5771/2011 The 9th Annual
Jewish Heritage Contest
WINNERS
The Jewish Heritage Contest
is an annual project of
Torah Atlanta
A Jewish Outreach Organization

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Rick Halpern
Director, Torah Atlanta
Jewish Heritage Contest
“We are fortunate - how good is our portion,
how pleasant our lot, and how beautiful
our heritage!”
-The Siddur  
H.A.F.T.R
Poetry
Name
The Wall of a
Thousand Tears
2nd Place
H.A.F.T.R
Tikun Ha'Olam -
Changing the
World
1st Place
Results
Poetry
Nicole
Meyerson
Creative
Writing
The Path that
Lead to Freedom
Ayelet
Segal
Sophia
Reznik  
Category
Adi
Menche
Fruma
Gordon  
Haley
Ottensoser
Golda Och
Academy
Houston, TX
Elena
Schwartz
2nd Place
Miami, FL
Grandma Sing a
Lullaby
Lessons  My
Safta  Taught Me
Woody, G-d, and a
Conservative
Jew/Folk Fan
Creative
Writing
Poetry
Voorhees, NJ
Creative
Writing
Ramaz
Middle School
1st Place
Emery/Weiner
School
Johannesburg,
SA
3rd Place
1st Place
School
3rd Place
True Story
Lawrence,NY  
H.A.F.T.R
City
Lubavitch
Educational
Center  
Lawrence,NY
A Feeling Like No
Other: Freedom
Rivka’s Journey
Wait For Me Isaac,
I'm Coming,  I
Promise
West Orange,
NJ
New York, NY  
3rd Place
2nd Place
Audrey
Goodman
Chloe
Thall
True Story
King David
Victory Park
Lawrence,NY
True Story
Essay Title
Creative
Writing
Kellman Brown
Academy
Honorable Mentions
Creative Writing

Yakov Blinder,            "Letter to G-d"                        Emek Hebrew Academy       Sherman Oaks, CA
Carlie Joselowitz,      "The Journey to Freedom"   King David Victory Park        Johannesburg, SA
Gabriel Kampel,        "To Life, Lechaim!"                King David Victory Park        Johannesburg, SA
Bradley  Pietersen,   "A Miraculous Life"                King David Victory Park        Johannesburg, SA

Poetry

Mollie Baruch,            "When Will I See Mama?"            Kellman Brown Academy        Voorhees, NJ
Sarah Broniscer,       "My Heritage"                                Margolin Hebrew Academy      Memphis, TN
Eden Farber,             "Different and the Same"             Torah Day School of Atlanta     Atlanta, GA
Talia Raikin,               "The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire"     Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy     Bryn Mawr, PA

True Story

Devora Leah Krumholtz,  "Late for Disaster"          Yeshiva Shaarei Tzion        Piscataway NJ
Roei Levi,                   "Walking for Gilad" *              The Epstein School        Atlanta, GA         *(Hebrew & English)
Haylee  Mevorah,       "My Grandfather, Symek Kirstein’s Story"      Golda Och Academy        West Orange, NJ
Joseph Schnitzer,      "A Good Choice"                   Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy        Beverly Hills, CA
Rachel Sentchuk,       "My Bubby"                             Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy        Beverly Hills, CA