Trial team, which competes in the New York State Bar Association's statewide competition and won the New York State competition in 2002 and the New York City competition four times. Ramaz's Model Congress team participates in the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University Model Congress tournaments, and their Model UN team competes in the annual Yeshiva University National Model United Nations event. Additionally, Ramaz's College Bowl team participates in independent tournaments, their Math Team competes in the New York Math League and the Mandelbrot Competition, the Chess Club competes in the Yeshiva Chess League, the Science Olympiad team competes against 15 other New York and New Jersey schools in a competition administered by the Board of Jewish Education, and their Hidon HaTanakh and Torah Bowl teams compete against local Jewish Day Schools. Ramaz Upper School students have also succeeded in numerous academic competitions in both the arts and sciences, including the 2004–2005 Siemens Westinghouse Competition, the 2007 NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing, the Intel Science Competition, and the American Mathematics Competition. Ramaz's creative writing magazine, Parallax, has also consistently been awarded the gold medal from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. The Ramaz Upper School also has special interest clubs, including an Arabic Club, Coalition for the Homeless, an Israel Advocacy Club, and fine and performing arts clubs. Ramaz's business investment club (BIC) has produced some hedge fund managers. The Ramaz Chamber Choir has competed in national choral competitions, performed on CBS Sunday Morning News, and at the White House and is featured on the Best of Jewish A Cappella, Volume 3. Notable alumni Adam Ferziger (born 1964), historian Ari Gold (1974-2021), pop singer and songwriter Shai Held (born 1971), rosh yeshiva of Mechon Hadar Isaac Herzog (born 1960), President of Israel, former Israeli Tourism Minister, Chairman of the Labor party, head of the opposition, and son of former Israeli President Chaim Herzog Matthew Hiltzik (born 1972), CEO and President of Hiltzik Strategies, a consulting and communications firm Sam Lassner (born 1992), also known as Prince Fox, DJ and producer Nathan Lewin, attorney Natasha Lyonne (born 1979), actress in Orange Is the New Black and creator of Russian Doll. Leandra Medine (born 1988), fashion blogger/designer Daphne Merkin (born 1954), author and journalist J. Ezra Merkin (born 1953), former money manager and Bernie Madoff affiliate Peter N. Miller (born 1964), historian and academic Michael Mukasey (born 1941), the 81st United States Attorney