5 SELECTED FOR L.A. JEWISH EDUCATOR AWARDS.Byline: Tracy Valeri Daily News Staff Writer Five Jewish educators each received a $10,000 award Friday for exemplary service to the children of Jewish schools in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . The recipients of the Jewish Educator Awards from the Milken Family Foundation Milken Family Foundation is a charity trust established by Lowell Milken and Michael Milken in 1982. External links
The winners were: Rabbi Asher Biron, Judaic studies instructor at Valley Torah High School in North Hollywood. Lee Shaw, a kindergarten teacher at Abraham Joshua Heschel Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (January 11, 1907, Warsaw, then Russian Empire – December 23, 1972) was considered by many to be one of the most significant Jewish theologians of the 20th century. Day School in Northridge. Ofra Dor, a Hebrew language Hebrew language, member of the Canaanite group of the West Semitic subdivision of the Semitic subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages (see Afroasiatic languages). teacher and coordinator at Stephen S Stephen, 1097?–1154, king of England (1135–54). The son of Stephen, count of Blois and Chartres, and Adela, daughter of William I of England, he was brought up by his uncle, Henry I of England, who presented him with estates in England and France and . Wise Temple Day School in Los Angeles. Esther Markel, second-grade Judaic studies teacher at Emek Hebrew Academy in Van Nuys. Lana Kideckel Marcus, principal at Adat Ari El Day School in North Hollywood. The Milken Family Foundation was established in 1982 with a core commitment to education. Other areas of concentration are medical research, health care and community welfare. Selection of the award recipients is made by a committee of educators and leaders from the Jewish community. The latest recipients of the Jewish Educator Awards will receive them at a luncheon honoring them Dec. 19 at the Regency Beverly Wilshire Hotel. |
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