Last  Year's Winners

Celeste Jackson
Brains, Heart, Faith

Celeste Jackson is the daughter of the late Dr. William  and Gladys Jackson and the granddaughter of Mother Anna Levy. Her family has been an important part of the Israelite community since their days with Chief Rabbi W.A. Matthew. In May of 2010, Celeste graduated with honors from Duke University with a B.A. in Political Science. She received the prestigious Duke University Mary McLeod Bethune Award for Writing. She currently works for a law firm in New York City called Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP. And, if Celeste hasn’t  soared high enough yet, she is studying to get a private pilot’s license.(read her bio)
  

Y'hoshua Murray
Scholar, Athlete, Israelite

Y’hoshua R. Murray: Scholar, Gentlemen, Great Athlete…and an Israelite, too! Well, of course, he is the son of Rabbi Y’hoshua Melchizedek Lewi.  When I asked the rabbi “does your son use his Hebraic name Y’hoshua or the anglicized Joshua?” he said, “its Y’hoshua, just like me.” Although he was raised in Pennsylvania with his mother, Y’hoshua was ceremonially initiated into this community (and into Bnai Yisrael) on the eighth day of his birth and has proudly lived with the responsibility that comes with his name.  Y’hoshua amassed a stellar record of accomplishment during his four years at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. In the classroom, on the football field, and through his civic associations, Y’hoshua exhibits the best of what it means to be an Israelite. (read his bio)

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