New York, NY, Jun 5, 2013 – Howard Blas, Director of the Tikvah Program at Camp Ramah in New England; Judy Finkelstein-Taff, Head of School at the Chicago Jewish Day School; and Zion Ozeri, Founder and Creative Director of The Jewish Lens in New York, were named today by The Covenant Foundation to receive the Award, among the most coveted honors in the field of Jewish education.
The three recipients join 66 other Jewish educators honored with a Covenant Award since the Foundation established the citation in 1991. Each will receive $36,000, and each of their institutions will receive $5,000.
Biographies of the recipients can be found here.
The Covenant Foundation is a program of the Crown Family Foundation and the Jewish Education Service of North America (JESNA).
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I wanted to express my congratulations to each of the Covenant Award recipients, Judy, Zion and Howard. You are all extraordinary educators and so glad to have you in the “Covenant Family”. Looking forward to seeing you in October and working with you in the days and months to come. All the best, Joni