NYC Gazette

Over 350 guests attended the 37th annual Sy Syms Awards Dinner last month at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park. Attendees included students, faculty, staff, alumni, board members, and families from the entire Sy Syms community.

Remarks were delivered by Dean Noam Wasserman; Associate Dean Michael Strauss; Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, keynote speaker and former Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem; Mila Krugman, Hadaya Fried, and Andrew Jacobson, Sy Syms co-presidents; Ahuva Abraham and Moshe Wolff, valedictorians; Professor Steve Mayer (Professor of the Year); Rabbi Daniel Rapp (Adjunct Professor of the Year), along with other award presenters.

This year’s dinner was notable for two reasons: First, the introduction of the inaugural Sy Syms Guardian of Israel Award. This award was given to three Syms students who returned to Israel to serve after October 7. The recipients were Jonah Eisenberg and Kovi Pahmer (another recipient not pictured was Elan Roffe). Fleur Hassan-Nahoum also received this award.

Second, it marked the first time both undergraduate and graduate students were included in the Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honors Society Ceremony. This ceremony honors the top 10% of business students in the nation. There were 27 inductees from Yeshiva University/Sy Syms School of Business in total—23 undergraduates and four master's students.

The evening featured various student awards:

- **Dean Harold Nierenberg Valedictorian Award**: Ahuva Abraham and Moshe Wolff

- **Bernard Brown Salutatorian Award for Excellence in Business Studies**: Sarah Zaionz and Jacob (Koby) Rosinsky

- **Dr. Joseph Kerzner Award for Outstanding Achievement in Accounting**: Hannah Poupko

- **Harry R. Mancher Award for Excellence in Accounting**: Eliana Scheiner

- **Henry Brout Award for Superior Scholarship in Accounting**: Avraham Yaakov Gellman

- **Joseph Herbst Award for Excellence in Accounting**: Jake Schochet

- **Dean's Award for Scholastic Achievement in Business Analytics**: Yonah Drazin and Andrew Katz

- **Dean's Award for Scholastic Achievement in Finance**: Miriam Edery, Nathaniel Simantov, and Yishai Mandel

- **Dean's Award for Scholastic Achievement in Marketing**: Ari Morgenstern and Liana Friedman

- **Dean's Award for Scholastic Achievement in Strategy & Entrepreneurship**: Andrew Jacobson and Eli Schloss

- **Professor Joel Hochman Memorial Award for Leadership and Service**: Mila Krugman

- **President Emeritus Richard Joel Award for Presidential Leadership**:

- Mila Krugman

- Andrew Jacobson

- Hadaya Fried

- **Deans Award for Service & Character**:

- Jacob Steinberg

- Gillian Herszage

- Hannah Kotler

- Adi Markovich

- Moshe Nasser

- Tova Hakakian

The event concluded with acknowledgments from The Sy Syms School of Business to its student council presidents Mila Krugman, Andrew Jacobson, Hadaya Fried; YU's Office of Student Life; and the Museum of Jewish Heritage.