Dana Kandel
Dane, Danes, Rebbetzin, Mom
Likes: everything about accounting, Swiss Tim, babies, childbirth, pregnancy, arguing with Avi Fuld, changing her profile picture every 3 days, Scholar in Residences
Hates: when fish won't eat, when her roommate won't snuggle
Loves: Democracy, Brandeis, Torah
Hobbies: putting her boots back in their wrapping and original box after each wear, getting ahead on work, overwriting for papers, saying she's from NY when really she lives in Florida, coming up with innovative business ventures, posting events on friends' walls and everywhere, meeting with TAs and teachers for fun and really just having meetings in general.
Alyssa Moore
Major: Psych, Ice Cream Studies
Loves: Sherman Ice Cream, Twins!, Finding Maccabeats videos on youtube before the rest of the world, Matching pictures, Yeshiva Boys (not Miami) Choir, Hass 5, Angel, Shlomo Katz!!!!!
Hates: When people transfer from Brandeis, DK napping in her bed, the Castle
Fears: Missing out (FOMO), Days without Ice Cream, being late to an oneg
Special Talents: Suzuki, Matching (even when it doesn’t really match), fishy faces, Pirate Talk, riding magic carpets
Quotes: “Every meal needs to end with ice cream” “I <3 Hashem” If it was a song at the seminary choir competition- Alyssa loves to sing it, “Underwear is not funny!”, “Twinsies”
Alyssa is pleased to announce her campaign for BOO President!
BOO Transfer Crew
AKA: Nis Frome, Shira Moskowitz, David Fisch, Ryan Kuhel, who?, I thought Fisch was in Amsterdam? Nis never liked it here anyway. Mr. Complainer, Ilana’s roommate, Jeremy Berman’s Spouse, the greatest basketball players ever. The backbones of “Jeremy Berman Sucks.” Hi, I’m Ryan.
Major: Business, Psych and something with children, Television Radio and Film (and History ;) )
Enjoys: Syracuse Football!! Go Orange. Rutgers football! (as seen by this text between Nis and Fisch 10 minutes into the game:
Fisch: “we’re playing you now.”
Nis: “In what?”
Fisch: “football…”
Nis: “O right, I forgot.”)
Good thing Syracuse played a 4 hour 20 minute game this past weekend, David only needed coffee once (no joke). It only took almost all of shabbos afternoon!
Starring in the BOO Purim Shpeil, cooking socially, acting hipster,
Learning about Native Americans. Having a profile picture that “was not taken at Brandeis” (Jason Sugarman), having a profile picture taken at Ramah.
Spitting on Fisch’s leg, saying you’re tired and then not going to sleep and then saying you’re not tired anymore, dribbling a lot in intramural basketball, interning for a Liberian Ship Registry, not the Brandeis party scene because going to 1 party in a month and a half here is much better.
Pretending to be super religious at the new school since “he comes from Brandeis.”
Hopes and Dreams: to make money in Television Film and Radio, to make money in psychology and children and to make money in Business. To come back to Brandeis (University walk of shame!). To beat Jeremy Berman in basketball. To run a successful business selling internet things through “Take it World Wide”
The BOO transfer crew also does parties, weddings and bar mitzvahs. Contact us at any area code that is not 781.
Rebecca Pollack
AKA: Reba, BZA Queen, Mishmar Empress, Becca P
Major: Art History, Physics
Enjoys: "Being a boss", flats, anything and everything that comes from Italy, football, Tali Puterman's little South African Accent, Pinchus Polack's opinions on the Rose Art Museum.
Hopes and Dreams: To travel the world in a hot air balloon
Secret desire now revealed: To be a lecturer of the Talmud
Rebecca is a true woman of valor, glowing on both the inside and outside.
Lee Nisson
Likes: Tea, mom's home-cooked food (pascal lamb), waking up to "Friday" by the world-renowned singer Rebecca Black, rain (cuz it's a good thang), Japanese, suspenders
Hobbies: Tron, getting the gang together, taking too many classes, Sephardi Party (aka BSI), joining WBRS with no radio experience (shhh), making tea murals, living in Denver, dressing snazzy
Hopes & Dreams: To see the world - but mostly Japan.
Lee will most likely be Member of the Week all summer long, so don't forget to keep in touch with him!
Avi Fuld
avifuld@boo.jewishlife.org
Date of Birth 4-8-91
Yichus: Father is the Dean of comparative intelligence in the business industry. He is a Yeshiva educated Mensch who owns offices in multiple countries including England and China. His mother is active in all Jewish organizations in all events Chesed. She is a model Eishes Chayil who inspires thousands upon thousands of kinderlach daily.
Parents are looking for: A woman who can cook as well as his own mother (her specialties include a made up yummy potato dish). She must be adequate at cleaning the house, ironing, picking up dry cleaning, tending to the kinderlach, keeping the aura around the house calm and a Torah-environment for Avi to come home to. She must also be a full time teacher and support Avi while he shteigs all day in the Beis. She must furthermore supply him with at least twelve children, a minimum of which must be eight boys. She also must be able to operate a frummie van.
Appearance: Avi is a robust, dark stallion measuring in at 5’7”, 141 lbs of muscle (lbs. of fat not included). He understands that to store the holy neshama, he must work his physique at the gym six times a week (resting for shabbos kodesh, of course). After he eats dinner, he tends to bloat.
Shadchan: Rabbi Lehmann of Netiv Aryeh and Yoanna Freedman of Borough Park.
Dating: Enough to know what’s he’s doing, but not enough to still be considered a prude.
Education
K-12: The prestigious, shtark Maimonides Academy.
Seminary: Lev Hatorah (almost went shana bet!)
Post- Seminary: Although in Galus, Avi studies Aim Habanim Semecha daily, and knows he will one day return to Eretz Yisroel after his shtus studies at Brandeis University.
Work Experience
Work: None unless you count his learning in Kollel.
Attends Minyan every day.
Consumes his own body weight twice daily which encompasses much physical exertion.
Ideal Wedding: Wedding as the sun sets and Hashcacha pratit is reigning over the chupah.
Misc.
Will be willing to live in: The projects, but only to remind him he is in galus.
Music Preferences: Glee, Antwon Donson, Miami Boys Choir, Mashups he believes are new but are from the 90s.
Ideal Chesed Opportunities: Boo Board, because he is a modest leader.
Menucha Renzer
Likes: America, sunflowers, Intro to Psych, Chesed, Avi Fuld, feet-banging noises in her room, changing her name, kiddies (Yisroel), being sang to with songs including: Menucha Vi'Simcha, Eishes Chayil and V'Shavu Menucha Ligvula.
Hobbies: moving to Israel, doing Chesed, leaving Brandeis, shteiging.
Fears: not making Aaliyah, seeing boys when she's in her bathrobe, staying in chutz la'aretz, not marrying someone named Simcha, temperatures below 50 degrees.
If you haven't met Menucha, introduce yourself before it's too late! Oh wait, it already is...
Tali Puterman
Likes: Cucumbers, pirates (aye, me parrot concurs), chocolate. BJEP, Research Methods (woohoo!!)
Hobbies: Going on magic carpet rides, watching TV, talking in Afrikaans, shermanizing, going on safaris, sitting in fetal position, beating everyone in chess, making music videos, fixing things
Fears: driving, foot-to-foot contact, peanut butter, Biblical Hebrew
Tali is super chill and has an awesome South African accent! All you okes should get to know her!
David Clements
Likes: taking pictures next to giant cats while giving a thumbs up, being treasurer for more than one group, living in Florida, talking to someone online thinking it’s someone else
Disklikes: when someone’s member of the week for more than one week
Hobbies: dressing up as a woman and walking down runways, eating clementines, dealing with lots of cash, walking up to North Quad
Introduce yourself to David Clements, he’s swell!
Yoanna Freedman
Likes: facebook stalking, almost touching boys, making people feel slightly uncomfortable, Zack Sax, Hiatt Career Center, stealing things from Sherman, really short skirts,
Hobbies: filming Jeremy Elkins, editing Jeremy Elkins footage, losing the BOO Oscars to Jeremy Elkins
Hates: Beit Midrash, when people are covered in schmutz, telling people what she’s really thinking, inappropriate jokes
Plans after graduation: To make lots of money on Wall Street and creating the “Yoanna Freedman Center for Judaic Studies” at Brandeis University
Introduce yourself to Yoanna. She’s awesome.
Rafi Kaufman
Majors: Econ, Business, Internet, YouTube videos
Hobbies: Cuddling with Josh Klein, laining every Shabbat, organizing his desk drawer
Loves: Chocolate pudding on top of canned peaches, kakondo, lifting weights with JJ and Rabbi Zirkind, polo shirts, STAR, Nettie, Boston, Sam Adams, Twilight, ….and Ronit
Fears: Science, cutting his hair too short, New York, JFA, being prosecuted by Brandeis for illegal movie downloading, ties, having to choose a favorite
Did you know: Rafi loves singing “The way I are” with Zahvi
... and that he's ENGAGED ?!
Zachary Sax
Mr. Zechariah "Tzedek" Sax is truly one of a kind. Equipped with enchanting and romantic skills akin to Don Juan, this man will sweep you off your feet!
Typically, you might see Zack approach you in the custom designed orange army outfit he has on in the picture above. Although many others wearing such an outfit would not have the courage, verve, or ebullience to approach another person in such a cool demeanor, these traits are a prime feature of Zack's personality.
A fierce competitor with the heart of a champion, Zack is wholeheartedly committed to whatever challenge he seeks to tackle. In his early days as a Midyear Student at Brandeis, Zack rose daily at 4:20am for a meditative and reflective Shacharit Vatikin'. Although his motivation was due to his devotion to Hashem, he also rose this early in order to compete in the cold and rough waters of the Charles River for the Brandeis Crew Team.
With unprecedented discipline that made him never miss a day of practice, Zack strived for and achieved an unparalleled strength and swift agility never seen before on the Crew Squad.
Zack has emerged stronger and stronger every day he has been at Brandeis. Nowadays, you might see him running alongside the commuter rail during one of your trips into Boston. You might also see him running at the same pace of the Green Line Subway by the time you get to Brookline, as he is currently training for a full 26.2 mile Marathon for the Chabad Team. His athletic prowess coupled with his steadfast determination enables him to train in only his short shorts (that lie atop his tight tights) and still bare the freezing Boston temperatures. Despite the fact that the sports gear adheres to his inner glory (like all Nike Sports Gear should), his tireless motivation and endless running is still an incredible feat!
At Brandeis, when not pushing Alissa's buttons about the amount of cake she consumes on a daily basis,
you may see Zack engaging in Neuroscience research, leading his dynamic and informative Nach Yomi Shiur in the Beit Midrash, mirroring Jimi Hendrix guitar moves at the BOO Coffeehouse, or leading Rosh Hashana davening with an inspiring amount of Kavanah.
So, I repeat to the Ladies, beware! As you never know when the talented Zack Sax may be lurking just around the corner from you!
Coby Fleischman
Majors and Minors: Undecided because the sky is her limit
Hobbies: Singing in acapella groups and randomly breaking out in dance.
Loves: Sporting a smile, BOO, pocketing chocolate from Phonathon, and sing-talking,
Fears: None, she is a fearless Amazon
Quotes: "I love listening to music that nobody else has ever heard of!!"
Coby is really fun and nice, so go over and introduce yourself to her. Just don't call her Cobra while contorting your body in the shape of a snake and everything should be great!
Akiva Landsman
Majors: Philosophy, Islamic Middle Eastern Studies
Minors: Physics
Hobbies: Throwing things into crock pots and seeing what comes out, studying the torah for academic purposes, being passionate about living a traditional jewish lifestyle, kettle belling.
Loves: BOO, Chalva, Trees, Compost bins, wearing ties with sandals, Phil, Team Aerostar, Department of Community living, J-Chat, Moerdler Rebbe, inventing "breslev" tunes.
Fears: Socks, small kippas, shmonei esrei that goes just a bit too long.
Quotes: "mo mo mo mo mo" " be passionate" " I'm not in a state of mind to clean up".
Akiva is a friendly guy! Introduce yourself and you will instantly go on a magical journey!
Daniel Kasdan
Majors: NEJS, History, Torah Hobbies: shtickling, shteiging, checking Only Simchas
Loves: Torah, HaKadosh Baruch Hu, Stern College, Midreshet Harova, basar, Teaneck, Amaryah, Max HaTzaddik, Miami Boys Choir, Mrs. Field's cookies, Sherman hamburgers, the Beis
Fears: non-melted cheese, public speaking, milk, Barnard College, hearty meals, FOMO
Quotes: "Frum!", "Pashut", "Assur!", "Baruch Hashem", "Uhhh"
Ariel Barnehama
Majors: Pre-med, Pre-Calc, Dr. Novak.
Who is Ariel Barnehama? That is the question that has been plaguing individuals within the BOO community. When asked that precise question, an anonymous member of the community answered, "Ariel What?!?!? Do you mean Ariel Marks? He's that really sweet guy who loves everyone..." No I mean Ariel Barnehama. So allow me to tell you a little bit about this incredible asset to the BOO community:
Hobbies: You will never catch Ariel without her Chemistry textbook. She brings it to her intramural basketball and soccer games to read at half-time. She attempts to teach her kindergarden and second grade classes the periodic table in Waltham Group (TIPS). Instead they just run around and call her Mr. B. She can be seen on Friday nights in Chabad explaining to Chanie Chein the scientific reasons why kli shlishi is allowed on shabbos, based on Boyle's law.
Likes: Sour cream and onion potato chips, SI sessions, Polo (Ralph Lauren), recitation, sour gummy bears, singing Angels in the key of F#.
Dislikes: Sherman's "smell," regular popcorn (weird, I know), Dr. Novak's significant other, dairy days, when the Library is closed
Eitan Cooper
Majors: NEJS, JFA, BJEP
Hobbies: Being Gabbai Sheini. Visits to Barnard. Memorizing the course listings on the Brandeis website. Waking up early to exercise with Eitan Mosenkis. Discussing the evolution of conservative Judaism in the 20th century.
Loves: Plains, airports, trains, space, HaRav Reuven Kimmelman, rocket ships, and seforim sales. Discussing “Civil Liberties in America” even though he’s not in the class. Elisha and Anna Fredman. Late-night skyping sessions. The Yankees. The Frisch Yearbook. Jason Chen.
Hates: "Snags"; the thought of being inebriated.
Quotes: “My apartment smells of rich mahogany"; "Nichnas yayin, yotzi sod"; "Slow and steady wins the race".
Daniel Shimansky
Majors: Psychology, Tennis, Loving Cold Weather
Hobbies: Mr. Shimansky can be seen around campus in any one of his numerous colored Nike shirts, most likely sticking to his muscular frame from the sheer static electricity emanating from his inner glory. Big D can also be seen in his room doing work between the hours of 3-6am. Why work at night when you could work in the wee hours of the morning, right? At other times, the “MANsky” can be seen hauling his beloved 300 pound tennis backpack across the recess between Gosman and East. This bag truly houses all of Dan’s inner feelings as well as everything he stands for on a regular basis: teamwork, tennis, and positive zen.
Doesn’t like: Dan HATES, let me repeat…absolutely hates when people belt out with full force the cccchhhhhppppsssshhhh noise, especially if it is accompanied with a smacking hand motion. He has repeatedly filed restraining orders against people who have attempted to include him in this wild form of revelry and he often begins to cry when he thinks of the lunacy this evil peculiarity promotes.
Did you know? Shimsicles goes through at least eight jars of peanut butter a week as well as 10 boxes of Tam-Tams (no flavoring, of course). He also can whip out the Soulja Boy dance pretty much anywhere, although he often enjoys doing it on the streets to steal jobs from homeless men.
Ayelet Nussbaum
Member: Ayelet “Yayelet” “aLnuss” Nussbaum
Majors: Science, Labs, Neuroscience, manliness
Future career: weather forecaster (except you can’t trust her because you might end up wearing rain boots all day when its 80 degrees).
Loves: slamming doors, sandwiches at shabbos lunch, making “isms” lists, anything on Bravo channel, Fresca, arguing with Zahvi, show tunes.
Hates: not getting the best parking spot, non-science majors, not being stocked up on beverages, going to bed early.
Quotes: They tried to make me go to “wiihab”; I LOVE the soup; I have a big head for my big brain.
Did you know? Ayelet makes being a murderous cop look good, She is always right, She is the middle child in her Ziv family.
Jacq Rothschild
Major: Queen of I have no time to fit anything into my schedule, pre-med or is she.....
Loves: dairy days in Sherman, scarves, cutting her hair herself, purple hair dye, smashing her phone against the wall, sherMc muffins, Powerade, LaCE!!,
Hates: silence on the walk to shacharit
Fears: leaving Brandeis, being separated from Lauren
Special Talents: performing Suzuki in the middle of Sherman, scaring Lauren,
Quotes: "oh Hashem"
Chaim Bergman
Name: Chaim らがな, 平仮名 Bergman
Major: Economics, History, Women and Gender Studies (Three majors! I know, right)
Loves: MEAT, also known as "basser"(Don't believe us? There's a slab of salami hanging from a string in the kitchen..), serving chulent to lots of women every Friday night, walks on the beach, JFA-huh!
Fears: His USEM professor, Sherman dairy days, Aviva Zadoff
Special Talents: "I can flirt all day." -- Chaim Bergman. Chaim sings "Ki Eshmira Shabbat" like a Sefardi (FYI Chaim is not a Sefardi--but don't let him know that you know!). He also makes really amazing chulent. That he loves to serve to women. Every Friday night.
Quotes: "Luckily, most fires are life threatening"--Chaim occassionally gets in trouble for putting his "mouth in his foot", "らがな, 平仮名がな". AND----Check out "Noshin' with the Nashim", every Friday night in Chaim's Ridgewood! For women only (and Chaim, of course). Chulent will be served.
Special Message from this Week's Contributors: Ah, sweet victory. Beware, Chaim. Beware.
Tamar Schneck
Majors: Tamar has only been at Brandeis for 3 weeks and is still exploring all it has to offerer. But shes loving every second of gen chem so there is definite potential. Also her passion for arabic may turn into something- only time will tell.
Loves: Irwin Joel Mansdorf PHD (she can even be seen sporting a t-shirt expressing her love) , Machsom Watch, she can draw anything in the world- ask her she'd LOVE to draw something for you.
Hates: "She's Schneck- she doesn't hate anything." -Gabrielle
Did you know: Tamar wants to meet everyone she can in the next week so go up and introduce yourself to her and maybe you will have new BFFAEAE
Special thanks to Rebecca Pollack
Ronit Broekman
Known for: dating the best looking Rafi on campus, being neighbors with Tinkerbell
Majors: pollution and large carbon footprints, deutsche bank and deutsche land
Loves: nutella, m & m's, oreos, chocolate, black licorice, & anything else dark and sweet
Favorite Activity: voting, running for public office, donating blood & tap dancing (actually)
Quote: write for torat emet, and you will find your shidduch. no guarantees
Name: Flori "What?" Flori "Lori?" FLORI: F-L-O-R-I "Oh, Flori! Like a flower! Or the city in Italy!" AKA Florence, Flo, Flawrence Fishburn, Dafna
Majors: If Flori could chose anything as her major she would chose physics. FLORI LOVES PHYSICS
She also majors in washing her hands 1000 x a day (but NOT using purell), pulling all nighters, getting free stuff, being late, renaming streets- Cloud St. is so much more creative than Washington St., sarcasm
Hobbies: Flori's hobbies include sleep, physics, mountain biking, and sleep. One thing Flori does very well is sleep, in fact shes so good at it that sometimes she doesn't need any. Those nights you can go to the campus center and find her there playing games on the computers such as brick breaker or World of Warcraft instead of studying or doing physics problems. Flori works in a lab (Baruch Hashem) and happens to be enjoying it tons. when shes not hanging out with her friends or doing physics Flori enjoys a nice nap.
Loves: Explaining how bridges and planes work, pb&j, usdan workers, coffee yogurt with wheatgerm, making new friends at jp licks, Samantha's house, her bank! Flori loves her friends (or at least i hope she still does after this). Flori also loves when people touch her and her food, GERMS ARE HER BEST FRIENDS.
Hates: Being dirty or fleishig, making decisions, nicknames like morpheus, cherry, or polly pocket, pi = 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169...
Qualities: Warm, Kind, Caring, and lets just say the size of a person doesn't dictate the size of their heart
Quotes: "That's my bank!" "I also know what it's like to work in the food service industry, so you should give me free ice cream." "You're still young and beautiful (in a blantently sarcastic tone)." “buTTons", “imporTanT" and other words with a t in the middle she capitalizes while saying
Did you know: Flori can usually be found walking around campus at 5 am, searching for a good study spot. She'll take 10 minute naps (they're amazing and leave you feeling so refreshed!) in between studying, until going to bed at 8 am and then waking up for her 9 am class. Additionally If Flori had a bb gun there would be no more squirrels left to take over the world, shes dangerous.
Special thanks to Ari Tretin and Rachel Karpoff
Name: Liora Mendelsberg
Major: possibly neuroscience (if she passes gen chem)
Some things she loves: piano, painting, researching facebook, LIBRARIES (we're pretty sure that someday Liora will add a chain to her funky glasses), the machshavat haramban teacher at midreshet harova, converse (all of her friends have slowly realized that Liora is secretly punk...there's more than one reason why she goes to the Hot Topic shiur)
Some things she hates: If you ever have a couple of hours of free time (or even if you don't, Liora will keep talking even as you nap) ask her about her opinion of the Cinderella story. Also ask her what she thinks about the movie version of Ella Enchanted, and she will go on for hours about how they basically sketched it completely. Also another fun thing to do with some extra time is to play with Liora's hair and its insane static properties. Her hair + a balloon = hours of fun!
Quote she likes: "Million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten." (I found this on her facebook profile and liked it)
Did you know: Liora and Leeyat have gone to the same school for the past 5 years and counting and have never ever gotten sick of each other. Ever.
Special thanks to Leeyat Slyper
Name: Mommy Aviva (Zaidy) Zadoff, SBM
Majors: Television Watching, Purim Shpeil Theater, Serving her great Rebbe Sara
Loves: Darby, Watching TV, Giving Shabbos hugs (be careful boys, "its not derech chibah to kick you"), Hannah Montana, "Studying" (aka watching TV online) in the science library
Hates: Anyone on her Bad List (something you probably want to stay off of), Cleaning, Washing dishes, Doing any type of Chesed
Did you know: Every Friday is bagel day for Aviva in Sherman, a very special day that can even redeem you from the bad list!
Special thanks that girl in Israel (I think her name is Tamar) for her help with this wonderful membership profile!
Name: Brother Dani B Baronofsky
Majors: Economics, giving directions, Pre-law, Culinary Art Studies (Milk Street minor)
Loves: Sam Adam's, GAME ON!, "Playing" the Wii, Dog the Bounty Hunter, Flying planes, Green Sweaters and Kippot, The Dani-Coaster
Hates: Naive people, Boston College (except for a certain feature), Being publicly acknowledged for his many talents
Quotes: "FAIL", "T'SHAW...", "Look at me, I'm Dani B"
Did you know: He's a Yankee fan from Brookline Mass, has a savant-like knowledge of the Boston train system, and has a growing collection of stories about the many criminals he sees in court.
Name: Mike "Born to be, Haven't seen you in a" Weil
Majors: History (pre-med), Poker, Sports and American Culture, Taam China, & I wish I were a sophomore
Loves: Puffy Coats, White Sox (both the team and Hanes® product), Getting Huuuge!, Attending more Chicago sports games than class per semester,
& Pretending to be a sophomore
Hates: Sheople, Sherman food
Did you know: Singlehandedly (actually he used two hands to type the letter) convinced the Sherman caterers to improve the quality and variety of Kosher food for you and me to enjoy.
Special thanks to D$ and Akiva for this wonderful member profile.
Name: Jordana "Jordanam, Jordm, Jor, Lil' Gluck, Andrew's sister" Gluck
Major: Econ, Math, Psychology- she can't make up her mind
Hobbies: Taking afternoon naps; "Returning" cloths at Urban; Hitting all the JP Licks' in Massachusetts; Getting locked out of her room (she's BFF with the Campus Police), Living at the gym; Forgetting her glasses and never being able to see; Blaming her bad driving on the car; Always being the shortest; SDT!
Favorite Foods: Jordana likes everything except foods cooked in Sherman, meat, dairy, vegetables, fruit, junk food- basically she just likes tofu
Did You Know: She enjoys fainting and being hospitalized (it's okay-it runs in the family)
Everyone's Invited: To hang out with Jordana & Co. for Sunday Brunch in Sherman. Come join in on this weekly tradition. Sundays-12:30-1:30pm.
Special thanks to Rachel, Dafna & Leora.
Name: Lauren "Shosh!" "k-baum (or K-bomb)" "the cake girl" Kirschenbaum
Major: Sherman cupcakes and Yanira's pasta,having the most colorful tanach
Achievements: Eating the most frosting in one sitting, Watching every episode of Hannah Montana
Loves: Frosting, cupcakes, sprinkles rice krispy treats, Shabbas, dancing, High School Musical (1, 2, and 3!), Jacqueline Rothschild, floor hockey, SNL, Shabbat hugs from Aviva, Israel, dance parties in the science library
Quote:"You shouldn't hold it in;" "Free shabbat candles?"; "Girl who always says what-say what?!"
Did You Know: To make her Shabbas extra-special, give Lauren the frosting off your cake at Friday night dinners.
Special thanks to Emily Frost, Aviva Zadoff and Jacq Rothschild.
Name: Rebbe, AElkins, The "Other" twin
Major: Gittin, Taanis, African American Studies.
Achievements: Taking 3 classes, Removing "nureshkeit" from his life, successfully taking power of the Mordler Chassidim Dynasty without having to engage in a messy power struggle.
Loves: His triplet brother John Elkins, Achdus, Rav Ovadia Yosef, DA BEARS, as well as anything relating to African American Studies at Brandeis.
Quote: "Nu?! Why is there no herring?!"
Did You Know: Adam is the Lord of Dance. If you ever want to learn how to Irish Step Dance, he is your guy. Adam is also a security guard. He also runs a dry cleaning service out of Cable Hall.
Special thanks to Jacob Agi.
Name: Uncle Josh Klein, Jawkward, Jooooooooooooosh Kleeeeeeeeeeeeeeein
Major: 3D Design (Last year Josh made a kidney. Ask him about it).
Achievements: Sleeping through every class, inventing a new system of hand motions for giving out aliyahs, & losing his hat in the freezer
Loves: His Mom, Ben and Jerry, Rafi, waking Zahvi up in the morning, hot sauce on ice cream (It happened, we swear)
Quote: "Are you breathing ----Noooo."
Did you know: Josh invented the awkward balloon. He also has a mini supermarket in his room. (Points and Whocash are accepted).
Special thanks to Zahvi & Ronit.
Name: Sasha "the Eifell Tower is in" Parets
Majors: BemCo, & Being a mommy
Loves: Basketball, Horses, Puppies (who doesn't), Cubans (both the cigars and the people), Torah, Mushrooms & Sam Waterston, William Kapelle, Antony Polonsky (i.e.-cute old men)
Hates: Eggs, Tomatoes, & Lack of Sleep
Quotes: "Hello, sweetheart!" (that ones reserved for me), "Meow" (also-me), and any random & indecipherable animal noises
Did you know: Sasha is half-Cuban, exotic! Sasha works part-time as a Mommy for Brandesians of all ages. Call day or night for Rice Krispies Treats, Orgo Help, & Bedtime Stories. Seriously call: (786) 512-4442
Special thanks to my chavrutah-Chaim Bergman for his help with this.
Name: Eric Wittenberg
Majors: SNL, Mountain Biking, Chasidus, & Chesed (awww)
Loves: Ha Rav HaGaon David Mersky Shlita Tov'va
Hates: Could a tzaddik of this madrega possibly hate?
Quotes: "Vehu Rachum!" "Minche!" "Umein", "Baruch ata h' e-lokeinu melech haolam.....(x 10)"
Did you know: Eric was on the Brandeis Biking Club? (see, I told you guys that the helmet wasn't just a fashion statement)
Name: Sara Smith
Majors: Squash, Australia, Genesis, and Spending all her free time at Brandeis
Loves: Getting injured in mysterious ways and hobbling around, Singing herself to sleep, Anything that reminds her of Legally Blonde, Oh and.......Squash
Hates: Any noise near her room after her 7:45 pm bedtime
Quotes: "Breishit bara Elokim," & "Don't you wish you're eruv was hot like me?"
Did You Know: Sara had the longest rein as Gabbai Shlishi in BOO history
P.S.: It's Sara's birthday on Wednesday-so make sure to wish her a happy birthday before Sukkot
Name: Michelle Rainbow (no "") Siegel
Majors: Keratin & Eponychium Engineer (nails)
Loves: Shopping (obviously) & Telling her roommate when she does not match
Hates: Going to sleep before packing before Shabbos
Quotes: "This is the sitch..;" "S.H. guys;" "Watch out for the popo;" "That's some pure, high, grade white snow flake."
Did You Know: Michelle's hair is naturally a 'fro, but she got it Japanized so that she would fit in better at Sushi Metsuyan (and fyi....the Teaneck SM is much better than the one in the Five Towns)
Check out: Michelle's cholent at Mishmars-Thursday nights at 10:20pm in the Beit Midrash (secret ingredients: soda-lots & lots of it, and a tablespoon of love)
P.S.: Michelle is the Queen of Toveling (so don't forget to bow before her), even if she hasn't upgraded her palm to a BB yet (for the time being, feel free to BBM Ruth, pin# to follow shortly)
Name: Jaclyn "Jackie, Yehudit Udia" Frankel (Direct descendant and pure blood relative of the Ba'al Shem Tov)
Majors: Manginah, Math & Econ, BJEP, HIC-burping
Loves: Announcing the wrong names of engaged BOO couples; Being an impish slothful roommate who locks herself out of her room; Tuna pizza, tuna soup; Dancing the "mashed potato"; Getting chased & bitten by dogs; Reminiscing about the BIG ole' days; "Yoshvim b'beit cafe"
Hates: Harmonizing, especially when done by singing snobs; When people don't steal her phone and keys at Sherman
Did You Know: Jaclyn's sister and Shira's brother dated before the two were friends!? Talk about a shidduch!
P.S.: Jaclyn is still missing her white shorts. If you have them or have seen people strutting around campus in them, please return them.
Check out: Jaclyn & the rest of Manginah, at about 7:30 pm on Thursday night on the Great Lawn, as one of the highlight performances of IsraelFest
Special thanks to all jr. & vice co-coordinators for contributing to this member profile.
Name: Jason "none of your bees" Rothwax
Hobbies: Going to Club Med, telling spicy stories from Club Med, hiding the fact that his parents were with him at Club Med
Loves: Leaving enough facial hair to be that rugged, mysterious guy on the other side of the mechitza, but clean cut enough to still be willing to take him home to Mom & Dad
10 Years From Now: 30 years old
Did You Know: Jason's trapeze act got him three callbacks for the Boston Cirque de Soleil? (Eventually he had to to turn it down after a career ending groin injury from Bemco....yeah...Bemco....)
Special thanks to Judah Druck for this magnificent profile.
And yes, that is the only picture of Jason on fb without his shirt off.
Name: Jeremy "The Other Twin" Elkins
For Fun: Pretends to be his brother
Worst Nightmare: Offering someone his hand only to find out that he himself is actually shomer
Majors: Psychology (only without actually signing up for any psych courses)
10 Years From Now: Still doing gymnastics
Biggest Insecurity: His Age-"Did I mention that I'm 20?"
Quote: "I really like old men."-Told you we would use that one.
Special thanks to Yoanna for this profile. She stalks freshmen boys.
Name: Jeremy "J-Hi, Air" Heyman
Favorite Foods: Cheese Puffs & Cereal
Worst Nightmare: Being in a room with a temperature above 50 degrees or Facebook being down temporarily
Known For: Innovative Facial Hair, Extreme Flexibility, the Quickest Chazarat Hashatz
For Fun: Upon meeting people, reciting back to them: their full name, place of birth, high school, SAT score, and the last five posts on their Facebook wall verbatim & Staying up until 3am ranking public high schools in random counties in Kentucky on the bases of questions skipped per every 2.78 AP tests taken.
10 Years From Now: President of Brandeis University
Quotes: "I punched it several times," "Get this man some milk, & "V'hu rachum."
