Background
The Grinspoon-Steinhardt Awards for Excellence in Jewish Education are designed to recognize teachers in communities across North America who have made a commitment to the field of Jewish education. The Awards honor outstanding classroom-based teachers in formal Jewish educational settings (early childhood through grade 12). Awards Winners are chosen though their central agency for Jewish education or, where no central agency exists, through their federation. The Awards were first established by the Grinspoon Foundation in 2000 and joined by the Jewish Life Network/Steinhardt Foundation in 2002.

Awards Benefits
The Awards offer national recognition to its recipients, each of whom will be awarded a minimum of $2,500. Each winner must use $1,500 of the Awards stipend for his or her own professional development. The remaining $1,000 is for use at the recipient's discretion. In addition, the Awards Winners will be invited to a professional development seminar and reception in their honor. Awards Winners are also eligible for future professional development opportunities sponsored by JESNA, the Harold Grinspoon Foundation and Jewish Life Network/Steinhardt Foundation.

Award Winners
Zipora Antmann
Sara Chaya Burton
Miriam Miller
Marla Peers
Shoshana Radinsky