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	"PANIM taught me how interconnected Judaism and politics are. You cannot be a Jew without trying to heal the problems of our world. You cannot be politically active without struggling with Jewish values." - Julia Greenberg PeP alumnus Chicago, IL

AWARDS

Jewish Leadership Award
Micah Social Responsibility Award
Aaron Goldman Young Jewish Activist Award
Small-Alper Incentive Grant

JEWISH LEADERSHIP AWARD

Each year PANIM honors individuals who embody the values and principles of our organization with the Jewish Leadership Award. This award recognizes a lifetime of service to the Jewish community and to the world at large.

Past Honorees:

2009: Rabbi Sid Schwarz
2008: Dr. Deborah Lipstadt
2007: Theodore Bikel
2006: The Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation
2005: Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
2004: Peter Yarrow
2003: Bernard Rapoport
2002: Dr. Morris Cohen
2001: Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat
2000: Ambassador Max Kampelman
1999: Ambassador Joseph Gildenhorn and Alma Gildenhorn
1998: Ambassador Sol Linowitz (z’’l), David, Harry, and Robert Linowes
1997: Irene and Abe Pollin
1996: Aaron Goldman (z’’l)
1995: The Honorable Abner Mikva
1994: Hyman Bookbinder

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Micah Social Responsibility Award

The Micah Social Responcibility award was created in 2004 to allow PANIM to honor Washingtonians who have demonstrated a commitment to ethics in his/her professional or volunteer life. In addition, recipients of the Micah Award will have sought, either through personal engagement or their philanthropic activity, to create a more caring and compassionate greater Washington, D.C. community. In so doing, they will have evidenced the qualities of justice, mercy, and humility famously attributed to the prophet Micah.

Past Honorees:

2008: Lilian Friedlander Small, Carolyn Small Alper, Richard Small Alper, and Patricia Alper-Cohn

2007: Gerald Charnoff

2006: Jack Kay

2005: Howard Polinger and Arnold Polinger

2004: Howard and Sondra Bender

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Aaron Goldman Young Jewish Activist Award

Each year PANIM highlights the efforts of one of its alumni/ae who has done the most to make the world a better place since returning home from their PANIM seminar.

2008 Award Winner

On May 18, 2008 PANIM presented its tenth annual Young Jewish Activist Award to PANIM alumnus, Ben Simon of Takoma Park, Maryland. As part of the process of selecting the recipient, we heard from many of you telling us about the exciting work you are doing in your communities. It was a difficult decision to give just one award.

Past Young Jewish Activist Award Honorees:

2008: Ben Simon, Takoma Park, MD
2007: Jackie Rotman, Santa Barbara, California
2006: Joshua Offenhartz, Tucson, Arizona
2005: David Landon Frim, Boca Raton, Florida
2004: Ilana Cohn, West Hartford, Connecticut
2003: Ilana Papir, North Miami Beach, Florida
2002: Arielle Parker, Cincinnati, Ohio
2001: Elizabeth Dwoskin, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
2000: Susan Feizzadeh, San Jose, California
1999: Matt Engel, Port Washington, New York

2007 Young Jewish Activist Awardee Jackie Rotman laughs
with Chairman of PANIM's Board of Trustees Michael Rappeport

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Small-Alper Incentive Grant

STAY INVOLVED!

Each year, more than 1,000 American Jewish high school students leave their PANIM youth leadership seminar in D.C. empowered and inspired to
make the world a better place - will you?

Thanks to a generous grant from the Small-Alper Foundation, PANIM is pleased to be able to offer incentive grants to six students this year to encourage engagement in community service and activism after they return home from a PANIM program.

A Small-Alper Grant Awardee will:

Create an interesting and noteworthy service or advocacy project in their home community that was inspired by a recent PANIM seminar experience.
Receive a $500 incentive grant to facilitate in the creation of this project.

Be featured in PANIM's newsletter, FACES, allowing us to publicize your good works with thousands of fellow alumni and PANIM supporters around the country.

If you are interested in applying for a Small-Alper Incentive Grant, or if you would like more information, please contact Rachel Meytin (202-857-6551 or rmeytin@bbyo.org).