Livingston School Students Garner National Acclaim
Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy and Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School Students Win Prestigious Scholastic Writing Awards
Ten students from the 7th and 8th grades at the Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy were awarded top prizes in the Scholastic Writing Awards competition for their literary submissions. In a separate Writing Portfolio category open only to high school seniors, 12th grader and Livingston resident Edyt Dickstein was awarded the top Gold Key prize for her work. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition is the oldest and most esteemed student writing competition in the nation, recognizing the work of creative teens across the United States. Mentored by novelist and lecturer Dara Horn (In the Image, The World to Come, All Other Nights, and the forthcoming A Guide for the Perplexed), the students were able to hone their skills with Horn as …
