Celebrating Excellence and Innovation in Jewish Education

Celebrating Excellence and Innovation in Jewish Education | Celebrating Excellence and Innovation in Jewish Education

Covenant in Action

Singing Their Way to Community

VIDEOSLIDESHOWNew York, Mar 14, 2013—Even a forecast of heavy snow didn’t stop Natalie Kent – who’s pushing 80 – from getting to a Upper East Side rehearsal studio for some full-throated singing and fancy foot moves, prepping for the big day less than two weeks away.[More]

2012 Covenant Award Recipients

Three Exceptional Jewish Educators Receive 2012 Covenant Award and are Honored by Jewish Community and Leaders

Eli N. Evans, left, Chairman of the Board of the Covenant Foundation, with recipients of the 2012 Covenant Awards: Peter Geffen, Gitta Jaroslawicz-Neufeld, and Karina Zilberman.

VIDEOBaltimore, Nov 11, 2012—Three educators from across the spectrum of Jewish life received The Covenant Foundation’s 2012 Covenant Award today, as hundreds of Jewish community and educational leaders, prominent philanthropists, students and others honored them for their commitment, vision and wide-ranging impact.[More]

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Profiles in Great Teaching

Find inspiration and information in these profiles of our most recent Covenant Award recipients. Click here to find additional films and here for slideshows and multimedia presentations. Don’t miss our 18th anniversary publication, A Covenant of Dreams, celebrating in words and pictures the glorious work of those who received Covenant Foundation grants and Covenant Awards during our first 18 years.

Awards 2010 - Bernard Steinberg
Bernard Steinberg, President and Director of Harvard Hillel in Cambridge, MA, received a 2010 Covenant Award from Lester Crown at the Foundation's annual awards dinner, this year in New Orleans. Click above to view a video, produced by Pearl Gluck, capturing his work in Cambridge, followed by the presentation and acceptance of the award on Nov. 7.
Awards 2010 - Beth Huppin
Beth Huppin, Judaic Studies educator at the Seattle Jewish Community School, and educator at Congregation Beth Shalom in Seattle, accepted a 2010 Covenant Award from Keat Crown at the Foundation's annual awards dinner in New Orleans. View a short video in which filmmaker Pearl Gluck captures her impact, followed by presentation and acceptance of the award on Nov. 7.
Awards 2010 - Jan Darsa
Jan Darsa, Director of Jewish Education at Facing History and Ourselves in Brookline, MA, was honored with a 2010 Covenant Award for excellence in Jewish education. Watch her in action on her home turf in a short video by Pearl Gluck, followed by the presentation of her award by Renee Crown and acceptance speech in New Orleans on Nov. 7.