May 13, 2013

First Annual High School Student Writing Contest:

Which Jewish-American do you most admire?

Deadline: May 13, 2013

Co-sponsored by Fresh Ink for Teens. An official program in celebration of Jewish-American Heritage Month.

Essays not exceeding 500 words should be emailed by May 13, 2013 to Shira Vickar-Fox at freshinkforteens@jewishweek.org. All entries must indicate the name of the high school and the grade of the entrant. The winner will receive a grand prize of $180 and the runner-up will receive $100. In addition, both winning essays will be published on www.freshinkforteens.com and archived on the Jewish-American Hall of Fame website. The winners’ schools will also be acknowledged, and both students will receive a Jewish-American Hall of Fame medal.

August 1, 2012

Jewish-American Hall of Fame Web Site to be Administered by the American Numismatic Society
The ANS indicates that “Andrew Meadows, Deputy Director of the American Numismatic Society and Mel Wacks, Director of the Jewish-American Hall of Fame Division of the American Jewish Historical Society have signed an agreement to transfer the web site of the Jewish-American Hall of Fame, www.amuseum.org, to the auspices of the ANS ‘so that it will survive and remain relevant. Mel Wacks will oversee the web site at least through 2019, and thereafter if he is able. The American Numismatic Society, organized in 1858 and incorporated in 1865 in New York State, operates as a research museum under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is recognized as a publicly supported organization under section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) as confirmed on November 1, 1970.”