May 23, 2007: For Publication

The Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2007 Norman Podhoretz Prize in Jewish Studies and the 2007 Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies.

Milo (Mishy) Harman ’08, a junior in Pforzheimer House, won this year’s Norman Podhoretz Prize in Jewish Studies for his essay, “What Chutzpah! Yiddish in the New York Times.” 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.”

Adam Strich ’07, a senior in Currier House, won this year’s Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies for his essay, “On the Prohibition of Benefit from Idols and their Paraphernalia.” 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.

Honorable mention was also given to Jay Reidler “The Development of Jewish Science: How Christianity and Modernity Revived Jewish Healing” (’08, a junior in Leverett House) and Emily Vasiliauskas “‘Without/Language’: Ineffability in Paul Celan” (’07, a senior in Lowell House).

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