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Feeling Creative? This Contest is For You

If you're feeling funny, imaginative or unexpected, you may want to look into entering a photo captioning contest.

UJA-Federation of New York is hosting the contest on its Facebook page and is looking for a caption for a Rosh Hashanah-themed cartoon, according to a UJA-Federation press release.

Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year – this year it begins Sept. 4 and lasts through Sept. 6.

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The contest began Aug. 6 but lasts through Aug. 13 and is open to residents ages 18 and up of the five boroughs of New York City, Long Island and Westchester. Its goal is to create excitement about the holiday, according to the press release.

The winner, who will be selected by a panel of judges, will be announced around Aug. 15 and will win a framed print of the cartoon with his or her caption and the opportunity to have the cartoon with caption published as an advertisement in New York Magazine around Sept. 2. 

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UJA-Federation is an organization for communal planning and philanthropy in the New York Jewish community, according to the release.

See the UJA-Federation of New York Facebook page for more information and to enter.


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