17-year-old Emuna Cohen Crowned Champion Of Israel’s Int’l Bible Quiz

 

17-year-old Emuna Cohen, an 11th-grade student at the Kfar Eliyahu Educational Institute in Gedera, won the International Bible Competition for young people on Israel’s 75th Independence Day . For the first time in three years, a girl won the competition

The second place winner was Neta Laksz, an 11th-grade student at Tzuri Bnei Akiva Shirat Hayam.

The quiz is being organized for the 60th year in the capital, Jerusalem. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Education Minister Joáv Kisch and Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana were present at the event.

In addition to the Israelis, contestants from Australia, Argentina, the United States, Canada, Great Britain, South Africa, Mexico and Panama came to the final, a total of ten girls and six boys.

“Only family members and close friends can testify to how many long days and sleepless nights these young people have dedicated to get here,” Knesset Speaker Ohana said at the opening of the event.

“Thousands of young people from all over the world put aside all their other activities for this important competition to study and learn from the eternal book. The return of the Jewish people to their land is unthinkable without the Bible, which we study and read.”