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May 5, 2009 | Location: New York, NY | Category: Community News

Four Day School Delegations Win RAVSAK Moot Beit Din Competition


New York, NY, May 5, 2009—Student delegations from the Jewish Community High School of the Bay (San Francisco), Kehillah Jewish High School (Palo Alto), Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (Kimel Centre campus) and the Weber School (Atlanta) were the winning teams at RAVSAK's annual Moot Beit Din competition April 26 in Denver. Moot Beit Din, modeled on Moot Court programs in law schools, applies Jewish text to contemporary, real life-situations, as students take a case or scenario, research precedents in Jewish law, write a detailed decision and defend it to a panel of judges. In all, 59 students from 16 schools participated in the Moot Beit Din and an accompanying Shabbaton. A Covenant Foundation grant is helping RAVSAK to enhance this initiative and extend it to more schools.

Read coverage of the competition in the Intermountain Jewish News by clicking here.


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