The Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies.
- Ari Samuel Hilibrand, 1st place, “The Medicine of Moses Maimonides: Protocol, Pragmatism, and Prophylactic Care”
- Madison Stein, 1st place, “A Distinct Diaspora: Examining the Development of Baghdadi Jewish Identity Across a Transnational Network”
- Rebecca Susan Araten, 2nd place, “Singing Sexuality: How Jewish Wedding Bards Shaped Communal Values in 19th Century Imperial Russia”
- Ryan Michael Jordan, 2nd place, “Squeezed between the Yamato and Aryan Races: Understanding how Japanese Policies towards the Jews in China (and in Shanghai specifically) were Reflective of the Limitations Present within the Alliance between Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany”
- Isaac Rifkind Mansell, 3rd place, “Jacob’s Ladder: How Jewish Books Bridged the Gaps in my Family”
The Weinstein Prize, which is given to the Harvard University student(s) who submits the best undergraduate essay in Jewish studies, was established by Lewis H. Weinstein ’27, LL.B. 1930.