Senior Director of Programs Joins Cohort of 10 Winners of the Prestigious Prize for 2025
Gateways’ Senior Director of Programs, Tali Cohen Carrus, has won the Covenant Foundation’s prestigious Pomegranate Prize. The Pomegranate Prize recognizes emerging leaders in the field of Jewish education by encouraging them in their pursuits and offering the resources and connections necessary to accelerate their development, deepen their self-awareness, and amplify their impact on the field.
Tali was honored alongside nine other exceptional rising Jewish educators in a milestone event at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, in New York City, on Tuesday morning, September 16.
“We couldn’t be more pleased with the results. The ten remarkable professionals selected for this year’s Prize represent ten distinctly unique settings in which high quality and exciting Jewish education and engagement is happening. It is thrilling to see how the field continues to grow and evolve with such bright promise,” said Deborah S. Meyer, Chair of the Covenant Foundation Board.
We are thrilled for Tali and honored to have the Covenant Foundation uplifting the critical work of disability inclusion.
Full List of 2025 Pomegranate Prize Awardees
Rabbi Tali Adler, Faculty Member at The Hadar Institute, New York, NY; Tali Cohen Carrus, Senior Director of Programs at Gateways: Access to Jewish Education, Sharon, MA; Sasha Kopp Hass, Senior Director of Education and Engagement at ElevatEd, Cambridge, MA; Menuchah Schuman Hirschman, Garden Educator at Grow Torah, Teaneck, NJ; Manashe Khaimov, Founder, CEO, and Lead Educator at SAMi: Sephardic American Mizrachi Initiative, Hollywood, FL; Lexi Kohanski, Director of Online Learning at The Torah Studio, New York, NY; Rabbi Kendell Pinkney, Rabbinic Educator, Artist-in-Residence, and Director of The Workshop at Reboot, Brooklyn, NY; Rebecca Schisler, Core Faculty Member and Director of Shevet Young Adult Programming at The Institute for Jewish Spirituality, Oakland, CA; Rabbi Yali Szulanski, Director of Youth and Family Engagement at Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, Bronx, NY; Rabbi Dave Yedid, Founding Rabbi of Base Denver at Mem Global, Denver, CO.