December 1, 2000
Honoring
the Past, the Present and the Future
Long Island Resident To Be Inducted into the OU’s
Ben Zakkai Honor Society
The Orthodox Union is
pleased to honor long-time affiliate of the Orthodox Union’s (OU) National
Conference of Synagogue Youth (NSCY), Alana Abramowitz, by inducting
her into the Ben Zakkai Honor Society at the annual Ben
Zakkai Dinner, Sunday, December 10, in Manhattan.
From
chapter officer, to regional board, Alana’s involvement was never on
the front pages, but her impact was all the more remarkable.
She transformed from a shy follower into an effective leader.
After high school, Alana attended Bnot Chayil Seminary in Israel
and from there she went to Stern College, where she remained deeply
involved in Long Island NCSY.
Alana
is employed as an assistant to the preschool director of Yeshiva Darchei
Torah in Far Rockaway, NY. During
the summer she works at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Partnership at Simcha Day Camp by the Sea as a counselor for young boys
with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Alana
married former National Officer and Maalot Regional President Jack
Abramowitz in 1987. Jack currently serves as the director of national
programs for NCSY. The
Abramowitzes have three children: Yitzchak Aryeh, 10; Binyamin Avraham,
8; and Dina Ahava, 5.
OU President Mandell I.
Ganchrow, M.D., explained, “Alana Abramowitz has demonstrated tireless
dedication to the youth of NCSY and has provided a supreme example of
Torah scholarship while instilling in countless NCSY teenagers a deep
love and enthusiasm for Judaism.”
Since it was founded in
1954, NCSY has pioneered the
Jewish outreach movement and today is the world’s largest Jewish youth
program. With chapters in
39 states, 215 communities across the nation and 3 Canadian provinces,
NCSY reaches 40,000 boys and girls annually by offering 750 major
educational events and programs and 10 summer camps – in the U.S.,
Israel and the Ukraine.
When the Ben Zakkai
Honor Society was created in 1965, its mandate was to honor those
exceptional men and women who “have demonstrated personal Torah growth
and the promise of future meaningful service to the Jewish people and
the Orthodox community.” Alana
Abramowitz has lived up to that mandate and epitomizes those very
qualities.
The
Orthodox Union, now in its second century of service to the Jewish
community of America and beyond, is the world leader in youth
work,
advocacy for the disabled, synagogue
services, adult education and
political action. Its kosher
supervision label, the
 ,
is the world’s most recognized kosher symbol and can be found on over
250,000 products in 68 countries around the globe.
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