Bar-Ilan historian wins Shapiro Award

(JNS) — Prof. Adam Ferziger, a historian in Bar-Ilan University’s Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry, has been named co-winner of the 2026 Shapiro Award for Best Book in Israel Studies for his book “Agents of Change: American Jews and the Transformation of Israeli Judaism” (New York University Press, 2025).

Presented annually by the Association for Israel Studies, the award recognizes the best book in the field published during the previous calendar year.

While much public discussion has focused on growing divisions between American and Israeli Jews...