Jordan schnitzer book awards

Winner, 2019 jordan schnitzer book award, in the jewish literature. Feb 29, 2020 find cheap hotels near jordan schnitzer museum of art eugene on cheapoair. Schnitzer is the president of harsch investment properties, a portlandbased real estate acquisition, development and management company started by his father in 1950. Dec 08, 2016 our advisory board member matthew baigells social concern and left politics in jewish american american art, 18801940 syracuse university press, 2015 was awarded honorable mention in the association of jewish studies jordan schnitzer book awards for 2016 in the category for jews and the arts. Apr 12, 2018 the new jordan schnitzer museum of art at washington state university brings art to the forefront of university lifeand the entire inland northwest region. These awards recognize and promote outstanding scholarship in the field of jewish studies and honor scholars. Jordan schnitzer museum of art jsma is an art museum located on the campus of the university of oregon in eugene, oregon. Currently, the foundation offers foundation grants, the book award, curatorial internship grants, the richard hamilton acquisition prize, and the jordan schnitzer award for excellence in printmaking. Shneers through soviet jewish eyes awarded jordan schnitzer. Jordan schnitzer philanthropist and art collector in. Professor maya barzilai receives the 2017 jordan schnitzer. Jordan schnitzer museum of art museum day smithsonian.

Nathaniel deutsch wins book award from association for jewish. The ajs is pleased to announce the 2019 jordan schnitzer book awards, made possible by funding from jordan schnitzer and arlene schnitzer through the. Schnitzer talks to art students at pnca in portland, oregon, 2016 for me, waking up each day without art around me would be like waking up without the sun. Jordan schnitzer gets a sonand a court battle willamette week. When you live with art around you, your mind and soul are filled with the beauty of life and the creativity of the human spirit. The latest case to hit headlines, that of oregon business tycoon jordan schnitzer, makes prior sexselection controversies look completely straightforward by comparison. Assistant professor samuel brody wins 2019 jordan schnitzer book award from the association for jewish studies tuesday, november 12, 2019 congratulations to assistant professor of religious studies samuel brody, who won the association for jewish studies jordan schnitzer book award for 2019. Jan 11, 2019 the national jewish book awards and the ajss jordan schnitzer book awards are the oscars and golden globes of judaica publishing. The jordan schnitzer award for excellence in printmaking will support two contemporary artists whose practice highlights printmaking. Winner of the 2016 goldsteingoren award for the best book in jewish thought at once a study of biblical theology and modern jewish thought, this volume describes a participatory theory of revelation as it addresses the ways biblical authors and contemporary theologians alike understand the process of revelation and hence the authority of the law. Princeton university press books have won numerous awards, including six pulitzer prizes, five bancroft prizes, three national book awards, and hundreds of major awards from academic organizations.

Brodys book, martin bubers theopolitics, won in the category of philosophy and jewish thought. Book awards in order to give recognition to new scholarly publications that make significant contributions to the study of religion, the american academy of religion offers awards for excellence. Mar 21, 2017 the association for jewish studies is pleased to announce the 2017 jordan schnitzer book awards, made possible by funding from the jordan schnitzer family foundation of portland, oregon. Jordan schnitzer book awards association for jewish studies. The jordan schnitzer book awards modern jewish historyamericas, africa, asia, and oceania. Out of over one hundred submissions, the ajs awarded eight prizes four winners and four finalists for the annual jordan schnitzer book prize. Ephraim kanarfogel wins ajs jordan schnitzer book award.

Winner, 2019 jordan schnitzer book award, in the jewish literature and linguistics category, given by the association for jewish studies. The jordan schnitzer book award was established in 2008 by the jordan schnitzer family foundation to honor scholars whose work embodies the best in the field. Common knowledge book awards choice outstanding academic title. The schnitzer book awards recognize and promote outstanding scholarship in the field of jewish studies and will honor scholars whose work embodies the best in the field. May 15, 2018 the association for jewish studies is pleased to announce the 2017 jordan schnitzer book awards, made possible by funding from the jordan schnitzer family foundation of portland, oregon. We offer great discounts on jordan schnitzer museum of art hotels. Biblical studies, rabbinics, and jewish history and culture in antiquity. Finalists named in search for director of jordan schnitzer. University of san diego history professor thomas barton, phd, has been selected to receive the 2017 jordan schnitzer book award for the best book published in 2015 or 2016 on medieval and early jewish. Translations or commentaries of a classical work are eligible for submission, as long as the books translator or editor is an ajs member and the book was published in 2015 or 2016.

Apr 19, 2018 the jordan schnitzer museum of art on the pullman campus. The association for jewish studies is pleased to announce the 2017 jordan schnitzer book awards, made possible by funding from the jordan schnitzer family foundation of. Brodys award and the association for jewish studies jordan schnitzer book award here. The jordan schnitzer book awards are the first annual book award program to be offered by the association for jewish studies, made possible by funding from the jordan schnitzer family foundation of portland, oregon. This awards season, scholars in the katz centers network have much to brag about. These awards honor works of distinctive originality, intelligence, creativity, and importance. History professor wins 2017 jordan schnitzer book award. Photo by bob hubner provost dan bernardo has named robin held and paul baker prindle finalists for the director position at the jordan schnitzer museum of art at washington state university. Today, the collection exceeds,000 works and includes many. Singer endowed chair in jewish history, and professor of history was recently awarded the 20 jordan schnitzer book award from the. The jordan schnitzer family art adventures program.

Ifpda jordan schnitzer award for excellence in printmaking. He began collecting contemporary prints and multiples in earnest in 1988. Modern wars and their monsters, published in october of 2016. The association for jewish studies is a learned society and professional organization whose mission is to advance research and teaching in jewish studies at colleges, universities, and other institutions of higher learning, and to foster greater understanding of jewish studies scholarship among the wider public. The aar seeks submissions for the 2020 best first book in the history of religions award as well as the four categories of the 2018 awards for excellence in the study of religion. Assistant professor samuel brody wins 2019 jordan schnitzer book. Joshua burns, associate professor of theology, has been selected as a finalist for the 2017 jordan schnitzer book award. Jordan schnitzer book awards jordan schnitzer family. Winner, 2019 jordan schnitzer book award, in the jewish. Any book published in english in 2015 or 2016 is eligible for the 2017 schnitzer award.

Mediterranean israeli music and the politics of the aesthetic 2010 2010 jordan schnitzer book awards honorable mention in social science, anthropology, and folklore jonathan skolnik, university. Jordan schnitzer award for excellence ifpda foundation. Nov 12, 2019 congrats to shachar pinsker, recipient of the jordan schnitzer book award for jewish literature and linguistics. The jews of the fatimid caliphate cornell university press. Billi ivry university professor of jewish history, literature and law at yeshiva university, is the recipient of the association of jewish studies ajs 20 jordan schnitzer book award in the fields of biblical studies, rabbinics, and jewish history and culture in antiquity for his latest book, the intellectual history and rabbinic culture of medieval ashkenaz. His book the christian schism in jewish history and jewish memory is nominated under the philosophy and jewish thought category. The national jewish book awards, just announced yesterday, recognized no less than six scholars affiliated with the center. Jordan schnitzer book awards wayne state university press. Ajs is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2016 jordan schnitzer book awards.

Ajs award recipients association for jewish studies. Book now and save big on eugene hotels near jordan schnitzer museum of art. The association of jewish studies has announced the two winners of the jordan schnitzer book awards. Association for jewish studies jordan schnitzer book awards. She was the founder and director of the fountain gallery, established in portland to showcase artists in the pacific northwest. He is a 1973 graduate of the university of oregon and in 1976 received his doctorate degree from northwestern school of law at lewis and clark college. Schnitzer bought his first work of art from his mothers portland, oregon contemporary art gallery, evolving into his lifelong avocation as collector. Jordan schnitzer book awards jordan schnitzer family foundation. Jordan schnitzer and the jordan schnitzer family foundation are without question one of the most active and generous visual arts philanthropies in the nation. Nov 19, 20 nathaniel deutsch professor of history and codirector of ucscs center for jewish studieshas received the 20 jordan schnitzer book award from the association for jewish studies for the jewish dark continent. Life and death in the russian pale of settlement harvard university press, 2011. Assistant professor samuel brody wins 2019 jordan schnitzer. Congratulations to maya barzilai, associate professor of modern hebrew and jewish culture at the university of michigan, for winning the 2017 jordan schnitzer book award in the category of jewish literature and linguistics for her book golem.