WINNERS: 2017 Jewish Scholastic Journalism Awards
June 5, 2017
Category 1: News and feature reporting on Jewish religion (holidays, halacha and contemporary religious issues)
Kiddush Clubs: Old tradition is scrutinized in new way
Alec Fields, The Boiling Point, Shalhevet, Los Angeles
Category 2: News and feature reporting on current events involving Israel:
School remembers Peres for heart, poetry, devotion to peace
Jacob Feitelberg, The Boiling Point, Shalhevet, Los Angeles
Category 3: News or feature reporting on interreligious or intercultural events
Bridging the Gap: Arabic students forge bond with Syrian refugee family
Miriam Minsk, The Lion’s Tale, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Rockville, MD
Category 4: Ongoing reporting on religious, Israel or interreligious/cultural issues. Ongoing reporting means at least two stories on two different days, covering a story that is evolving with additional facts known.
The Boiling Point, Shalhevet, Los Angeles, CA
Role Reversal: Guys say l’chaim to girl’s blessing, by Rose Lipner and Nicole Sousanna
Girl leading Kiddush was a mistake, school says, by Alec Fields
Category 5: Opinion: Non-first-person opinion on any Jewish or Israel-related story
Israeli TV hit explores the black-hatted world of Mea Shearim
Lucy Fried, The Boiling Point, Shalhevet, Los Angeles, CA
Category 6: Opinion: First-person experience regarding Jerusalem or Israel
Jordie Priesman, Walter Johnson High School, Bethesda, MD, Fresh Ink for Teens.com
Category 7: Photojournalism: Photograph attached to any Jewish or Israeli-related story
The Light from Behind
Shalva Gozland, Manhattan High School for Girls, New York, NY, Moadim Magazine
Category 8: Layout/design of any Jewish or Israel-related story, one page or multiple pages
Miriam Minsk, The Lion’s Tale, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Rockville, MD.
Category 9: Video reporting of any Jewish or Israel-related story
Yom Kippur video: Shalhevet’s Repenters
Jordana Glouberman and Talia Abel, Shalhevet High School, Los Angeles, CA
**Grand Prize Winner
Miriam Minsk, The Lion’s Tale, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Rockville, MD.