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Tonight at 6pm Susanne Marten-Finnis will give the #davidpattersonlecture, 'Zamość – an Experiment in Geopolitical Engineering. The Sephardic Community in Late-Sixteenth-Century Poland and the Interplay between Geography, Diasporic Agency, and Trade'.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Tonight at 6pm Susanne Marten-Finnis will give the #davidpattersonlecture, 'Zamość – an Experiment in Geopolitical Engineering. The Sephardic Community in Late-Sixteenth-Century Poland and the Interplay between Geography, Diasporic Agency, and Trade'.
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We are excited to announce that a one-term OSRJL class of Advanced Old #Yiddish taught by Dr Diana Matut will be offered in Hilary Term 2026!
You can find more information and the application (due Dec. 21) at the following link:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla...
#languagelearning #oxford
You can find more information and the application (due Dec. 21) at the following link:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla...
#languagelearning #oxford
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM
We are excited to announce that a one-term OSRJL class of Advanced Old #Yiddish taught by Dr Diana Matut will be offered in Hilary Term 2026!
You can find more information and the application (due Dec. 21) at the following link:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla...
#languagelearning #oxford
You can find more information and the application (due Dec. 21) at the following link:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla...
#languagelearning #oxford
Tune in at 5pm on Tues. Dec. 2nd for the Second Solomon Schonfeld Lecture! Professor Zoë Waxman will give a talk titled, '‘Packing for an Unknown Destination’: Possession and Dispossession in the Holocaust'.
For more information:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/public-lectu...
#oxford #JewishHistory
For more information:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/public-lectu...
#oxford #JewishHistory
November 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Tune in at 5pm on Tues. Dec. 2nd for the Second Solomon Schonfeld Lecture! Professor Zoë Waxman will give a talk titled, '‘Packing for an Unknown Destination’: Possession and Dispossession in the Holocaust'.
For more information:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/public-lectu...
#oxford #JewishHistory
For more information:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/public-lectu...
#oxford #JewishHistory
This Thursday Professor Patrick Koch will be giving the #davidpattersonlecture, 'Between Miracle Worker and Divine Agent: Isaac Luria and the Making of Lurianic Hagiography'.
Join us online or in person at 6pm on Nov. 20th!
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#Mysticism #lectures #oxford
Join us online or in person at 6pm on Nov. 20th!
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#Mysticism #lectures #oxford
November 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This Thursday Professor Patrick Koch will be giving the #davidpattersonlecture, 'Between Miracle Worker and Divine Agent: Isaac Luria and the Making of Lurianic Hagiography'.
Join us online or in person at 6pm on Nov. 20th!
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#Mysticism #lectures #oxford
Join us online or in person at 6pm on Nov. 20th!
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#Mysticism #lectures #oxford
Applications are now open for Hilary Term classes with our Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages! This term we will begin our courses for Judeo-Greek, Kivruli, Judeo-French, and Classical Judeo-Arabic, so be sure to #apply by noon on Dec. 19th, UK time!
www.ochjs.ac.uk/osrjl-applic...
www.ochjs.ac.uk/osrjl-applic...
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Applications are now open for Hilary Term classes with our Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages! This term we will begin our courses for Judeo-Greek, Kivruli, Judeo-French, and Classical Judeo-Arabic, so be sure to #apply by noon on Dec. 19th, UK time!
www.ochjs.ac.uk/osrjl-applic...
www.ochjs.ac.uk/osrjl-applic...
At 6pm on Nov. 13th Dr Miriam Feldmann-Kaye will be giving our fourth #davidpattersonlecture of the term: 'The Burning Bush in Modern Jewish Theology: Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Response to Paul Ricœur’s Critique'.
Join us online or in person!
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#theology #oxford
Join us online or in person!
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#theology #oxford
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
At 6pm on Nov. 13th Dr Miriam Feldmann-Kaye will be giving our fourth #davidpattersonlecture of the term: 'The Burning Bush in Modern Jewish Theology: Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Response to Paul Ricœur’s Critique'.
Join us online or in person!
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#theology #oxford
Join us online or in person!
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#theology #oxford
The 'Impact Report' for the 2024/25 academic year at the OSRJL is now available on our website! View the following link to learn all about the OSRJL programme:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla...
#languagelearning #oxford #osrjl
www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla...
#languagelearning #oxford #osrjl
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The 'Impact Report' for the 2024/25 academic year at the OSRJL is now available on our website! View the following link to learn all about the OSRJL programme:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla...
#languagelearning #oxford #osrjl
www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla...
#languagelearning #oxford #osrjl
For our third #davidpattersonlecture of the term, Thursday @6pm Dr Emily Rose will be giving a lecture titled 'A Bleeding Corpse, A Grim Grimm Fairy Tale with Early Modern Shivers: The Dubious Margaret of Pforzheim (1267), A Singular Female Blood Libel'.
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#lectures
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#lectures
November 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
For our third #davidpattersonlecture of the term, Thursday @6pm Dr Emily Rose will be giving a lecture titled 'A Bleeding Corpse, A Grim Grimm Fairy Tale with Early Modern Shivers: The Dubious Margaret of Pforzheim (1267), A Singular Female Blood Libel'.
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#lectures
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#lectures
Tomorrow, Wednesday, 5 November 2025 3:30pm (UK time), tune in for the Seminar in Modern Jewish Thought, where Prof. Hava Tirosh-Samuelson will discuss her forthcoming book and 'Writing about Judaism and Nature.'
Join us via zoom:
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#oxford #seminar
Join us via zoom:
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#oxford #seminar
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Tomorrow, Wednesday, 5 November 2025 3:30pm (UK time), tune in for the Seminar in Modern Jewish Thought, where Prof. Hava Tirosh-Samuelson will discuss her forthcoming book and 'Writing about Judaism and Nature.'
Join us via zoom:
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#oxford #seminar
Join us via zoom:
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#oxford #seminar
Nov 5th @6pm, tune in online or in person for our annual Ullendorff Lecture!
This year, Prof. Matthew Morgenstern will give a lecture titled, 'Theodor Nöldeke’s Mandäische Grammatik (1875) in Retrospect: 150 Years of Babylonian Aramaic Studies.'
www.ochjs.ac.uk/public-lectu...
#oxford #lectures
This year, Prof. Matthew Morgenstern will give a lecture titled, 'Theodor Nöldeke’s Mandäische Grammatik (1875) in Retrospect: 150 Years of Babylonian Aramaic Studies.'
www.ochjs.ac.uk/public-lectu...
#oxford #lectures
November 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Nov 5th @6pm, tune in online or in person for our annual Ullendorff Lecture!
This year, Prof. Matthew Morgenstern will give a lecture titled, 'Theodor Nöldeke’s Mandäische Grammatik (1875) in Retrospect: 150 Years of Babylonian Aramaic Studies.'
www.ochjs.ac.uk/public-lectu...
#oxford #lectures
This year, Prof. Matthew Morgenstern will give a lecture titled, 'Theodor Nöldeke’s Mandäische Grammatik (1875) in Retrospect: 150 Years of Babylonian Aramaic Studies.'
www.ochjs.ac.uk/public-lectu...
#oxford #lectures
Tonight, the 'Symposium in Honor of Academy Member Prof. Yaakov Kaduri,' by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, will feature a talk by our very own Prof Hindy Najman. The event will be available online at the following link at 2:30pm (UK time):
www.academy.ac.il/Index/Entry....
www.academy.ac.il/Index/Entry....
October 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Tonight, the 'Symposium in Honor of Academy Member Prof. Yaakov Kaduri,' by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, will feature a talk by our very own Prof Hindy Najman. The event will be available online at the following link at 2:30pm (UK time):
www.academy.ac.il/Index/Entry....
www.academy.ac.il/Index/Entry....
For our second #davidpattersonlecture of the term, Tonight at 6pm, Dr Aadel Shakkour will be giving a lecture titled 'Opting for Literalism: Foreignizing Arabic Idioms into Hebrew to Enhance the Prestige of Arab Culture'.
Join us online or in person!
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Join us online or in person!
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October 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
For our second #davidpattersonlecture of the term, Tonight at 6pm, Dr Aadel Shakkour will be giving a lecture titled 'Opting for Literalism: Foreignizing Arabic Idioms into Hebrew to Enhance the Prestige of Arab Culture'.
Join us online or in person!
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Join us online or in person!
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Next Thursday, October 30th, we will be sponsoring the 'Music in Theresienstadt' concert at the Maison Française d'Oxford. Tickets are available for free at the link below!
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#concert #oxford #composers
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#concert #oxford #composers
October 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Next Thursday, October 30th, we will be sponsoring the 'Music in Theresienstadt' concert at the Maison Française d'Oxford. Tickets are available for free at the link below!
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#concert #oxford #composers
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#concert #oxford #composers
We are delighted to announce our first #davidpattersonlecture of the term! This Thursday Professor Yoram Meital will be giving the lecture, 'Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Synagogues and Jewish Life and Heritage in Cairo'.
Join online or in person!
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#heritage
Join online or in person!
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#heritage
October 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
We are delighted to announce our first #davidpattersonlecture of the term! This Thursday Professor Yoram Meital will be giving the lecture, 'Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Synagogues and Jewish Life and Heritage in Cairo'.
Join online or in person!
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#heritage
Join online or in person!
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#heritage
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: "Bridges of Knowledge: Jewish Languages in Cultural Context," edited by Jean Baumgarten, Ruth von Bernuth, and Moshe Lavee, came together through the collaboration of members of our very own Oxford Seminar in Advanced Jewish Studies!
#booklaunch #oxford #languages
#booklaunch #oxford #languages
October 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: "Bridges of Knowledge: Jewish Languages in Cultural Context," edited by Jean Baumgarten, Ruth von Bernuth, and Moshe Lavee, came together through the collaboration of members of our very own Oxford Seminar in Advanced Jewish Studies!
#booklaunch #oxford #languages
#booklaunch #oxford #languages
With the new term commencing, take a look at our Michaelmas 2025 Term Programme!
Here you'll find activities sponsored by the OCHJS, the Centre of Hebrew and Jewish Studies (AMES, University of Oxford) and the Faculty of Theology and Religion!
www.ochjs.ac.uk/news/term-pr...
#oxford
Here you'll find activities sponsored by the OCHJS, the Centre of Hebrew and Jewish Studies (AMES, University of Oxford) and the Faculty of Theology and Religion!
www.ochjs.ac.uk/news/term-pr...
#oxford
October 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
With the new term commencing, take a look at our Michaelmas 2025 Term Programme!
Here you'll find activities sponsored by the OCHJS, the Centre of Hebrew and Jewish Studies (AMES, University of Oxford) and the Faculty of Theology and Religion!
www.ochjs.ac.uk/news/term-pr...
#oxford
Here you'll find activities sponsored by the OCHJS, the Centre of Hebrew and Jewish Studies (AMES, University of Oxford) and the Faculty of Theology and Religion!
www.ochjs.ac.uk/news/term-pr...
#oxford
Call for Applications: OSRJL Jewish Music Class!
'The Sound of the kley zemer. Jewish Instrumental Music until 1800'
For more information, see the following link: www.ochjs.ac.uk/jewish-music...
Please submit your application by 17 October 2025 at 12 noon (UK).
#oxford #jewishhistory #music
'The Sound of the kley zemer. Jewish Instrumental Music until 1800'
For more information, see the following link: www.ochjs.ac.uk/jewish-music...
Please submit your application by 17 October 2025 at 12 noon (UK).
#oxford #jewishhistory #music
September 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Call for Applications: OSRJL Jewish Music Class!
'The Sound of the kley zemer. Jewish Instrumental Music until 1800'
For more information, see the following link: www.ochjs.ac.uk/jewish-music...
Please submit your application by 17 October 2025 at 12 noon (UK).
#oxford #jewishhistory #music
'The Sound of the kley zemer. Jewish Instrumental Music until 1800'
For more information, see the following link: www.ochjs.ac.uk/jewish-music...
Please submit your application by 17 October 2025 at 12 noon (UK).
#oxford #jewishhistory #music
Call for Applications: "Jewish Theology and Anthropology: A Conversation"
For information regarding this working group, see the announcement attached via the link below!
Deadline for submissions is September 30, 2025.
www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app...
#Theology #anthropology #oxford
For information regarding this working group, see the announcement attached via the link below!
Deadline for submissions is September 30, 2025.
www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app...
#Theology #anthropology #oxford
September 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Call for Applications: "Jewish Theology and Anthropology: A Conversation"
For information regarding this working group, see the announcement attached via the link below!
Deadline for submissions is September 30, 2025.
www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app...
#Theology #anthropology #oxford
For information regarding this working group, see the announcement attached via the link below!
Deadline for submissions is September 30, 2025.
www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app...
#Theology #anthropology #oxford
The Jewish Language Project has an educator workshop September 4 regarding our new curriculum, an information session about our new exhibit about Jewish languages, and a song competition involving Jewish heritage! Details at this link: www.jewishlanguages.org/events.
#languagelearning
#languagelearning
September 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Jewish Language Project has an educator workshop September 4 regarding our new curriculum, an information session about our new exhibit about Jewish languages, and a song competition involving Jewish heritage! Details at this link: www.jewishlanguages.org/events.
#languagelearning
#languagelearning
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: "Reading Psalms with the Scribes: Using Ancient Manuscript Evidence to Inform Biblical Studies", by OCHJS Fellow, Dr John Screnock, is due for publication in early November 2025!
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#newbook #biblestudy #oxford
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#newbook #biblestudy #oxford
August 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: "Reading Psalms with the Scribes: Using Ancient Manuscript Evidence to Inform Biblical Studies", by OCHJS Fellow, Dr John Screnock, is due for publication in early November 2025!
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#newbook #biblestudy #oxford
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#newbook #biblestudy #oxford
Thank you to all the participants and contributors to the Oxford Summer Institute on Modern & Contemporary Judaism! See you again next year!
#summer #oxford #CulturalHeritage
#summer #oxford #CulturalHeritage
August 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Thank you to all the participants and contributors to the Oxford Summer Institute on Modern & Contemporary Judaism! See you again next year!
#summer #oxford #CulturalHeritage
#summer #oxford #CulturalHeritage
Tune in for an online workshop on “Modern and Contemporary Jewish Translation and Multilingualism: Practices, History, and Semiotics", held on July 29-30!
Register here:
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If you have any questions, please write to [email protected].
Register here:
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If you have any questions, please write to [email protected].
July 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Tune in for an online workshop on “Modern and Contemporary Jewish Translation and Multilingualism: Practices, History, and Semiotics", held on July 29-30!
Register here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If you have any questions, please write to [email protected].
Register here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If you have any questions, please write to [email protected].
So concludes our Manuscript Workshop. We'd like to give our thanks to all of the wonderful scholars who have attended over the past two weeks, both our amazing teachers and incredible students!
#Manuscripts #history #oxford
#Manuscripts #history #oxford
July 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
So concludes our Manuscript Workshop. We'd like to give our thanks to all of the wonderful scholars who have attended over the past two weeks, both our amazing teachers and incredible students!
#Manuscripts #history #oxford
#Manuscripts #history #oxford
Apply now for the Oxford Biblical Hebrew Summer School! The program will take place from August 26 – September 5, 2025, and applications close on Friday July 11th! Find more information at the link below:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/oxford-bibli...
#Hebrew #languagelearning #oxford
www.ochjs.ac.uk/oxford-bibli...
#Hebrew #languagelearning #oxford
July 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Apply now for the Oxford Biblical Hebrew Summer School! The program will take place from August 26 – September 5, 2025, and applications close on Friday July 11th! Find more information at the link below:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/oxford-bibli...
#Hebrew #languagelearning #oxford
www.ochjs.ac.uk/oxford-bibli...
#Hebrew #languagelearning #oxford
One week of our Manuscript Workshop done, one to go! And as we dive into more manuscripts, our Oxford Summer Institute on Modern and Contemporary Judaism will be kicking off as well!
#summer #JewishStudies #Oxford
#summer #JewishStudies #Oxford
June 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
One week of our Manuscript Workshop done, one to go! And as we dive into more manuscripts, our Oxford Summer Institute on Modern and Contemporary Judaism will be kicking off as well!
#summer #JewishStudies #Oxford
#summer #JewishStudies #Oxford