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30 children were chosen by Tzivos Hashem’s Power of Jewish Children Contest as finalists. COLlive has the full list. Online voters can determine the winners.<\/p>\n
Online voting has begun this week on ‘Power of Jewish Children’, an educational competition marking 30 years of the Jewish youth movement Tzivos Hashem’s global efforts.<\/p>\n
Out of 700 entries, 30 were chosen in 3 categories by judges – singing superstar\u00a0Avraham Fried<\/strong>, Rabbi\u00a0Sholom Ber Baumgarten <\/strong>– director of operations at Tzivos Hashem,\u00a0Danny Finkelman<\/strong> – director of Sparks productions and Israeli producer\u00a0Danny Keisler<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Children were invited to submit entries in 3 categories: heart – Chesed, hand – performance or talent, and head – achievement for exceptional studies, researching or writing.<\/p>\n “We’ve had an unbelievable response to the competition,” said contest coordinator\u00a0Zevi Steinhauser<\/strong>. “We got amazing submissions from all over the world, all over the US, Israel – even from Ukraine.”<\/p>\n COLlive.com, one of the major sponsors of the contest, presents the full list of the top 30 semi finalists:<\/p>\n Chesed<\/strong><\/p>\n 1.\u00a0Mussie Brackman <\/strong>– Illinois, United States – Distributed Tehillim cards<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0Esty Levin <\/strong>– California, United States – helps lady with Alzheimer\u2019s<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0Malky Levy <\/strong>– Ohio, United States – visits severely injured child<\/p>\n 4.\u00a0Mendel Kugel <\/strong>– New York, United States – plays violin to bring joy to others<\/p>\n 5.\u00a0Mushka Heidingsfeld <\/strong>– California, United States – plays recorder at nursing home, teaches elderly women how to bench licht and distributes challah<\/p>\n 6.\u00a0M. Amram <\/strong>– New York, United States – Fries doughnuts to raise money for needy and formed a band to bring joy to others on Chanukah<\/p>\n 7.\u00a0Eden Harari <\/strong>– New York, United States – created a Mitzvah a day website<\/p>\n 8.\u00a0Mathew Cohn <\/strong>– Toronto, Canada – 9.\u00a0Michelle Stern <\/strong>– New York, United States – plays violin at community centers<\/p>\n 10. M. Goldenberg <\/strong>– New Jersey, United States – compiled a Siddur<\/p>\n Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n 11.\u00a0Levi Brod <\/strong>– California, United States – plays the harmonica and piano simultaneously<\/p>\n 12.\u00a0Ari Raskin <\/strong>– New York, United States – Acts (and sings) story of Yosef moker shabbos<\/p>\n 13.\u00a0Mordechai Zirkind <\/strong>– Thornhill, Canada – plays violin<\/p>\n 14.\u00a0Mordechai Hertz <\/strong>– New York, United States – plays piano and sings<\/p>\n 15.\u00a0Shimshy Gansburg <\/strong>– New York, United States – Rebbe drawing<\/p>\n 16.\u00a0Chaya Nelken <\/strong>– New York, United States – painting of Israel scene<\/p>\n 17.\u00a0Avraham Schneerson <\/strong>– New York, United States – playing violin<\/p>\n 18.\u00a0Esty Rosenfeld <\/strong>– Montreal, Canada – Embroidery art<\/p>\n 19.\u00a0Shmuel Dov Maler <\/strong>– Montreal, Canada – plays drums<\/p>\n 20.\u00a0Yossi Altein <\/strong>– Montreal, Canada – makes Tefillin<\/p>\n Achievement<\/strong><\/p>\n 21.\u00a0Chana Schusterman <\/strong>– Indiana, United States – power point of Rebbetzin Chana<\/p>\n 22.\u00a0Liba Rimler <\/strong>– New York, United States – story book<\/p>\n 23.\u00a0Mendel Halberstam <\/strong>– New York, United States – first chapter of tractate Brochos by heart<\/p>\n 24.\u00a0Tzivia Malka Lederman <\/strong>– Thornhill, Canada – Tanya baal peh<\/p>\n 25.\u00a0Effy Kahn <\/strong>– Melbourne, Australia – moshiach power point<\/p>\n 26.\u00a0M. Farkash <\/strong>– California, United States – learned the entire Shisha Sidrei Mishna by heart<\/p>\n 27.\u00a0Yisrolik Wilhelm <\/strong>– New York, United States – 12 Perokim Tanya by heart\u00a0b’bas achas <\/em>(at one time) plus the Hakdamah<\/p>\n 28.\u00a0Zalman Gansburg <\/strong>– New York, United States – essay remembering holocaust<\/p>\n 29.\u00a0Tzviki Zwiebel <\/strong>– Montreal, Canada – memorized the entire Perek Alef Tanya<\/p>\n 30.\u00a0Menachem Mendel Muller <\/strong>– Grants Hill, United Kingdom – learned the first 12 Perokim of Tanya & Perek 32 by heart, as well as 8 Mesechtos of Mishnayos.<\/p>\n
\ncollected 2169 pairs of socks for the needy.<\/p>\n