Yeshiva
Shaarei Tzion
Kadima
Heschel West
MS
Israel
Atlanta, GA
Teacher
Name
The Founding of
the Hebrew
University;  a
Unification of
Many Jews
Josh Bernfeld
Lauren Ibgui
2nd Place
Cherishing the
Remembered
Ramaz Middle
School
Jewish
Family
Story
Mrs. Boggs
Holocaust
Honorable
Mention
Of Different
Worlds, but One
Heart
A Path to Follow
Mrs. Asher
Mrs. Adina
Gross
Israel
Honorable
Mention
Daniel Koster
Here to Stay
1st Place
The Hebrew
Day School
Celine Ifrah
Letter to the
Prime Minister of
England
Honorable
Mention
Elizabeth, NJ
Mrs. Rhoda
Gleicher
Mrs. Asher
West Hill, CA
3rd Place
Holocaust
Encino, CA
Water Usage in
Israel
Orianne
Varsha
Allie Bloxberg
A Fast for a
Family
Mia Weinstein
Aviva Cantor
Results
Grandpa’s Talit
Torah Day
School of
Atlanta
Israel
Atlanta, GA
Brenda
Salamon
Mr. Steven
Berer
Mrs. Judy
Goldberg
Holocaust
A True Life
Jewish Family
Story
Julie Varsha
New York, NY
Holocaust Diary
Ramaz Middle
School
Mr. Steven
Berer
Yael Paley
Jewish
Family
Story
Israel
2nd Place
Honorable
Mention
Yaakov
Loboda
Memphis, TN
Category
Tehilla Ziegler
Jessica
Behmanesh
Kadima
Heschel West
MS
Emek Hebrew
Academy
Michal
Hirschorn
Rebecca
Emmeric
Kadima
Heschel West
MS
Yeshiva
Shaarei Tzion
Davis
Academy
West Hill, CA
Ms. Linda
Soloway
Ella
Rabinowitz
2nd Place
Jared Meline
Beverly Hills,
CA
Honorable
Mention
Israel, My Home
Forever
Honorable
Mention
Teach Bnai
Yisrael to Listen
Heritage vs.
Inheritance
Mr. Adee
Weismark
Mr. Steven
Berer
Ms. Leah
Howard
Harkam Hillel
Hebrew
Academy
Holocaust
Harkam Hillel
Hebrew
Academy
Israel
Honorable
Mention
Once a Jew,
Always A Jew
Beverly Hills,
CA
Honorable
Mention
Rebecca
Galanti
Beverly Hills,
CA
Holocaust
Gush Etzion
Regional
School
Mrs. Asher
Israel
Mrs. Leah
Urso
1st Place
Kadima
Heschel West
MS
The Memory of
Miriam and
Yakov Gueta
Jewish
Family
Story
Elizabeth, NJ
Holocaust
Honorable
Mention
Jewish
Family
Story
Mr. Adee
Weismark
Tanach
3rd Place
Ms. Amy
Greenspan
Julia's Story
Cleveland,
OH
Mr. Steven
Berer
Maitland, FL
1st Place
School
West Hill, CA
Davis
Academy
Mrs. Judy
Goldberg
Honorable
Mention
Honorable
Mention
Kadima
Heschel West
MS
Atlanta, GA
Jeremy
Wacker
A Childhood I
Cannot Forgot
Mr. Steven
Berer
Mr. Adee
Weismark
3rd Place
Tanach
Honorable
Mention
New York, NY
Atlanta, GA
Kadima
Heschel West
MS
Yavne High
School
Solomon
Schechter
Day School
City
Rivky Warga
Mrs. Judy
Sokolow
Harkham
Hillel Hebrew
Academy
Davis
Academy
Piscataway,
NJ
Meira Cweiber
Honorable
Mention
Operation
Entebbe
We Are All
Responsible
Mr. Steven
Berer
Ben Kiaei
Battle of Our
Lives
Mrs. Judy
Sokolow
Israel's Meaning
to Me
Jewish
Family
Story
Piscataway,
NJ
Alon Shvut,
Israel
Holocaust
The Letter
Proud to Be a
Jew
West Hill, CA
3rd Place
2nd Place
Bruriah
Junior High
Esther
Levenson
Sonja Lipman
Israel
Sophie
Aroesty
Elizabeth, NJ
Mrs. Judy
Goldberg
Tanach
Bornblum
Solomon
Schecter
Their Pencils,
Their Weapons -
They Fought
Their Own Way
Bruriah
Junior High
St. Louis, MO
Tanach
West Hill, CA
1st Place
Israel
Ms. Deanna
McAlexander
Jewish
Family
Story
Sacrifice
West Hill, CA
Jewish
Family
Story
Bruriah
Junior High
Essay Title
Honorable
Mention
Mrs. Adina
Gross
Jewish Heritage Contest
“We are fortunate - how good is our portion,
how pleasant our lot, and how beautiful our
heritage!”
-The Siddur  
2009 Winners