Student winners of the 2020 B’nai B’rith Capital Area Holocaust Essay Contest were honored at a June 3 zoom award ceremony. Three winning high school and three winning middle school students read their essays and were awarded with cash prizes totaling $1000. Each student also was awarded certificates of achievement from B’nai B’rith, New York State Assembly Member Phil Steck, and U. […]

Boy scout Elijah Knowlton recently received a “Do The Right Thing Award.” The Rochester Police Department program, designed to foster positive relationships between law enforcement and the youth of the community, recognizes bravery, valor and courage. Grandfather Gene Altman of Niskayuna reports: Ten-year old Elijah, was home with his grandmother, Margaret Carter when she fell down a flight of stairs.  […]

The Sidney Albert Albany Jewish Community Center has announced that the 2020 Annual Pillars Of The Community Award winners are Debbie and Jeff Cohen, Lauren and Bob Finkle and Donna and Lee Rosen. The Pillars of the Community Awards recognizes individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the Center and/or the Jewish community at-large through education, service and acts of […]

By PHILISSA CRAMER NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – Astute viewers could find plenty of signs during the recent “Jeopardy!” Teachers Tournament that one leading contestant had some Jewish bona fides. There was the fact that Meggie Kwait teaches at Beit Rabban Day School, a Jewish school on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. There was her covered hair, rare among game-show contestants […]

Rabbi Abba Rubin of Saratoga Chabad, left, presented the Fire Department of Saratoga an award to thank it for its members’ efforts in keeping Saratoga healthy. The presentation was part of the “Honk for the Heroes Car Parade on Lag B’Omer, which also noted the efforts of the police and medical professionals during the pandemic.

The local B’nai B’rith Holocaust Essay Contest judging panel has selected six winning essays and Robert Michaels, chairman, has announced this year’s winners. High School winners: First prize winner is Patrick Manella of the Loudonville Christian School. Sponsoring Teacher Michelle Nietfeld. Second prize winner is Cassidy Tryon of the Loudonville Christian School. Sponsoring Teacher Michelle Nietfeld. Third prize winner is Pallavi […]

ALBANY– The late Jane Golub will be honored on Friday, May 15, at the local Jewish National Fund (JNF)-USA’s (virtual) Breakfast for Israel. Israel’s Consul General to New York, Ambassador Dani Dayan, will address the region during the 8 a.m. program. A dedication recognizing Golub’s various philanthropic work is planned. Golub received the unofficial title of “tree-lady” by the local […]

Members of the Jewish War Veterans (J.W.V.) joined with the First Reformed Church of Schenectady and more than 120 attendees in the church’s Clark Poling Chapel to honor Bill Schaaf of the Patriot Guard Riders as the 55th recipient of the Four Chaplains Brotherhood Award on Sunday, Feb. 23. “Albany Post 105 of the Jewish War Veterans has led the […]

(New York) – The Combat Anti-Semitism Movement (CAM) held the Jewish World’s first digital awards ceremony last night, against the backdrop of the coronavirus outbreak. Keynote speakers, the acclaimed human rights advocate Natan Sharansky and Special Envoy Elan Carr discussed anti-Semitic efforts to use coronavirus for spreading anti-Jewish hatred. Around 30,000 watched the online event, after the original event at […]

The Meaningful Life Center has announced its 6th annual MyLife: Chassidus Applied Essay Contest, The original essay competition challenging applicants to address a practical life issue using the teachings of Torah and Chassidus will this year be joined by the new “MyLife Creative” track. The beta track invites contestants to submit an artistic rendering of a Chasidic idea for a […]