Dana Shepard (Treister)

THANKS Joe!  I'm strictly a ballet dancer myself, but love this, and have forwarded to some tap-dancer-dog-parent-friends.

Adding my best wishes to my classmates for a weekend of Passover/Easter/Ramadan joy~

Alaina Weisman (Zachary)

I was a Dave Morgenstern protégée!  And when I moved to NYC, I studied with great Jerry Ames and sure enough I got cast as Mona Kent in Dames at Sea and had to tap.  Now, a million years later, I will still sneak a waltz clog or time step or even just a shuffle step into my theatre roles if I can.  Most recently Moon Over Buffalo.

Joseph G Blake

Now when we have the 60th reunion in two years, can we expect to see a few tap dancing classmates moving around the floor or around their canes?

Jonathan D Kent

Joseph Blake:  Nice image regarding the 60th reunion.  You forgot to mention striped jackets and straw boater hats.

Martin Scharf

Hi guys. I dint know if you remember my twin brother, Norman, who passed last month from covid. He was in soecial ed as he was mentally challenged ( retarded). He lived with me these last 40 yrs , first in cinci for 20 yrs, then in michigan. 

Howard Reid Bell

Marty, sorry for your loss. Although I'm sure you had your ups & downs, I'm also sure you were a good empathic brother-helper. 
Best Regards

Betsy Dennis (Frank)

Marty, I am so sorry. May his memory be for a blessing. Betsy

James Reese

Brenda Siegel (Cohen)

Marty, I remember you and your brother very well.  May his memory be a blessing and may you be rewarded for the way you took care of him.

Cheryl Kushner (Lane)

Marty, I remember you so well!  You were always happy and such a mensch. May your brother's memory be for a blessing.

Cheryl Kushner Lane

Evie Fertman (Braman)

Recently, I saw an obit for Miss Hill, one of the girls' gym teachers.  She had lived in Wisconsin for a very long time, I think that she was from there originally, and she died at the age of 91.  The was a nice lady, always encouraging and never criticizing!

Beverly Parries (Rideout)

I saw a mention on Facebook today in the Shaker H.S. Alumni Business Networking group that our classmate Sharon (Raymond) Leosh passed on May 9th. I don't remember her, but I'm sure some of you did.

Cheryl Kushner (Lane)

I read in the Cleveland Jewish Jewish News that Susan Diener died May 4, 2022, at JGS Lifecare in Longmeadow, Mass.  I thought others in our class would want to know.

Cheryl Kushner (Lane)

Sorry I couldn't be there to see you. Tom Young, this is your choir buddy, Cheryl Kushner Lane.  I am thrilled that you were named to the Hall of Fame. We had such a good time together back then.  I helped nominate you.

William L Kahrl

Classmates of 1964: I have been slow in reporting the very happy news that Thomas Young was inducted into the Shaker Heights High School Hall of Fame at a formal ceremony at the Shaker Heights Country Club May 20. My sincerest thanks to the Shaker Schools Foundation and to the many members of our class who joined in supporting his nomination. Kathleen and I had our plans in order to meet Thomas and his wife, Susan Eichorn Young, in Cleveland that weekend. But when we got to the airport in Sacramento we were told our flight had been cancelled. Then, as the hours passed and more and more flights were cancelled or delayed, it became obvious we could not get to Shaker in time for the induction ceremony.

On Monday, May 22, the high school held an all-school assembly to honor all of this year's inductees. You can see a recording of the entire assembly at https://bit.ly/3myIlAg. Thomas' presentation appears at the beginning but I think you'll find the event as a whole to be very gratifying and inspiring. 

Again, many thanks to everyone who supported this effort. And if any of you attended the induction ceremony on Saturday night and took photos, I would love to see them. You can reach me at williamkahrl5@gmail.com.

Neil T Glazer

I reassured Craig Miller that recovery from open heart surgery can initially be slow but within a month or two it will be easier to take walks, sleep, and feel so much better. I had open heart surgery too  and my aortic valve replaced with a (moo) bovine valve and my tricuspid valve fixed. Running 12 full marathons plus 2 triathlons couldn't change my DNA and my father passed on to me the inevitable. Within one year post surgery even the long scar was a fading memory. The only downside of having a cow valve is the overwhelming urge to "graze" when I drive past a golf course or grassy lawn. 

Support from family and friends was the "best medicine " for a quick recovery, notes and phone calls helped considerably. So Craig, be of  "stout heart ". 

Craig Miller

Shout out to Neil and all the others who have given me encouragement. But a special thank you to the cardiac teams at the Cleveland VA. They were top notch, working with speed, skill and 100% professionalism. They also coordinate with Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals to assemble great surgical teams. Not to mention post-op nursing care. I even had personal nursing care provided by the VA. Celina Finch rode shot-gun on my recovery. She kept me honest and on schedule and never turned a deaf ear to any of my concerns.

And what can I say about a daughter who jumped on a plane and flew 4,000 miles from Sweden to be with me for every part of the process. Start to finish. That is family! I treated Cecilia to Lake Erie walleye, perch, and other goodies not available in Sweden. She brought along Swedish chocolate.

I don't recommend open heart surgery to gather family and friends together. There are other, less intrusive ways. But, for Heavens sake, just do it!

I still would like to know if my cow heart valve is from an Angus, Holstein, Jersey or some other breed. I sure hope it doesn't screw up my Ancestry.com.

Love to all,

(:raig

Alaina Weisman (Zachary)

It's wonderful to hear good news for a change; be it cardiac or musical, so YAY!  I'm happy to report that having turned to studying comedy writing at the start of the pandemic, I am now in a writer's room of an LA live sketch show called This Week This Week and at the ripe old age of 75, TONIGHT my first sketch will be performed. It's called Underground and it's about Ivanka and Jared having to go into witness protection.

Cheryl Kushner (Lane)

That's great!

Alaina Weisman (Zachary)

Cheryl Kushner Lane, so much to be grateful for, starting with we're still here. Xoxoxoxoxo

Judi Bachman (Holtze)

Would love to see your sketch....cant daddy be sent somewhere????  Like on one of elson musks rockets,

Betsy Dennis (Frank)

Alaina, you never cease to amaze me!

Alaina Weisman (Zachary)

Here's the sketch!

Ivanka and Jared Go Underground by Alaina Warren Zachary - 6-14-22
Ivanka, Jared, Gov’t. Transition Coach
Ivanka and Jared in a nondescript room. A Government Transition Coach holds a check list. Two suitcases sit nearby.
JARED
Couldn’t we do Witness Protection
in Belize or Gstaad or Tel Aviv?
GTC
It’s a Democratic Administration
now. We can only afford to protect you from Code Name T Rex on domestic shores.
JARED
You had to go and piss him off and
now he’s gunning - pun intended - for you.
GTC
We’re on the government’s dime here
folks. You’ve been given new identities and I will be coaching you through your transition.
IVANKA
Does this involve facial
reconstruction, because I only use Terry and Paul.
GTC
From now on you age.
Ivanka screams.
GTC CONT’D
And you carry your own It-Aint-
Vuitton luggage. Jared screams.
IVANKA
So I don’t have to be Jewish
anymore?
JARED
My zayde Joseph is spinning in his
consecrated plot at Sherman’s Memorial in Flatbush.

 IVANKA
My Aryan grandfather Fred is doing
the happy dance at Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery and, BTW, his middle name was Christ. Frederick Christ Trump.
JARED Do not go there.
GTC
Before we take you to your new
hidden location, you’ll need survival training. I’ve enrolled you in classes.
JARED
I went to Harvard.
IVANKA
I went to Wharton.
GTC
Here’s your schedule.
GTC hands them a paper.
IVANKA
How to operate a shopping cart.
JARED
How to wait on a line.
IVANKA
How to find your wardrobe at the
Salvation Army Thrift Store. Jared screams.
GTC
How to throw a pot luck supper
where someone will bring spray cheese.
Ivanka screams.
GTC CONT’D
We have found you jobs in the
hospitality sector. You are familiar with traveling and accommodations.
2.

 IVANKA
Finally, a language I speak.
GTC
Please don’t scream again. Pick up
your suitcases and let’s go. Ivanka and Jared look around for help.
GTC CONT’D
Your new identities are Ivy and
Jerry and you manage a motel. Their faces freeze in a Munch-like scream.
DISSOLVE TO: Ivanka stands behind a desk with an old dial telephone. They
wear wigs.
The phone rings. Jared sprays it with disinfectant. Ivanka picks it up.
IVANKA
Welcome to Ivy and Jerry’s Rosebud
muh - muh - muh.
JARED Say it.
She covers mouthpiece.
IVANKA I can’t say it.
JARED
Say it. Say it! It’s hotel with an
M. Motel. Say it. She uncovers mouthpiece.
IVANKA
Welcome to Ivy and Jerry’s Rosebud
muh - muh - hotel with an M..... Now under new management. BLACKOUT

James Reese

Alaina Weisman (Zachary)

Thanks James! I have been a life long writer and performer but focused on studying sketch writing at the start of the pandemic. Never too late to change horses!