Yavneh Award Recipients
Award Criteria
The Harold Reingold Yavneh Award for Jewish Educators is presented annually to an outstanding Jewish educator in the Greater Houston area whose current primary role is supervisor or administrator of Jewish education at any level, including Early Childhood, Day School, Congregational School, Informal or Adult Education programs.
Award Criteria:
· Primary role as supervisor or administrator of Jewish education at any level, including Early Childhood, Day School, Congregational School, Informal or Adult Education programs
· Outstanding commitment to Jewish education and leadership in the general Jewish community
· Achievements rise above and beyond the educational accomplishments and job description at primary work institution
· Nominee should not be primarily a classroom teacher
Nominations for the Educator Awards are solicited from the community-at-large.
Past Recipients – Harold Reingold Yavneh Award for Jewish Educators
1978 – Harold Reingold z”l
1981 – Dorothy Robbins z”l
1983 – Peggy Samet (Fine) z”l
1984 – Davna Brook z”l
1986 – Kenneth Midlo z”l
1987 – Esther S. Friedman
1988 – Deborah Ostroff Segal z”l
1989 – Aileen Zarin
1990 – Naomi Butler
1991 -Barbara Loeser
1993 – Shirley Burkom
1994 – Nancy Pryzant Picus
1995 – Talya Fishman
1996 – Rabbi Judith Z. Abrams z”l
1998 – Sheryl Eskowitz
1999 – Rabbi Joseph Radinsky z”l
2000 – Alan Rusonik
2001 – Leah Braunfeld Premazon
2002 – Rabbi Eve Ben-Ora
2003 – Marna Meyer
2004 – Hetty Perl
2006 – Rabbi Dovid Goldstein
2007 – Stuart Dow
2008 – Frank Silberlicht
2009 – Lisa Stone
2010 – Rina Mesarwi
2011 – Barbara Garber
2013 – Bonnie Kasner
2015 – Katy Izygon
2017 – Ricki Komiss
2020 – Ariel Rozen
2021 – David Scott
2022 – Danielle Alexander
2023 – Rabbi Enan Francis
2024 – Helen Richard
2025 – Jennifer LeVine