Jordana Boxer is an eleventh-grade honor student at Huntington High School on Long Island. Her parents are Tracy Kaplowitz and Jonathan Boxer and her siblings are Jacob and Nina.

 

She has been a regular at Huntington Jewish Center (HJC) services since the day of her baby naming, going to Shabbat services with her family and Sunday minyan with her mother. Jordana has also become a frequent presence on the bimah since her bat mitzvah. She reads Torah regularly and leads the Musaf Service on most Shabbats.

 

Through the B'nai Brith Youth Organization (BBYO), Jordana has been able to increase her involvement in the Jewish community outside of her synagogue. BBYO has enabled her to connect with Jewish teens across Long Island. Since joining she has gotten the teens within HJC to participate in BBYO and has made it onto the board of her chapter.

 

For the past four summers, Jordana has been going to Camp Ramah in the Rockies, a Conservative Movement sleep-away camp situated in the heart of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. There, Jordana has flourished as a young adult. She has literally reached new heights while hiking. She has also had the opportunity to work with younger campers and inspire them to connect more with their Jewish identity. This summer, Jordana will be continuing her adventures with Ramah by spending six weeks in Israel while participating in Ramah Seminar.

 

Jewish education is extremely important to Jordana. Since leaving Jewish day school at the end of fifth grade, Jordana has been taking online classes through Lookstein Virtual Jewish Academy. She meets virtually once a week with her teacher, Deena, who lives in Israel. Through this program, she has studied Jewish history by taking courses about the establishment of the State of Israel as well as courses about Jewish life in America. She has also been able to study a multitude of Jewish texts in depth like the Book of Amos and the Books of Kings.

 

Jordana is delighted to receive the L’Dor V’Dor Award.