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Award Winners in Jewish Studies

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