Winners Honored at Holocaust Reflection Contest Ceremony

On Sunday, April 16, 2023, the ninth annual Holocaust Reflection Contest Award Ceremony was held at NSU’s Alvin Sherman Library.

The contest is conducted by the Craig and Barbara Weiner Holocaust Reflection and Resource Center, which is housed in the library on the second floor.

The winners, as well as their teachers and schools, received cash awards as well as a full weekend experience that included tours of the center, one-on-one sessions with Holocaust survivors, and a celebratory dinner. The contest reaches out to more than 3,000 Florida schools – both public and private. There were almost 2,000 submissions this year.

Here are the winners of this year’s contest:

Digital Storytelling

• High School First Place: “This is History, We are the Future;” student, Gavin Conte; teacher, Darren Levine; school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
• High School Second Place: “Solomon Perel – A Jew in the Nazi;” student, Vaibhav Kant; teacher, Eduardo Martinez; school, Somerset Academy
• Middle School First Place: “The Story of the Innocent;” student, Sai Lakshmi Likhitha Narava; teacher, Mary Ellen Richichi; school, Independence Middle School
• Middle School Second Place: “Light in the Dark;” student, Michelle Flasterstein; teacher, Dahlia Nayman; school, Donna Klein Jewish Academy

Art

• High School First Place: “Unthinkable Nightmares of the Past;” student, Ruby Feng; teacher, Xinlin Fan; school, Seminole High School
• High School Second Place: “Sleep Now My Hungry Child;” student, Kaly Rodriguez; teacher, Brian Lynn; school, Charles W. Flanagan High School
• Middle School First Place: “Courage;” student, Bryan Kornegay; teacher, Steven Hammerman; school, The Green School
• Middle School Second Place: “Burning Cattle Car;” student, Briley Hanlon; teacher, Karly Ferguson; school, Community Leadership Academy

Essay/Poem

• High School First Place: “Pinchas Dov;” student, Esther Janowski; teacher, Janet Conard; school, Rohr Bais Chaya Academy
• High School Second Place: “On the Side of the Road;” student, Bradley Ginsburg; teacher, Scott Barrow; school, NSU University School
• Middle School First Place: “Two Girls at Main St.;” student, Tali Kliksberg; teacher, Shira Greenberg; school, David Posnack Jewish Day School
• Middle School Second Place: “Journey Through the Eyes of a 7 Year Old;” student, Hobbes Liebschutz; teacher, Risa Bender; school, Don Estridge High Tech Middle School

Posted 04/23/23