Liliana BrownAtlanta, GA

Marin CallawayEncinitas, CA

Yishai ChamudotBronx, NY

Ethan DanialMiami Beach, FL

Ella PadawerCleveland, GA

Harry DoernbergBrookline, MA

Emmet DotanNew York, NY

Julietta GarbaszNew York, NY

Mikaela GerwinNew York, NY

Jacob GoldbergBrooklyn, NY

Avigayil HalpernWest Hartford, CT

Cameron IsenMalvern, PA

Tyler KayePurchase, NY

Jaime KormanLos Altos Hills, CA

Becca KriegerWatertown, MA

Marni LoffmanTeaneck, NJ

Samuel MalnikNewberry, FL

Zoe Morgan-WeinmanSan Francisco, CA

Sarah NovicoffBeverly Hills, CA

Nachman ReichMontreal, QC Canada

Zachariah SmartStamford, CT

Isabel SnodgrassWilliamsburg, MA

Rachel TsunaMemphis, TN

Matthew WallockSanta Barbara, CA

Sophia Wolf-CamplinWest Branch, IA

The Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel

2013 Fellows

Cole AronsonBethesda, MD

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2013 Fellow Bios (Listed by State) California

Sarah Novicoff (Beverly Hills, CA.), daughter of Mr. Michael Novicoff and Ms. Suzanne Rosencrans, is a junior at the Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, California and a member of the reform Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills. While at Harvard-Westlake, Sarah began the Girl Up Ice Cream Sundae Fundraiser, a now-annual event to raise money and awareness for the United Nations’ program for girls’ education in the developing world. Additionally, Sarah is a Features Section Head on her school’s award-winning newspaper, The Chronicle, and a member of the Model United Nations club as well as an ambassador and panelist for her high school admissions office. Sarah participates actively in her temple’s teenage programs as a Madricha, a religious school teachers’ assistant, and as a member of MATCH, a Jewish teen philanthropy organization. Sarah spent her previous summer assisting in biomedical research at UCLA and is a co-author of the resulting paper published in Gene Therapy. Sarah also works as a volunteer counselor at Camp Harmony, a one-week summer camp for children in Los Angeles’ foster and shelter care systems.

Marin Callaway (Encinatas, CA.), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Callaway and Amy Freeman, is a junior at San Dieguito High School Academy in Encinitas, CA. Actively involved in her school, Marin is a member of the Varsity track and cross country teams. She also belongs to a number of clubs including National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, and Students for Energy Efficiency. Marin enjoys the unique and inclusive spirit of her school where her love of Spanish, running, and learning flourished. Marin’s Jewish education began at Temple Solel in Cardiff by the Sea, CA. After her mother converted to Reform Judaism in 1997, she started to attend religious school and became a Bat Mitzvah in 2009. Both in her school and temple environments, Marin has learned lessons of tolerance and tikkun olam. She hopes to build on the values of her own family and community through the new experiences and people she will encounter as a Bronfman Fellow. Jaime Korman (Los Altos Hills, CA.), son of Siobhan and Joshua Korman of Los Altos Hills is a junior at Kehillah Jewish High School in Palo Alto. An avid soccer player, he has played with the Palo Alto Soccer Club since he was 7, and was the co-captain of his high school team last fall where he earned All League honors. He is an accomplished artist, and is currently spending the spring semester at the Oxbow School in Napa. He has won multiple awards for his art including a Gold Key in the National Scholastic Art competition. He has been a board member of the SF Jewish Community Teen Foundation, and served on its leadership council. Zoe Morgan-Weinman (San Francisco, CA. ), daughter of Michael Weinman and Laura Morgan, is a junior at Jewish Community High School of the Bay in San Francisco. Zoe comes from a blended family including Jews by birth, Jews by choice and non-Jews. She is an avid volleyball player having played on school and competitive club teams. Recently, Zoe was named First Team All League in her school’s athletic division. A lover of literature and poetry, she started a poetry club at school and has been a writer’s apprentice at San Francisco’s 826 Valencia. She has a strong interest in early childhood education and for several years has worked at a local preschool as well as volunteering with children on the autistic spectrum. Zoe also has a passion for languages and is the TA for her school’s Spanish teacher.

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Matthew Wallock (Santa Barbara, CA. ), son of Dr. Leonard Wallock and Dana Leventhal, is a junior at Santa Barbara High School. He was born and raised in Santa Barbara, California with his twin brother, Daniel, and younger sister, Sarah. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the student newspaper and a member of the boys’ varsity tennis team. Matthew enjoys co-teaching the high school Journalism class and is involved with Link Crew and the National Honors Society. Every Sunday Matthew is a Madrich at Congregation B'nai B'rith, where he attended religious school for nearly ten years and was Bar Mitzvahed. He is also the President of Congregation B'nai B'rith's high school youth group, The Santa Barbara Organization of Reform Temple Youth, as well as an active member of NFTY SoCal (North American Federation of Temple Youth). Whether participating as a Camper In Leadership Training at Skylake Yosemite Camp, traveling to Vietnam with Friendship Tours World Travel, or interning at Capps for Congress, Matthew is truly passionate about learning. Connecticut Zachariah Smart (Stamford, CT.), son of James and Michal Smart of Stamford, CT, is a junior at SAR High School, a modern-Orthodox Jewish day school in Riverdale, NY. An aspiring artist and poet, Zach participates in the Artist-in-Residence and Visual Thinking programs at school, writes for SAR’s literary magazine, is a member of the Slam Poetry team, and studied visual art at Brandeis University’s BIMA program. His poetry has garnered first place in the Darien Library Teen Poetry Contest and a silver key in the New York Casita Maria Poetry Contest. Zach is also an avid birder, serving as Vice President of the New York State Young Birder’s Club and a member of SAR’s Science Olympiad team. He is one of the original members of the Kuriansky Teen Tzedaka Corps, an interdenominational group of teen leaders who organize community service events in Fairfield County, CT. A competitive long-distance runner and triathlete, Zach earned first place in his age division in the 2012 KIC IT triathlon, second place in his age division in the 2012 Bucks County Marathon, and third place in his age division in the 2013 NYC Half-Marathon. He has served in the student government for two terms, as Grade Representative in sophomore year and Council Member this year. He is also captain of SAR’s JV College Bowl team, a member of the varsity Track, Soccer, and Wrestling teams, and has a black belt in Tang Soo Do. Avigayil Halpern (West Hartford, CT. ), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eric and Lisa Halpern, is a junior at the Hebrew High School of New England (HHNE), a Modern Orthodox Jewish day school in West Hartford, Connecticut. At HHNE, Avigayil has founded the Dvar Torah Initiative, a program which gives the student body a regular opportunity to learn Torah from their peers, and the Mishna Club, a group which meets weekly to study Talmud and drink hot chocolate. She is President of HHNE’s Feminist Club, and a proud member of the school’s softball team. Avigayil is also a member of the Religious School faculty at Congregation Beth Ahm in Windsor, CT, where she teaches Modern Hebrew. Avigayil has been published in the JOFA Journal, the New York Jewish Week’s Fresh Ink for Teens website, and The FBomb (thefbomb.org), a website for young feminists. Florida Ethan Danial (Miami Beach, FL.), son of Mojdeh and Robert Danial, is a junior at the Rabbi Alexander S. Gross Hebrew Academy in Miami Beach where he is engaged in a dual curriculum of Judaic and secular studies. He has spent one summer at Columbia University

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studying Psychology and another at Stevens Institute of Technology studying Engineering and Business. Ethan is captain of his school’s Model UN team, president of JSTAR, a Greater Miami Jewish Federation affiliated community service program for high school students, a youth ambassador to the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, and on the board of JSERVE, and he is also Student Council Treasurer. He and the Hebrew Academy NCSY JUMP team reached the final four in this year’s competition. Ethan is a member of the National Honor Society, and a proud participant in the AIPAC high school students’ division. He is extremely honored to represent South Florida in the Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel this summer. Samuel Malnik (Newberry, FL.), son of Sonya Salkin, is a junior at Oak Hill School in Gainesville, Florida. He is a high honor student. Sam serves as the vice-chair of Oak Hall School’s Honor Council and the secretary of his school’s chapter of the National Honor Society. He is also an active member of Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society and Oak Hall’s Spanish Honor Society. Sam’s passion for helping his community is evidenced through his role as the leading fundraiser in Alachua County’s chapter of Chain Reaction, the youth leadership council for the March of Dimes. Sam was honored to be the recipient of Florida Youth in Government’s Most Outstanding Supreme Court Law Firm Award in both ninth and tenth grade under the tutelage of his older brother Zachary. As an outstanding soccer player, Sam routinely travels five hours each direction on weekends to his club soccer team, West Pines Strikers F.C., based out of Pembroke Pines, Florida. Sam has traveled for soccer nationally to cities as diverse as Las Vegas and Boston. Internationally, Sam has traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina as part of Florida’s Olympic Developmental Soccer Program all while maintaining his position on Oak Hall’s Honor Roll. Sam scored perfect 5’s on his AP Exams taken in tenth grade. Sam would like to thank his eldest sister Jessica who set the academic standard for her siblings and his little sister Amanda, age nine, who enthusiastically accompanied him to New York City for his interview. Sam is thrilled to have been selected and looks forward to this journey and learning on his first trip to Israel. Georgia Liliana Brown (Atlanta, GA.), daughter of Daniel and Myra Brown, is a graduate of The Davis Academy and a junior at The Weber School. At Weber, Brown serves as a student Peer Leader, and runs and directs programs for the student body as part of the Israeli Action Fellows club. Brown is a Weber School representative for Peace by Piece, an interfaith club of Atlanta high school students from Jewish, Muslim, and Catholic day schools. She is also a Girl Talk leader, a volunteer club designed for Weber girls to mentor seventh grade girls in Atlanta’s Jewish community. Brown was recently elected as the Democratic Representative to Weber’s Junior States of America club. Outside of school, Brown’s primary focus is United Synagogue Youth, where she currently serves as her chapter’s president and has held other leadership roles in the organization’s Religion/Education area. Brown was selected to represent the Weber School at the AIPAC Schusterman High School Summit in October, 2012, and attended AIPAC’s annual Policy Conference in March, 2013 as a USY delegate. She has spent eight summers as a proud Camp Ramah Darom camper. In addition, Brown volunteers on Friday nights at The Carlton, a Jewish senior living facility in Sandy Springs, to facilitate and ensure a comfortable Shabbat evening experience for the residents. Brown and her family are members of Congregation Or Hadash in Sandy Springs.

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Ella Padawer (Cleveland, GA.), daughter of Orly and Ariel Padawer, is a junior at White County High School in Cleveland, Georgia. Ella is the youngest of three; her brother, Ishai lives in New York and her sister Talia is currently travelling in Australia. She and her parents are part of a congregation called Shalom b'Harim in the neighboring town of Dahlonega. Along with being an honor student at the top of her class, Ella is also a dedicated member of the Gateway Theatre Company (her school's drama program), a second year Georgia high school thespian, and an honors chorus student. In addition to being an active member of the White County High School Chorus, Ella takes private vocal lessons and participates in numerous singing competitions each year. In her free time she likes to watch films, read, jam out with friends, and go hiking in the beautiful Georgia mountains. Iowa

Sophie Wolf-Camplin (West Branch, IA.), daughter of Nicole and Steve Wolf-Camplin, is a junior at Scattergood Friends School. Sophie has attended Scattergood Friends School for three years. Founded in 1890, Scattergood is a Quaker college-preparatory boarding and day school for grades 9 -12 with a diverse student body from the United States and all corners of the globe. Sophie is an active leader in her school's GLBTQA group and raises community awareness and support at her school around issues of gender and sexuality. She also serves as a Clerk of the entire Girls Dorm, where she works to improve cohabitation and lead her community in necessary conversations.

Maryland Cole Aronson (Bethesda, MD.), son of Pamela Auerbach and Bart Aronson, is a junior at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, which he has attended since kindergarten. Cole’s family belongs to the Ohr Kodesh Congregation in Chevy Chase, Maryland, where Cole also became a bar mitzvah. Cole is the Lieutenant Governor of the Mid-Atlantic Junior State, of the Junior State of America, a high school civic education organization. In the summer of 2012, Cole was an assistant teacher at Horizons, a summer academic bridge program for Washington, DC public school students. Following his work with Horizons, Cole developed a financial aid fund to help students attend Junior State of America conventions. Cole thanks his brothers, sisters, parents, stepparents, teachers from JDS, and his Jewish community for their love and friendship, and is excited to spend five weeks in Israel with his fellow Fellows. Massachusetts Harry Doernberg (Brookline, MA.), son of Mr. John Doernberg and Dr. Carol Ehrlich and the younger brother of Sam and Molly. He is a junior at The Roxbury Latin School in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, which he has attended since 7th grade. Harry has played the cello since age five and has been featured on NPR’s From The Top as a member of a trio and has participated in the New England Conservatory Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra for the past three years. He also enjoys playing sports and is a co-captain of the cross-country and wrestling teams as well as a member of the track and field team. He volunteers at Gateways: Access to Jewish Education, attends Prozdor Hebrew High School, and is a member at Temple Beth Shalom in Cambridge. His other interests include chess, debate, crossword puzzles, and card games.

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Rebecca Krieger (Watertown, MA.), daughter of Dr. David Krieger and Susan Musinsky, is a junior at Watertown High School, in Watertown, Massachusetts. There, she is a peer advisor to 9th grade students, a member of the state champion field hockey team, and serves on the School Committee Advisory Board. This year, she has also participated in the Tufts Health Plan Foundation Future Philanthropists Initiative. Rebecca teaches swim classes and lifeguards at the Watertown Boys and Girls Club. A student at Prozdor Hebrew High School, she also volunteers at Gateways: Access to Jewish Education. She is a member of the Temple Emanuel USY Board, and for the past seven summers has attended Camp Yavneh, a pluralistic Jewish summer camp. Rebecca and her family are members of Congregation Beth El, a reform synagogue in Sudbury. Isabel Snodgrass (Williamsburg, MA.), daughter of Dr. Judith Goldman and Mr. J. Sheldon Snodgrass, is a junior at Northampton High School in Northampton, MA. Isabel’s parents were founders of Beit Ahavah, a reform synagogue in Florence, MA. Isabel became a Bat Mitzvah at Beit Ahavah, was a teacher’s assistant at the Sunday school, and an active member of Shevet, the Beit Ahavah youth group. Isabel has also served on the Board of B’nai Tzedek Youth Foundation, a teen philanthropic organization supported by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. Isabel is on the Ultimate Frisbee, Cross Country, and Varsity Ski Teams at her school. She is also a part of her school’s improvisational theater troupe and has performed in several plays at the High School, including Grease and Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor. Isabel has enjoyed playing violin since the age of five and three years ago shifted from playing classical violin to Celtic music. In the winter months, Isabel is a ski instructor at Berkshire East Ski Resort. New Jersey Marni Loffman (Teaneck, NJ.), daughter of Caryn and Clark Loffman, is a junior at The Frisch School of Paramus, New Jersey. She is a member of the Congregation Beth Shalom community in Teaneck, New Jersey. One of four girls, she shares her growth with three sisters, Sara, Hannah, and Eliana. A graduate of the Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County, she attended Camp Ramah in Canada for eight consecutive summers, and participated in the World Religions course at Genesis@Brandeis. In her school community she participates in the RealSchool Club, the Debate team and the School choir. In RealSchool, she organizes programs based on environmentally friendly living and healthy eating as part of the Health and Environment team, and encourages curiosity and discourse on the Religious Identity team. Outside of school, she participates in Write on for Israel, an Israel advocacy program, where she learns about Israeli history and develops the skills to be an effective advocate on campus. Her passion for music is expressed through guitar, singing, and her participation in the HaZamir International Choir. She was also a lead singer in the Emunah Benefit Concert to raise money for Beit Elazraki Organization. One day a week, she has volunteered five years for The Friendship Circle, visiting the homes of special needs children. New York Yishai Chamudot (Bronx, NY.), son of David and Michal Chamudot and brother of Daniel and Yonatan, is a junior at SAR High School, a Modern Orthodox co-educational high school in Riverdale, NY. Yishai is on his school’s Varsity Model UN team, as well as the College Bowl and Torah Bowl teams. He is currently an editor of his school’s literary magazine and a

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contributor to its Hebrew journal, and is an active participant in its Israel Activism committee. Yishai is also co-founder of his school’s Ultimate Frisbee club and competes on his school’s track-and-field team. He is a member in two a capella groups, and will be starring in The SAR Drama Society’s spring production of Lend Me a Tenor. This past year, Yishai was invited to the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous’s dinner at the Waldorf Astoria to witness the reunion of a Righteous Gentile with the Jew she rescued during the Holocaust. In 2011, Yishai was a finalist in the International Chidon Ha’Tanach (Bible Contest), televised nationally in Israel. He enjoys performing slam poems, watching movies, and leading the Riverdale Jewish Center’s Junior Congregation, where he is a senior youth leader. Jacob Goldberg (Brooklyn, NY.), son of Lori Lasson and Donald Goldberg, is a junior at Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn, New York. Jacob graduated from the Hannah Senesh Community Day School in 2010. He spent eight summers at the B’nai B’rith Perlman Camp in Starlight, Pennsylvania, where he served as Camper Captain during Maccabiah in 2010. For the past two years, Jacob has been a lead attorney on Murrow’s mock trial team which competes in annual state-wide competitions. Jacob is also a member of Murrow’s MSG Varsity Challenge team, a state-wide televised high school “jeopardy” competition, and will serve as the team’s captain senior year. As a freshman in high school, he developed a tutoring business in which he offers tutoring services for middle and high school students. Jacob is passionate about baseball and for the past eight years has been a starting travel baseball player. He has played with the Brooklyn Bulldogs and the Brooklyn Bonnies, and is currently playing with the New York Grays. He was Captain of the Bulldogs team, and has played in numerous nationwide tournaments. He was also a volunteer for President Obama’s reelection campaign.

Emmet Dotan (New York, NY.), son of Mr. Shimon Dotan and Ms. Netaya Anbar-Dotan, grew up in Pelham, a suburb of New York City. As a child, he was enrolled in the town’s public schools. He regularly attended the town’s conservative synagogue: The Pelham Jewish Center. After completing middle school, he and his family moved to Manhattan. He is currently in his first year of the college program at Bard High School Early College, a public school in NYC. He is an active member of BHSEC’s parliamentary student government, which deals with all matters regarding the student body’s in-school experience, and he is one of two leaders of the schools gardening club, which teaches its members and the school about sustainable agriculture as well as urban farming and gardening. He composes music that has been performed by members of the American Symphony Orchestra, and was an editor on his school’s literary journal, The Hype at Bard, for which he continues to write film reviews.

Julietta Garbasz (New York, NY.), proud daughter of author Joanna Barsh and mathematician David Garbasz, Julietta attends The Dalton School, a secular private school, where she participates in many extracurriculars. She is an Under-Secretary General on the Model UN team and has attended 11 conferences to date, winning 11 awards. Julietta also writes for her school's newspaper, The Daltonian, and political magazine, Real Politik. And she is as enthusiastic about mathematics. Julietta is a high scorer on her school's math team, a two-time American Invitational Mathematics Exam qualifier, and a Math Prize For Girls participant. A member of the NYC Math Team, she is captain of one of the city's American Regional Mathematics League teams. Julietta teaches a math circle at PublicPrep, an all-girls charter school on the Lower East Side. In parallel, she has coached Dalton's middle school math team to a top ten finish three years running. In past summers, Julietta has attended

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Yale's Ivy Scholars Global Leader Program, where she was named valedictorian of her cohort, and Stanford University Mathematics Camp. A sea kayaker, SCUBA diver, and hiker, Julietta has traveled to five continents and three oceans over the course of her explorations. Notably, she has conducted fish surveys with REEF in the San Blas islands of Panama, participated in an economic impact study in Uganda for The Hunger Project, and climbed Mount Sinai prior to the Arab Spring. Mikaela Gerwin (New York, NY.), daughter of David Gerwin and Lisa Gersten and older sister to Yardena and Adina, is a junior at the Abraham Joshua Heschel School in Manhattan. She has attended Heschel since nursery school, with the exception of two sabbatical years in Israel. Most recently she spent sophomore year at Tehilla Evelina, an all girls Israeli orthodox public high school in Jerusalem. This year, Mikaela was awarded first place at the New York City Science and Engineering Fair (NYCSEF) for her research on RNA and has been selected as one of 15 projects out of 700 to represent New York City at the upcoming Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. At Heschel she is on the Debate Team, Mock Trial Team, the Varsity Floor Hockey team, and the literary journal. This past year Mikaela co-founded Heschel’s first interfaith club. She was selected to be trained in Israel advocacy by the organization Write On for Israel and was a Szarvas Fellow this past summer. Mikaela has been playing the oboe since middle school and enjoys being a part of her school’s Jazz Band. She is a leader of Heschel’s egalitarian minyan, works part time leading Shabbat children’s services at Darchei Noam, and regularly leins for her community, Minyan Maat. She is also a weekly volunteer at the homeless shelter housed in her synagogue congregation Ansche Chesed. Mikaela enjoys creative writing, baking and theater. Tyler Kaye (Purchase, NY.), son of Sheryl and Chip Kaye of Purchase, NY, is a junior at Rye Country Day School. A proud member of the Varsity Soccer and Track and Field teams since freshman year, Tyler brings his enthusiasm and energy to other clubs such as RCDS Tour Guides and Peer Mentoring. Tyler is the President of the Academic Challenge as well as a member of OPI where he shares his passion for the Chinese language as an Oral Proficiency intern for younger students. Tyler and his family belong to Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester where he was confirmed in 2012. Tyler spent the last 3 summers backpacking through Alaska and Utah, and most recently stayed in a remote rural village in the Yunnan Province of China where he was able to form a deep connection with his homestay family. Tyler is the first student from RCDS to receive the prestigious Bronfman Fellowship and he is greatly looking forward to his experience in Israel and future projects with Bronfman Alumni throughout the years. Pennsylvania Cameron Isen (Malvern, PA.), son of Mr. Jonathan Isen and Mrs. Lorna Isen, is a Junior at The Hill School in Pottstown, Pa. He attended the Haverford School from Jr. Kindergarten to 9th grade, and 10th grade year, he transferred to The Hill. Cameron has a brother, Spencer (18 years old), who will attend Brandeis University next Fall, and a sister, Sloan (12), who attends The Baldwin School. Cameron goes to the Chabad of Chester County for holidays and Shabbat, when home from school. Also, Rabbi Yossi Kaplan of Chabad of Chester County makes his way to the Hill School to teach Talmud to Hill Students, and Monday night program established by Cameron and his brother Spencer. Cameron is a Senator in the Student Government Association and created “The Merit System,” which recognizes

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students in the school for doing good deeds. He is also Captain of the Debate Team and Semi-Finalist in several National Circuit tournaments, including the University of Pennsylvania Liberty Bell Classic. He is also Co-Consul (Co-President) of the Classics club, and has been a Varsity/AAA Ice Hockey goalie since the age of 7, and was formerly ranked #1 in the elite AYHL and led a team to the AYHL championship. Last summer, Cameron was a camp counselor at Camp Magar, located at the Baldwin School, where he was responsible for 5-6 year olds for 6-weeks. At Hill, Cameron found his deep admiration for Classical Studies (i.e. Latin and Greek), which he plan to further pursue in college. He often explain that what draws him to classics is the very idea that by studying civilizations and languages from over 2,000 years ago, we can learn hidden secrets into our current lives, cultures, and beliefs. Tennessee Rachel Tsuna (Memphis, TN.), daughter of Effie and Talya Tsuna, is a junior at the Goldie Margolin School for Girls, a division of the Margolin Hebrew Academy/Feinstone Yeshiva of the South which she has been attending since Pre-K. She is a member of the National Honor Society. She has been a delegate to Model United Nations for the past two years. She is a member of the GMSG debate and Mock Trial teams and has starred in her school’s theatrical productions for three years. She is a level two student of Krav Maga and has been on her school’s varsity basketball team for two years. Rachel is a youth leader of third and fourth graders at BYSY, a Torah Mitzion affiliated program established at the Baron Hirsch synagogue. She volunteers weekly at the Special Olympics King Pins Bowling League. Montreal, Canada Nachman Reich (Montreal, Canada.), son of Dikla Amar, is a junior at Collège Français de Montréal. Class valedictorian in elementary and high school, he has been an honor roll student five years in a row. He writes for his school paper, and has written for a Jewish teen publication as well as a Hassidic website devoted to interfaith dialogue, tackling issues ranging from politics to multiculturalism. An avid sports player, he has played and won awards in track and field, soccer and hockey. He has also practiced martial arts (mainly boxing, Senshido and Krav Maga) for the past two years. Nachman has participated and won awards in Chidon Hatanach and Spelling bees. He enjoys public speaking and is the founder of his school’s debate team, which competes in tournaments across Quebec. Nachman has gotten lead roles in many plays, especially musicals, aided by his one-of-a-kind voice. He has also sung solo in front of big crowds at camp, school, in various choirs and was chosen to sing at his high school graduation ceremony. In 2012, Nachman founded Oplus inc. a business selling handy accessories. Nachman’s love of economics pushed him to participate in NAJEQ, a stock-market simulation for high-school students. He is vice president of the Human Promise, a social justice organization which aims to ease the suffering of the afflicted. Nachman is a tutor and does door-to-door marketing for a (meagre) living. During his spare time, Nachman takes university classes online, reads, studies Torah, and goes clubbing.