The Mollie Cass Sater Memorial Scholarship

In 2020, Professor William F. Sater established this scholarship endowment in tribute and memory of his mother, Mollie Cass Sater. William Sater is the parent of alumna Rachel Sater (Kresge ’93, History of Art and Visual Culture).

The Mollie Cass Sater Memorial Scholarship in Jewish Studies supports one or more undergraduate students with financial need who display a strong interest in Jewish Studies.

Masha Smith

Jewish Studies

Hi, I’m Masha Smith, an undergraduate in Jewish Studies. I am currently writing a novel about anti-semitism, and I am Vice President of Communications on the student Santa Cruz Hillel board. What inspired me to major in Jewish Studies was my grandpa Thomas Blatt, a Holocaust survivor from the death camp Sobibor. I have traveled to Poland for the 75th and 80th anniversary of the Sobibor Revolt and I am in a documentary about the descendants of survivors with my family. In the future, I would like to get a Master’s degree in Holocaust studies and work in Holocaust education.