Offir Ben-Naim Receives Avi Lapidus Memorial Award

From the West Hartford Patch:

“HHNE teachers take their students’ growth personally,” said Offir Ben-Naim, who was the recipient of the Avi Lapidus Memorial Scholarship Award for his commitment to Judaism and love of technology. (Avi Lapidus was a freshman at the school when the West Hartford teen died ... in 2006.) Ben-Naim said he has learned that “by going above and beyond what is expected, you can accomplish great things,” and went on to give examples of ways the faculty at HHNE go beyond the call of duty: meeting students at Starbucks for study groups; making themselves available by phone, or inviting students over for Sabbath dinner on Friday nights.

4th annual HHNE Avi Lapidus Memorial Award...

...was given last evening during the graduation ceremony to Hillel Adler.

Here is a description of the award. Incidentally, the last pair of tefillin that Avi wore at his last minyan on his last Sunday was Hillel's. Both were lefties. (Avi of course had his own set, which was not available that day.)