“We are fortunate - how good is our portion,
how pleasant our lot, and how beautiful our heritage!”
-The Siddur  


    5769 / 2009
    The 6th Annual
    Jewish Heritage
    Contest
    Winners Announced!


    Message from:
     Rick Halpern, Director
     Torah Atlanta, Inc.
For more information contact:
admin@JewishHeritageContest.com

The Jewish Heritage Contest
is an annual project of





Visit:
www.TorahAtlanta.com

Cash prizes in each category
  • First place: $100
  • Second place: $50
  • Third place: $25
  • Winner's teacher honorarium: $50
  • In addition to the prizes awarded, a certificate goes to
    all entrants.

    This essay contest is for Jewish Middle School students
    (Grades 6-8) throughout the world.  It is designed to
    promote the importance of Jewish learning and a strong
    Jewish identity.   Essay topics are chosen to encourage
    inquiry into Jewish life, history and culture.  Entries are
    judged based upon research, originality and quality of
    writing.
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Results
 Name
 Category
 Essay Title
 School
 City
 Teacher
1st Place
 Brenda
Salamon
 Holocaust
 Holocaust Diary
 Bruriah
Junior High
 Elizabeth, NJ
 Mrs. Joanne
Asher
2nd Place
 Esther
Levenson
 Holocaust
 We Are All
Responsible
 Kadima
Heschel West
MS
 West Hill, CA
 Mr. Stephen
Berer
3rd Place
 Jessica
Behmanesh
 Holocaust
 Battle of Our
Lives
 Harkham
Hillel Hebrew
Academy
 Beverly Hills,
CA
 Mrs. Judy
Goldberg
Honorable
Mention
 Allie Bloxberg
 Holocaust
 Proud to Be a
Jew
 Kadima
Heschel West
MS
 West Hill, CA
 Mr. Stephen
Berer
Honorable
Mention
 Rebecca
Galanti
 Holocaust
 Once a Jew,
Always A Jew
 Davis
Academy
 Atlanta, GA
 Mr. Adee
Weismark
Honorable
Mention
 Celine Ifrah
 Holocaust
 Their Pencils,
Their Weapons -
They Fought
Their Own Way
 Ramaz Middle
School
 New York, NY
 Mrs. Judy
Sokolow
Honorable
Mention
 Mia Weinstein
 Holocaust
 Julia's Story
 Davis
Academy
 Atlanta, GA
 Mr. Adee
Weismark
1st Place
 Yaakov
Loboda
 Israel
 Israel's Meaning
to Me
 Harkam Hillel
Hebrew
Academy
 Beverly Hills,
CA
 Mrs. Judy
Goldberg
2nd Place
 Tehilla Ziegler
 Israel
 Israel, My Home
Forever
 Gush Etzion
Regional
School
 Alon Shvut,
Israel
 Mrs. Leah
Urso
3rd Place
 Rebecca
Emmeric
 Israel
 The Founding of
the Hebrew
University;  a
Unification of
Many Jews
 Ramaz Middle
School
 New York, NY
 Mrs. Judy
Sokolow
Honorable
Mention
 Ben Kiaei
 Israel
 Here to Stay
 Emek Hebrew
Academy
 Encino, CA
 Mrs. Linda
Soloway
Honorable
Mention
 Josh Bernfeld
 Israel
 Letter to the
Prime Minister of
England
 Kadima
Heschel West
MS
 West Hill, CA
 Mr. Stephen
Berer
Honorable
Mention
 Daniel Koster
 Israel
 Operation
Entebbe
 The Hebrew
Day School
 Maitland, FL
 Mrs. Jennifer
Boggs
Honorable
Mention
 Jeremy
Wacker
 Israel
 Cherishing the
Remembered
 Kadima
Heschel West
MS
 West Hill, CA
 Mr. Stephen
Berer
Honorable
Mention
 Rivky Warga
 Israel
 Water Usage in
Israel
 Torah Day
School of
Atlanta
 Atlanta, GA
 Mrs. Rhoda
Gleicher
1st Place
 Aviva Cantor
 Jewish
Family
Story
 A Fast for a
Family
 Bruriah
Junior High
 Elizabeth, NJ
 Mrs. Joanne
Asher
2nd Place
 Jared Meline
 Jewish
Family
Story
 Grandpa’s Talit
 Davis
Academy
 Atlanta, GA
 Mr. Adee
Weismark
3rd Place
 Orianne
Varsha
 Jewish
Family
Story
 The Memory of
Miriam and
Yakov Gueta
 Kadima
Heschel West
MS
 West Hill, CA
 Mr. Stephen
Berer
Honorable
Mention
 Meira Cweiber
 Jewish
Family
Story
 A True Life
Jewish Family
Story
 Yavne High
School
 Cleveland,
OH
 Ms. Amy
Greenspan
Honorable
Mention
 Lauren Ibgui
 Jewish
Family
Story
 The Letter
 Harkam Hillel
Hebrew
Academy
 Beverly Hills,
CA
 Mrs. Judy
Goldberg
Honorable
Mention
 Sonja Lipman
 Jewish
Family
Story
 Of Different
Worlds, but One
Heart
 Bornblum
Solomon
Schecter
 Memphis, TN
 Ms. Deanna
McAlexander
Honorable
Mention
 Julie Varsha
 Jewish
Family
Story
 A Childhood I
Cannot Forgot
 Kadima
Heschel West
MS
 West Hill, CA
 Mr. Stephen
Berer
1st Place
 Ella
Rabinowitz
 Tanach
 Heritage vs.
Inheritance
 Yeshiva
Shaarei Tzion
 Piscataway,
NJ
 Mrs. Adina
Gross
2nd Place
 Yael Paley
 Tanach
 A Path to Follow
 Yeshiva
Shaarei Tzion
 Piscataway,
NJ
 Mrs. Adina
Gross
3rd Place
 Sophie
Aroesty
 Tanach
 Teach Bnai
Yisrael to Listen
 Solomon
Schechter
Day School
 St. Louis, MO
 Ms. Leah
Howard
Honorable
Mention
 Michal
Hirschorn
 Tanach
 Sacrifice
 Bruriah
Junior High
 Elizabeth, NJ
 Mrs. Joanne
Asher
THANK YOU TO OUR PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS

ASHAR       Monsey, NY
Bornblum Solomon Schechter        Memphis, TN
Bruriah Junior High        Elizabeth, NJ
Eleanor Kolitz Academy        San Antonio, TX
Emek Hebrew Academy        Sherman Oaks, CA
Gush Etzion Regional School        Alon Shvut, Israel
Harkam Hillel Hebrew Academy        Beverly Hills, CA
Kadima Heschel West MS        West Hills, CA
Maimonides Hebrew Day        Albany, NY
Maimonides School        Brookline, MA
Ramaz Middle School        New York, NY
Solomon Schechter        St. Louis, MO
Solomon Schechter        Newton, MA
Solomon Schechter of West Orange        West Orange, NJ
The Davis Academy        Atlanta, Georgia
The Hebrew Day School        Maitland, FL
Torah Day School of Atlanta         Atlanta, Georgia
Yavne High School        Cleveland, OH
Yeshiva Shaarei Tzion        Piscataway, NJ
Yeshivat Rambam        Baltimore, MD
1 Homeschooled Student       Baltimore, MD
Dear Rick,

Thank you again for this wonderful contest!  Writing about  topics that are pertinent in a Jewish child's life makes an incredible
difference as students write from their heart sharing ideas that really matter.  I would love to read the winning essays and share
them with my classes. Thank you for what you do!  We look forward to entering any writing event in the future.

Mrs. Linda Soloway
Emek Hebrew Academy        
Encino, CA        
Special Thanks To:

Mrs. Chana Shapiro

The person behind the
scenes who made the
whole contest happen!