Jewish Studies Celebrates Undergraduate Awardees

Posted by lepickt on Monday, August 25, 2025 in Events.

Jewish Studies faculty and students had a chance to celebrate the beginning of the fall semester at our reception in August 2025. We also had a chance to celebrate the winners of our two undergraduate awards:

Matthew McCullough won the 2025 Jewish Studies Essay Contest for his essay “From Blood to Bones: Itzik Feffer’s Evolving Soviet Jewish Poetics” written for the course “Jews and The Left: A Global History”. Professor Sam Finkelman spoke about Matthew’s original and creative arguments in the essay.

Alana Veysman won the Miriam Halachmi Award, awarded annually to a student who has demonstrated excellence in Hebrew language studies. Professor Mazalit Haim spoke about Alana’s enthusiasm for the language.

The names of both recipients were added to a plaque that records the annual prize winners.”