Each year students in Jewish Studies earn awards, fellowships, and other forms of recognition. The Chicago Center for Jewish Studies grants thousands of dollars in research and travel grants, dissertation year fellowships, and essay awards.
Congratulations to all the winners in the following categories!
Dissertation Year Fellows
2021-2022
Sam Catlin (Greenberg Scholar)
Doren Snoek (Greenberg Scholar)
2020-2021
Anna Band (Greenberg Scholar)
Yiftach Ofek (Greenberg Scholar)
2019-2020
Christine Trotter (Greenberg Scholar)
Yonatan Shemesh (Greenberg Scholar
2018-2019
Ezra Blaustein
Cathleen Chopra-McGowan
Joseph Cross (Greenberg Scholar)
Mili Leitner (Greenberg Scholar)
Madadh Richey (Greenberg Scholar)
Richard Zaleski
2017-2018
Marshall Cunningham
Jessie DeGrado (Greenberg Scholar)
Annie Greene (Greenberg Scholar)
Liane Marquis
Sam Shonkoff (Greenberg Scholar)
2016-2017
Jordan Skornik, Greenberg Scholar
Sam Shonkoff
Erik Dreff
2015-2016
Sarah Yardney
2014-15
Jessica Andruss
Nathan Mastnjak
Shayna Zamkanei
Alexandra Zirkle
2013-14
Chaim Neria
Samuel Boyd
2012-13
James Jacobson Maisels
Samuel Brody (Cohen Family Fellowship)
2010-11
Dov Weiss
Tupac Cruz
Heather Miller Rubens
Rachel Seelig
Graduate Student Lectureship
2021-2022
Stephanie Kraver
2020-2021
Aslan Cohen Mizrahi
2019-2020
Anna Band
Michal Peles Almagor
2018-2019
Bevin Blaber
2017-2018
David Gottlieb
Summer Travel and Research Grant and Conference Grant Recipients
2023
Aslan Cohen Mizrahi - Divinity (conference presentation grant)
Kirsten Collins - Divinity (conference presentation grant)
McKinsey Crozier - History (summer research/travel grant)
Ranana Dine - Divinity (summer research/travel grant)
Yael Flusser - Comparative Litertuare (conference presentation grant)
Sydney Ginsburg - NELC (undergraduate summer research grant)
Elena Hoffenberg - History (summer research/travel grant)
Daisy Maslan - History (undergraduate summer research grant)
Parker Robbins - Linguistics (summer research/travel grant)
Melani Shahin - Music (summer research/travel grant)
Alexander Stern - Urban Studies (undergraduate summer research grant)
Ido Telem - Comparative Literature (summer research/travel grant)
Olivia Young (summer research/travel grant)
2022
McKinsey Crozier (summer research/travel grant)
Elena Hoffenberg (summer research/travel grant)
Rachel Katz (conference presentation grant)
Mendel Kranz (conference presentation grant)
Doren Snoek (conference presentation grant)
2021
Tahel Goldsmith (summer research/travel grant)
Elena Hoffenberg (summer research/travel grant)
Adi Shiran (summer research/travel grant)
Aviva Waldman (undergraduate summer research grant)
2020
Sun Bok Bae (conference presentation grant)
Sam Catlin (conference presentation grant)
Matthew Creighton (conference presentation grant)
Naomi Kurtz (summer research/travel grant)
Jonah Lubin (undergraduate summer research grant)
Oren Oppenheim (undergraduate summer research grant)
Michael Peddycoart (conference presentation grant)
Dikla Taylor-Sheinman (undergraduate summer research grant)
2019
Cathleen Chopra McGowen (conference presentation grant)
Tahel Goldsmith (summer research/travel grant)
Isaac Johnston (undergraduate summer research grant)
Andrew Katzenstein (summer research/travel grant)
Young Bok Kim (conference presentation grant)
Mendel Kranz (summer research/travel grant)
Stephanie Kraver (summer research/travel grant)
Jonah Lubin (undergraduate summer research grant)
Sam Mellins (undergraduate summer research grant)
Michal Peles-Almagor (summer research/travel grant)
Ido Telem (summer research/travel grant)
Zachary Winters (summer research/travel grant)
Alexis Wolf
2018
Kirsten Collins (summer research/travel grant)
David Harris (summer research/travel grant)
Dahlia Herzog (undergraduate summer research grant)
Charles Huff (conference presentation grant)
Isaac Johnston (undergraduate summer research grant)
Naama Maor (summer research/travel grant)
Liane Marquis (conference presentation grant)
Chelsie May (summer research/travel grant)
Jacob Merlin (summer research/travel grant)
Pelle Valentin Olsen (summer research/travel grant)
Hillel Steinmetz (undergraduate summer research grant)
Noam Tadelis (undergraduate summer research grant)
Max Teplitz (undergraduate summer research grant)
Emily Thomassen (summer research/travel grant)
2017
Anna Band (summer research/travel grant)
Benny Bar-Lavi (conference presentation grant)
Chloe Blackshear (summer research/travel grant)
David Cohen (conference presentation grant)
Yael Flusser (summer research/travel grant)
Matthew Katz (conference presentation grant)
Mili Leitner (conference presentation grant)
Jacob Merlin (summer research/travel grant)
Michal Peles-Almagor (summer research/travel grant)
Yonatan Shemesh (summer research/travel grant)
Sam Shonkoff (conference presentation grant)
Max Teplitz (undergraduate research grant)
Ori Werdiger (summer research and conference presentation grants)
2016
Haim Ariel Aiash (undergraduate research grant)
Sun Bok Bae (summer research/travel grant)
Chloe Blackshear (summer research/travel and conference presentation grants)
Cathleen Chopra-McGowan (summer research/travel grant)
Erik Dreff (summer research/travel grant)
Matthew Johnson (summer research/travel grant)
Eliora Katz (undergraduate conference grant)
Young Bok Kim (summer research/travel grant)
Chelsie May (conference presentation grant)
Yiftach Ofek (conference presentation grant)
Michal Peles Almagor (conference presentation grant)
Rachel Schine (summer research/travel grant)
Jacqueline Vayntrub (conference presentation grant)
Alexander Wolfson (summer research/travel grant)
Alexandra Zirkle (summer research/travel grant)
2015
Erik Dreff (summer research/travel grant)
Annie Greene (summer research/travel grant)
Mili Leitner (summer research/travel grant)
Jacob Merlin (summer research/travel grant)
Pelle Valentin Olsen (summer research/travel and conference presentation grants)
Danielle Schwartz (summer research/travel grant)
Yonatan Shemesh (summer research/travel grant)
Ori Werdiger (summer research/travel grant)
Tali Winkler (conference presentation grant)
Rebecca Scharbach Wollenberg (conference presentation grant)
Alexandra Zirkle (conference presentation grant)
2014
Anna Band
Aidan Beatty
Dreyton Benner
Tracey Jones
Ilana Miller
Yonatan Shemesh
Sam Shonkoff
Jeremy Siegman
2013
Jessica Andruss
Joshua Connor
Yaqub Hilal
Ruchama Johnston-Bloom
Alexandra Zirkle
2012
Jessica Andruss
Aidan Beatty
Erik Dreff
Katharine Pflaum
Jordan Skornik
Ori Yehudai
Shayna Zamkanei
Joela Zeller
2011
Jessica Andruss
Meredith Aska McBride
Natalie Belsky
Samuel Brody
Rachel Feinmark
Ruchama Johnston-Bloom
Uri Shachar
Jordan Skornik
Lillian Wohl
David Wollenberg
Ori Yehudai
Joela Zeller
2010
Aidan Beatty
Igor De Souza
Rachel Feinmark
Michael Figueroa
Shaul Mitelpunkt
Rebecca Scharbach
Graham School Nominees
2015
Sam Shonkoff
2014
Aidan J. Beatty
Alexandra Zirkle
2013
Joela Zeller
Natalie Belsky
Jessica Andruss
2012
David Gottlieb
Undergraduate Essay Winners
2022–23
Eyshe Beirich, best BA thesis in Jewish Studies
Daisy Maslan, best course essay in Jewish Studies
2021-22
Zachary Garai, co-winner best course essay in Jewish Studies
Harry Weinstein, co-winner best course essay in Jewish Studies
2020-21
Dikla Taylor-Sheinman, best B.A. thesis in Jewish Studies
Jonah Lubin, best course essay in Jewish Studies
2019-20
Alexis Wolf, best B.A. thesis in Jewish Studies
Nicholas O'Donnell, best course essay in Jewish Studies
2018-19
Zachary Spitz, best B.A. thesis in Jewish Studies
Olivia Rosenzweig, best course essay in Jewish Studies
2017-18
Dahlia Leffell, best B.A. thesis in Jewish Studies
Benjamin Donvan, best course essay in Jewish Studies
2015-16
Elior Katz, co-winner best course essay in Jewish Studies
Rivka Baker Keusch, co-winner best course essay in Jewish Studies
2014-15
Noam Margalit, best B.A. thesis in Jewish Studies
Austin Sarfan, best course essay in Jewish Studies
2013-14
Jonathan P. Katz, best B.A. thesis in Jewish Studies
Grace Gleason, best course essay in Jewish Studies
2012-13
Dory Fox, best B.A. thesis in Jewish Studies
Jonathon Catlin, best course essay in Jewish Studies
2011-12
Ethan Schwartz, best B.A. thesis in Jewish Studies
Dory Fox, best course essay in Jewish Studies
2010-11
Maura Jayne DeBattista
2009-10
Miriam Englander
Samuel Casper
Other Prizes and Awards
Congratulations to the following Jewish Studies students:
Eyshe Beirich
2022 Beinecke PhD Scholarship for undergraduates
Michal Peles-Almagor
2018–19 University of Chicago Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Ethan Schwartz
The 2012 Millard Pierce Binyon Memorial Prize for Distinction in Humanistic Pursuits in the College Community
Michael Figueroa
The 2012 Targum Shlishi Grant for Dissertations in Jewish Studies
Jonathon Catlin
Honorable Mention in the Jewish Theological Seminary 2013 JTS Excellence in Jewish Studies competition
Second place in the Jewish Theological Seminary 2014 JTS Excellence in Jewish Studies competition
First place in the Leo Baeck Institute-New York 2015 Undergraduate Essay Contest in German-Jewish Studies