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Inclusion Practices in the Jewish Community: Sara Rubinow Simon
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Profiles in Great Teaching
Ilana Ruskay-Kidd - 2016 Award Recipient
Ilana Ruskay-Kidd is the Founder and Head of School at The Shefa School in New York, a pluralistic Jewish day...
Rabbi Benay Lappe - 2016 Award Recipient
Rabbi Benay Lappe, founder of Chicago’s SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva, accepted the award from James Crown. At SVARA, Rabbi...
Rabbi Tully Harcsztark - 2017 Award Recipient
Guided by the leadership of Founding Principal Rabbi Tully Harcsztark, SAR High School in Riverdale, New York has become a...
Dr. Jane Sherwin Shapiro - 2017 Award Recipient
As Co-Founder of OROT: Center for New Jewish Learning in Skokie, IL, Dr. Jane Sherwin Shapiro teaches students of all...
Meredith Englander Polsky - 2017 Award Recipient
Meredith Englander Polsky is the National Director of Institutes and Training at Matan in New York, and Developmental Support Coordinator...
Daniel Henkin - 2016 Award Recipient
A pioneer of Jewish a capella singing, Daniel Henkin has been dubbed “our beloved Jewish rock star” by those who...
Amy Meltzer - 2015 Award Recipient
Amy Meltzer, the lead Kindergarten teacher at Lander-Grinspoon Academy (LGA) in Northampton, MA, is proving that a small classroom in...
Michelle Shapiro Abraham - 2015 Award Recipient
Michelle Shapiro Abraham, Director of Program Development for the Campaign for Youth Engagement at the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ),...
Dr. Sandra Ostrowicz Lilienthal - 2015 Award Recipient
Dr. Sandra Ostrowicz Lilienthal, Curriculum Developer and Instructor at The Rose and Jack Orloff Central Agency for Jewish Education of...
Dr. Rebecca Schorsch - 2014 Award Recipient
Dr. Rebecca Schorsch, Director of Jewish Studies at Chicagoland Jewish High School (CJHS) in Deerfield, IL, has made an impact...
Rabbi Yisroel Boruch Sufrin - 2014 Award Recipient
Rabbi Yisroel Boruch Sufrin, Head of School at Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy (HHHA) in Beverly Hills, CA for the past...
Alison Kur - 2014 Award Recipient
Alison Kur, Executive Director of Jewish Living at Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley, MA, is an attorney-turned-Jewish educator, who in...
Zion Ozeri - 2013 Award Recipient
Zion Ozeri, Founder and Creative Director of The Jewish Lens, combined his longtime occupation as a photographer and documentarian of...
Judy Finkelstein-Taff - 2013 Award Recipient
Judy Finkelstein-Taff, Head of School at the Chicago Jewish Day School (CJDS) since 2004, is a life-long Jewish educator who...
Howard Blas - 2013 Award Recipient
Howard Blas, Director of the Tikvah Program at Camp Ramah in New England, is driven by a passion for inclusive...
Peter Geffen - 2012 Award Recipient
Peter Geffen, Founder of KIVUNIM and The Abraham Joshua Heschel School in New York, has devoted his career in Jewish...
Karina Zilberman - 2012 Award Recipient
Karina Zilberman, Director of Jewish Family Life and Culture at 92nd Street Y in New York since 2007, is the...
Gitta Jaroslawicz-Neufeld - 2012 Award Recipient
Gitta Jaroslawicz-Neufeld, Director of Education at Allegra Franco School of Educational Leadership in Brooklyn for the past seven years, has...
Rabbi Shai Held - 2011 Award Recipient
Rabbi Shai Held is co-founder, Dean, and Chair in Jewish Thought at Mechon Hadar: An Institute for Prayer, Personal Growth...
Amy Skopp Cooper - 2011 Award Recipient
Amy Skopp Cooper has served as Director of Ramah Day Camp in Nyack (New York) since 1997, and as Assistant...
Rabbi Eve Ben-Ora - 2011 Award Recipient
Rabbi Eve Ben-Ora, Jewish Educator at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF) for the last five years, and...
Dr. Bernard Steinberg - 2010 Award Recipient
Dr. Bernard Steinberg has served as President and Director of Harvard Hillel since 1993. He is known across the field...
Beth Huppin - 2010 Award Recipient
Beth Huppin has taught day school Judaic Studies at the Seattle Jewish Community School since 1995 and is currently a...
Jan Darsa - 2010 Award Recipient
Jan Darsa, Director of Jewish Education at Facing History and Ourselves for the last 15 years, is a trailblazing advocate...
Stuart Seltzer - 2009 Award Recipient
Rabbi Stuart Seltzer has served as Dean of Judaic Studies at the Shoshana S. Cardin School in Baltimore since 2007,...
Nili Simhai - 2009 Award Recipient
Nili Simhai has served for the last decade as director of the Teva Learning Center in New York, a prestigious...
Erica Brown - 2009 Award Recipient
Dr. Erica Brown, Scholar-in-Residence at the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington and Director of Adult Education at the Partnership for...
Susan Werk - 2008 Award Recipient
Yakov Horowitz - 2008 Award Recipient
Diana Ganger - 2008 Award Recipient
Philip Warmflash - 2007 Award Recipient
Bruce Powell - 2007 Award Recipient
Tobie Brandriss - 2007 Award Recipient
Loren Sykes - 2006 Award Recipient
Marc Kramer - 2006 Award Recipient
Jane Taubenfeld Cohen - 2006 Award Recipient
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Awards Acceptance Speeches
Rabbi Tully Harcsztark, Covenant Award Recipient – 2017 Acceptance Speech
Meredith Englander Polsky, Covenant Award Recipient – 2017 Acceptance Speech
Dr. Jane Sherwin Shapiro, Covenant Award Recipient – 2017 Acceptance Speech
Acceptance Speeches 2016 Rabbi Benay Lappe
Acceptance Speeches 2016 Ilana Ruskay-Kidd
Daniel Henkin, Covenant Award Recipient - 2016 Acceptance Speech
Amy Meltzer, Covenant Award Recipient - 2015 Acceptance Speech
Michelle Shapiro Abraham, Covenant Award Recipient - 2015 Acceptance Speech
Dr. Sandra Ostrowicz Lilienthal, Covenant Award Recipient - 2015 Acceptance Speech
Dr. Rebecca Schorsch, Covenant Award Recipient - 2014 Acceptance Speech
Rabbi Yisroel Boruch, Covenant Award Recipient - 2014 Acceptance Speech
Alison Kur, Covenant Award Recipient - 2014 Acceptance Speech
Zion Ozeri, Covenant Award Recipient - 2013 Acceptance Speech
Judy Finkelstein-Taff, Covenant Award Recipient - 2013 Acceptance Speech
Howard Blas, Covenant Award Recipient - 2013 Acceptance Speech
Karina Zilberman, Covenant Award Recipient - 2012 Acceptance Speech
Gitta Jaroslawicz-Neufeld, Covenant Award Recipient - 2012 Acceptance Speech
Peter Geffen, Covenant Award Recipient - 2012 Acceptance Speech
Shai Held, Covenant Award Recipient - 2011 Acceptance Speech
Amy Skopp Cooper, Covenant Award Recipient - 2011 Acceptance Speech
Eve Ben-Ora, Covenant Award Recipient - 2011 Acceptance Speech
Bernard Steinberg, Covenant Award Recipient - 2010 Acceptance Speech
Beth Huppin, Covenant Award Recipient - 2010 Acceptance Speech
Jan Darsa, Covenant Award Recipient - 2010 Acceptance Speech
Diana Ganger, Covenant Award Recipient - 2008 Acceptance Speech
Yakov Horowitz, Covenant Award Recipient - 2008 Acceptance Speech
Susan Werk, Covenant Award Recipient - 2008 Acceptance Speech
Bruce Powell, Covenant Award Recipient - 2007 Acceptance Speech
Philip Warmflash, Covenant Award Recipient - 2007 Acceptance Speech
Tobie Brandriss, Covenant Award Recipient - 2007 Acceptance Speech
Jane Taubenfeld Cohen, Covenant Award Recipient - 2006 Acceptance Speech
Loren Sykes, Covenant Award Recipient - 2006 Acceptance Speech
Marc Kramer, Covenant Award Recipient - 2006 Acceptance Speech
Elyse Goldstein, Covenant Award Recipient - 2005 Acceptance Speech
Jody Hirsh, Covenant Award Recipient - 2005 Acceptance Speech
Stephanie Rotsky, Covenant Award Recipient - 2005 Acceptance Speech
Ruth Pinkenson Feldman, Covenant Award Recipient - 2004 Acceptance Speech
Barbara Rosenblit, Covenant Award Recipient - 2004 Acceptance Speech
Vicky Kelman, Covenant Award Recipient - 2003 Acceptance Speech
William C. Berk, Covenant Award Recipient - 2003 Acceptance Speech
Zipora Schorr, Covenant Award Recipient - 2003 Acceptance Speech
Peretz Wolf-Prusan, Covenant Award Recipient - 2002 Acceptance Speech
Rivy Kletenik, Covenant Award Recipient - 2002 Acceptance Speech
Sidney Schwarz, Covenant Award Recipient - 2002 Acceptance Speech
Daniel Landau, Covenant Award Recipient - 2001 Acceptance Speech
Jo Kay, Covenant Award Recipient - 2001 Acceptance Speech
Lorraine Posner Arcus, Covenant Award Recipient - 2001 Acceptance Speech
David S. Silber, Covenant Award Recipient - 2000 Acceptance Speech
Karen Shawn, Covenant Award Recipient - 2000 Acceptance Speech
Yosi (Joel) Gordon, Covenant Award Recipient - 2000 Acceptance Speech
Macy B. Hart, Covenant Award Recipient - 1999 Acceptance Speech
Cheryl Finkel, Covenant Award Recipient - 1999 Acceptance Speech
Judith Z. Abrams z"l, Covenant Award Recipient - 1999 Acceptance Speech
Henia Lewin, Covenant Award Recipient - 1997 Acceptance Speech
Yaakov Bender, Covenant Award Recipient - 1997 Acceptance Speech
Debbie Friedman z"l, Covenant Award Recipient - 1996 Acceptance Speech
Ellie Gellman, Covenant Award Recipient - 1996 Acceptance Speech
Fred Rosenbaum, Covenant Award Recipient - 1996 Acceptance Speech
Yosef I. Abramowitz, Covenant Award Recipient – 2004 Acceptance Speech
Martin Schloss, Covenant Award Recipient - 1995 Acceptance Speech
Misha Gabriel Avramoff, Covenant Award Recipient - 1995 Acceptance Speech
Peninnah Schram, Covenant Award Recipient - 1995 Acceptance Speech
Linda Rabinowitch Thal, Covenant Award Recipient - 1994 Acceptance Speech
Richard Levy, Covenant Award Recipient - 1994 Acceptance Speech
Rabbi Berel Wein, Covenant Award Recipient - 1993 Acceptance Speech
Danny Siegel, Covenant Award Recipient - 1993 Acceptance Speech
Dvorah Smolensky Heckelman, Covenant Award Recipient - 1993 Acceptance Speech
David Eliach, Covenant Award Recipient - 1992 Acceptance Speech
Marcia Lapidus Kaunfer, Covenant Award Recipient - 1992 Acceptance Speech
Tova Shimon, Covenant Award Recipient - 1992 Acceptance Speech
Harlene Winnick Appleman, Covenant Award Recipient - 1991 Acceptance Speech
Sara Rubinow Simon, Covenant Award Recipient - 1991 Acceptance Speech
Ateret Cohn z"l, Covenant Award Recipient - 1991 Acceptance Speech
