Voting ends Thursday for Jewish Community Heroes
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Only a few more days are left to vote for your Jewish Community Heroes.
The contest is an initiative of United Jewish Communities/The Jewish Federations of North America to celebrate the selflessness and courage of individuals who are bettering their communities through service and outreach; voting ends Thursday, Oct. 8.
Five nominees are from the Greater Phoenix Jewish community. Click on their names to read their full profiles and to vote.
Scott Farrell, president of Lab Express, a company that provides Arizonans with low-cost health screenings.
Carlos Galindo-Elvira, who has worked to promote dialogue and collaboration between Arizona's Latino and Jewish communities.
Stephanie Houser, a principal of the production company Launch Flix, who is producing a feature film based on the book of Holocaust survivor Dr. Henry Ortelt.
Gerda Weissmann Klein, a Holocaust survivor, author and historian.
Artist Robert Sutz, who makes life masks of Holocaust survivors and creates related artwork to help tell their stories.
The top 20 nominations voted on by the pubic via the online vote will determine the semifinalists, which will then be narrowed down to five finalists by a panel of judges.
The Jewish Community Hero of the Year and four other national honorees will be announced at the UJC General Assembly in November.
According to the UJC Web site, the essential criteria are:
1. The nominee shows exceptional qualities and commitment in line with the mission of UJC/Jewish Federations of North America, strengthening the Jewish community, and the ideals of tikkun olam.
2. The nominee complies with the rules of the Jewish Community Heroes campaign.
The Hero of the Year will be provided with $25,000 to be used as an investment in their community project or nonprofit effort via his or her local Jewish federation, or another recognized 501(c)3 charitable entity or Canadian equivalent, and he or she will be invited to and recognized at the 2009 UJC/Federation General Assembly in Washington.
The remaining four finalists will receive a smaller amount to be used as an investment in their community project or nonprofit effort via their local Jewish federations, or recognized 501(c)3 charitable entities or Canadian equivalent.
Votes are limited to one per user per hero every 12 hours. (You may vote for more than one hero, but you may only vote for the same hero once per 12-hour period.) All results will be audited after the close of online voting to ensure compliance with voting regulations.
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