You can now read Eliyahu Krakowski’s review of Marc D. Herman, After Revelation: The Rabbinic Past in the Medieval Islamic World.
Medieval Hebrew Prayerbook at Sotheby’s Auction
Read more about Sotheby’s auction of the Rothschild Vienna Mahzor.
Book: Amir Ashur, The Autograph Writings of Maimonides in the Cambridge University Library
You can now read the new book by Amir Ashur, The Autograph Writings of Maimonides in the Cambridge University Library.
Maimonides from Scratch? Manchester exhibition opening 11 February 2026
From 11 February to 24 June 2026 the Manchester Jewish Museum shows the exhibition Maimonides from Scratch.
Sexual Violence in Judaism
According to thier call, “submissions are currently invited for a special issue featuring a section on Sexual Violence in Judaism (all aspects). […] The journal will consider reprinting peer-reviewed papers or book chapters that are not currently available in any digital format. Authors must possess the copyrights to their works.”
Talk (hybrid): “Translating Maqāmāt Alhariri in Medieval Hebrew: The domestication of intractable genre,” by Amina Boukail
February 12, 2026.
In this talk, Amina Boukail explores how the Jewish writer Yehuda al-Ḥarizi rendered al-Ḥarīrī’s Maqāmāt into Hebrew in the late twelfth century.
Hebrew Manuscript Studies Workshop: Codicology, Palaeography, Art History, 22 June-3 July 2026
Take part in the Hebrew Manuscript Studies Workshop: Codicology, Palaeography, Art History, 22 June-3 July 2026 at Oxford, including Professor Judith Olszowy-Schlanger, Professor Sarit Shalev-Eyni, Dr Agata Paluch and Dr César Merchán-Hamann.
Deadline 20 February 20206.
EAJS Conference Grant Programme: Call for Applications
According to their call, “[t]he European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS) invites applications to the EAJS Conference Grant Programme in European Jewish Studies for the academic year 2026/27, funded by the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe. The purpose of this programme is twofold: to foster cooperation among scholars involved in Jewish Studies across Europe, and to support early career researchers in this field to develop a professional network. As a new feature for this round of applications, the EAJS invites its Student Members to apply for funding for Graduate Conferences.“
Deadline: 26 March 2026.
Medieval Matters: Europe’s Premodern Religious Cultures Studies in Honour of Miri Rubin, ed. M. Champion, K. Ihnat, E. Poleg, and M. Žonca
You can now read the Festschrift for Miri Rubin, Medieval Matters: Europe’s Premodern Religious Cultures Studies in Honour of Miri Rubin, ed. M. Champion, K. Ihnat, E. Poleg, and M. Žonca (Brill, 2026). The volume includes several articles relevant to medieval Jewish Studies.
Wiss. Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) Judaistik @ Freie Universität Berlin
Gemäß Call bietet “[d]ie Judaistik an der Freien Universität Berlin […] Studiengänge im Fach Judaistik für den B.A. und M.A. an, ermöglicht die Promotion im Fach Judaistik und beteiligt sich an interdisziplinären Lehrangeboten und Studiengängen im Fachbereich Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften (gegenwärtig z.B. Master “Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East”). Das Institut ist Mitglied im Netzwerk des Selma-Stern Zentrums für Jüdische Studien Berlin-Brandenburg und betreibt judaistische Forschung und Lehre in Kooperation mit Universitäten in Europa, Israel und den USA. Die Lehre des Instituts umfasst die Geschichte und Literatur des Judentums in der antiken und spätantiken Welt, die Sozial- und Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters, der Neuzeit und Moderne sowie die Gegenwart jüdischen Lebens in Israel und der Diaspora. Die Studiengänge vermitteln den Studierenden die Kompetenz im Umgang mit jüdischen Originalquellen, ihrer Interpretation und wissenschaftlich fundierten Darstellung.”
Frist: 16. Februar 2026.