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Sachar Medallion recipient Joyce Antler and her daughter Lauren
Antler receives Sachar Medallion
The presentation of the Abram L. Sachar Medallion was awarded to Joyce Antler in early June at the Sixtieth Anniversary Celebration of the Brandeis National Committee. The event included a gala dinner, featuring an address by Brandeis president Jehuda Reinharz.
Farrelly wins Young Scholars in Religion Scholarship
Maura Farrelly has been selected to participate in the 2009-11 Young Scholars in American Religion Program at the Center for Study of Religion and American Culture in Indianapolis, IN. Funded by a grant from Lilly Endowment, the program assists early career scholars in the field of American Religion with their teaching, research, and professional development. Ms. Farrelly will participate in a series of six seminars over the course of the next year and half, during which time she will produce a scholarly paper and design a new course which she hopes to offer at Brandeis during the 2010-11 academic year.
Joyce Antler wins Best Book award
Joyce Antler has received the 2008 Emily Toth Award from the Popular Culture/American
Culture Association for Best Book on Women's Issues in Popular and American Culture.
The book, "You Never Call! You never Write! A History of the Jewish Mother," was also
awarded the Sophie Brody Medal Honorable Mention Citation from the Jewish American Library Association for Outstanding Achievement in Jewish Literature.