Missed this fascinating workshop? Read about it here: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/neastr/2026/...

UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies@uclhjs.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Look, it is *really* hard to write something snappy for the internet about an event titled "Late Antique Astronomical Sciences in Medieval Compendia" but we are hosting a workshop and you should come if you're into ancient astronomy. 💫 📅 10 June 2026 📍 UCL

Great profile of our wonderful director David Schneider talking about the London Yiddish Players in the Jewish News. Tickets to the Yiddish Theatre Reboot (23 July at the Courtyard and 24 July @jw3london.bsky.social) are selling fast! @uclhjs.bsky.social www.jewishnews.co.uk/david-schnei...

David Schneider forms Yiddish theatre company

London Shpilers is London's first Yiddish theatre company in over 30 years and is performing next week

jewishnews.co.uk

Congratulations to Professor Mark Geller (UCL Hebrew and Jewish Studies) for receiving ERC funding for his research project, BabPharmacy. Analysing thousands of cuneiform recipes to uncover what ancient medicine can teach us today buff.ly/hafXi7t @uclnews.bsky.social @uclhjs.bsky.social #ERC

Three weeks until the Late Antique Astronomical Sciences in Medieval Compendia workshop hosted by the Astronomy, calendar, and related sciences in Near Eastern cultures, third-eighth centuries CE project! 📅 10 June 2026 📍 UCL

Workshop: Late Antique Astronomical Sciences in Medieval Compendia

'Astronomy, calendar, and related sciences in Near Eastern cultures, third-eighth centuries CE' project workshop

ucl.ac.uk

The Sir Martin Gilbert Learning Centre is recruiting a School Partnerships Manager. The mission of this UK educational charity is to educate young people about who Jews are and the contributions they have made to society. @biajs.bsky.social @uclhjs.bsky.social www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/sir-mar...

School Partnerships Manager | Sir Martin Gilbert Learning Centre | CharityJob

Apply now for School Partnerships Manager. , £38,000 - £44,000 per year, find a career with meaning today

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The London Yiddish Shpilers has its first two performances next month! You can book now for the 'Yiddish Theatre Reboot'. 23 June @ The Courtyard Theatre 24 June @ JW3 @jw3london.bsky.social www.seetickets.com/event/yiddis... www.jw3.org.uk/whats-on/lon... @uclhjs.bsky.social

Look, it is *really* hard to write something snappy for the internet about an event titled "Late Antique Astronomical Sciences in Medieval Compendia" but we are hosting a workshop and you should come if you're into ancient astronomy. 💫 📅 10 June 2026 📍 UCL

Workshop: Late Antique Astronomical Sciences in Medieval Compendia

'Astronomy, calendar, and related sciences in Near Eastern cultures, third-eighth centuries CE' project workshop

ucl.ac.uk

The book should focus on one of the Institute's core research areas: History of the Hebrew Book, Halakha (Responsa Literature), Jewish History, Kabbalah and Hasidism, Hebrew Literature, or Women’s and Gender Studies within Jewish Studies. Deadline: June 30. @biajs.bsky.social @uclhjs.bsky.social

Jüdische Studien@juedstudien.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#Chancen | Call for Applications: Grant for a Debut Book in Jewish Studies (2026-2027) @‌Schocken Institute for Jewish Research of the JTS | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht... #jewishstudies #jtwitter Deadline for applications: June 30, 2026

Workshop: Late Antique Astronomical Sciences in Medieval Compendia 📅 10 June 2026 🕑️ 9:00-18:00 📍 University College London (in-person only)

Workshop: Late Antique Astronomical Sciences in Medieval Compendia

'Astronomy, calendar, and related sciences in Near Eastern cultures, third-eighth centuries CE' project workshop

ucl.ac.uk

Look, it is *really* hard to write something snappy for the internet about an event titled "Late Antique Astronomical Sciences in Medieval Compendia" but we are hosting a workshop and you should come if you're into ancient astronomy. 💫 📅 10 June 2026 📍 UCL

Workshop: Late Antique Astronomical Sciences in Medieval Compendia

'Astronomy, calendar, and related sciences in Near Eastern cultures, third-eighth centuries CE' project workshop

ucl.ac.uk

Join us next week for the online book launch of 'A Grammar of Gaddi', a descriptive grammar of Gaddi, a Western Pahari Indo-Aryan language spoken in Himachal Pradesh and parts of Jammu. 🗓️ 6 May at 5pm BST 📍 Online www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit... @uclpress.bsky.social @uclhjs.bsky.social

TODAY at 18:30 @UCL Voices from the Shadows: LGBTQ Experiences During the Nazi Era with Eric Marcus from @makinggayhistory.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Voices from the Shadows: LGBTQ Experiences During the Nazi Era

LGBTQ experiences during the Nazi Era with Making Gay History podcast founder Eric Marcus

ucl.ac.uk

"These calendars... [which were printed in Berlin between 1776 to 1833] are fascinating items to look through and see the information which people, particularly those from Jewish communities, wanted, needed, and used in the daily lives." @lbilondon.bsky.social @uclhjs.bsky.social

UCL Hebrew and Jewish Studies collection@uclhjslibrary.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Jewish calendars from Berlin: a blog post from @uclspeccoll.bsky.social Jewish Collections Project Cataloguer Ben Whittle blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...

Curious about studying Hebrew and Jewish Studies at UCL? Every Friday in May, you can book a 1:1 call with our Undergraduate Admissions Tutor to talk courses, teaching, student life, and future opportunities. Book now: buff.ly/D3CVZVD @uclhjs.bsky.social

Ada Rapoport-Albert was a respected scholar of Jewish history, Hasidism and mysticism and a foundational figure in UCL’s Hebrew and Jewish Studies. Find out more about Ada’s life and work in her Faces of UCL profile. buff.ly/Jua7ICA @uclhjs.bsky.social #UCL200

www.ucl.ac.uk/library/spec... The Hebrew and Jewish collection at UCL comprises chiefly #rarebooks and pamphlets on a wide variety of Jewish topics. The collection is of national and international importance. @uclhjs.bsky.social Find out more ⬇️

Reposting this CfP for fall conference on German Jews and the Right -- deadline approaching fast please help spread the word. #academicsky 🗃️ www.lbi.org/news/confere...

Call for Papers - 2026 Conference: The LBI is accepting proposals for papers to be presented at its 2026 conference

The LBI is accepting proposals for papers to be presented at its 2026 conference Between Revolution and Reaction: German-Speaking Jews and the Ideas, Politics, and Cultures of the Right

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Mazel tov to Anna Świtaj (co-supervised by @guesnet.bsky.social) on being the first ever recipient of the Jonathan Hill Architectural Design PhD Prize! www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/new...

Anna Switaj awarded inaugural Jonathan Hill Architectural Design PhD Prize

Architectural Design PhD candidate Anna Switaj has been selected as the first recipient of the Jonathan Hill Architectural Design PhD Prize Fund at the Bartlett School of Architecture.

ucl.ac.uk

Here's my new blog post about Jewish dance cards and a recent UCL bicentennial event where we learned Edwardian ballroom dances from a Jewish dance card in @uclhjslibrary.bsky.social to the same tunes that were performed in 1909. #UCL200 In partnership with @uclhjs.bsky.social and the UCL IJS.

UCL Special Collections@uclspeccoll.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Recently we hosted an event celebrating the rich world of Jewish dancing cards round 1900. If you'd like to read more about Jewish dancing cards in our collection, Dr Sonia Gollance has written about their history blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...

HJS Research Fellow Abigail Pearson has discovered a previously unidentified version of the Syriac Book of Medicines at the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

A newly identified copy of the 'Syriac Book of Medicines'

HJS Research Fellow Abigail Pearson has discovered a previously unidentified version of an important Syriac text

ucl.ac.uk

Celebrate Hebrew International Language Day with us on 21 February! Experience Bialik, King of the Jews - a powerful film by Yair Qedar - followed by a Q&A and poetry readings in Hebrew and Yiddish. Secure your spot: buff.ly/leE7wk6 @uclhjs.bsky.social

Lovely to read this tribute to Prof Ada Rapoport-Albert z"l from one of her research students @uclhjs.bsky.social

Eli Rubin@elirubin.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Two Teachers Who Shaped Me: Rabbi Elimelech Zweibel and Prof. Ada Rapoport-Albert elirubin.substack.com/p/two-teache...

Learn about this new @stanfordpress.bsky.social book at Sasha Senderovich's 26 Feb UCL Institute for Jewish Studies talk 'In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Translating Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union'. @uclhjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social @uclssees.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Translating Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union

Join us for an in-person book talk at UCL

ucl.ac.uk

Sasha Senderovich 🌻@returnstosender.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Pub day!!! Our book is now out.

UCL has trial access to Women’s Studies Archive: Female Forerunners Worldwide, part of Gale Primary Sources, until 5th March 2026. It includes lots of Hebrew and Jewish studies related material @uclhjs.bsky.social blogs.ucl.ac.uk/library-ejou...

HJS Research Fellow Abigail Pearson has discovered a previously unidentified version of the Syriac Book of Medicines at the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

A newly identified copy of the 'Syriac Book of Medicines'

HJS Research Fellow Abigail Pearson has discovered a previously unidentified version of an important Syriac text

ucl.ac.uk

Fun Fact: The first known mention of the Italian word 'pizza' appears in a Judeo-Italian text (Italian written in Hebrew script), from the 14th century. The first non-Jewish mention of the word pizza appears more than 200 years later. ...or as I like to tell people at parties: Jews invented pizza!

Looking forward to tomorrow's 'Come Fill Your Dance Fill Your Dance Card'. Hosted by @uclhjslibrary.bsky.social, @uclhjs.bsky.social and the IJS. We're all booked up, but you can sign up for the waitlist (or let us know if you'd like a similar future event). www.tickettailor.com/events/uclin....

Come learn Edwardian ballroom dances from a 1909 Jewish dance card in the Gaster Papers! With dance instructor Susan de Guardiola (USA), Subject Librarian @vrfreedman.bsky.social and myself (talking about Jewish balls). @uclhjs.bsky.social @artshumsucl.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social

UCL Hebrew and Jewish Studies collection@uclhjslibrary.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Come Fill Your Dance Card. A @uclhjs.bsky.social and @uclspeccoll.bsky.social event, 5 February, 6-8pm in person at UCL. Learn to party like British Jews around 1900! Book early, spaces are limited www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

HJS Research Fellow Abigail Pearson has discovered a previously unknown Syriac version of the ‘Revelation of Ezra’ (a famous medieval text used to predict the coming year based on the day of the week on which it began)

A newly discovered Syriac version of the ‘Revelation of Ezra’

HJS Research Fellow Abigail Pearson has discovered a previously unknown Syriac version of a famous medieval text

ucl.ac.uk

Tomorrow!

UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies@uclhjs.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Our Jews, Judaism and Mental Health series is free and open to the public. The second session is on 20 January from 1-20m GMT on Zoom www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...