We start off with our baby-news-of-the-(every-other)-month-club with another happy Brigid Pasulka update. I got in touch with Brigid to congratulate her on her novel, The Sun And Other Stars, which was published this winter (and selected by Oprah as one of her winter reads!) and was thrilled to hear back from Brigid that she is also a new mama. “My husband and I just had our first baby—a boy—Levi Vierling Coffey on December 3. We have no clue what we’re doing, so all advice is welcome. Just don’t tell me they never sleep through the night, because that’s all I have to hold onto right now.” I assured her they all do sleep through the night—though I did pointedly refrain from telling her that as parents, she and her husband will probably never do so again—they don’t need to hear that now, right?


I also heard that Dominique Ellner Goldstein gave birth to her second daughter, Jacqueline Ava Goldstein, on January 11. I am sad to say I haven’t had a chance to make it down to the city for quite some time to visit Dominique, and this winter has just been brutal here in the Northeast, but as the weather warms and we can once again stand to be outside, I hope to try to make it to Manhattan with my two off-the-wall boys to meet Dominique’s newest little one. So happy for you guys!


In less sleep-deprived news, Judd Serotta was elected to the board of directors of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, an independent, nonprofit organization established to advance the civil and human rights of the Jewish people and promote justice for all. Previously Judd had served as a member of the center’s legal advisory board. Judd is a litigation partner at the Philadelphia office of Blank Rome LLP, where he has more than 16 years of experience litigating complex commercial disputes and alternative dispute resolution. 


And in nearby New Jersey we now find Earl Plante, who has relocated to Somerset from San Francisco, California. Earl recently began working as the director of resource development at the New Brunswick-based nonprofit New Jersey Community Capital (NJCC). Every year this community development financial institution provides millions of dollars in capital and technical assistance to support the revitalization of underserved communities across the state. These efforts create high-quality housing, early care, education and employment opportunities for thousands of low-income people. Recently NJCC has emerged as a leader in developing innovative strategies to address the foreclosure crisis and to rebuild New Jersey neighborhoods in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.


Congratulations, Earl, and welcome back to the East Coast.


—Suzie Fromer, 26 Irving Ave., Tarrytown, NY 10591; suziefromer@gmail.com