Holocaust Reflection Contest Draws Nearly 2,000 Entries
Award winners pose with Holocaust survivors at the Holocaust Reflection Contest event at NSU’s Alvin Sherman Library.
For its eighth year, Nova Southeastern University and the Holocaust Learning and Education Fund, Inc. hosted the Holocaust Reflection Contest Student and Teachers Awards Ceremony. This important statewide contest allows middle and high school students across the Florida to study the testimonies of Holocaust survivors in an enriching way. The contest provides a creative opportunity to honor and remember the millions of victims that perished in the Holocaust.
The event was held Sunday, April 3, in NSU’s Alvin Sherman Library on NSU’s Fort Lauderdale/Davie campus. This year nearly 2,000 student submissions ranging from artwork, poetry, and film creations were received.
Those attending the event toured the Craig and Barbara Weiner Holocaust Reflection and Resource Center at the library. This fully equipped Museum/Resource Center that is open to both students as well as the general public at no charge during all library hours — seven days a week. On permanent exhibit are 250 original artifacts, wall-mounted images depicting the events both leading up to and including the period of the Holocaust, original newspapers of the period, as well as research computers that are connected to most major world renowned Holocaust museums. This center also houses the Shoah Foundation Database upon which visitors may conduct research and view some 55,000 Holocaust survivor testimonies and the Echoes and Reflections Timeline of the Holocaust.
Craig and Barbara Weiner, from The Craig and Barbara Weiner Holocaust Reflection and Resource Center at NSU, pose with holocaust survivors Sunday during the Holocaust Reflection Contest awards ceremony. From left are Barbara Weiner, Eric Lipetz, Rossette Goldstein, Irene Zisblatt, Craig Weiner, and Zelda Fuksman.
Below are this year’s winners.
DIGITAL STORYTELLING (MIDDLE SCHOOL)
First Prize
“A Light in the Darkness”
Student: Sierra Crane
Teacher: Sheri Brandt
School: The Weiss School (private), Palm Beach County
Second Prize
“Ruth Kluger and the Holocaust”
Student: Kristen Colom
Teacher: Isabell Leger
School: Pembroke Pines Charter (public), Middle West, Broward County
DIGITAL STORYTELLING (HIGH SCHOOL)
First Prize
“Be My Voice”
Student: Neslianne Carrasquillo
Teacher: Amanda Mathis
School: Osceola County School of Arts (public), Osceola County
Second Prize
“Anna’s Story”
Student: Max Danik
Teacher: Silkia Aviles
School: Wellington Community High School (public), Palm Beach County
ESSAY/POEM (MIDDLE SCHOOL)
First Prize
“Silent”
Student: Sofia Fernandez
Teacher: Theresa Schrager
School: Falcon Cove (public), Broward County
Second Prize
“Alone”
Student: Lauren Bryan
Teacher: Sheri Brandt
School: The Weiss School (private), Palm Beach County
ESSAY/POEM (HIGH SCHOOL)
First Prize
“Over the Grass”
Student: Anna Zavadski
Teacher: Brendan Walsh
School: NSU University School (private), Broward County
Second Prize
“The World: A Never-Ending Saga”
Student: Joshua Ogline
Teacher: Earl Post
School: Braden River High School (private/public), Manatee County
ART (MIDDLE SCHOOL)
First Prize
“Can’t You See I’m Human?”
Student: Madeleine Merrick
Teacher: Chelsea Dittrich
School: Sunrise Middle School (public), Broward County
Second Prize
“Never Forget”
Student: Jack Armstrong
Teacher: Angela Tillman
School: Villa Madonna School (private), Hillsborough County
ART (HIGH SCHOOL)
First Prize
“The Ashes of Our Lives”
Student: Ana Valdes
Teacher: Judy Hainsworth
School: Cypress Bay High School (public), Broward County
Second Prize
“Bitter Memories”
Student: Ruby Feng
Teacher: Leah Gentry
School: Seminole High School (public), Seminole County
Posted 04/05/22