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Areyvut is proud to announce the winners of its third annual Bnai Mitzvah Essay Contest. While all of the entrants described creative and meaningful tzedakah projects that can serve as models for future Bnai Mitzvah celebrants, four winners were selected. Areyvut congratulates the following students on their winning essays:
First Prize:
Daniel and Lauren Deitch of Hidden Hills, CA, who wrote a book about their grandparents experience in the holocaust
Second Prize:
Cheli Arussy of Livingston, NJ who volunteered and raised money for Yad Sarah in Israel.
Third Prize:
Timor Balaish of Rye, NY, who sold bracelets to raise money for Yad Sarah in Israel
Each winner had his/her essay posted on the Areyvut web site, has been invited to speak about their projects to other students at a program sponsored by Areyvut and received various prizes including an iPod, a Giving Certificate to be redeemed at Tzedakah, Inc., The Jewish Publication Society and Judaica Press.
We encourage you to read the winning essays by clicking on the following links:
We Will Always Remember by Daniel and Lauren Deitch
Ten Yad L’Yad Sarah by Cheli Arussy
My Israel by Timor Balaish
We would also like to recognize all of the other finalists:
- Rachel Klein of Louisville, KY who will be going to makeup counters, beauty salons, and nail salons to collect samples and overstocks to donate to the teenage girls at Maryhurst.
- Leora Margelovich of Teaneck, NJ who cooked and baked 130 stuffed cabbages, 50 meatballs, 4 dozen frosted cupcakes and 4 cakes for Shelter Our Sisters.
- Julie Solomon of Bryn Mawr, PA who donated her hair to Locks of Love and refurbished the garden in the residential home where her uncle, Scott Solomon, lived before he passed away by adding new flowers and benches.
We would like to thank The Jewish Publication Society (www.jewishpub.org) for co-sponsoring the gift certificates, Judaica Press (www.judaicapress.com) and Tzedakah, Inc. (www.just-tzedakah.org) for their help with the Giving Certificate TM. We once again acknowledge Karen Klieger, who interned at Areyvut in 2004 who was instrumental in bringing this contest to fruition. Additionally, we would like to thank the expert panel of judges who gave of their time and helped us determine the winners.
Areyvut invites all Bnai Mitzvah students to begin planning their entries for our Fourth Annual Bnai Mitzvah Essay Contest. We will begin collecting essays in the summer. Visit our website over the upcoming months for further details.
Read Articles about the 2006 Bnai Mitzvah Essay Contest
- March 2007 - Yad Sarah Newsletter
Jerusalem, Israel
- March 30, 2007 - The Jewish Press Magazine
Brooklyn, NY
- March 15 2007 - New Jersey Jewish News
Whippany, NJ
- March 9, 2007 - Jewish Journal
Los Angeles, CA
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