(2013) Ruth Mazo Karras: co-winner of the American Historical Association's Joan Kelly Memorial Prize (2012) Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett: Chief Curator of the Core Exhibition at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews; recipient of the Foundation for Jewish Culture award for lifetime achievement (2008) Norman Kleeblatt: winner of the National Jewish Book Award (2009); former chief curator at the Jewish Museum (1982-2017) David C. Kraemer: director of the Joseph J. and Dora Abbell Library at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America Shaul Magid: winner of the American Academy of Religion Award (2008) Michael A. Meyer: winner of the National Jewish Book Award (1968, 1989, 1997); co-founder of the Association for Jewish Studies David Nirenberg: dean of the University of Chicago Divinity School; founding Roman Family Director of the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society David B. Ruderman: founding director of the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies; winner of the National Jewish Book Award (2010) Maurice Samuels: director of the Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism; winner of the Gaddis Smith International Book Prize (2004) Edwin Seroussi: winner of the Israel Prize for the study of culture, art, and musicology (2018) Stephanie B. Siegmund: winner of the American Historical Association's Herbert Baxter Adams Prize (2006) Gershon Shaked: winner of the Israel Prize for Hebrew literature (1993) Anita Shapira: winner of the Israel Prize for History (2008) Anna Shternshis: co-creator and co-director of the 61st Annual Grammy Awards nominated album Yiddish Glory Reuven Snir: winner of the Tchernichovsky Prize for Translation (2014) Michael C. Steinlauf: director of Poland's branch of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Guy Stroumsa: winner of the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (2008); Chevalier de l’Ordre du Mérite Susan Rubin Suleiman: recipient of France's Legion of Honor merit (2008) S. Ilan Troen: founding director of the journal Israel Studies Yaron Tsur: co-founder of the Open University of Israel Chava Turniansky: winner of the Israel Prize for Jewish language and literature (2013) Elliot R. Wolfson: winner of the American Academy of Religion Award (1995, 2012); winner of the National Jewish Book Award (1995, 2005) Joseph Yahalom: winner of the Bialik Prize (2012); winner of the Ben-Zvi Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2003) References External links Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Judaic studies Jewish studies research institutes University of Pennsylvania Old City, Philadelphia 1993 establishments in Pennsylvania Educational institutions established in 1993