MAY 14, 2008:  For Publication

The Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2008 Norman Podhoretz Prize in Jewish Studies and the 2008 Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies.

Danielle Sassoon ’08, a senior in Dunster House, won this year’s Norman Podhoretz Prize in Jewish Studies for her essay, “From Consent to Descent: Ludwig Lewisohn’s Anti-Assimilationism as a Product of Historical Change.”  This award “is given to the Harvard University student who submits the best essay, feature article, or short story on a Jewish theme.  A tribute to Norman Podhoretz, editor of Commentary magazine from 1960 to 1995, the prize is sponsored by the Ernest H. Weiner Fund at the American Jewish Committee.”

Mishy Harman ’08, a senior in Pforzheimer House and Hillary Berkowitz ’09, a junior in Kirkland House both won this year’s Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies.  Hillary Berkowitz’s entry was “The Problem of Assimilation in The Goldbergs: Creating a Jewish American Identity in the Postwar United States” and Mishy Harman’s entry was “Theodor Herzl: Aspiring Nobleman, Dreamer, Diplomat”.  The Weinstein Prize, which is given to the Harvard University student who submits the best undergraduate essay in Jewish studies, was established by Lewis H. Weinstein, A.B. 1927, LL.B. 1930.

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