The CJ Voices portrayal of our work will receive the top
prize in its category at the American Jewish Press Association's 33rd Annual
Simon Rockower Awards. While
"poverty-stricken" or "drug infested" is a very limited
depiction of my neighborhood (as Schulson's article explains), I'm glad to see
the story of Beth Am and Reservoir Hill continues to gain national
attention. Here's the write-up:
Category 10: The David Frank Award for Excellence in
Personality Profiles
Division C. Magazines; Special Sections and Supplements;
Web-Based Outlets.
First Place
CJ Voices of Conservative/Masorti Judaism, New
York, NY
"The Urban Rabbi" by Michael Schulson
Comments: "The Urban Rabbi" is an outstanding
portrait not only of a young, energetic and idealistic Conservative rabbi but a
complex community - Baltimore's Reservoir Hill, once a Jewish neighborhood and
now a poverty-stricken, drug infested corner of the city in which the rabbi's
synagogue sits. Author Michael Schulson conveys with insight and sensitivity
Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg's passion to build meaningful bridges between his
congregation and the neighborhood, thereby expressing the "fundamental
Jewish value" that all people are created in God's image. The story
benefits from Schulson's historical research as well as his successful attempt
to understand Rabbi Burg's background and inspiration, and reminds us that
"synagogue" can mean many things in contemporary American life.
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