Beit Am’s Annual Song Of Miriam Award History and Process - Updated 1/22/2020
About the Award The Song of Miriam Award is sponsored by the Jewish Women’s Round Table, a group of women representing organizations and congregations in Oregon and southwest Washington. The group’s mission is to strengthen the Jewish community by honoring the excellent work of women volunteers and bringing the community together to celebrate Jewish life. At Beit Am, since 2013, the award is our way to honor a specific woman from our community who has, year after year, gone above and beyond in her volunteer efforts both at Beit Am and often in the wider community.
Recipients of this award have shared that they felt highly honored, and also humbled and inspired when they’ve met the other recipients at this event.
Beit Am’s criteria for the award The nominee must be a female member of Beit Am, who is an outstanding example of individual effort and achievement through her volunteer activities, and through her dedication to Jewish life and values. It is a once-in-a-lifetime award.
Process In February, the last 3 years’ awardees meet to appoint the next recipient of the award. If not all of those awardees are available, previous recipients may be asked to step in. Any past recipients who wish to participate are eligible to be on the committee, but there must be a minimum of 3 to make the decision, and the 3 most recent recipients are responsible to ensure that there is an award nominee for the next year.
Awardee responsibility The awardee will be asked to attend a meeting in Portland before the date of the luncheon in order to meet with other awardees and to walk through the ceremony. The awardee also attends the luncheon to receive the award. In the following 3 years, the attendee is expected to serve on Beit Am’s committee to bestow the award to another deserving member in each following year.
For a list of past award recipients, please log in as a member on this website, and return to the "Song of Miriam Award" tab. Look for "Awardees".
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