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Celebrating our Students' Accomplishments

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We want to share with you the news of two very impressive accomplishments by our students.

First, ​Dovid Yehoshua Samuels has received a ​Letter of Commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Out of 1.5 million annual applicants nationwide, only ​34,000 letters ​were awarded.

Second, Efraim Wiener ('17) was one of three students from all of Memphis chosen to speak at Monday night's annual banquet for Facing History and Ourselves. He addressed an audience of 750 people regarding the impact that Facing History—a wonderful global organization dedicated to eliminating racism and anti-Semitism—had on his life as a Jewish student at the MHA. A link to the video of his speech can be found below, and on YouTube at https://youtu.be/-4X2GUp36xI.

Special thanks to Mrs. Talya Tsuna who works as the MHA's liaison to Facing History.

On behalf of the entire MHA Community, Mazel Tov to Dovid Yehoshua and Efraim as well as their entire families.

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