Merit Scholarship Submissions

Each year our students submit projects on a wide variety of topics and through many different media such as book reports, art projects, divrei torah, and class lesson plans. We are pleased to share the projects submitted during the 2010-2011 school year: 

Art Projects
Featuring a painting inspired by Moses Receiving the Ten Commandments by Julia Edelstein; a painting portraying Jewish Values by Tal Margalit; and a diorama of the Israeli Peace Wall by Chad Shulewitz

Book Reports 
Featuring a Book Report by Julia Edelstein on “The Chosen”; and one by Naomi Zipursky on “All But My Life” 

Research Papers
Featuring Research Papers by Alyssa Cohen on “Buying Israeli Products”; Adeev Potash on “Hellenism and Jewish Responses”; Ezra Potash on “How Islam Ideals Impacted the Jewish Community”; and Chad Shulewitz on “History of the B’nai Mitzvah”

Group Activities
Featuring Simchat Shabbat music by Yonatan Dotan; Jazz Music at the Blumkin Home by Adeev and Ezva Potash; a Lesson Plan for BESTT by Samantha Wiener; and a Lesson Plan for the Bible Quiz Class by Aaron Zipursky

Bible Quiz Questions
Featuring Bible Quiz Questions by Yonatan Dotan, Tal Margalit and Samantha Wiener

Divrei Torah
Featuring a D’var Torah for Shabbat Chanukah, a D’var Torah/Commencement Speech by Ari Brodkey; a D’var Torah for Shabbat Kedoshim by Aaron Zipursky

Presentations
Featuring a PowerPoint titled “What It’s Like to Be A Jewish Woman” by Alyssa Cohen; an essay about Self Reflections by Noam Margalit; and a YouTube Video titled “Israel Through My Eyes” by Naomi Zipursky