BJE announces Dear Hero winners

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Winners in the under age 7 category are:

*4-year-old Aaron Klein of Fremont, who attends school at Temple Beth Torah.

*5-year-old Emily Esther Scharff of Los Altos Hills, who attends school at the Albert L. Schultz Jewish Community Center.

*6-year-old Minda Newhouse of Foster City, who attends Jewish Day School of the North Peninsula.

Winners in the age 7 to 9 category are:

*7-year-old Hannah Steinhardt of San Mateo, who attends Peninsula Temple Beth El.

*8-year-old Nils Valdis Skudra of Albany.

*9-year-old Paul Lazarow of Foster City, who attends Jewish Day School of the North Peninsula.

Winners in the age 10 to 12 category are:

*10-year-old Alison Altman of Tiburon, who attends Congregation Rodef Sholom.

*11-year-old Amira Kipnis of Berkeley.

*12-year-old Lynn Connell-Price of Palo Alto, who attends school at the ALSJCC.