Each year, The Center for Jewish Ethics at RRC sponsors an essay contest open to all students from rabbinical training institutions around the world, and awards the winning essayist with the Whizin Prize.

2009 Whizin Prize Winner:
"Jewish Law and the Issues of Fair Trade," by Deborah Silver of AJU, LA.

2008 Whizin Prize Winner:
"Values-Based Decision Making in the Real World of Dementia and Truth," by Michael Dickerman of RRC.

2007 Whizin Prize Winners:
"Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis for Enhancement: A Jewish Ethic," by Justus Baird of HUC-JIR, NY.

"How Do We Pass on Blessing? A Jewish Guide for Group Discussions on the Decision to Have or Not Have Children," by Danielle Stillman of RRC.


2006 Whizin Prize Winner:
"A Reconstructionist Approach to Understanding Abortion," by Nicole Wilson-Spiro of RRC.

2005 Whizin Prize Winner:
"To Recycle Photocopies of Sacred Writings or Bury Them in a Genizah? Preserving the Environment vs. Preserving the Holy Names of God," by Devora Fond of the University of Judaism, Los Angeles.

2005 Whizin Prize Runner-Up:
"An Examination of the Cochlear Implant From a Jewish Bioethical Perspective," by Darby Leigh of RRC.

2005 Whizin Prize Runner-Up:
"Toward A Jewish Ethic Regarding Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD)," by Josh Snyder of RRC.

2004 Whizin Prize Winner:
"Barely-Charted Territory: Some Ethical Considerations in Genetic Testing for Jewish Prospective Parents," by Donna Kirshbaum of RRC.