Tandem Junior Named Bronfman Fellow

Tandem Friends junior Hannah B. has been selected as a recipient of a Bronfman Fellowship (a program founded by Edgar M. Bronfman, formerly Seagram Company CEO and a visionary Jewish philanthropist). Only 26 high school juniors in the country were chosen this year (out of two hundred twenty applicants) for this five-week, all-expenses-paid fellowship to Israel. According to the Bronfman press release, fellows in the program will "participate in a transformative five-week program of study and travel in Israel, followed by a rigorous year of programming centered around pluralism, social responsibility and Jewish texts. They also interact with a group of Israeli peers who were chosen through a parallel selection process as part of the Israeli Fellowship, Amitei Bronfman. The new class of Fellows will join a vibrant alumni network that includes some of today’s most exciting Jewish writers, thinkers and leaders."

Hannah is a member of Charlottesville’s Congregation Beth Israel. Her brother Elie (TFS' 18) is a Bronfman alum ('17). Congratulations, Hannah!