Written by Deborah Moon – Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem named Portland native Jennie Spector, 27, the 2020-21 Marla Bennett, z”l, Scholar.
“It’s an incredible honor to have the opportunity to study in Marla Bennett’s, z”l, memory,” says Jennie, the daughter of Marshal Spector and Sharon Pollin.
In 2002, Marla was enrolled jointly at Hebrew University and in the Pardes Educators Program, pursuing her plans to become a Jewish educator, when she was killed on July 31, 2002, in the Mt. Scopus terror bombing.
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