Read this new article by Menachem Katz and David Golinkin about “A Newly Discovered Binding Fragment of Talmud Yerushalmi Shevuot,” The Vatican Library Review 3 (2024) 189–203.
Monthly Archives: December 2024
Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, Haverford College
According to their call, “[t]he Department of Religion at Haverford College invites applications for a one year visiting assistant professor in Jewish Studies. Candidates should be broadly trained in Jewish Studies, with an ability to contribute to an interdisciplinary curriculum in the study of religion. The ideal candidate would be able to support our regular offerings in pre-modern Judaism, but could also offer Jewish studies courses complimentary to our broader curriculum in religion. Candidates should be prepared to teach 4 semester-long courses plus undergraduate thesis advising. These four would include courses at all levels of the curriculum, as well as one or more courses that offer a comparative or conceptual approach to a topic in religious studies. The ideal candidate will also demonstrate a commitment to engaging a diverse student body and creating an inclusive classroom environment in a liberal arts context.”
Deadline: 3 February 2025.
Abrahamic Religions and Religious Others, Berlin, 21–25 July 2024
Read the call for the conference “Abrahamic Religions and Religious Others” – Call for Papers International Network for Interreligious Research and Education on 21–25 July 2024 at Katholische Akademie Berlin.
Deadline: 20 January 2025.
T-S A36.18 – hole-y megillah it’s the oldest!
Read the new Fragment of the Month post about the oldest megillah.
New Post of the Genizah Research Unit: Fragment of the Month December 2024
Read the new Post of the Genizah Research Unit with the Fragment of the Month December 2024 on the perhaps earliest Esther scroll by Marc Michaels
Merry Christmas and Hanukkah Sameach!
from the Board of mJSNow
Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme, Inv.
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With the Hanukkah lamp in the Jewish Museum Paris, we wish you a Merry Christmas and Hanukkah Sameach!
The lamp comes from the collection of Isaac Strauss (1866-1888) and is said to have been discovered in the 19th century during excavations in the old Jewish quarter of Lyon. It is one of very few surviving medieval Hanukkah lamps and one of the oldest Jewish artefacts from the Middle Ages known in France.
CfP: Ars Judaica, Special lssue: Artists and Artisans in Jewish Art and Material Culture
New post in the MAFE series Jewish Life in the Middle Ages: “Jewish Women in Medieval England,” by Adrienne Boyarin
Full Professorship (W 3) for Rabbinic Literature and Halacha, Universität Potsdam
The successful candidate will represent the field of Rabbinics and have specific expertise in the domain of Halacha, employing both traditional and innovative methodologies. The candidate will demonstrate ability to connect the Talmud and Rabbinics with broader Jewish intellectual history and contribute to the interdisciplinary scholarship.
Deadline: 1 October 2025.
A Review: The Guide to the Perplexed: A New English Translation
Listen ot this new episode about “A Review: The Guide to the Perplexed: A New English Translation” with Rabbi Shnayor Burtonon Seforim Chatter Podcast.