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We are delighted to announce that applications for our Michaelmas Term 2026 language classes with the Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages are now open! For more information visit the OSRJL page on our website: www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla... #languagelearning #oxford
On our webpage you can now find a letter from our President speaking on the importance of the Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages. If you are able, please consider supporting this amazing school and its diverse range of programmes. www.ochjs.ac.uk/letter-from-... #LanguageLearning #oxford
The Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies congratulates its Senior Associate Rabbi Dr Norman Solomon for being recognised in King Charles the III’s Birthday Honours List this year! For more information, see the following page: www.ochjs.ac.uk/kings-birthd... #CharlesIII #oxford
King’s Birthday Honours List - Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies
The Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies congratulates its Senior Associate Rabbi Dr Norman Solomon for being recognised in King Charles the III’s Birthday Honours List this year! To consult the ...
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Congratulations to the winners and runners-up of the #TaubePrizes: Maxwell Benster, Oliver Geffen Obregon, Hannah Scott-Ravikumar, Caleb Klein, Leah Schreiber, and Yovella Young! And thank you to Taube Philanthropies! www.ochjs.ac.uk/results-of-t... #oxford #essayprize
This Thursday, June 18th, Dr. Yogev Elbaz will give our eighth and final #davidpattersonlecture of the term: 'The Forgotten Periphery: Israel and South Arabia, 1962–1976'. Join us online or in person at 6pm on Thursday! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #PoliticalHistory #oxford
This Thursday, June 11th, Dr. Camilla Recalcati will give the next #davidpattersonlecture to launch her new book, 'The Egyptian Background of the Septuagint: Evidence from Genesis, Exodus, and Leviticus'. Join us at 6pm on Thursday! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #BookLaunch #oxford
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: The Polonsky Academy at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute is now accepting applications for short-term academic residencies. Applications must be submitted to Polonsky.scholarsinresidence@vanleer.org.il by June 15th, 2026! #fellowship #PhD
This Wednesday, June 3rd, Prof. Elisheva Baumgarten will give the next #davidpattersonlecture: 'Shared Words: Jews, Christians and Prayer in Medieval Europe'! Join us online or in person at 5pm on Wednesday! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #medieval #religion #oxford
Free event at the Weston Library in collaboration with @ochjs.bsky.social and part of Jewish Culture Month. A talk featuring two case studies of Jewish and Christian scholarly collaboration in past centuries by Professor Judith Olszowy-Schlanger and Dr César Merchán-Hamann.
This Thursday, May 28th, Natasha Jenman and Dean A. Irwin will give the next #davidpattersonlecture: 'In the Footsteps the Lincoln Jewry: Walking Tour/Book Launch'! Join us online or in person at 6pm on Thursday! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #medieval #booklaunch #Oxford
Today, May 21st, Dr Piergabriele Mancuso will give the next #davidpattersonlecture, 'Between Ghetto and Court: The Life and Works of Jona Ostiglio in Seventeenth-Century Medici Florence'. Join us at 6pm Today! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #mediciflorence #Lecture #oxford
Tonight, May 20th, Dr. Bernardino Pitocchelli will give the OSRJL lecture titled 'Textual and Material Investigations on the Judeo-Italian Bible of Oxford–New York'! Join us online or in person at 6pm! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #LanguageLearning #Judaism #oxford
Tomorrow, May 14th, Dr. Elly Moseson will be giving the #davidpattersonlecture titled 'On the Vernacular in Jewish Magical Literature'! Join us online or in person at 6pm on Thursday! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #languagelearning #magic #oxford
We are delighted to invite you to a talk on 'Hebrew and Jewish Book Culture in Medieval and Early Modern England' on Tuesday 9 June 17.00-18.00! For more information and to register, use the following link: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/2026/j... #jewishculturemonth #oxford #medieval
Applications are now open for the 2026 Taube Prize for Student Writing in Hebrew & Jewish Studies, generously funded by Taube Philanthropies! Papers are due Friday 22 May 2026. For details, see the following announcement: www.ochjs.ac.uk/taube-prize-... #oxford #prize #jewishstudies
Taube Prize for Student Writing in Hebrew & Jewish Studies - Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies
We are pleased to announce the opening of submissions for 1 Taube Prize for Student Writing in Hebrew & Jewish Studies, generously funded by Taube Philanthropies! Current Master’s and DPhil students a...
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Tomorrow, May 7th, Dr. Dafna Ben Zvi will be giving the #davidpattersonlecture, titled 'Returning Forward in Israeli Children’s Literature: A Philosophical-Psychoanalytic Contemplation'. Join us at 6pm on Thursday! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #childrensbooks #oxford #lecture
To mark finishing 'The Medieval Lincoln Jewry', it's great to make the research in that vol available to all through 'The Medieval Jewish Lincoln Walking Tour' (by Natasha Jenman and me). Sponsored by @ochjs.bsky.social @jewishhistorical.bsky.social @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social shorturl.at/lwm7S
Walking Tour – Full Descriptions
Photo copyright of Howard Morris, chair of the Jewish Square Mile Project. The printed walking tour will be available from 25 June 2026. This includes short description (c. 50-80 words each) for ea…
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Tune in today at 2pm for the first session of the Seminar on Jewish History and Literature in the Graeco-Roman Period! You can attend sessions for this seminar both online and in person! More details can be found at the following page: www.ochjs.ac.uk/academic-sem... #antiquity #oxford
We are delighted to invite you to our first #davidpattersonlecture of the term! Today, Prof. Maciej Motak will be giving a lecture on 'Jewish Architects and Builders in Krakow During the Second World War'. Join us at 6pm tonight! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #architecture #oxford
Tune in on May 4th-5th for a conference organized by members of the European Research Council-sponsored project 'MiDRASH'! The opening address will feature our very own President, Prof. Judith Olszowy-Schlanger! #conference #palaeography
With the new term commencing, take a look at our Trinity 2026 Term Programme! Here you'll find activities sponsored by the OCHJS, the Centre of Hebrew and Jewish Studies (AMES), and the Faculty of Theology and Religion! www.ochjs.ac.uk/news/term-pr... #oxford #events
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: The Oxford Biblical Hebrew Summer School will take place online from August 24 – August 28 & September 1-4, 2026! Applications are due by Friday 10 July 2026! To apply, visit the following page: www.ochjs.ac.uk/oxford-bibli... #hebrew #oxford #languagelearning
On Tuesday 28 April 2026, 5.00 pm – 6.45 pm, St Antony’s College will host a screening of the documentary film, 'Afterwards/Après coup'. Following the screening, there will be a panel discussion, with speakers including our very own Prof. Zoe Waxman! #oxford #documentaryfilm
The conference is possible thanks to the generosity of our sponsors: @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social, @ochjs.bsky.social, @oxmedstud.bsky.social, and @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social. In person registration is now closed, there's still time to register for online: buytickets.at/bordersbound... 2/2
Register here – Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages – Rewley House
Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages – Rewley House, Mon 20 Apr 2026 - Tue 21 Apr 2026 - ** Please note: Registration for in person attendance formally closes at 5pm...
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Most read in the Journal of Jewish Studies: Le livre des Jubilés, Melkisedeq et les dîmes, by André Caquot Read it in the online archive: bit.ly/Le-livre-des-Jubiles Recommend a subscription to your librarian to gain access to content dating back to 1948. @ochjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social
Applications are now open for the 2026 Taube Prize for Student Writing in Hebrew & Jewish Studies, generously funded by Taube Philanthropies! Papers are due Friday 22 May 2026. For details, see the following announcement: www.ochjs.ac.uk/taube-prize-... #oxford #prize #jewishstudies
Taube Prize for Student Writing in Hebrew & Jewish Studies - Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies
We are pleased to announce the opening of submissions for 1 Taube Prize for Student Writing in Hebrew & Jewish Studies, generously funded by Taube Philanthropies! Current Master’s and DPhil students a...
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Applications are now open for Trinity Term 2026 classes with our Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages! Be sure to #Apply by noon on Apr. 10th, UK time! www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla... #languagelearning #oxford #jewishhistory
Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages - Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Applications for classes starting in Trinity Term 2026 are now open! (Deadline: 10 April 2026 12pm UK time; you can check time-zone comparisons on sites such as this one; Oxford dates of term are avai...
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Tomorrow, March 5th, Dr Margherita Mantovani (LEM–CNRS, Paris) will be giving the next #davidpattersonlecture, 'Heavenly Diagrams and the Materiality of Writing in Sefer ha-Peli’ah'. Join us online or in person at 6pm on Thursday! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #lecture #kabbalah
This Thursday, Feb. 26th, for our next #davidpattersonlecture Prof. Marcello Fidanzio will be giving a lecture titled 'A Book in Two Scrolls: On the Bisection of Isaiah'. Join us at 6pm on Thursday! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #lecture #oxford #biblestudy
