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Alumni Spotlight: Ali Janower ’18
What have you been up to since graduating Rashi? I attended Noble and Greenough School for high school and adored it. I loved applying what I learned from Mike Finke at Rashi about building elaborate sets in technical theater, running cross country, participating in a...
Alumni Spotlight – Alyssa Gondelman Class of 2022
What have you been up to since graduating Rashi? Since graduation I have started to attend Needham High. I have come back to Rashi to volunteer in the Drama program, where I have helped produce the play “A Wrinkle in Time”. What was your favorite class at...
Alumni Spotlight – Leah Koritz ‘18
What have you been up to since graduating Rashi? After graduating from Rashi, I attended Gann Academy. I just graduated in June. Currently, I’m in Massachusetts recovering from a concussion. As soon as my head is better, I will be leaving for Israel, where I will be...
Faculty Spotlight – Keith Civin, Middle School Social Studies Teacher
In your 20 years of working here, what are some things that are new and what are some things that are the same? I guess I will start my answer to this question with thinking about things that are the same, which believe it or not, are many. The first thing that has...
Alumni Spotlight – Ben Scharfstein ’08
So Ben, tell us more about yourself... What have you been up to since graduating Rashi? About a year ago I quit my job at Google to start a company -- we're building a social video chat to help bring people together and have fun. I've connected with many of my Rashi...
Keith Civin: Building Connections, Building Trust with Students
When did you start at Rashi? I started in 2002. Over the years I have taught all grades from 5th to 8th. I originally taught 5th and 8th grade. I probably taught 5th grade for 3 or 4 years, along with one of the Middle School grades, and I've been in the Middle School...
Faculty Spotlight – Bonny Parlee Goldberg, Theater Director
In your 23 years of working here, what are some things that are new and what are some things that are the same? I first started working at Rashi in the Fall of 1999. I was hired as an “Artist in Residence” to come in and teach some basic theater and run drama games as...
Faculty Spotlight – Joni Fishman, Middle School Dean of Students
In your 24 years of working here, what are some things that are new at Rashi and what are some things that are the same? How blessed and honored that I have been to work at Rashi since 1997 when my son joined the class of 1999. It was not long before our family felt...
Rashi Alumni Leading the Way in the Midst of COVID-19
The Spring of 2020 has been an unprecedented time, with social distancing, school and business closures, and sadly many losses as a result of coronavirus and COVID-19. In this time of upheaval and suffering, it would be understandable to turn inwards. But that's not...