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The Jewish Education Project Young Pioneers Award Winners of 2014
The Jewish Education Project Young Pioneers Award Winners of 2014
The Jewish Education Project has announced that five exceptional and highly innovative Jewish educators will receive the 3rd annual Jewish Education Project Young Pioneers Award.  They have pushed the boundaries of Jewish learning experiences to inspire children and teens in new ways using art, circus and acrobatics, or study trips.  Other innovations include developing a unique Jewish day school that targets Russian Jewish children and their families, and re-envisioning congregational youth programming on multiple levels to increase attendance and make children more comfortable in the synagogue.

In recognition of their innovative approaches to Jewish education, Timna Burston, Art Educator at Congregation Kol Ami (White Plains, NY) and Beit Rabban Day School (Manhattan, NY); Stav Meishar, Founder of Dreamcoat Experience (NY); Menachem Menchel, Director of Youth Education and Programming at Hebrew Institute of Riverdale (Bronx, New York); Chani Okonov, Co-founder and Educational Director of Mazel Day School (Brooklyn, NY) & Zachary Rolf, Director for Youth Engagement and Outreach at Central Synagogue (Manhattan, NY), have each been selected to receive the 2014 Young Pioneers Award.

They will be recognized at a Celebration to benefit The Jewish Education Project held at the New York Academy of Medicine on May 21st at 6:45 pm.  The Celebration will also honor Dorothy Tananbaum, President of the Board of Directors of the agency.

“We are committed to innovation in Jewish education that leads to more children and teens finding meaning, relevance and inspiration through Jewish experiences”, says Robert Sherman, CEO of The Jewish Education Project. “The Young Pioneers Award highlights some of the phenomenal educators who make this happen on the ground.  We are thrilled to be their partners in this work.”

The award recipients will receive a $360 Professional Development stipend, will be publicly recognized at the Celebration, and will receive tickets to the 5th Annual Jewish Futures “UnConference” titled “Visions of Jewish Life and Learning” hosted by The Jewish Education Project.

“I’m thrilled and thankful to be recognized as an educator who promotes the values of creativity and playfulness in the fast-growing field of Experiential Jewish Education,” says Stav Meishar.

To learn more about The Young Pioneers Awards or The Jewish Education Project’s other initiatives please visit JewishEdProject.org.

About The Jewish Education Project:

The Jewish Education Project (formerly BJENY-SAJES) sparks and spreads innovations that expand the reach and increase the impact of Jewish education. Their work touches 200,000 children in 800 programs including Congregational Schools, Day Schools and Yeshivot, Early Childhood Centers, Family Engagement Programs and Teen Initiatives.  From the Jewish Futures Conferences, the Day School Collaboration Network (DSCN), the Parent to Parent Network, the In-Site-Ful Journeys, the DigitalJLearning Network, and Operation: Game Changer to the Coalition of Innovating Congregations, we empower the next generation of Jews in Westchester, New York City and Long Island to live as actively engaged members of the Jewish community. The Jewish Education Project is a beneficiary agency of UJA-Federation of New York.

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