Undergraduate Grant Recipients

2022-2023 Undergraduate Recipients of TIJS Grants

Jackson Gardner, a Business major and Jewish studies minor, received a Schatten Award to convene a peer colloquium, to discuss what they have learned in the Jewish studies program.

Madeline Klipfel, an NBB and Spanish major, received a summer grant to support her study of Ladino in Buenos Aires.

Elsie Moche, a pre-nursing student, received a grant in support of her spring study abroad program at Tel Aviv University.

Elisabet Ortiz, a political science major, received a summer grant to visit the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan to study Latino Jewish History in the US.

2021-2022 Undergraduate Recipients of TIJS Grants

Leah Bader, a political science and Arabic major, received a grant to support her summer internship with the Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem and a member of Israel's Knesset.

Adina Peck, a psychology major and anthropology minor, received a summer grant to support her internship with Blue Dove Foundation, with the goal of raising awareness about mental health through the lens of Jewish text.

2019-2020 Undergraduate Recipients of TIJS Grants

Max Rotenberg, a history major and economics minor, received a summer grant to support his honors thesis research, "American Foreign Policy towards Israel's Emerging Nuclear Weapons Program, 1954-1970”.

Jessie Steinman, a history and German studies major, received a summer grant to support his honors thesis research, "Tumult in Tarrytown: Jewish Student Activism & Liberal Hopes for a Jewish Future."

2018-2019 Undergraduate Recipients of TIJS Grants

Ashley Stern, a double major in Jewish studies and history/religion, received a summer grant to support her fellowship at the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education in New York City. As a Kollell Fellow, she studied Jewish texts intensively to develop the skills necessary to interpret these documents in their original language and thus strengthen her scholarly pursuits within Jewish studies.

Xavier Sayeed, a music major and Jewish studies minor, received a summer grant to support his research on the contemporary Israeli Andalusian Orchestra of Ashdod for his honors thesis. Sayeed traveled to Israel to examine primary documents and to conduct field interviews and ethnographic research with the orchestra and its patrons.