"A Surge in Ukrainian Ancestral Records Means Finding Long-Lost Family" - Interview featuring I. Michael Snyder - Wins Two Journalism Awards

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I wanted to let you know that the piece I wrote won two journalism awards this past season — I can't thank you enough for providing your expertise and time last summer to make this story possible. Zoe Bell The Washington Jewish Week story featuring you won two separate second-place journalism awards: Simon Rockower Award Awarded by the American Jewish Press Association Second Place — Excellence in Writing about Jewish Heritage and Jewish Peoplehood in Europe Presented June 4, 2026, at the AJPA conference in New York The competition received more than 1,050 entries for work published during 2025. Washington Jewish Week announcement MDDC Press Association Award Awarded by the regional press association serving Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C. Second Place — Religion Reporting Washington Jewish Week competed in Division E Official MDDC award listing The award-winning article was Zoe Bell’s July 30, 2025 story, “A Surge in Ukrainian Ancestral Records Means Finding Long-Lost Family.” You were the principal local subject, and the article opened with your two-decade search and featured your family photograph and Ukrainian records. Read the original article

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