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. 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 of Englewood. 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 also accumulate an above 1600 chess rating. 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.

He lives in Teaneck, New Jersey and attends Torah Academy of Bergen County. He is currently on the 2007-2008 Torah Bowl team, one of the two FreshMen to make the team. He is also on the College Bowl team, however, he doesn't start.