The Prof. Halbrecht My Family's Story International Competition for 2001-‏2002

Over 12,000 students from 5 countries worldwide participated in this year's competition. The final stage of the competition was reach by 248 projects from Israel and abroad. Of them 32 were chosen for the final judging. Every student whose work made it to the final stage of the competition was presented with a personal Certificate of Appreciation from Beth Hatefutsoth.

The final Judging Panel comprised representatives from the Israeli Ministry of Education, from the Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center at Beth Hatefutsoth, The Bernhard H. and Miriam Oster Visual Documentation Center, and the Education Center of Beth Hatefutsoth.

The awards ceremony for the winners took place on June 16 at Beth Hatefutsoth. The ceremony was attended by Mr. Roni Milo, Israeli Minister for Regional Cooperation, Mr. Sami Shamoon of Yakhin-Hakal, Charmain of the Prof. Yitzhak Halbrecht Fund, Dr. David Alexander, Director-General of Beth Hatefutsoth, foreign diplomats, members of the Halbrecht family, representatives from the Israeli Education Ministry, educators, students, members of the families, and guests.

All family trees submitted by the students have been added to the database of the Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center at Beth Hatefutsoth and will be preserved for future generations.

Miriam Sharet receiving the First Prize from Mr. Sami Shamoon in the presence of Mr. Roni Milo, The Israeli Minister for Regional Cooperation.	Mr. Sami Shamoon addressing the public. Sitting (from left to right): Mr. Roni Milo, The Israeli Minister for Regional Cooperation, Dr. David Alexander, Director-General of Beth Hatefutsoth.
Dr. David Alexander, Director-General of Beth Hatefutsoth, addressing the public. Sitting (right to left): Mr. Roni Milo, The Israeli Minister of Regional Cooperation, Mr. Sami Shamoon of Yakhin-Hakal, Mr. Meir Dekel.	Mr. Sami Shamoon of Yakhin-Hakal addressing the public.

The Winners of the Prof. Halbrecht My Family's Story  International Competition for 2001-‏2002

From Israel First Prize:  Miriam Sharet Ulpanat Orot Modiin Prize received: a computer Second Prize: Ronen Reiss Tali School, Hod Hasharon Prize received: Encyclopedia Judaica on CD-ROM Third Prize: Adaya Fisch Gvanim School, Rosh HaAyin Prize received: All about Judaism - CD-ROM Special Mention: Each winner of a Special Mention was awarded a copy of ILANOT - the Jewish genealogy software of Beth Hatefutsoth Ran Yurist Rogozin Beth School, Kiryat Ata Yossi Rubin ORT Leibovitch, Netanya Or Neumann Ben Gurion School, Herzliya Special Mention for an Israeli School Rogozin Beth School, Kiryat Ata From Abroad First Prize: Adam Dorenbaum Colegio Hebreo Sefaradi, Mexico City, Mexico Prize received: US$ 1,000 Second Prize:  Sharon Abadi Colegio Moral y Luces Herzl Bialik, Caracas, Venezuela Prize received: Encyclopedia Judaica on CD-ROM Third Prize:  Jade Vidergauz Yeshiva College of Johannesburg, South Africa Prize received: All about Judaism - CD-ROM Special Mention: Each winner of a Special Mention was awarded a copy of ILANOT - the Jewish genealogy software of Beth Hatefutsoth Carolina Frida Dichy Bengio Colegio Hebraica de Caracas, Venezuela Karen Kajomovich Colegio Israelita de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico Aliza Gorodovsky Rosenfeld Colegio Israelita de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico Special Mention for a Jewish School abroad: Escuela Israelita J.N. Bialik, Santa Fe, Argentina

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