Mazal Tov to Ilana (Nattel, MMY 5761-5762) and Rabbi Yehuda Turetsky on the birth of a baby girl. Mazal Tov to Ariela Adler (MMY 5762) on her engagement to Yehuda Brum. Mazal Tov to Judy (Horn, MMY 5758-5759) Goldgrab and family on their recent aliyah. Mazal Tov to Zehava Bloomberg (MMY 5765-5766) on her recent Aliyah. Mazal Tov to Rachel (Zoldan, MMY 5762) and David Krup on the birth of a baby girl, Sorah Leora. Mazal Tov to Devorah Esrig (MMY 5769-5770) on her engagement to Yair Reiner. Mazal Tov to Lauren Apfel (MMY 5768) on her engagement to Ari Pruzansky. Mazal Tov to Anna Engel (MMY 5767) on her engagement to Rami Glatt. Mazal Tov to Sara Schildkraut (MMY 5769) on her engagement to Joshua Maltzman. Mazal Tov to Aviva Farkas (MMY 5767-5768) on her engagement to Alex Flyax. Mazal Tov to Karen (Dublon, MMY 5757) and Dr. Carl Hochhauser on the birth of their daughter Penina Bat-Tzion. Mazal Tov to Cheryl Kreitman (MMY 5768) on her engagement to Marc Zeffren. Mazal Tov to Deborah (Abraham, MMY 5762) and Yosef Saltzman on the birth of a baby boy. Mazal Tov to Liz Rubin (MMY 5767) on her engagement to Aryeh Ribak. Mazal Tov to Miriam Malka (Holtz, MMY 5761) and Shalom Craimer on the birth of their son Ariel Baruch. Mazal Tov to Michal Jacob (MMY 5770) on her engagement to Baruch Abittan. Mazal Tov to Sally (Abraham, MMY 5764-5765 and current faculty) and Tzvi Broker on the birth of their son. Mazal Tov to Rena Bernstein (MMY 5767) on her engagement to Yoni Levy. Mazal Tov to Mrs. Yael (Dubitsky, MMY 5757-5758 and current faculty) and Rabbi Eliyahu Wexler on the birth of their daughter Avigayil Temima. Mazal Tov to Mrs. Mali Brofsky on earning her MSW degree. Mazal Tov to Sarah (Abramowitz, MMY 5761) and Meir Raskas on the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter Elana. Mazal Tov to Tali Medoff (MMY 5765) on her engagement to Aaron Simon. Mazal Tov to Gila Schneider (MMY 5768) on her engagement to Yaakov Miller. Mazal Tov to Aliza Rabinovich (MMY 5767) on her engagement to Chesky Gewirtz. Mazal Tov to Rebecca Katz (MMY 5766) on her marriage to Noam Block. Mazal Tov to Chava Chaitovsky (MMY 5765-5766) on her engagement to Zev Lerner. Mazal Tov to Joelle (Kirchik, MMY 5760) and Stephen Nelson on the birth of their twin son and daughter. Mazal Tov to Miriam Escott (MMY 5768) on her engagement to Mully Fein. Mazal Tov to Tamar Horowitz (MMY 5764-5765) on her engagement to JZ Spier. Mazal Tov to Michal Forman (MMY 5765) on her engagement to Donny Lipschitz. Mazal Tov to Aliza Kranzler (MMY 5768) on her engagement to Shloimie Zeffren. Mazal Tov Shana Pachino (MMY 5767) on her engagement to Moshe Rapps Mazal Tov to Ariella Levenbrown (MMY 5767) on her engagement to Josh Kravitz. Mazal Tov to Rabbi Eliezer and Mrs. Sharon Lerner on the birth of their grandaughter. Mazal Tov to Rabbi Shimon and Mrs. Sharon Isaacson on the birth of their grandson. Mazal Tov to Tali (Silber, MMY 5762) and Gavi Hoffman on the birth of their daughter Sara Leah Eliana (Suri). Mazal Tov to Lea (Zuckerman, MMY 5760) and Yakir Schechter on the birth of their daughter Penina Ahuva. Mazal Tov to Nechama Twersky (MMY 5767) on her engagement to Alex Greenberg. Mazal Tov to Shana Portnoy (MMY 5765) on her engagement to Yitzy Klein. Mazal Tov to Yael Ausubel (MMY 5768) on her engagement to Daniel Strauchler. Mazal Tov to Dina Feldstein (MMY 5767) on her engagement to Michael Selinger. Mazal Tov to Leora Feigenbaum (MMY 5768) on her engagement to Adam Frohlinger. Mazal Tov to Adina Maik (MMY 5766) on her engagement to Shlomo Sokol. Mazal Tov to Shani Borgenicht (MMY 5764) on her engagement to Dov Labi. Mazal Tov to Rabbi and Mrs. Eliezer Lerner on the birth of a grandson. Mazal Tov to Aliza Glass (MMY 5766-5767) on her engagement to Rael Blumenthal. Mazal Tov to Rachael (Arons, MMY 5761) and Asher Gelman on the birth of their son Emmett Bertram. 
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British Talmidot Return to Bet Midrash
Welcome to MMY 5771!
We arrived on Monday evening, and after a few hours of unpacking and settling in, we enjoyed a pizza dinner, heard a very short welcoming shiur and went to the Kotel for the first time as a group, where Rabbi Haber and Rabbi Katz spoke to the girls. Tuesday and Wednesday morning were devoted to orientation sessions, and on Wednesday afternoon we had an amazing tiyul including a hike through the forest, a short "mini-shiur" from a beautiful lookout point on the historic Tel Azeka (we saw where the battle between David and Goliat took place, and learned that perek right on location), and from there to a beautiful beach near Ashdod. The beach was amazing! We ate a picnic dinner, played some really fun icebreaker games to get to know each other, and some of us went in the water. We ended the day with a kumzitz as the sun was setting over the water. And on Thursday morning we began our regular classes and started preparing for our first in-Shabbat! It's going to be a great year.... New "Tochnit Shiluv" Option
This full-year program involves two mornings each week of Sherut Leumi (National Service) volunteering under the auspices of the Aguda L'hitnadvut - the oldest and largest organization in charge of coordinating Sherut Leumi for religious girls. The rest of the week they will learn in MMY as full members of the regular Shana Bet program. During the second semester, the Shiluv girls will also take a part-time Ulpan to improve their Hebrew skills. The program, which will begin as a pilot project this fall with a small group of students, is an especially attractive option for students who want to remain in Israel and attend university afterwards. It will give them the opportunity to improve their Hebrew substantially and begin to integrate into Israeli society and culture, while continuing to learn and grow in the comfortable environment of MMY.
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This year we have a number of Talmidot from previous years who have returned to MMY to learn during Elul. Many of these talmidot are from the UK. Universities in England start at the end of September, so many British MMY girls have taken advantage of their time off to come back to Israel to learn. Because Elul is early this year, they are able to spend nearly a month in the Bet Midrash! They are living in the building as well, in Dira 10. These returning students have been attending some shiurim with the Shana Aleph girls, and some with Shana Bet, and spending lots of time learning on their own b’chevruta as well. “It feels like home,” Dalia Coleman (MMY, 5770) said of her return to MMY. We are very proud of our talmidot who are so eager to learn during their time off and happily welcome them, and all other alumnae, back home to the walls of our Bet Midrash! 
It's been a very intense week.
MMY is pleased to announce the formation of a new and exciting option for Shana Bet students. Tochnit Shiluv will create an opportunity to spend a second year learning in MMY while also taking major steps towards "Shiluv" - integration into Israeli society.