In the 2017/2018 school year, we announced the CJN video competition for the third time. Students from Jewish schools in Europe, US and Israel could compete with their short films in 4 categories: Virtual Jewish Cookbook, Family History, Jewish Holidays and My Community.
We are very proud to announce that this year we received over 50 videos from 10 countries and 11 schools. All videos can be found on our Border Jumping page.
Virtual Jewish Cookbook Category
Runner Ups
- “How to make Hamantaschen & Sushihamantaschen” – I. E. Lichtigfeld-Schule (Frankfurt, Germany)
- “Burecases by Pasha&Vlad” – Educational Complex 141 “ORT” (Kiev, Ukraine)
Winner
- “Hummus – three ways” – Lauder-Reut Educational Complex (Bucharest, Romania)
Family History Category
Runner Ups
- “Surrealistic still life” – Sholom Aleichem High School (Vilnius, Lithuania)
- “The Way to Walk to Work” – Jewish Day School (Bellevue, USA)
- “The Words of a Hero” – Jewish Day School (Bellevue, USA)
Winner
- “A Life Well Lived” – Jewish Day School (Bellevue, USA)
Jewish Holidays Category
Runner Ups
- “Hanukka 5778” – Educational Complex 141 “ORT” (Kiev, Ukraine)
- “Talk to the water” – Educational Complex 141 “ORT” (Kiev, Ukraine)
Winner
- “Miracles at school” – Educational Complex 141 “ORT” (Kiev, Ukraine)
My Community Category
Runner Ups
- “The Jewish Lukyaniv Cemetery in Kyiv” – Educational Complex 141 “ORT” (Kiev, Ukraine)
- “The Jewish Theatre” – Lauder-Reut Educational Complex (Bucharest, Romania)
Winner
- “We Are Jews, You Are Jews” – A cooperation project of the Jewish Primary School of Thessaloniki, Greece and the Sholom Aleichem High School (Vilnius, Lithuania).
We would like to thank the work of all the teachers and students who took part in the competition, especially those who have taken part in the CJN competition every year – now for the third time! We also owe a special thanks to our wonderful teacher coordinators: Viktoria Kadiuk (Kiev, Ukraine), Lowell Blackman (Lod, Israel), Sami Levi (Istanbul, Turkey) and Sofija Pavinskaite (Vilnius, Lithuania) for coordinating the competition, be in contact with teachers and evaluating the videos.
We are very proud of this Centropa competition and all the teachers and students who participated in it. Watch the videos, learn from them, enjoy them – and hope to see you next year!
