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US: 3 Jewish educators win Covenant Awards
Rabbi Eve Ben-Ora, Amy Skopp Cooper and Rabbi Shai Held awarded prestigious commendation prize for excellence in Jewish education, innovation
Three Jewish educators have been named the recipients of the prestigious 2011 Covenant Awards for excellence in Jewish education and innovation.
The Covenant Awards are given by the Covenant Foundation, a program of the Crown Family Foundation and the Jewish Education Service of North America. The program honors outstanding Jewish educators and supports creative approaches to Jewish education.
The three educators honored are Rabbi Eve Ben-Ora, of the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco; Amy Skopp Cooper, director of Ramah Day Camp in Nyack, New York; and Rabbi Shai Held, dean and chair in Jewish thought at Mechon Hadar in New York.
According to a JTA report, the three were cited for "their innovative approach to Jewish education and their ability to inspire and empower others to infuse their own lives with Jewish values and knowledge."
“Their influence is enormous,” said Harlene Winnick Appelman, executive director of The Covenant Foundation.
Appelman noted that the recipients “work in arenas that are not only relevant and engaging, but also are the practical places where people congregate, interact, absorb ideas and become inspired.”
Each of the three will receive $36,000, along with $5,000 for their respective institutions.
Sixty other Jewish educators have received Convenant Awards since the program was created in 1991.
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