The Association of Rabbis and Cantors is pleased to announce the 2018 Liturgy Awards.
These awards are open to all matriculated AJR Rabbinical and Cantorial students.
All entries must be received by Feb 19, 2018
Winners will be announced on April 16, 2018 at the Senior Legacy Program
Goals:
* To stimulate the creation of original liturgy and/or programming
* To recognize student achievement in these areas
* To create materials for use in the professional rabbinate/cantorate
* To facilitate Alumni/student interaction in the area of professional skills
Awards
Up to two awards, the Rabbi Hershel J. Matt Creative Liturgy Award and the Rabbi Chana Timoner Creative Liturgy Award, will be presented prior to ordination. Each winner will receive $250. An applicant can only receive one award per year. Honorable mention certificates may also be awarded.
Rules
Students may submit one or more entries in the following categories:
Material submitted may have been created as part of a classroom assignment or for use in a professional situation. Entirety of submission is to be the work product of the submitter except where expressly noted.
Criteria for Award Selection
A panel of AJR alumni rabbis and cantors will review the entries. The anonymous judges will base their decision on the following criteria:
APPLICATION PROCESS
All entries must be received by February 19, 2018.
NOTE: Because all entries will be judged anonymously, please follow the instructions carefully - Failure to follow the instruction regarding anonymity of submission may result in its disqualification.
How to send in your submission:
1) Cover page (separate document from the Submitted entry): Please include only one cover page per submission. The cover should include:
Name, Contact Information (including email), and Program at AJR - rabbinical/cantorial
Title and a précis or brief description of the submission
2) Submission: Please do NOT put your name on the submission itself, or on any of its pages, and include the Title and a précis or brief description of the submission. ONLY THE COVER DOCUMENT SHOULD HAVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION.
Electronic Submission Instructions:
If you would like to send your materials electronically, please email your submission in two documents:
- 1 Cover File with your contact information. Please include all the information noted above in the 'Cover Page' section.
- 1 Submission File with no contact information to preserve confidentiality
We can accept Word documents, Davka, and ideally PDF formats. Please contact Rabbi Lader if you have questions about document format.
Please email all submissions to eclader@aol.com
Once emailed, please call Rabbi Lader at 216-407-1306 to confirm receipt of your submission - leaving a message on answering machine is enough. (She is not involved in the judging process)
Mail Submission Instructions:
If submitting by mail, please make sure that your submission is properly paginated, and is not stapled and sent early enough to ensure that it is received no later than February 19, 2018.
Please send it to:
ARC Liturgy Award
C/O Rabbi Enid C. Lader Beth Israel - The West Temple 14308 Triskett Road Cleveland, OH 44111
Winners will be announced on April 16, 2018 at the Senior Legacy Program. If you have any questions, please feel free to call Rabbi Lader at 216-407-1306.
Use of Submitted Materials
Winning submissions will be shared with the AJR and ARC communities, who may incorporate them b’shem omro into their professional work. Any materials submitted to ARC for consideration for these awards will not be returned.
These awards are open to all matriculated AJR Rabbinical and Cantorial students.
All entries must be received by Feb 19, 2018
Winners will be announced on April 16, 2018 at the Senior Legacy Program
Goals:
* To stimulate the creation of original liturgy and/or programming
* To recognize student achievement in these areas
* To create materials for use in the professional rabbinate/cantorate
* To facilitate Alumni/student interaction in the area of professional skills
Awards
Up to two awards, the Rabbi Hershel J. Matt Creative Liturgy Award and the Rabbi Chana Timoner Creative Liturgy Award, will be presented prior to ordination. Each winner will receive $250. An applicant can only receive one award per year. Honorable mention certificates may also be awarded.
Rules
Students may submit one or more entries in the following categories:
- Original Liturgy - An original prayer, music setting for a piece of traditional liturgy, a d'var Tefillah, a short d'var Torah, or a suggestion for a new type of ritual ceremony. The submission must be suitable for use by a rabbi or cantor working in a professional capacity. A liturgical entry does not have to be limited to a congregational setting.
- Original Programming - A description of an original program that has been used in a professional context by the student submitting the entry. A programming entry does not have to be limited to a congregational setting.
Material submitted may have been created as part of a classroom assignment or for use in a professional situation. Entirety of submission is to be the work product of the submitter except where expressly noted.
Criteria for Award Selection
A panel of AJR alumni rabbis and cantors will review the entries. The anonymous judges will base their decision on the following criteria:
- Practicality - appropriateness for use in "real life" situations
- Originality - creative approach to the situation
- Ease of Use - easy implementation within the setting for which it is intended
- Overall quality of the entry
APPLICATION PROCESS
All entries must be received by February 19, 2018.
NOTE: Because all entries will be judged anonymously, please follow the instructions carefully - Failure to follow the instruction regarding anonymity of submission may result in its disqualification.
How to send in your submission:
1) Cover page (separate document from the Submitted entry): Please include only one cover page per submission. The cover should include:
Name, Contact Information (including email), and Program at AJR - rabbinical/cantorial
Title and a précis or brief description of the submission
2) Submission: Please do NOT put your name on the submission itself, or on any of its pages, and include the Title and a précis or brief description of the submission. ONLY THE COVER DOCUMENT SHOULD HAVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION.
Electronic Submission Instructions:
If you would like to send your materials electronically, please email your submission in two documents:
- 1 Cover File with your contact information. Please include all the information noted above in the 'Cover Page' section.
- 1 Submission File with no contact information to preserve confidentiality
We can accept Word documents, Davka, and ideally PDF formats. Please contact Rabbi Lader if you have questions about document format.
Please email all submissions to eclader@aol.com
Once emailed, please call Rabbi Lader at 216-407-1306 to confirm receipt of your submission - leaving a message on answering machine is enough. (She is not involved in the judging process)
Mail Submission Instructions:
If submitting by mail, please make sure that your submission is properly paginated, and is not stapled and sent early enough to ensure that it is received no later than February 19, 2018.
Please send it to:
ARC Liturgy Award
C/O Rabbi Enid C. Lader Beth Israel - The West Temple 14308 Triskett Road Cleveland, OH 44111
Winners will be announced on April 16, 2018 at the Senior Legacy Program. If you have any questions, please feel free to call Rabbi Lader at 216-407-1306.
Use of Submitted Materials
Winning submissions will be shared with the AJR and ARC communities, who may incorporate them b’shem omro into their professional work. Any materials submitted to ARC for consideration for these awards will not be returned.
