School of Thought 38 SCENE | MAY 2017 philanthropy THE HERSHORIN SCHIFF COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL EVOLVES EDUCATION It’s fair to say the relationship Dr. Laura Hershorin has with the Hershorin Schiff Community Day School is very much a family affair, as the two people for whom the school is named — Irving Hershorin and Herbert Schiff — are her paternal and maternal grandfathers. She chairs the school’s board of trustees and her father, Richard, is also a board member and serves on the facility committee. According to Richard, his father, Irving, and father-in-law, Herbert, “were the pillars of the school, Richard Hershorin & Dr. Laura Hershorin bringing the values of philanthropy and a quest for knowledge to its current foundation.” Laura Hershorin was a catalyst for the family’s $1 million gift to the school in keeping with her grandfather Schiff’s mantra “to just make the world one grain of sand better than what you found.” Formerly the Goldie Feldman Academy, the school is located at 1050 S. Tuttle Ave. and was renamed last August. It developed locally out of a strong desire for an inclusive, progressive, pluralistic Jewish day school that meets the needs of today’s young families. “The family fund for philanthropy that my grandfather (Schiff) envisioned was coming to fruition last year,” Hershorin said. “The timing was right and we stepped forward to help take the school into the future. And it just so happened that the philosophy and strengths of the school were exactly what my grandfathers By Steven J. Smith
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