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RUTH BREINDEL
The Class of 2014 is honored to dedicate this year’s Mosaic to an individual whose
poignant words of wisdom have always led us down the right path. Whether discussing a
complicated text with her students, sharing a story at meeting for worship, or offering
forthright advice to an advisee, she is a woman who fulfills the role of teacher in every
sense. Beneath her blunt commentary, her compassion always shines through. In the
classroom, she approaches all texts with an open-mindedness that encourages free
thought and a patience that inspires students to tackle the most challenging of
translations. In his account of the events at Pompeii, Pliny the Younger emphasizes the
immortality of memory and the imperishable nature of writing, saying, "Happy are they,
in my opinion, to whom it is given either to do something worth writing about, or to
write something worth reading; most happy, of course, those who do both."
A lover of language and life, her humor and humility place her among the happiest.
"Equidem beatos puto, quibus deorum munere datum est autfacere scribenda ant scribere
legenda, beatissimos vero quibus utrumque."
This year's Mosaic is dedicated to:
Ruth Breindel
