CHANUKAH 5780
Embarassment of riches
There were so many excellent entries submitted this year that there were some three-way and four-way ties!
It is amazing every year to discover how the hundreds of young artists express their interpretation of Chanukah through diverse themes and with an array of media. Even with three-way ties many entries, though not winners, were noteworthy. Some of them are displayed throughout the IJN Chanukah Edition.
Entries came from 17 cities: Denver • Aurora • Boulder • Centennial • Westminster • Colorado Springs • Englewood • Evergreen • Fort Collins • Greenwood Village • Highlands Ranch • Littleton • Parker • Monument • Steamboat Springs • Westminster
One entry came all the way from Silver Spring, Maryland.
All entries are numbered by an independent party and then judged blindly. The judges do not know the names, schools or synagogues of the entrants.
And the Winners Are…
Grades K-1:
First Place Tie: Ahuva Nava Hoffman, Grade 1, Hillel Academy; Kai Greenberg, Grade 1, Prairie Winds Elementary
Second Place Tie: Chaya Serebryanski, Grade 1, Hillel Academy; Ora Rockoff, Grade 1, DAT
Grades 2-3:
First Place: Ariella Segall, Grade 2, DAT
Second Place Tie: Chaya Gertz, Grade 3, Hillel Academy; Michael Balaban, Grade 3, DJDS
Third Place Tie: Tova Knobloch, Grade 2, DJDS; Chayim Estreicher, Grade 3, DAT; David Rockoff, Grade 3, DAT; Roselle Rockoff, Grade 3, DAT
Grades 4-6:
First Place Tie: Eliana Hettleman, Grade 6, Denver School of the Arts; Chaya Gorelik, Grade 5, Hillel Academy; Yocheved Wilhelm, Grade 5, Hillel Academy
Second Place Tie: Adina Drexler, Grade 6, DAT; Chayim Goldberg, Grade 6, DAT; Tovit Shafran, Grade 6, DAT
Third Place Tie: Yoshi Polotsky, Grade 4, DAT; Tamar Goldberg-Butler, Grade 4, DJDS; Aviva Davis, Grade 5, High Plains Elementary
On Display & Awards Ceremony
The winning entries published in this Intermountain Jewish News are on display at History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway, through January 3, 2020.
Winners will be honored at a ceremony at History Colorado • Friday • December 27, 2019 • 11 a.m.
Parents, grandparents, siblings, teachers & friends of winners are welcome to stay and experience History Colorado Center. RSVP: Larry Hankin, 303-861-2234 or [email protected]
Thanks to Parents & Teachers
Thanks to the parents, principals and teachers who encouraged the young artists in their creativity and Jewish knowledge.
Public & Private schools • Jewish Day Schools
Denver School of the Arts • Prairie Winds Elementary (Colorado Springs) • Soda Creek Elementary (Steamboat Springs) • Mountain Village Montessori Charter (Steamboat Springs) • Torah School of Greater Washington (Silver Spring, Md.) • Homeschool • Denver Academy of Torah • Denver Jewish Day School • Hillel Academy
Synagogues, Temples & Religious Schools
Aish Denver • BMH-BJ • Bais Menachem • Boulder County Jewish Center • Chabad of Auraria • Chabad of Longmont • Chabad of Northern Colorado • Chabad of Northwest Metro Denver • Chabad of South Denver • CU Chabad • DAT Minyan • Denver Community Kollel • EDOS • Har Mishpacha (Steamboat Springs) • HEA • Kehilas Bais Yisroel • Kohelet • Ohr Avner • Rodef Shalom • Temple Emanuel • Temple Shalom • Temple Sinai • Zera Abraham