Katlyn Carter: 202.478.6176, kcarter@mrss.com , or
Joe Berkofsky: 212.284.6714, joe.berkofsky@jewishfederations.org
Andy Neusner: andy.neusner@jewishfederations.org
10-12-10 | Source: CNN.com
I have recently been humbled by my nomination to win the Jewish Community Hero Award, which comes with a $25,000 grant from the Jewish Federations of North America. Not only would the grant enable us to grow our congregation, but the award from this leading organization would shine a spotlight on the impact we’ve been able to have in people’s lives all around the world. Read More »
10-11-10 | Source: Jewlicious blog
This year’s Jewish Community Hero contest is winding down and I trust you’ve all been voting for your favorite candidates. Last year, the Jewlicious community rallied massively behind our own Rabbi Yonah Bookstein, delivering the most votes of any nominee. This year, we have no horse in the race, per se, so we spared you all the incessant calls to vote. And thank goodness for that! Looking over the nominees, it seems like our Jewish community does not lack for some impressive heroes. We’d hate to have to compete against them! Thus, I’d like to urge you to go and vote NOW and all week for whoever floats your boat. I know Eli Valley thinks our biggest Jewish hero is Helen Thomas’s head (it’s funny! Read the comic!), but as that part of her anatomy has not been nominated, let’s look at a few of the nominees, almost at random, followed by who I’ve been voting for. Read More »
10-11-10 | Source: Chabad.org
With 10 days to go until the close of voting in the second-annual Jewish Community Heroes contest, dozens of Chabad-Lubavitch leaders, including three campus Chabad House directors, are in the running for a grant to boost their non-profit projects. Thus far, hundreds of thousands of votes have been cast in the online competition. Sponsored by Jewish Federations of North America, it aims to honor those 13 years of age and older who dedicate themselves to bettering local Jewish communities in the United States and Canada. Read More »
10-11-10 | Source: Jewish Journal
It began with Deborah Perlman of Southwest Ranches adopting a few families around Christmas and Hanukkah. Her husband and three boys would shop for the gifts, and then wrap and deliver them. Soon friends wanted to be part of the family's holiday effort. So in 2004, Perlman founded the non-profit Touch a Heart Foundation. Last year volunteers delivered a holiday meal and clothing, shoes and gifts to more than 100 families in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties. "I saw there was a need and there were families that needed help out there," Perlman said. For her work helping needy families in South Florida, Perlman, 48, was nominated for a Jewish Federations of North America Jewish Community Heroes award. Read More »
10-11-10 | Source: Jewish Journal
In 1995, 26-year-old Jay Feinberg was losing his battle with leukemia. After four years of chemotherapy treatments, the powerful drugs were no longer halting an aggressive form of the disease. Feinberg's last hope was a bone marrow transplant. But a long search of a database of almost 60,000 persons failed to come up with a donor who was Jewish and might be a genetic match for the New York resident. He was ready to risk a bone marrow transplant from a donor who was not a completely compatible match when, in the final bone marrow drive, Feinberg found a perfect match in the very last donor, a woman from Chicago. Last week a healthy Feinberg, now 42 and living in Boca Raton, recalled that trying time from his office at the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation which he founded to help Jewish patients in need of bone marrow transplants. The Foundation in Boca Raton has been responsible for 2,100 bone marrow transplants around the world, Feinberg said. For his work with the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation, Feinberg was nominated for a Jewish Federations of North America Jewish Community Heroes award. Read More »
10-06-10 | Source: Cleveland Jewish News
Two Clevelanders have been nominated to date for the Jewish Federations of North America’s (JFNA) 2010 Jewish Community Heroes award. The award recognizes North American Jews of all ages and walks of life who put others before themselves. The local nominees are Lottie Gray of Cleveland, a social worker who works with patients suffering from both addiction and mental illness, and Eliana LeVine of Shaker Heights, the volunteer organizer of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s efforts to serve nutritious lunches to Cleveland city children during the summer. (Read their profiles at www.jewishcommunityheroes.org/nominees/profile/lottie-gray/ or www.jewishcommunityheroes. org/nominees/profile/eliana-levine/) Read More »
10-06-10 | Source: JewishJournal.com
The Jewish Federations of North America has opened voting for its community hero nominees. One community hero of the year and four finalists will be recognized at the federations’ General Assembly in New Orleans Nov. 7-9. A panel of judges will select the winner from the 20 nominees who receive the most online support. That person will receive a $25,000 grant to support his or her work. Read More »
10-06-10 | Source: St. Louis Jewish Light
Jewish Federation of St. Louis has launched the Second Annual Jewish Community Hero Awards, aimed at connecting people through social media to recognize the selflessness and courage of those who are helping their communities through volunteer service. The Jewish Community Heroes initiative, created by The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), is part of a broad effort to promote public service in the St. Louis area. Read More »
10-04-10 | Source: J Weekly
Who is your hero? The unsung champions of the Jewish world will get a chance to shine in the second annual Jewish Community Hero Awards, aimed at connecting people through social media to recognize those who are helping their communities through volunteer service. The award comes with a $25,000 grant to advance service work. Read More »
10-04-10 | Source: The Jewish Journal
Prompted by the increasing popularity of online social networking, UJC/The Jewish Federations of North America has launched a national campaign to honor “Jewish Community Heroes.” In hopes of reaching out to younger generations, the new initiative will honor one Jewish Community Hero of the Year, who will receive $25,000 to put toward his or her community work, and also recognize four additional finalists. Since the campaign began in early August, more than 100 heroes from across North America have been nominated, including 11 from the Los Angeles area — Sadie Mintz, Yonah Bookstein, Jacqueline Rotman, Rhoda Weisman, Ilan Davidson, Diane Kabat, Josh Kaplan, Bentzion Kravitz, David Cygielman, Rabbi Moishe Engel and David Gale. Read More »
10-04-10 | Source: Vos Iz Neias?
New Orleans, LA - In an effort to encourage volunteerism within the Jewish community, the Jewish Federations of North America is holding their second annual Jewish Community Heroes Campaign. 570,00 votes were cast in last year’s inaugural campaign which featured over 400 nominees and the JFNA hopes to surpass those numbers this year. So far, it is looking promising. While the campaign began only two weeks ago, there are currently 100 nominees and 16,000 votes have already been cast. The Heroes campaign was a collaborative effort on the part of several individuals at the JFNA who wanted to spotlight the unsung heroes who go above and beyond the call of duty. Read More »
10-04-10 | Source: The Matzav Network
The second-annual Jewish Community Heroes campaign organized by The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) celebrates the selflessness and courage of those who put others before themselves. This is the community’s opportunity to shine a national spotlight on the unsung, whether their work impacts five people or 5,000. Building on the success of last year’s campaign, in which participants cast over 500,000 votes, this year will single out a 2010 Jewish Community Hero and several other honorees for going above and beyond: the honorees will be selected by an online nomination and voting process that will establish the 20 semifinalists, and then the judge panel will select the honorees from that semifinalist list. Read More »
10-04-10 | Source: OurJewishCommunity.org-Baum's Blog
I’ve been nominated as a Jewish Community hero. This is a lovely honor, but it’s really not all about me. From now until October 8th, you can vote once every 12 hours by going to www.votebaum.com and clicking “vote.” If you vote for me, the benefit is that OurJewishCommunity.org will get more attention throughout the country. This is a wonderful thing. In addition, if I am in the top 20 nominees (currently, I’m in the 10th spot) at the end of this process, that will make us eligible to receive grant money (decided ultimately by judges on a panel). This would be a tremendous gift for OurJewishCommunity.org as we rely on donations and grants to help us do the work we are doing. In addition, I am thrilled to share that two generous donors, Peter and Mary Levin, have indicated that they will match any money raised (including through this grant and other donations we receive) up to $25,000. If we win the Jewish heroes contest, we win twice as much! Read More »
10-04-10 | Source: The Oregon Jewish Review
Two Oregonians have been nominated for the Jewish Federations of North America’s second-annual Jewish Community Heroes campaign. The program “celebrates the selflessness and courage of those who put others before themselves.” The Oregon nominees are Tamara Rubin and Robert Horenstein. “This is our community’s opportunity to shine a national spotlight on the unsung, whether their work impacts five people or 5,000,” according to JFNA’s Heroes website Jewishcommunityheroes.org. Read More »
10-04-10 | Source: Jewlicious
This year’s Jewish Community Hero contest is winding down and I trust you’ve all been voting for your favorite candidates. Last year, the Jewlicious community rallied massively behind our own Rabbi Yonah Bookstein, delivering the most votes of any nominee. This year, we have no horse in the race, per se, so we spared you all the incessant calls to vote. And thank goodness for that! Looking over the nominees, it seems like our Jewish community does not lack for some impressive heroes. We’d hate to have to compete against them! Read More »
10-04-10 | Source: CNN
have recently been humbled by my nomination to win the Jewish Community Hero Award, which comes with a $25,000 grant from the Jewish Federations of North America. Not only would the grant enable us to grow our congregation, but the award from this leading organization would shine a spotlight on the impact we’ve been able to have in people’s lives all around the world. Read More »
10-01-10 | Source: San Diego Jewish World
NEW YORK (Press Release)— The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) launched on Thursday the Second Annual Jewish Community Hero Awards, aimed at connecting people through social media to recognize the selflessness and courage of those who are helping their communities through volunteer service. The Jewish Community Heroes initiative is part of a broad effort by JFNA to promote public service in communities across the United States and Canada. To build on the success of last year’s inaugural program, the largest Jewish social-networking campaign to-date, JFNA is planning a massive online campaign in conjunction with Blue State Digital, the online strategy firm that helped the Obama campaign raise more than $500 million and engage millions of volunteers. Read More »
10-01-10 | Source: Arizona Jewish Post
The Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona is seeking nominees for the Second Annual Jewish Community Hero Awards, a Jewish Federations of North America initiative aimed at connecting people through social media to recognize those who are helping their communities through volunteer service. To nominate a Jewish Community Hero, go to http://www.jewishcommunityheroes. org/southernarizona. To build on the success of last year’s inaugural program, the largest Jewish social-networking campaign to date, JFNA is planning a massive online campaign in conjunction with Blue State Digital, the online strategy firm that helped the Obama campaign raise more than $500 million and engage millions of volunteers. Read More »
10-01-10 | Source: Jewish Herald-Voice
The second annual Jewish Community Heroes campaign, organized by the Jewish Federations of North America, celebrates the selflessness and courage of those who put others before themselves. This is the Houston community’s opportunity to shine a national spotlight on the unsung, whether their work impacts five people or 5,000 people. Building on the success of last year’s campaign, in which participants cast more than 500,000 votes, this year Houston will single out a 2010 Jewish Community Hero and several other honorees for going above and beyond. Read More »
10-01-10 | Source: Millenium Radio Network, New Jersey
The Jewish Federations of North America are launching a massive social media campaign to recognize individuals who are dedicated to selflessly helping their communities through volunteer service. Could “North America’s Next Top Mensch” be in your hometown? Chances are he or she is right in your backyard… Nominees are rapidly coming in and people are beginning to cast their votes online to pick the finalists from which the winner will be chosen by a panel of celebrity judges in November. Last year’s contest drew more than half a million votes for more than four hundred nominees, bringing inspiring stories to the forefront in communities across the country. This year is already shaping up to drive a record level of involvement through innovative social media campaigns and creative online marketing efforts. Read More »