Shirah Lister

Shirah Lister is a first-year MA student in the Department of Religious Studies where she studies Jewish children's literature and American Jewish literature. She is a graduate of McGill University, where she completed a degree in Jewish Studies and wrote her thesis on madness in the works of Elie Wiesel. She is very honored to be a Friedman Family Fellow and excited to be presenting her research for the first time at the American Academy of Religion in the fall of 2026. Outside of academics, she enjoys reading, collaging, and spending time with her cat, Naphtali.