Fall 2022 Danciger Award Winners

Thanks to the Danciger Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City, we are proud to announce the recipients of the Fall 2022 Danciger Awards. We appreciate the ongoing dedication of our Jewish Studies students and their outstanding achievements. These scholars have demonstrated exceptional focus, hard work, and excellence; and set a high standard for all.
 

First place winner of the Danciger Award for Essay Writing:

Morgan Smith, “Mystical Inclinations: Evolution of Cosmogenic Myths in Jewish and Islamic Mysticism”

Second place winner of the Danciger Award for Essay Writing:
Brian Bobka, “The Effects of Government Spending on Wage Disparities Between Arab and Jewish Israelis”

Third place winner of the Danciger Award for Essay Writing:
Robbie Metz, “Failure of American Diplomacy - Evaluation of the Bush Administration’s Roadmap to Peace”

The Danciger Award for Research:
Rileigh Heeke, “The 1948 War Effects Through Maps: Comparing Maps, Before and After the War: Daliyat al Karmel”
Kate Jacobs, “A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Verbal Antisemitism Within Undergraduate Populations at the University of Kansas”
Alexa Schwartz, “Israel: Through the lens of the ‘Russian’ Jews”

The Danciger Award for Excellence in Beginning Hebrew:
Eric Fischer, Abigail Friedland
The Danciger Award for Excellence in Intermediate Hebrew:
Ben Cook, Austin Klinock, Robbie Metz
The Danciger Award for Excellence in Advanced Hebrew:
Zac Kitay, Rachel Kricsfeld, Adina Thompson