ISRAEL — The Bronfman Youth Fellowships has selected its 29th cohort of high school students. 

The 26 fellows, chosen from hundreds of applicants across North America, will participate in a five-week program of study and travel in Israel, followed by a rigorous year of programming centered around pluralism, social responsibility and Jewish texts. The new class of fellows will join an alumni network that includes many of today’s Jewish writers, thinkers and leaders.

A local recipient is Miriam Cohen, daughter of Jonathan and Victoria Cohen of Farmington. Cohen is a junior at Mt. Blue High School in Farmington.

Cohen recently performed in an Arts Institute of Western Maine concert, as well as at the Maine Acoustic Festival and Kennebec Valley Music Educators Association Music Festival. 

She is described as someone who loves to play the fiddle and sing, and is a member of the Franklin County Fiddlers and Mt. Blue Chamber Singers. Miriam is described as a lover of running and cross country skiing, and was part of the Maine U16 Nordic Team last year.