בס"ד
Midreshet
Tehillah
Alumnae Newsletter
Summer 2014
Dear MT alumnae,
that each person needs something
different to accomplish this. We
As Midreshet Tehillah completes
cannot complete this task in
its “bat mitzvah” year we are
seminary because there are many
excited to at long last launch our
issues that come up only after you
MT Alumnae Network. We always
leave and they cannot be properly
understood that our mission was
addressed until they arise. We
not merely to learn Torah with
would like to be there for you when
you, but to prepare each of you to
they do. We are hopeful that this
move forward in life in a healthy,
alumnae initiative will facilitate
integrated Torah fashion. Your
that.
experience of being treated with
Occasionally, one of you shows
such individuality at the school was
up at the school years after you
simply a consequence of the fact
completed seminary. For
you it is a bit of a walk
down memory lane and a
chance to try and catch a
much needed schmooze
with a former teacher
Letter from Frieda Kahn..................2
or mentor. You cannot
imagine how much we
MT Bat Mitzvah Campaign...............2 also appreciate these
visits. The bonds that
Letter from Rabbi Brussel...............3
were created during the
seminary year are felt as
Interview with an Alumna..............4
much by us as by you.
Though I get to see
Interview with a Student.................5
a few of you every year
at our mini reunions—
Kedma........................................................6
occasions I very much
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appreciate—it would be good if
we could create opportunities for
contact with other members of the
staff as well. Our hope is that this
Alumnae Network will make that
possible. Until now it has not been
realistic to put an alumnae program
together because we lacked the
necessary “womanpower.” Frieda
Kahn (MT 2003) who is the US
Representative for Neve, is the one
spearheading the initiative with
Dalia (Barenboim) Shulman (MT
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