Research output per year
Research output per year
Organization profile
Organization profile
The Department of Jewish History offers a unique learning experience that blends academic inquiry with practical reasoning. Our curriculum both enriches the cultural literacy of our students and cultivates useful skills needed in today’s workforce. Due to this rare synthesis of scholarship and practice, our curriculum dovetails perfectly with studies in any other university department.
On a practical level, our curriculum imparts a useful set of life skills, making our students thoughtful citizens and valuable in the workplace. For example, familiarity with Jewish History illuminates untold aspects of contemporary Israel and the research methods of the historical discipline's critical reasoning model. In addition, our faculty places particular emphasis on developing our students’ writing skills, because good writing reflects clear thinking and facilitates effective communication.
The Department is known for its warm, friendly and inviting atmosphere. In a large and, at times, overwhelming university setting, our faculty goes to great lengths to create a welcoming space where our students can feel at home.
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Profiles
Research output
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Funnier in Yiddish? The Yiddish Translation of a Hebrew Parody of the Talmud
Cohen, R., 1 Jan 2026, In: Prooftexts - Journal of Jewish Literature History. 42, 2, p. 17-45 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Jewish Women in Russian Gymnasia: Integration, Informal Socialization, and Gendered Limits on Social Mobility
Valdman, A., 1 Apr 2026, In: AJS Review. 50, 1, p. 198-217 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Narrating Debt and Migration: Yisrael Kssār from Ṣanʿāʾ to Bombay
Anzi, M., 1 Jan 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Al-Masaq.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Student theses
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The Life and Times of Rabbi Shmuel Salant: A Milestone in the Modern History of the Jewish Community in the Land of Israel
Horowitz, A. (Author), Zalkin, M. (Supervisor), 2026Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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The `Beit Yaakov` Educational Institutions and the Holocaust: An Additional Dimension of the Rebirth and Reconstruction of the Torah World Along the Continuum from Past to Present (1953-2020)
Abuhatzira, H. (Author), Yablonka, H. (Supervisor), 2026Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Archives and Arts: The Archive in Art between Memory and Oblivion, Presentation and Canonization
Koort, Z. (Author), Maor, H. (Supervisor) & Pedaya, H. (Supervisor), 2025Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Press/Media
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שבירת מיתוסים על יהדות ברית המועצות: שיחה עם אלקס ריף במסגרת הפודקאסט תשעים ותשע זה לא מאה
16/12/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
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Ben Gurion University Professor Whose Daughter Was Slain on Oct. 7 to speak in Montreal
4/09/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
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Studies from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Provide New Data on Medieval History (Revisiting the Murder of the Jew Priscus In Sixth-century Paris)
8/02/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
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Sefer Zechira: A New Look at a Twelfth Century Chronicle from the archdiocese of Cologne
Shoham-Steiner, E. (PI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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Mishna Consciousness, Biblical Consciousness: Safed and Zionist Culture
Raz, A. E. (PI)
1/01/25 → …
Project: Research
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Sefer Zechira: A New Look at a Twelfth Century Chronicle from the archdiocese of Cologne
Shoham-Steiner, E. (PI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Research