This spring, several AARC families are celebrating graduations from institutions of higher learning. The graduates are a diverse and fascinating group! Mazel tov to the graduates and families on these milestones.
Molly Kraus-Steinmetz graduated from Grinnell College with a major in Sociology. After spending the summer at home working with the Interfaith Committee for Peace and Justice (ICPJ), in August she will start a year-long fellowship with Avodah Service Corps in Chicago. Avodah is a Jewish leadership and social justice training organization. Molly will be an organizer with Jane Addams Senior Caucus, working on housing issues.
Molly is fundraising $1500 to support Avodah. You can donate at this link and read more about her plans.“The forces that we’re all up against—civil and human rights violations, abuses of power, destruction of the earth, exploitation, and discrimination—are massive, and the way to fight them isn’t to stand alone. It’s through collective action. Through filling the offices of people in power with determined protesters. Through listening to people, truly hearing their fears and struggles, and helping them find a way to express them as part of a powerful chorus of voices. Through organizing. And now that I’ve finished my sociology degree, Avodah has brought me the opportunity to do all of those things at Jane Addams Senior Caucus.”
Gregory Saltzman and Audrey Newell had a double simcha with two of their sons graduating this year.
Daniel Saltzman graduated in May from West Point and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. After four months of training in Missouri as a chemical officer, he will be stationed in South Korea. Before going to West Point, Daniel served as an Army medic in Afghanistan.
Jonathan Saltzman graduated in May from Swarthmore College. He will begin work in July as an investment analyst for the William Penn Foundation, a charitable foundation in Philadelphia. Jonathan will be part of a team of six who oversee the outside investment companies that manage the Foundation’s $2.4 billion endowment.
Sarah Kurz, Dina and Keith Kurz’ daughter, graduated with distinction from the University of Michigan School of Medicine. She will be returning to her undergraduate alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, to complete a residency in Internal Medicine. Her parents will miss the proximity they had with her during her medical school years and are so proud of her many accomplishments, honors and awards.
