Prizes
The Jill Stacey Harris Prize in Jewish Studies has been awarded annually since 1991 for the best undergraduate essay in the field of Jewish Studies.
Recent winners and their project titles are:
- Joshua Urich, “Deuteronomy 34 Via Chuck Palahniuk.”
- Ehui Nyatepe-Coo, "The Trauma of Bearing Witness"
- Manya Treece, "The Use of Hellenistic and Hebraic Narrative Styles in the Book of Esther"
- Logan Plaster, "A Lesson in Suffering"
- Elizabeth Westby, "Reconciliation: An Analysis of Buber and Rosenzweig in the Works of Lasker-Schuler"
- Deborah Hirsch, "Teachers in the Judaic Tradition"
- Owen Chan, "A Discussion of Maimonides' View of Prophecy vs. Philosophy"
- Monica Smatlak, "Telling the Mystery of Penuel"
- Sarah Conway, "Naming in Jewish Literature"
- Monica Smatlak, "Beware the False Prophet: Authority and Authenticity of Prophecy"
- Leah Wagner, "Both Sides of the Mirror: Art and Illusion in Terezin"
Earlier recipients of the prize include: Beth Abrams, Marna Abrams, Melanie Bowen, Andrea Lerner, Michelle Ochs, Elizabeth Pensgard, Brenda Peterson, Ari Plosker, Trent Rosenbloom, David Roth, Stephanie Saline, and Hannah Treuhaft.
