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Jan 6, 2010 | Location: New York, NY | Category: Press Releases
From a technology-based curriculum to teach students about Jewish moral and social issues, to a mentorship program for young girls to encourage Jewish community engagement, 13 innovative and trailblazing initiatives are recipients of new Covenant Foundation grants. [More]
Nov 8, 2009 | Location: Washington, DC | Category: Press Releases
Three exceptional Jewish educators received The Covenant Foundation’s prestigious 2009 Covenant Award today, as hundreds of Jewish community and educational leaders, prominent philanthropists, students and others honored and celebrated them for their commitment, vision and unique, wide-ranging impact. [More]
Jun 1, 2009 | Location: New York, NY | Category: Press Releases
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
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
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
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
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

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.

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Our Jewish tradition puts significance on this 18th anniversary, as it corresponds to the Hebrew word for life, ‘chai.’ And so we are gathered to celebrate that Tree of Life that we planted 18 years ago and to marvel at all the wonderful fruit that it has borne.” — Eli Evans, chairman of the board of directors, The Covenant Foundation

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