Yakir Forman

Yakir Forman was a runner up in the 2007 International Bible Contest. He placed 4th worldwide in the contest, trailing only three Israelis. He placed first in a separate contest, the diaspora competition, that tested the top participant from countries other than Israel. [Shragai, Nadav. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/851851.html "World Bible Quiz champ asks to give his prize to runner-up"] , "Haaretz", April 25, 2007. Accessed October 1, 2007. "The first-prize winner for Diaspora contestants is Yakir Forman from the United States."] At 13 years and 255 days, he is the youngest person to win the diaspora competition. During the competition, he was a student at the Moriah School. While attending Moriah, he also help the Moriah 7th and 8th grade math teams win for two consecutive years respectively. He also helped the school place highly in United States Chess Federation tournements. He has also accumulated an above 1600 chess rating. [ [http://www.moriahschool.org "Moriah School"] ] Forman earned his trip to the international competition by placing first in the elementary school division of the National Bible Contest (Hidon HaTanach), held in May 2006. [Leichman, Abigail Klein. [http://www.jstandard.com/articles/1079/1/Teaneck-boys-win-National-Bible-Contest "Teaneck boys win National Bible Contest"] , "Jewish Standard", May 19, 2006. Accessed October 1, 2007. "Forman, who won first place in the elementary school division, is a seventh-grader at Yosef’s alma mater, The Moriah School of Englewood."]

He lives in Teaneck, New Jersey and attends Torah Academy of Bergen County. [Leichman, Abigail Klein. [http://www.jstandard.com/articles/2628/1/Teaneck-students-compete-in-International-Bible-Contest "Teaneck students compete in International Bible Contest"] , "Jewish Standard", May 4, 2007. Accessed August 10, 2007.] He is currently on the 2007-2008 Torah Bowl team, one of the two freshmen to make the team. He is on the science Olympics team. He is also on the College Bowl team, however, he is not a starting player.

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