Congratulations to Derek Penslar, William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, for winning the Association for Israel Studies (AIS) Lifetime Achievement Award 2022. The AIS Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes a senior scholar in any field of Israel Studies whose lasting and path-breaking contributions have significantly shaped the field. …
New Harvard Judaica Student Research Papers are now available online or in print. Latest papers include: The Holocaust in American Jewish Life: Redefining Memory, Community and Activism, 1960-1976 by Raya Koreh ’18 The Impact of Experience on Israeli Entrepreneurial Success by Max August ’20 Friends or foes?: Palestinian Arabs in the Eyes of American Women Zionists,…
The Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 Harry and Cecile Starr Prizes in Jewish Studies. Shoshana F. Boardman ’22, a senior in Winthrop House, and Jonathan Louis Katzman ’22, a senior in Dunster House, won the Starr Prize for their exceptional senior theses. Shoshana, a…
The Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies. Shoshana F. Boardman ’22, a senior in Winthrop House, was awarded first place for her essay “Babylonian Incantation Bowl Onomastics.” Sonia F. Epstein ’22, a senior from Eliot House, submitted…
