You can now read Zion vol. LXXXVII.4 (2022), including medieval content.
Monthly Archives: July 2022
New Vol. of Ars Judaica is out
You can now read the new Ars Judaica vol. 17 (2021), which also features an article by Julie Harris (Deliberate Imperfection in Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts from Iberia).
New Issues of Jewish History Vol. 36, 1–2
You can now read the new issues of Jewish History 36.1–2, which also has medieval Jewish Studies content.
Open-rank positions in Rabbinic Judaism at the University of Chicago, Divinity School
The University of Chicago Divinity School seeks scholar(s) for one or more positions in the study of Rabbinic Judaism for an appointment date of July 1, 2023. Rank and salary are open. Applications will be considered at the assistant professor, associate professor, and full professor ranks.
Review of applications will begin on September 1, 2022, and will continue until the position(s) is/are filled or the search is closed.
Tenure-Track Position in Hebrew Literature (Midrash and Aggadah in Rabbinic Literatur) at the Hebrew University
You can now apply for a Tenure-Track Position in Hebrew Literature (Midrash and Aggadah in Rabbinic Literatur) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Deadline: 11 September 2022.
Visit the exhibition “Into the Expanse. Aspects of Jewish Life in Germany.” until 15 August in Cologne

Only until 15 August the exhibition “Into the Expanse” can be seen at the Kolumba Museum in Cologne! Also on display many medieval exhibits such as the Amsterdam Machsor or fragments of the bima from the Cologne synagogue.

Four PhD Positions in Jewish Studies, Christian Theology, Interreligious Studies or Classics
There are now four PhD positions in Jewish Studies, Christian Theology, Interreligious Studies or Classics in the SNSF funded Research project The Jewish and Christian Samuel. Connections, Demarcations, Entanglements at the University of Bern.
Deadline: 30 September 2022.
Marginalized: Finding History in the Marginal Notations of Manuscripts
Read about the sign DAKH, which was recently studied in the Jewish Quarterly Review by Joel Binder and Mordechai Weintraub.
Hijar’s Medieval Jewish Quarter Received Funding
As Jewish Heritage Europe reports, “the small town of Híjar, in the northern Spanish region of Aragon, has been granted €500,000 from the EU for the rehabilitation and restoration of its medieval Jewish quarter, including the medieval synagogue, now St. Anthony church.” This synagogue dates into the 15th century.
CfA: Assistant Professor of History and Judaic Studies, Brown University
The Department of History and the Program in Judaic Studies at Brown University invite applications for a full-time, tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in Jewish History with a primary focus on the Islamic World (broadly conceived), including Jewish-Muslim relations, in any period prior to the First World War. The successful candidate will have defended the Ph.D. thesis by the time of appointment.