The Tournament’s success pivots on the tremendous effort of our volunteers supported by the Maimonides School Operations staff.
Tournament Organizing Committee
Ahron '76 and Sheera '76 Solomont, Phil Levy and E.B. Solomont '97 Co-Chairs
Rabbi Yaakov Green, Head of School
Rabbi Shimmy Trencher, Executive Director of Community Engagement
Rabbi Yaakov Jaffe, Dean of Judaic Studies Upper School, Director of Tanach, & Rav of Maimonides Kehillah
Rabbi Dov Huff '00, Middle/Upper School Judaic Studies Principal
Hal Borkow, Athletic Director
Risa Gewurz
Special thanks TO the administration and staff of Maimonides School AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS
Merv Alge, Director of Operations
Ben Alvarado
Wallace De Oliveira
Elka Tovah Davidoff, Executive Assistant to Head of School
Fadumah Siyah Hassan
Deborah Leschinsky, Director of Technology
Francoise Maxime
Rosie Pofcher-Development Associate
Ellen Pulda, Middle School/Upper School Executive Assistant
Clinton Ray
Ellie Riesel, Student Life Team
Mike Rosenberg
Chitra Sharma-Chief Financial Officer
Dana Solomon -Director of Development
THANKS TO MAIMONIDES FELLOWS
Leah Baron, Harvard University
Shlomi Helfgot, Yale University
Nadav Heller, Yeshiva University
Sydney Hoffman,Yeshiva University
Ben Marcus, Brown University
Brooke Verschleiser, Brown University
THANKS TO TOURNAMENT VOLUNTEERS
Lishi Baker
Brad Baskir '10
Neal Beberman
Julie Feder
Mark Frankel ‘21
Zev Gewurz
Aaron Greenberg
Adam Grossman
Ithamar Jotkowitz & Tova Katz- Jotkowitz ‘01
Steph Mishkin
Alissa Muzin
Bill Rosenberg
Ari & Ruth Schwartz
Rebecca Singer
Aleeza Solomont '17
Yakira Solomont '19
Joseph Solomont ‘14
Brachie Sprung
Amiel & Jen Weinstock
THANKS TO STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
Alon Baker '24
Ephraim Fischer ‘24
Ariel Freedman ‘24
Raanan Gewurz '24
Oren Spira ‘24
Roee Weglein '24
Nathan Weinstock '24
MANY THANKS TO OUR HOST FAMILIES
Abbott
Baker
M. Blechner
Z. Blechner
Calm
Epstein
Feder
Gewurz
Gyenes
Y. Jaffe
N. Katz
Lawrence
B. Levine
Levisohn
Mishkin
Missaghi
Neusner
Rosenberg
Sanders
Solomont
Szalat
Taieb
Weinstock
Wertheimer
“Volunteers are love in motion!” – Author Unknown