Get to know...Bob Rabinoff
Born: New York City on Rosh Chodesh Kislev 5709
Married: in New York in my parents' apartment on 12-23-1973. I had just returned from Transcendental Meditation Teacher Training, and my mother A"H was ill with what turned out to be terminal colon cancer, so it was a very small affair - 14 people including us.
We immediately headed to Oregon to meet her family, then back to Tucson where I finished my PhD in 1975.
We divorced in 1989. I was with my friend Marie after that, and was her primary caregiver once she became bedridden (chronic-progressive MS) until she died in 2014.
Children:
Joseph - born 2-21-81. He and wife Kirsten are Math professors at Duke, and parents of Theo, 4, Alma, 2, and as-yet-unnamed girl due 3-1-2021 IY"H.
Daniel - born 4-23-1984. He is working as a data analyst for a large furniture company in Winnipeg. He ha a PhD in philosophy from U of Toronto. Wife Elena is finishing her PhD in Philosophy.
Eve - born 4-23-1984, also has PhD in Philosophy from Boston College, works as volunteer coordinator for CASA of Madison and Clark Counties, KY. Partner Eric is Assoc Prof of Philosophy at U of KY.
Shoshanah - born 4-23-1984, is a nurse working Labor and Delivery in Palo Alto. Husband Erik is a Major, USMC Reserves and is finishing a PsyD. Parents of Nathaniel, 8 and Thea, 6.
Member of ASKT since: Feb 2017
ASKT roles/committees: Currently co-Treasurer with David Hallerman and a member of the Executive Committee.
Hobbies: mostly trying to catch up on all the reading I've had piled up for some time.
Professions: I was trained as a Physicist and taught physics at Maharishi International University for 9 years, until the triplets were born in 1984. After that I mostly wrote custom software for the financial services and telecom industries. I did that until Marie died in 2014, then got recertification to teach TM. After attempting, unsuccessfully, to move to Winnipeg to teach with my kids' mom, it was decided that I move to Milwaukee. ASKT was a main reason for my relocation here.
My students used to say "learning from Bob is like trying to take a drink from a fire hydrant." Now you know why.
Get to know...Phyllis Lensky
Born: in Milwaukee 5/17/1936
Married: Harry Lensky, o’bm Year: 1959 What city?: Milwaukee
Children: Roberta Newman, who lives in Toronto
Mark (Melech) , a rabbi who is a Chaplain at Froedtert Hospital
Member of ASKT since: 2010
ASKT Roles/Committees: Served on a variety of committees, most recently Education. Originated and implemented the first synagogue annual calendar. Member of the Board of ASKT.
Hobbies: Love to read and learn. Participate in adult education classes both secular and religious. Member of a writing group for many years and have developed many memoir pieces.
Professions: Trained as an Occupational Therapist and practiced for several years. Spent 10 years at UWM School of Nursing as a program developer and facilitator for nursing continuing education courses,seminars, short courses and conferences in co-ordination with the School of Nursing faculty.
Phyllis called me (Rabbi Kalmar) to add this to her ASKT interview: "Rabbi, I feel just terrible – I forgot one of the most important things about ASKT in terms of sense of the community – 5 years ago when I was so ill: they were just Johnny on the spot when I came home from the hospital. People brought meals, they took me to doctor’s appointments, they stopped in to visit. I was overwhelmed by the assistance and the caring that was demonstrated during that time. ASKT is what I call a caring community. And that’s something I really wanted to get across. There were so many things going through my head that I wanted to say and I forgot one of the most important ones."
"Get to know...the Pullins"
Born in:
· Inna: Minsk, USSR
· Eric: New York
Married in (city): Skokie What year?: 1997
Children:
· Avi, age 18. Graduated Ida Crown Jewish Academy. Currently at Yeshivat Torah V’Avodah, Jerusalem.
· Adina, age 16. Junior at Torah Academy of Milwaukee
· Ariella, age 13. 7th grade at Bader Hillel Academy
Member of ASKT since: Shavuot 1998
ASKT roles/committees:
· Inna: variously board secretary and exec board member and miscellaneous volunteer at large
· Eric: previous vice president and miscellaneous volunteer
Hobbies:
· Inna: reading, cooking
· Eric: reading, cigars
Professions:
· Inna: Attorney
· Eric: Professor, Carthage College; social studies teacher, Torah Academy of Milwaukee, lecturer, Teaching American History, Ashbrook Center.
"Get to know...the Kleimans"
Born in:
- Mara: Milwaukee (Mt. Sinai Hospital)
- Matt: Lake Charles, LA, grew up in St. Louis
2 Sons, 1 Dog:
- Rafi: Age 2
- Ari: Age 1
- Elle: the Doodle
- Mara: Board Secretary, Young Children's Programming, Women's Rosh Chodesh Tehillim Group, Charidy Fundraiser
- Matt: general volunteer
- Mara: Singing, Guitar, Walking in Nature, Being with Friends
- Matt: fishing, baseball, Badger athletics, cooking, outdoors,
- Mara: Jewish Studies Teacher, Hebrew Teacher, Bnai Mitzvah Tutor, Jewish Music/Ruach Facilitator
- Matt: licensed attorney and securities broker, manage Wisconsin and St. Louis Israel Bonds campaigns
"Get to know....the Glasers"
Born in:
- Peggi: Glen Oaks (Queens), New York
- Bruce: Milwaukee (St. Joseph Hospital)
Three daughters:
- Aliza, living in Johannesburg, South Africa, with her husband Hillel and three sons: Simcha, Avi, and Yisroel Meir
- Rebecca, living in Boca Raton, FL with her husband Dan and two sons, Jay and Caleb
- Jessica, living in Glendale, WI with her husband Alex and two daughters, Ariella and Noa
- Peggi: Board Secretary, Board member, annual event chair multiple times, Mishloach Manot co-chair for about 15 years, planning holiday activities, hospitality committee chair, newsletter editor, and various other committees and roles
- Bruce: President, vice president many many years, Budget & Finance committee chair, fundraising chair for annual event, photographer and organizer of photo archives, various other committees and roles
- Peggi: bicycling, reading, travel, knitting
- Bruce: bicycling, travel, reading, eating
- Peggi: reading teacher, advertising director
- Bruce: CPA, lawyer, business owner, business adviser, real estate investor