Cary Mannaberg
Okun Kalamazoo Combined Jewish School
4th grade
USA
The heart in the middle represents my love for Israel and all the squares represent different things. The section labeled ג€œPastג€ shows what past Israel and the section labeled ג€œTogetherג€ shows what Israel can be and the section labeled ג€œFutureג€ shows what Israel can be if we stop fighting and the section labeled ג€œPeaceג€ represents you know- Peace Israel shapes my Jewish story by making me different - but that's okay! Knowing that Israel is a real place makes me feel connected - knowing that my ancestors were in the stories of the Torah that happened in Israel. Sometimes it makes me sad that there are people in the world that don't like Israel. It makes me happy that the world is a much different place now than it was in the past because people are better and people have sympathy for Israel, like how my religious school class donated a lot of money to help pay for guide dogs to help guide the blind. My poster shows different things that represent Israel now and how things could be if we work together. It also shows that Israel is a much different place now than it was during the stories in the Torah. My poster also shows that there are many different kinds of people and maybe if we all try to help Israel the wars may stop and we can all be one peaceful place. I looked at the different images that were made by winners and non-winners. One picture really stood out to me. It was a picture that kind of looked like a scrapbook, and I liked how they used online stuff. That was my main inspiration for my poster picture