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with name, phone number, city and state, occupation, a recent photo of yourself and some of your baked goods, a brief description of your baking background and skills, a history of when and how you got into baking and what you love about it, a little about your signature dish, and be sure to mention Great Kosher Restaurants. www.cbs.com/bakingshow Yaldah Magazine, for Jewish Girls by Jewish Girls, is acceptingapplications for its 9th Editorial Board. Girls can apply for: Writer,Illustrator, Photographer, Fashion Page, Fun Page, Recipe Page or CraftPage. Editorial Board members will be the team that creates most ofthe content for the magazine. They receive a yearlong subscription tothe magazine. Applications can be found at www.yaldah.com/editorialboard and are due on December 31. To find out more about Yaldah, orto subscribe, visit www.yaldah.com. Areyvut’s Bnai Mitzvah Video Essay Contest is for children in grades 5-10 who did (or are planning to do) a bar or bat mitzvah project. In a video essay of 3-7 minutes, applicants describe the project and the impact it had on them and others. Prizes. Go to http://www.areyvut.org/bnai_mitzvah/essay_contest, or call 201244-6702. Deadline in Dec 21, 2pm Girls in Grades 8-12 can enter Torah Temimah Publications’ Writing Contest, 3,000-5,000 words (fiction or non-fiction) on “An Adventure, a Challenge, or a Momentous Occasion. ” Winners will be published in an upcoming book, teencontest@torahtemimah.com. Deadline is Sun., Dec 30 The Charles Bronfman Prize has called for nominations for its annual award of “bold and visionary young humanitarians from around the world whose endeavors are fueled by Jewish values and who serve to inspire generations to come.” Those eligible for the $100,000 award are individuals or a team under the age of 50, as of Jan 15, 2013. Nominate by Jan 15 by going to www. TheCharlesBronfmanPrize.com The Sister Rose Thering Fund is conducting an essay contest for high school students, with awards given for each grade level. To enter, secure the film, “Sister Rose’s Passion,” from the NJ Commission for Holocaust Education, and write a 500-word essay on “How Does ‘Sister Rose’s Passion’ Relate to an Experience in Your Life?” The deadline is Jan 15. For the film, call 609-292-9274 or 973-761-9006. Send the essay to: Essay Contest Committee, Sister Rose Thering Fund, Seton Hall University, 400 South Orange Ave, South Orange, NJ 07079 Nominations are open for the Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards. Up to 10 teens will receive $36,000 each in recognition of their volunteer service projects. Teens can be nominated by teachers, community leaders, rabbis, anyone who knows the value of their service, or even themselves—but not by family members. www.jewishfed. org/diller/teenawards, 415-512-6437, dillerteenaward@sfjcf.org, or 212-561-7441. Deadline is Jan 20
Tribute to the Rescuers High School Essay Contest, open to any student, including those who are home schooled, in grades 9-12. The deadline for the essay is Feb 26, and there are cash and other prizes. The purpose is to encourage students to use the lens of the Holocaust to analyze moral behavior. http://ihene.org/tribute-to-therescuers-essay/
Helping Victims of Hurricane Sandy
Using its synagogue network, the Orthodox Union has been channeling funds raised to the discretionary funds of the local rabbis who know where it is needed most. 100 percent of funds to the OU’s Hurricane Relief Fund goes to the those in need, 212-563-4000 or http://www.ou.org/giving/hurricane-sandy-ou-relief-fund Donate money or gift cards (Target, Costco, Lowe’s, or Home Depot) to the Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva and Cong Ohav Emeth of Highland Park Miracle of Chanukah for Victims of Hurricane Sandy Drive, in Edison, 732-572-2558 or 732-247-3038 To “adopt” a family in Far Rockaway, Bayswater, and the Five Towns that was devastated by the hurricane, you can provide basic needs, such as clothing, shoes, school supplies, diapers, linens, towels, etc. Call 845-664-4021to be matched with a family. This program has been endorsed by Rabbi Chaim Schabes of Congregation Knesses Yisroel of Spring Valley Cong Bnai Yeshurun of Teaneck is collecting toys for Chanukah to be distributed through Achiezer to children who lost their basements and all toys in Sandy, ariwart@gmail.com TeaneckShuls is supporting NACHAMA, a non-profit organization that provides disaster response and training services nationwide. To assist with the destruction wrought by Sandy, NACHAMA anticipates being involved for the next year, helping thousands of impacted individuals and families recover from this epic storm. To donate in honor of TeaneckShuls, call 201-833-1950 As a result of Hurricane Sandy, tons of sheimos must be buried in the Cemetery in Woodridge. Helping would be a tremendous mitzvah. Call 516-279-7530 The Riverdale Jewish Center is working to get a used, affordable car for a Far Rockaway family that lost theirs in the storm, 201-600-9993 or 718-548-1850 ext 111
Other Chesed Ops
A Jewish US Army Chaplain stationed in Germany gave this wish list to KosherTroops.com: kosher gravy mix, chicken bouillon cubes, kosher stuffing, kosher marshmallows, kosher candy, dried fruit, 100 bags of chocolate Chanukah gelt, 80 sufganiyot donuts, 3 chocolate babkes, 3 cinnamon babkes, 4 marble cakes, 4 pound cakes, 6 boxes cookies, 6 large blocks of halvah. Send supplies or cash to purchase them to Sara Fuerst, KosherTroops.com, at sara@ KosherTroops.com Kosher Troops.com is also supplying kosher food to two Jewish cadets at West Point on Mondays and Wednesdays. Anyone interested in cooking or driving, even once a month, sara@KosherTroops.com Chabad of West Orange needs Chanukah volunteers to visit nursing homes for its Smile on Seniors program. To join the Smile on Seniors Volunteer Corps call Rabbi Mendy Kasowitz at 973-486-2362 Chai Lifeline Toy Drive, new toys, unwrapped, can be dropped of at Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva, Edison; Yeshiva Shaarei Tzion, Piscataway; or Netivot, Highland Park, 732-819-7842 Bikur Cholim of Passaic Toy Drive for Chanukah, 973-773-5673 Jewish Family and Vocational Service of Middlesex County, Milltown, NJ, is collecting new, unwrapped toys and gift cards for Chanukah children of all ages, 732-777-1940