Kindertransport story wins for Jewish Star

Jewish Star Editor Malka Eisenberg’s front page story on the Kindertransport captured the imagination of judges and won First Place for Best Feature Story in a competition among members of the New York State Press Association. Results were announced at the group’s convention in Saratoga Springs.

“It’s always a treat when The Jewish Star receives special recognition for the quality of its editorial efforts,” said Publisher Ed Weintrob.

“Malka has been writing about the people and issues of Long Island’s Jewish communities for several years, always looking for the local angle on what are sometimes global stories. In her prize-winning account of the 75th anniversary of Kindertransport — the flight of Jewish children from Europe on the eve of the Holocaust — she brought it home by picturing that horrific time through the eyes of one of those children, now an elderly resident of the Five Towns-Far Rockaway community.”

158 newspapers from around the state submitted 2,760 entries in 63 categories.

A contest judge said Eisenberg’s account was “very well done. I wanted to learn more about the individuals and their stories.”