About Us
- Scranton is a private Catholic and Jesuit institution that delivers a transformative education, grounded in the liberal arts.
  Scranton is a private Catholic and Jesuit institution that delivers a transformative education, grounded in the liberal arts.
Academics
- At The University of Scranton, our rigorous, in-depth education provides the field-specific knowledge and competencies needed for professional success.
  At The University of Scranton, our rigorous, in-depth education provides the field-specific knowledge and competencies needed for professional success.
Admissions
- Become a Royal! Scranton offers the perfect combination of academic environment, social experience, and personal support our students need to build successful lives and careers.
  Become a Royal! Scranton offers the perfect combination of academic environment, social experience, and personal support our students need to build successful lives and careers.
Student Life
- Student Life is vibrant and varied, from ministries-based programs and leadership initiatives to student-run activities, clubs and organizations.
  Student Life is vibrant and varied, from ministries-based programs and leadership initiatives to student-run activities, clubs and organizations.
Current Students
Alumni
- With more than 51,000 Scranton graduates out there, connecting with fellow alumni couldn't be easier, and we're here to help!
  With more than 51,000 Scranton graduates out there, connecting with fellow alumni couldn't be easier, and we're here to help!
Athletics
- Athletics
- Recreation and Intramurals

Weinberg Judaic Studies Institute

Book Award

2007 Winners

First Place
Eric Sundquist, Strangers in the Land: Blacks, Jews, Post Holocaust America (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press)

Finalists
Tony Michels, A Fire in Their Hearts: Yiddish Socialists in New York (Harvard University Press)
Eric L. Goldstein, The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race and American Identity (Princeton University Press)

2005 Winners

First Place
Jonathan D. Sarna, American Judaism: A History (Yale University Press)

Finalists
Hasia R. Diner, The Jews of the United States, 1654-2000(University of California Press)
Andrew R. Heinze, Jews and the American Soul: Human Nature in the Twentieth Century (Princeton University Press)

Contact Us:

Dr. Marc Shapiro
Scranton, PA 18510
The University of Scranton
shapirom2@scranton.edu

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