max Brondfield

Danielle Nussbaum (92), who has been named senior West Coast editor at Entertainment Weekly. Danielle was most recently the entertainment director at Clique Media, which owns fashioin and lifestyle sites WhoWhatWhere, Byrdie and Domaine Home. Prior to that, she spent six years overseeing entertainment coverage at Teen Vogue.

 

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In Max Buchdal’s (10) recently published book, Return of the Exiled, he details the passage of his family throughout Germany in the years prior to their immigration to the United States. Return of the Exiled parallels the past, as Max’s family attempts to get out of Nazi Germany, with the present, as Max travels with his family to Germany to re-trace his ancestor’s steps. Through careful thought and observation, Return of the Exiled takes the reader into the mind of a 17 year-old as he reflects upon his family’s past before he embarks on his own future.

KSDS alum parent and former editor of the Jewish Times, Neil Rubin writes this of Max’s book;“Max Buchdahl’s first book covers an important chapter in the painful and remarkable upheaval that ultimately defined one of Jewry’s most accomplished and historic communities. The intertwining of deadly threat, escape to freedom and confrontation of memory is profoundly worth the reader’s time.”

Purchase Max’s book on Amazon.

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READ….

About Sam Crystal’s (06) experience helping to build a museum exhibit at his school, the University of Mary Washington.

The Jewish Times article about Marisa Obushowski’s (03) Masa Israel experience.

KSDS alum parent Adina Amith’s recent article in the Baltimore Sun.

 

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Follow KSDS alum parent Eve Vogelstein’s blog called Garden of Eve. Eve, a talented gardener writes about the many flora and fauna wonders she encounters in her garden.

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