Mazel Tovs!!

Dear friends,
Welcome to our newly minted Simcha page. We are always looking for new and better ways to keep the ever growing Chabad family together. Please help us out; the success of this page is entirely up to you. Send the best quality pictures you have and pertinent information to rabbiyitz@chabadofbinghamton.com.
For now, we are starting with four categories:
1. Engagements
2. Weddings - Send us one of the bride (kallah) and groom (chattan) and a group shot of the Binghamton contingent if you have one.
3. Births
4. Miscellaneous - This includes graduation for professional school, Brit, Simchat Bat, Pidyon Haben, Upsherin, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, or any other simcha you are celebrating.
Please make sure to include the names of bride/groom/baby (and name of parents), year of graduation from Binghamton and date of Simcha. You may include other information which we reserve the right to edit. Yes, we will accept "back" simchas. Send them on!
May we only celebrate Simchas!

2002 Simchas

2003 Simchas


January 2, 2004 Amit ('02) and Devorah Golan announce the birth of their first-born son, Avraham Eliyahu.
MARCH 2004 UPDATES Liba (Jill Zerowin '94) and Rob, Yaakov Kadar announce the birth of their daughter Hadassah Bracha on March 12, 2004 , corresponding to Adar 19. Hadassah Bracha was welcomed home by her older siblings Temmy, Binyomin and Yitzie. Diana (Epel '95) and Aaron Bloom announce the birth of their twins Eliana Ita Rosa and Gil Israel on March 4, 2004.	MARCH 2004 UPDATES Nina Schwartz ('99) and Adam Kantrowitz announce their engagement; a June 13, 2004 wedding is planned. They will make their home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Michael Weltz ('00) announces his engagement to Janine Kaplan of London, England; a summer 2004 wedding is planned. Micheal operates the Park East Grill restaurant on the Upper East Side of Manhattan; Janine works in the fashion industry. They plan to make their home in NYC. Darrin Peller ('00) announces his engagement to Jessica Rachel Isaacson; a June 26, 2005 wedding is planned. Darrin is pursuing his MBA at Georgetown University; Jessica is a Speech Pathologist. They plan to make their home in the NY/NJ area. Allison Weinstein ('01) announces her engagement to Isaac Krieger; a June 2004 wedding is planned. Allison is pursuing her Masters in Art History at JTS while attending NYU for a degree in Museum studies. Isaac graduated Columbia University with a degree in Computer Engineering. They will make their home in Kew Gardens.	MARCH 2004 UPDATES Lisa Wolk ('95) announces her marriage to Stu Stein, August 24, 2003. Stu teaches High School; Lisa is a social worker doing program planning for Young Judea in NYC. They live in Farmingdale, NY.
October 2004 Update Avraham and Yutty Polinger announce the birth of their daughter, Esther Leah, on Adar 2, February 24, 2004. Judy (Benzel) and Netanel Mazor announce the birth of their daughter, Sara, on March 28, 2004. Marty and Chanie Bender announce the birth of their daughter, Miriam Ruth, July 21, 2004 Dina (Fine) and Michael Bank and big brother Taylor announce the birth of Robin Samantha, Rivkah Sarah, on June 26, 2004 Gary and Felicia Nachman announce the birth of their daughter, Maya Rae, Rut Maya, May 17, 2004 Glenn and Heidi Zuckerman announce the birth of their son, Ethan Jack, Aaron Shmuel, on May 2, 2004 Rikki (Gelfarb) and Mark Holtzman announce the birth of their son, Levi Shalom, on May 12, 2004 Rachel Weintraub and Scott Reiter announce the birth of their son, Ezra Aaron, on May 26, 2004. Ezra was born on the first night of Shavuot and appropriately weighed in at 6lbs, 13 ozs. Really! Shane (Green) and Stu Kessler announce the birth of their son, Elijah Michael, Azariah Moshe, on August 4, 2004 (Stein) Weisman announce the birth of their twin son (unnamed as of press date) and daughter, Adi Meira, on July 20, 2004. The Weismans make their home in the town of Efrat in Israel Gadi and Shira Goldress announce the birth of their daughter, Yaira Liba, June 26,2004, Tammuz 7, 5764. She is the sister of big brother Aryeh Chanan. Gadi is a Financial Product Manager for Bloomberg LP. Shira is an Assistant Controller for Avenue Capital Management. They both work in Manhattan. The Goldress mishpacha resides in West Hempstead, NY Caroline (Schanzer) and David Kinzelberg announce the birth of their son, Alec Matan, March 3, 2004 Jeff and Diane Rosenberg announce the birth of their son, Andrew David, Shlomo Dovid, on June 21, 2004 Tracy (Newhouse) and Dovie Spitz announce the birth of their daughter, Baile Ella, Getzel Sarah, July 20, 2004 Amir and Michelle Goldstein announce the birth of their daughter, Dalia Bracha, June 14, 2004 Michele (Levy) and Brian Major announce the birth of their daughter, Chaviva Shira, on May 18, 2004. Big Sister Tzivia was happy to welcome her home Joshua and Julie Rosenfeld announce the birth of their son, Caleb Louis, Koby Lior, on August 5, 2004 Andrew and Chana Maya (Ritter) Sidi announce the birth of their daughter, Chava Rochel	October 2004 Update Beth Applebome announces her engagement to Avi Cohen; a November 21, 2004 marriage is planned. Beth is an assistant editor at Fairchild Publications and Avi is a corporate lawyer with a Manhattan firm. Beth (Tova Hadassah) Alexander announces her engagement to Yoel Robinson; a June 9, 2004 wedding is planned. They hope to make their home in Yerushalayim. Marave Silber announces her engagement to Avi Herbstman; a June 6 wedding is planned. They plan to make their home in Morristown, NJ. Eytan Fisch announces his engagement to Heather Diamond; a September 12, 2004 wedding is planned. They plan to make their home in New York City Amy Binstock announces her engagement to Nathan Kodsi; an April 10, 2005 wedding is planned. They will make their home in the New York area Eric Zegerman announces his engagement to Melissa Goldsman ’02; a November 2004 wedding is planned. Eric is working for WellCare and is pursuing a career in Speech Therapy. Melissa is working for Ohel and pursuing a career in Social Work. They plan to make their home in Queens, NY Aliza Nelson and Kennie Weiss announce their engagement; a January 2005 wedding is planned.