The Pomegranate Prize | The Covenant Foundation

The Pomegranate Prize

The Pomegranate Prize is designed to recognize emerging leaders in the field of Jewish education by encouraging them in their pursuits and offering the resources and connections necessary to accelerate their development, deepen their self-awareness, and amplify their impact on the field.

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From top left: Rabbi Aaron Portman, Jonah Peretz-Lange, Miriam Anzovin, Rabbi Eliana Kayelle, Rabbanit Dalia Davis. From bottom left: Rabbi Lauren Tuchman, Eliana Eshel, Rozeeta Mavashev, Avidan Halivni, Jessica Herrmann

Recipients

2026

Rabbanit Dalia Davis

Jessica Herrmann

Rozeeta Mavashev

Rabbi Eliana Kayelle

Jonah Peretz-Lange

Rabbi Aaron Portman

Rabbi Lauren Tuchman

2025

Rabbi Dave Yedid

Menuchah Schuman

Rebecca P. Schisler

Rabbi Kendell Pinkney

Manashe Khaimov

Sasha Kopp Hass

Tali Cohen Carrus

Rabbi Tali Adler

2024

Rabbi Zachary Rothblatt

Kimberly Ariella Dueñas

2023

Yehudah Webster

Jory Hanselman Mayschak

2022

Yoshi Silverstein

Rabbi Tzvi Hametz

Jonathan Shmidt Chapman

2021

Tony J. Westbrook Jr.

Rav Tiferet Berenbaum

Rabbanit Leah Sarna

Alana Rifkin Gelnick

2020

Rabbi Rachel Isaacs

Rabbi Jordan Soffer

Rabbi Jessy Dressin

2019

Rabbi Matthew Dreffin

Na’amit Sturm Nagel

Beverly Socher-Lerner

2018

Ilana Gleicher-Bloom

Maiya Chard-Yaron Edelson

Rabbi Adina Allen

2017

Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson

Rabbi Alissa Forrest Miller

2016

Alex Jakubowski

Rabbi Adam Greenwald

2015

Erica Belkin Allen

Debbie Yunker Kail

Rabbi Devin Maimon Villareal

Rabbi Jason Rubenstein

2014

Rabbi Yigal Sklarin

Joanna Oren Massey

Talya S. Gillman

Rabbi Michael Bitton

Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell

2013

Risa Alyson Cooper

Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann

Rabbi Yechiel Hoffman

Rabbi Todd Markley

2012

Rabbi Eliav Bock

Rabbi Nicole Greninger

Rabbi Barry Kislowicz

2011

Rabbi Marc Baker

Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein