Not shayich - INCREDIBLE!!!
חבל על הזמן - SUPER!!!
מצב לא פשוט - A catastrophe.
Fundraiser, University President, Head of Institutional Development, shnorrer - Beggar.
תהיה בריא, zol zein gezunt - "You're CRAZY!" "Jump in a lake!!"
Very modern - not careful about the details of Halacha. Not particularly worried about reward and punishment.
Family seating - mixed seating.
Cholov stam - Cholov Nochri.
Successful - Rich.
Modern Orthodox congregation - You can come to shul without a hat and feel comfortable. You won't be alone.
Pshat - the way I understand the pasuk.
Drash - The way YOU understand the pasuk.
Don't ask - ASK!!
Nicht Shabbos Geredt - I am about to tell you something I am not allowed to say on Shabbos but I will say it anyway.