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Researcher of the Week

Manon Banoun, PhD

Postdoctoral fellow in the ISF project “Contending with Crises: The Jews in XIVth Century Europe” (dir. Elisheva Baumgarten)

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

I am an archaeologist specialized in medieval and Jewish archaeology. In my dissertation, defended at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in 2025, I studied the mechanisms of formation, organization, and evolution of medieval Jewish quarters in Northern France and Ashkenaz between the 11th and 14th centuries.

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CfP for a Special Issue in the journal ‘Religions’ on “Polemics and Conversion: Setting and Crossing Boundaries in Medieval Jewish-Christian Relations”

PD Dr Eveline Brugger (Institute for Jewish History in Austria) will edit a special issue entitled “Polemics and Conversion: Setting and Crossing Boundaries in Medieval Jewish–Christian Relations” for the journal Religion. The issue invites contributions examining the significance of polemics, conversion, or their interplay in shaping medieval Jewish–Christian relations from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.”

Deadline for Abstract Submission: 28.02.2026

Deadline for Manuscript Submissions: 15 November 2026

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Italy: PugliaEbraica — new online (and paper) resource for Jewish heritage in Puglia

This new resource focuses on the Jewish heritage of Puglia (Apulia) — the region on the heel of the Italian boot, where Jews lived from ancient times until their expulsion in the 16th century.

Only a handful of Jews live in Puglia today, but the region is home two two Jewish museums — one in Trani and one in Lecce, plus synagogues in Trani  and other traces of Jewish heritage all over the region.

Pugliaebraica — a project of the Jewish museum in Lecce — includes a web site in Italian, English, and Hebrew, with an interactive map that incudes more than two dozen cities, towns, and villages where there is evidence of Jewish heritage.  There is also  a printed version with a map and informational material.