Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies program announces the Inaugural Erna B. Rosenfeld Scholarships for Research on Antisemitism for 2023-2024.
The Erna B. Rosenfeld Scholarship in Jewish Studies was created to honor the memory of Professor Alvin Rosenfeld’s wife of fifty years, Erna Rosenfeld, and to encourage serious study of the manifestations, character, and consequences of anti-Jewish hostility, especially in the post-Holocaust period.
Erna worked for IU for over 35 years, receiving the Outstanding Professional Staff Merit award for her work as the Area Coordinator for IU Residence Life. Erna was born in Romania in 1939 and knew first-hand some of the horrors and displacement of World War II. Perhaps for that reason, she became an unusually caring, generous-hearted person and did a great deal for countless numbers of people in need, including thousands of IU international student families. The scholarships are made possible by generous donations from Alvin Rosenfeld, Dr. Myron and Myrna Weinberger, and many others.
IU Graduate students may apply via 2023-2024 Grants-in-Aid of Jewish Studies Research (Deadline: February 18, 2023). To be considered for an Erna B. Rosenfeld Scholarship, a graduate student must be pursuing research/study of antisemitism during the 2023-2024 year. Preference will be given to Jewish Studies Ph.D. minor and master’s degree students.
The proposal must include:
Proposals should be submitted as an MS Word document emailed to iujsp@indiana.edu by February 18, 2023.
Note: Students, if they desire, may apply for all Grants-in-Aid including the Erna B. Rosenfeld Scholarship.
Undergraduate Jewish Studies majors, Jewish sacred music students, certificate students, Jewish Studies minor students and Hebrew minor students may apply via the application for 2023-2024 Scholarships and Internships for Continuing Students (Deadline: February 18, 2023). All IUB undergraduate students are eligible, see second page.
Undergraduate students must be committed to enrolling in at least one antisemitism-related course or (a minimum of 1 credit) directed readings course on antisemitism during the year of support. Undergraduate students applying for the Erna B. Rosenfeld Scholarship must request a recommendation for the Erna B. Rosenfeld Scholarship from either Professor Gunther Jikeli or Professor Alvin Rosenfeld.
Undergraduates who are not JS students may apply by:
Email, hand deliver or mail for arrival by February to:
Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program
Indiana University, Bloomington
Global and International Studies Building 4004a
355 N. Eagleson Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405-1105
Email: iujsp@indiana.edu
Phone: (812) 855-0453
The College of Arts