Emerging Scholars Awardees
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Maharat is thrilled to announce the Sixth Cohort of Emerging Scholars Awardees. This award celebrates young women who are high school seniors and who excel in leadership, spirituality, and Torah learning. The award acknowledges these young women for their accomplishments and dedication to the Jewish community while supporting their continued growth. Applications were received from across the world, representing the diversity and dedication of today’s young women.
Eliana Fromer currently lives in New Rochelle, New York and is originally from Jerusalem, Israel, but in between she’s lived in Boston and New York a few times, which has exposed her to diverse worldviews. Eliana loves the learning of Torah, specifically Daf Yomi Gemara and intricate halakhic questions, and she enjoys the way it helps her get closer to Hashem. Eliana is looking forward to advancing her skills and level of learning at Migdal Oz. She plans on returning to live in Israel this summer and drafting into the IDF after Migdal Oz, after which she will B’ezrat Hashem go to University in Israel, where she hopes to integrate her love of Torah and her natural strengths in the wonderful world of math and sciences.
Charlotte Moreen (Recipient of the Ian J. Kagedan z”l Emerging Scholars Award) lives in Stamford, CT, but goes to school in Riverdale, NY at SAR High School. When not making review sheets or editing her friends’ essays, she can be found studying Russian, captaining SAR's Model UN team, or writing for SAR’s publications. She loves learning different opinions and analyzing texts through parshanut. She loves all the sights (and food) of Israel the feeling of being there is uplifting. After attending Midreshet Lindenbaum, she plans to attend Washington University in St. Louis and is very excited about what her future holds.
Amit Zohar (Recipient of the Emerging Scholar Award) is from Miami, Florida. She loves learning new things, expanding her academic horizons, and being able to share what she has learned with others. She has been to Israel six times in her life, and even though many of those visits were quite short, she enjoyed herself immensely. She is looking forward to seeing her family in Israel and visiting the country. She will attend University of Miami after her gap year.