Brandeis Magazine

Navin Kartik, associate professor of economics at Columbia University, was awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship for 2010–12.

Jessica (Stillman) Silverstein of New York founded Attorney’s Counsel (www.attorneyscounselny.com), a resume review and interview skills assessment firm for lawyers and other professionals.

Harlan Toplitzky married Marla Greditor on Dec. 12, 2009, at Capitale in New York. He is a manager in the Financial Planning and Analysis Department at Toys R Us, and she is the director of U.S. retail for the fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg.

Meredith Gore is an assistant professor in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. She married Michael Wegan in October 2009.

Beth Kaplan of Arlington, Mass., married Adam Cohen on May 30 at the Mamaroneck Beach and Yacht Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y. Beth is an endocrinologist at the Lahey Clinic. Adam is a senior biomedical engineer in product development at Correx, a medical device company.

Eric Danis and his wife, Anat, recently celebrated the birth of their second child, Yael Elana, with several Brandeisians at a party in Israel. Shai Fuxman spoke movingly about Eric, his freshman-year roommate, and the significance of childbirth in the Jewish tradition. Jason “Jumping Jay” Adler and Ian Goldstein read a lovely poem. Mary (McGrath) McNeice ’01 enjoyed playing with Yael’s older brother, Yoav Yisrael. Other alumni in attendance included Joshua Turnof and Jodi (Dienstag) Friedman ’00. The middle name Elana was chosen to honor Eric’s aunt, Elaine Dillon, who passed away a few days after Yael’s birth. Yael’s parents hope she will always pursue truth, even unto its innermost parts.