UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies

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Lunch Hour Lecture | The Witch in the Bible and Beyond | 18 November

Join this lecture where Dr Alinda Damsma (UCL Hebrew and Jewish Studies) will introduce her research on the impact of the Bible on the early modern witch-hunts.

Book your free place now: buff.ly/LupLYZS
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Shana tova to all those celebrating!!
Wishing you and yours a joyful and sweet new year 🍎🍯

Mazel tov to joint HJS and @uclssees.bsky.social student Dov Forman on being named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential Content Creators for his work posting educational content about the Holocaust on TikTok and Instagram. time.com/collections/... @artshumsucl.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

REVIEW: Kabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity - Tradition Online Eli Rubin's “Kabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity” (Stanford University Press) presents a groundbreaking study of Chabad Hasidism. Through close readings of primary texts, historical analysis, and en...

“For scholars of Jewish mysticism, theology, and modern religion, or anyone interested in deepening his or her understanding and appreciation for the profound theology and history of Chabad, Rubin’s work is essential reading.”
traditiononline.org/review-kabba...

Smiling woman in maroon and black academic robe with black soft cap with gold tassle.

Congratulations to the new @uclhjs.bsky.social BA graduates and to all of us for making it to @artshumsucl.bsky.social graduation despite the Tube strikes. (I’m also amazed that Marston Events sourced full @upenn.edu regalia from across the pond for my first graduation as academic staff.)

#CfP | AJS annouces 2025 Jordan Schnitzer Book Awards | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht...

Deadline for submissions: July 1, 2025

Co-edited by Jerzy Tomaszewski z''l and me, and contributions by Hanna Zaremska, Adam Teller, @connyaust.bsky.social, Michael Schulz, Artur Markowski, Andrej Zamoiski, Piotr Kendziorek, Marcin Urynowicz, and August Grabski

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Extremely chuffed to see a book forum dedicated to ‘Sources on Jewish Self-Government in the Polish Lands' (2022), in 'Shofar. Journal for Interdisciplinary Jewish Studies'

muse.jhu.edu/issue/54964

🌟 Tonight! 🌟

Job -- Visiting Professor in Jewish Studies, University of Graz
March - June 2026
@biajs.bsky.social @jewishstudies.bsky.social @uclhjs.bsky.social
jobs.uni-graz.at/de/jobs/df62...

What are the Dead Sea Scrolls? Who discovered them? And why are they important? In this 10-Minute Talk, Professor Philip Alexander FBA explores the history of the scrolls, and their role in uncovering the beginnings of Western Mysticism. buff.ly/KFQIXOS

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Interested in getting more involved in #JewishStudies in the UK and beyond? We'd be delighted to welcome you to our team. As an NGG committee member, you'll get to shape our programmes and connect early career scholars with more senior ones. @jewishhistorical.bsky.social

YouTube video by Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies SIMS Katz Dating Saints 2025 1

You can also watch Prof Sacha Stern's lecture on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT_W...

SIMS-Katz Fellow Sacha Stern Initiates Us into the Art and Science of Medieval Timekeeping Looking for dating advice? Read on!

“Dating Saints: A Remarkable Hebrew Compendium of Astronomy and Calendars”
Prof Sacha Stern for the the 8th SIMS & Katz Distinguished Fellow’s Annual Lecture in Jewish Manuscript Studies

katz.sas.upenn.edu/resources/bl...

Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic: meet the author To celebrate the publication of Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic: An Introductory Text, we are delighted to publish an interview with the author, Dr Assaf Bar-Moshe.

A newx textbook on Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic: Meet the author Dr Assaf Bar-Moshe

uclpress.co.uk/baghdadi-jud...

Kabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity with @elirubin.bsky.social
📅 14 May, 18:00 BST
💻 Online
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-je...

A German (Jew) in Warsaw: The banker Samuel Fraenkel Online lecture (Zoom) by Markus Nesselrodt, in association with the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies

A German (Jew) in Warsaw: The Banker Samuel Fraenkel
📅 7 May,18:00 BST
💻 Online
Samuel Fraenkel was born a Prussian Jew in Berlin in 1773 and died a Catholic Pole in 1833. This lecture will use his life to exemplify the impact of Prussian migration on Polish history.

A Saint Against the State? The Contemporary Revival of a Hasidic Miracle Worker This lecture explores the transnational Hasidic revival centered around the Kerestirer Rebbe, Yeshaya Steiner, highlighting his broader populist appeal beyond his mystical protection against rodents

🌟 A Saint Against the State? The Contemporary Revival of a Hasidic Miracle Worker 🌟
📅 8 May
📍 UCL
Explore the revival of a Hasidic miracle worker in modern times at "Saint Against the State." Delve into the cultural and spiritual significance of this phenomenon. www.ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewis...

Overlooking language skills ‘risks limiting the scope and impact of UK research’, new British Academy report finds A new British Academy report highlights how multilingualism could strengthen the UK’s research, warning that language skills remain undervalued and underused in academia - despite a wealth of linguist...

@uclhjs.bsky.social offers training in a variety of ancient and modern Jewish languages (for both students in our degree programs and continuing education students).

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/overloo...

King’s College London is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Hebrew Bible, on a full-time, indefinite contract. King’s is able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK. The closing date for applications is 27 April 2025. my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

A Day in the Life of a Hebrew and Jewish Studies Student | UCL Arts & Humanities | UCL Faculty of Arts & Humanities Blog UCL Homepage

Thinking of studying at HJS? Get a peek into a day in the life of BA Hebrew & Jewish Studies student Niamh O’Connor.

Check out her routine: buff.ly/41p6G0w

Practice-led multidisciplinarity in Jewish Studies:

Led by PhD student Keren Rubner, staff and students @uclhjs.bsky.social explore Jewish culinary traditions and get a challah ready for Friday

Purim Sameach!

Study

3 scholarships for the MA Jewish Studies at UCL, each worth £ 4,000:

- Hyman Hurwitz Scholarship in Jewish Languages
- Ada Rapoport-Albert Scholarship in Jewish Religious Life
- The Hebrew and Jewish Studies Scholarship in Jewish History and Politics

www.ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewis...

Hebrew and Jewish Studies student Niamh O’Connor gives a glimpse into her daily routine for the @ucl.ac.uk A&H Blog. Thanks, Niamh! 😊
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#StudentLife #HebrewStudies

Dislocation: Russophone Poetry Against the War in Ukraine A SSEES Culture and Society in Modern Russia seminar with Prof Julia Nemirovskaya. Please note that this event will be delivered in Russian.

Join us next week for this Culture and Society in Modern Russia seminar with Prof Julia Nemirovskaya, who will discuss the themes and evolution of styles in protest war poetry.

🗓️ 26 February at 4pm
📍 UCL SSEES
www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...

Yiddish Choices: Before, During, and After the Holocaust In person talk by Anita Norich (Emeritus University of Michigan), an esteemed scholar of Yiddish literature who has published on topics such as the Holocaust in American Yiddish literature, translatin...

On 25 Feb at 6pm, my esteemed colleague Prof Anita Norich will give an in-person public talk in London at UCL on "Yiddish Choices: Before, During, and After the Holocaust." Open to the public, but pre-registration required. @biajs.bsky.social @uclhjs.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-je...

UCL and @uclhjs.bsky.social graduate Natalia Romik becomes fellow of Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin @wiko-berlin.bsky.social

Here, she discusses her project on Jewish hide-outs during the Second World War, presented in several exhibitions & publications:

www.wiko-berlin.de/en/fellows/a...