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Jun 1, 2009 | Location: New York, NY | Category: Press Releases
New York, NY, Jun 1, 2009—Three exceptional educators from across the spectrum of Jewish life are 2009 recipients of The Covenant Foundation’s prestigious Covenant Award for making significant marks in their communities, and for designing and using innovative educational approaches to achieve dramatic and lasting impact. [More]
May 11, 2009 | Location: New York, NY | Category: Press Releases
New York, NY, May 11, 2009—Eli N. Evans, chairman of the board of The Covenant Foundation, noted writer and authority on the Southern Jewish experience, and a visionary leader in the Jewish community, received an honorary doctor of laws degree from his alma mater, the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, during commencement ceremonies on May 10. [More]
Feb 4, 2009 | Location: New York, NY | Category: Press Releases
New York, NY, Feb 4, 2009—From an environmental education program infused with Jewish values, to a digital media project teaching children Jewish history and heritage, 16 innovative and trailblazing initiatives are recipients of new Covenant Foundation grants. [More]
Jan 26, 2009 | Location: New York, NY | Category: Press Releases
New York, NY, Jan 26, 2009—Nearly two decades of immense innovation and impact in Jewish education are profiled and celebrated in a new book published by The Covenant Foundation. [More]
Oct 28, 2008 | Location: New York, NY | Category: Press Releases
New York, NY, Oct 28, 2008—Hundreds of Jewish educators, philanthropists and community leaders from throughout the country gathered here this week to mark The Covenant Foundation’s 18th anniversary and its support of initiatives and ideas and the practitioners who have harnessed them to change Jewish education across the span of a generation. [More]
Oct 20, 2008 | Location: New York, NY | Category: Press Releases
New York, NY, Oct 20, 2008— Briefly consider a digital media designer, a filmmaker, a dance director and two youth organizers. What's in common here?
Nothing. And everything.
On Tuesday, Oct. 28, at a symposium marking the 18th anniversary of The Covenant Foundation, they will demonstrate that they overlap more than not. [More]
Sep 19, 2008 | Location: New York, NY | Category: Press Releases
New York, NY, Sep 19, 2008—Three exceptional educators from across the spectrum of Jewish life are recipients of 2008 Covenant Awards and will be honored at a gala celebration of Jewish life and education Oct. 28 in New York. [More]
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