RIJHA accepting applications for Horvitz Prize

College and graduate students enrolled for the 2016-2017 academic year are encouraged to apply for The Eleanor Horvitz Prize, which is awarded annually based on a 10- to 40-page essay, thesis chapter or term paper on any topic in Rhode Island Jewish history.

Students must submit copies of their papers before the Aug. 1 deadline.  The winner(s) will be determined by a committee, and will be announced at the Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association’s annual fall meeting.

The winning author(s) will receive up to $1,000, and their paper(s) will be published in the RIJHA’s annual journal, Rhode Island Jewish Historical Notes.

Previous winners have been students at Brown, Harvard, Tufts, Tulane, Wellesley and the University of Rhode Island. The first prize was awarded in 2003 to Kimberly Nusco for her essay titled “The South Providence Kosher Meat Boycott of 1910.”

Students should include their contact information when sending their submissions to the RIJHA’s office by email at: info@rijha.org.

As an avid historian with a love for learning, the late Eleanor Horvitz was a fount of knowledge for anyone doing research at the RIJHA. 

KATE-LYNNE LAROCHE is the new office manager for the R.I. Jewish Historical Association. Laroche is a Rhode Island native with a bachelor’s degree from Rhode Island College in Renaissance and Reformation History, a minor in Art History and Certification in Public History.