Mitzpeh Matchmaker: Danielle Galitzer and Ben Yehuda
By Yakira Cohen
Features editor
@CohenYakira
On Sunday afternoon, senior special education major Danielle Galitzer walked into Dunkin’ sporting a hat and sunglasses. Following the instructions on a cryptic email she received last week, she sat down at a table and waited: half-blind from the getup and fully blind about the events that would ...
Mitzpeh Matchmaker: Josh Ashkenazy and Yael Hamburger
By Grace Mottley
Features editor
@gracemott17
Junior psychology major Josh Ashkenazy and freshman letters and sciences student Yael Hamburger met on Oct. 27 at the Stamp Student Union to grab a cup of coffee and chat. While both had almost no expectations for what their blind date would entail, both ended up happy with the ...
Mitzpeh Matchmaker: Kayla Kaplan and Benjamin Douek
By Amanda Engel
Features editor
@acdrazen
Benjamin Douek is a junior history major from Potomac, Maryland. He said he signed up for Mitzpeh Matchmaker "to be in the Mitzpeh and to get free things." Kayla Kaplan is a senior hearing and speech sciences major and plans to attend graduate school at this university in the fall. She ...
Mitzpeh Matchmaker: Hannah Warshawsky and Sam Koralnik
By Savannah Williams
Copy editor
@SavannahUMD
There’s probably not a more pleasant surprise than to see a friend when you least expect it. Such was the case for Hannah Warshawsky, a junior animal science major who works at the farm and likes to play intramural soccer and flag football, and president of the Terps for Israel ...
Mitzpeh Matchmaker: Talia Hoch and Jonathan Reizes
By Jacqueline Hyman
@jacqbh58
Editor-in-chief
Just before the season of upcoming holidays, senior government and politics major Jonathan Reizes and junior community and behavioral health major Talia Hoch met up at the Stamp Student Union for their blind date. Although they met at the art gallery, they decided to have lunch at ...
Mitzpeh Matchmaker: Yoni Ross & Laurie Hunt
By Jacob Schaperow, editor-in-chief, @jschap1
Yoni Ross is a freshman enrolled in letters and sciences, but this is his fourth year out of high school since doing a year abroad in Israel, studying at University of Pittsburgh for a year and spending a year working. Laurie Hunt studies nursing, and is graduating in 2016.
So what did you ...
Mitzpeh Matchmaker: Shira Movsas & Jacob Sloyer
By Michele Amira, staff writer, @nicejewishswag
I scream. You scream. Mitzpeh Matchmaker screams for ice cream.
That’s why this month’s Mitzpeh Matchmaker blind date couple, freshman biology major Shira Movsas and junior marketing and information systems double major Jacob Sloyer, met up at Coldstone Creamery for ice cream.
How ...
Valentine’s Day Matchmaker couple takes NuVegan Cafe
By Michele Amira, staff writer, @nicejewishswag
Although every day should be all about ahava (Hebrew for love), there is only one weekend ALL about ahava. So, what better time is there to go on a date than Valentine’s Day? Hailey Siller and Craig Wasserman went on their blind date the weekend of Valentine’s Day and tried out the new ...
Mitzpeh Matchmaker: Andrew Podob and Tova Rosenthal
Year/ Major:
Andrew Podob: Senior/government and politics
Tova Rosenthal: Freshman/psychology
Describe how you were feeling before the date:
Andrew: I wouldn’t say I was nervous, but I was obviously unsure who I was going to meet. I had a fear that I was going to already know the person. But I hadn’t even seen her at ...
Mitzpeh Matchmaker: Zev Klein and Naomi Lieberman
Describe how you were feeling before the date.
Z: I was super excited and a little nervous. Originally, we were going to meet for a tango lesson, which made me pretty panicky. I practiced dancing in my room with the help of YouTube and a broom. Luckily, the dancing didn’t work out in the end.
N: I was really excited and nervous beforehand. ...
