Jewish identity: This is what we feel now

Ms Zabludowicz said: “They were full of surprises. Some of the art was very philosophical, really deep.”

But of course there had to be winners. Third prize went to ten-year-old Aron Finkelstein at Moriah Jewish Day School for his felt-tip on paper work, entitled Tradition.

Mark Cass said: “I thought it was very clever, way beyond the artist’s age. There were three or four references including Takashi Marakami and Roy Lichtenstein, which was of course very relevant because Lichtenstein has just opened at the Tate.” Aron has won an art class with Israeli-British artist Vik Jacobson-Frid.

Second prize went to Maayan Carno, in Year Five at Kerem School, whose spray-paint work of a white heart stencilled on a black background the judges felt was “strongly contemporary”.

Ms Zabludowicz said: “It had a very strong, clear message, held a certain maturity. It gave the message very clearly about the young artist’s feeling towards what Jewish life is, that it’s about love.” Maayan’s prize is a £100 art voucher to spend at Cass Art.

First prize, an iPad mini donated by acrylicize, went to Sophie Kelly, aged 10, from Michael Sobell Sinai School for her work The Torah is the tree of life. James Burke said: “I think that it showed a real intelligence, it had a nice conceptual angle to it and it was really well executed.”

Sophie explained: “I was doing my Hebrew reading for school and I came across that quote, ‘The Torah is the tree of life’, so I decided to draw a tree with things to do with the Torah. It took two weeks. I’m so happy I won!”

Mr Burke said: “I hope Sophie can use the iPad to access knowledge, broaden her horizons and be creative. You can be really creative on an iPad, just ask David Hockney.”

Ten runners up will also receive a £5 Cass Art vouchers.