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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Take a look at our Michaelmas 2026 Term Programme! Here you'll find activities sponsored by the OCHJS, the Centre of Hebrew and Jewish Studies (Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford) and the Faculty of Theology and Religion! www.ochjs.ac.uk/news/term-pr... #oxford #Events

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

On Thursday, Oct. 15th, Prof. Ghil’ad Zuckermann will give the the Tenth Edward Ullendorff Memorial Lecture: 'The Fascinating and Multifaceted 3,300-year Evolution and Regenesis of Hebrew'. Join us online or in person at 6pm on Thursday! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #language #oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today we welcome the newest member of the OCHJS team, our new Academic Registrar, Celeste Pan! Welcome to the family, Celeste! #welcome #oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Applications are now open for the OSRJL Jewish Music Class for Michaelmas Term 2026! This term will focus on Yiddish Song Cultures, from the 1300s to the 21st Century! For more information, visit the following webpage: www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla... #music #MusicHistory #oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Drs. Miri Freud-Kandel and Lea Taragin-Zeller invite applications for their 2026–2027 working group on 'Jewish Theology and Anthropology: A Conversation'! Applications are due October 5, 2026 For more information, see the following webpage: www.ochjs.ac.uk/jewish-theol...

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

We are pleased to share the latest Impact Report for our Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages programme, covering the 2025-26 academic year! You can find this new report on the OSRJL’s webpage. www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla... #languagelearning #RareLanguages

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

From 28–30 August, the Jewish Music Institute will be presenting Yiddish Culture Weekend! Please find the programme attached, and for more information and tickets, visit the following website: jmi.org.uk/news/yiddish... #yiddishlanguage #yiddishculture

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

We are delighted to announce that applications for our Michaelmas Term 2026 language classes with the Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages are now open! For more information visit the OSRJL page on our website: www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla... #languagelearning #oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

On our webpage you can now find a letter from our President speaking on the importance of the Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages. If you are able, please consider supporting this amazing school and its diverse range of programmes. www.ochjs.ac.uk/letter-from-... #LanguageLearning #oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Congratulations to the winners and runners-up of the #TaubePrizes: Maxwell Benster, Oliver Geffen Obregon, Hannah Scott-Ravikumar, Caleb Klein, Leah Schreiber, and Yovella Young! And thank you to Taube Philanthropies! www.ochjs.ac.uk/results-of-t... #oxford #essayprize

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

This Thursday, June 18th, Dr. Yogev Elbaz will give our eighth and final #davidpattersonlecture of the term: 'The Forgotten Periphery: Israel and South Arabia, 1962–1976'. Join us online or in person at 6pm on Thursday! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #PoliticalHistory #oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

This Thursday, June 11th, Dr. Camilla Recalcati will give the next #davidpattersonlecture to launch her new book, 'The Egyptian Background of the Septuagint: Evidence from Genesis, Exodus, and Leviticus'. Join us at 6pm on Thursday! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #BookLaunch #oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: The Polonsky Academy at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute is now accepting applications for short-term academic residencies. Applications must be submitted to Polonsky.scholarsinresidence@vanleer.org.il by June 15th, 2026! #fellowship #PhD

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

This Wednesday, June 3rd, Prof. Elisheva Baumgarten will give the next #davidpattersonlecture: 'Shared Words: Jews, Christians and Prayer in Medieval Europe'! Join us online or in person at 5pm on Wednesday! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #medieval #religion #oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

This Thursday, May 28th, Natasha Jenman and Dean A. Irwin will give the next #davidpattersonlecture: 'In the Footsteps the Lincoln Jewry: Walking Tour/Book Launch'! Join us online or in person at 6pm on Thursday! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #medieval #booklaunch #Oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Today, May 21st, Dr Piergabriele Mancuso will give the next #davidpattersonlecture, 'Between Ghetto and Court: The Life and Works of Jona Ostiglio in Seventeenth-Century Medici Florence'. Join us at 6pm Today! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #mediciflorence #Lecture #oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Tonight, May 20th, Dr. Bernardino Pitocchelli will give the OSRJL lecture titled 'Textual and Material Investigations on the Judeo-Italian Bible of Oxford–New York'! Join us online or in person at 6pm! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #LanguageLearning #Judaism #oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Tomorrow, May 14th, Dr. Elly Moseson will be giving the #davidpattersonlecture titled 'On the Vernacular in Jewish Magical Literature'! Join us online or in person at 6pm on Thursday! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #languagelearning #magic #oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

We are delighted to invite you to a talk on 'Hebrew and Jewish Book Culture in Medieval and Early Modern England' on Tuesday 9 June 17.00-18.00! For more information and to register, use the following link: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/2026/j... #jewishculturemonth #oxford #medieval

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Tomorrow, May 7th, Dr. Dafna Ben Zvi will be giving the #davidpattersonlecture, titled 'Returning Forward in Israeli Children’s Literature: A Philosophical-Psychoanalytic Contemplation'. Join us at 6pm on Thursday! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #childrensbooks #oxford #lecture

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Tune in today at 2pm for the first session of the Seminar on Jewish History and Literature in the Graeco-Roman Period! You can attend sessions for this seminar both online and in person! More details can be found at the following page: www.ochjs.ac.uk/academic-sem... #antiquity #oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Today at 2:30 pm come to see the discussion on 'Babylonian Chronographic Texts from the Hellenistic Period,' with opening remarks by our Fellow, Prof. Hindy Najman! The event will be at the Harris Seminar Room at Oriel College. #oxford #history

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

We are delighted to invite you to our first #davidpattersonlecture of the term! Today, Prof. Maciej Motak will be giving a lecture on 'Jewish Architects and Builders in Krakow During the Second World War'. Join us at 6pm tonight! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #architecture #oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Tune in on May 4th-5th for a conference organized by members of the European Research Council-sponsored project 'MiDRASH'! The opening address will feature our very own President, Prof. Judith Olszowy-Schlanger! #conference #palaeography

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

With the new term commencing, take a look at our Trinity 2026 Term Programme! Here you'll find activities sponsored by the OCHJS, the Centre of Hebrew and Jewish Studies (AMES), and the Faculty of Theology and Religion! www.ochjs.ac.uk/news/term-pr... #oxford #events

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: The Oxford Biblical Hebrew Summer School will take place online from August 24 – August 28 & September 1-4, 2026! Applications are due by Friday 10 July 2026! To apply, visit the following page: www.ochjs.ac.uk/oxford-bibli... #hebrew #oxford #languagelearning

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

On Tuesday 28 April 2026, 5.00 pm – 6.45 pm, St Antony’s College will host a screening of the documentary film, 'Afterwards/Après coup'. Following the screening, there will be a panel discussion, with speakers including our very own Prof. Zoe Waxman! #oxford #documentaryfilm

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Tomorrow, March 5th, Dr Margherita Mantovani (LEM–CNRS, Paris) will be giving the next #davidpattersonlecture, 'Heavenly Diagrams and the Materiality of Writing in Sefer ha-Peli’ah'. Join us online or in person at 6pm on Thursday! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #lecture #kabbalah

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

This Thursday, Feb. 26th, for our next #davidpattersonlecture Prof. Marcello Fidanzio will be giving a lecture titled 'A Book in Two Scrolls: On the Bisection of Isaiah'. Join us at 6pm on Thursday! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #lecture #oxford #biblestudy

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Next Wednesday at 3:30pm, tune in for our Seminar on Modern Jewish Thought, where Prof. Marc B. Shapiro will discuss his book, ‘Renewing the Old, Sanctifying the New: The Unique Vision of Rav Kook’. Join us online or in person! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #seminar #oxford #judaism

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Tomorrow, February 19th, our next #davidpattersonlecture will feature Dr Estee Rieder Indursky speaking on 'Normative Negotiation within a State-Constructed Religious Regime'. Join us online or in person at 6pm on Thursday! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #lecture #oxford #religion

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

We are delighted to invite you to our third #davidpattersonlecture of the term! Tomorrow, Professor Yakov Mayer will be giving a lecture titled 'The Soncino Talmud and Late Medieval Hebrew Book Culture'. Join us at 6pm on Thursday! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #oxford #bookhistory

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

We are pleased to announce our Hebrew Manuscript Studies Workshop, which will take place from 22 June-3 July 2026! Applications are due by noon (UK time) on February 20th. For course and application details, see the following page: www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app... #oxford #Summer2026 #Manuscripts

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

We are delighted to invite you to our Brichto Event next Wednesday! Dr. Yakov Z. Mayer will be giving a talk titled 'The New Jewish Novel: Yakov Z. Mayer’s "Nehemiah" and Hebrew Literature beyond Israel'. Join us at 6pm on Feb. 11th! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #cultureevent #oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

We are delighted to invite you to our next #davidpattersonlecture! Tomorrow Professor Omri Asscher will be giving a lecture titled 'Pluralism, Particularized: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in Hebrew Translation'. Join us at 6pm on Thursday! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #lecture #oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

We are delighted to invite you to our next #davidpattersonlecture! Dr Beatrice Bonanno will be giving the lecture 'Jewish Greek Scriptures and Early Christianity: Insights from the “Minor Versions”'. Join us at 6pm on Thursday! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #lecture #oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

With the new term commencing, take a look at our Hilary 2026 Term Programme! Here you'll find activities sponsored by the OCHJS, the Centre of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, and the Faculty of Theology and Religion! www.ochjs.ac.uk/news/term-pr... #oxford #Events

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Don't forget to apply to the Yishai Shahar Visiting Fellowships in Jewish Art History! Applications will close this Friday at noon (UK time)! For more information, go to this link: www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app... #fellowship #arthistory #Oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Applications are now open for the 2026 Oxford Summer Institute on Modern & Contemporary Judaism, which will take place from June 28-July 2 2026! The deadline to apply is 2 Feb., 2026. For more information, visit the following page: www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app... #oxford #summer2026

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Our 2024/25 Annual Report is now available on our website! You can find it, along with all previous annual reports, at the following link: www.ochjs.ac.uk/publications... #oxford #JewishStudies

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: We are delighted to announce our Visiting Fellowships for 2026/2027! The deadline to apply for each of the Visiting Fellowships is 16 January 2026 at 12 noon UK Time. For more information, see the following page: www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app... #fellowship #oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Tomorrow Dr Amir Banbaji will give our final #davidpattersonlecture of the term: 'Beyond Ornament: The Shifting Role of Melitsah in Hebrew Thought from the Middle Ages to the Haskalah'. Join us online or in person at 6pm tomorrow! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #lecture #oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

On Dec. 8th and 9th, speakers at the upcoming ERC-Synergy MiDRASH Conference will include our very own Prof. Judith Olszowy-Schlanger, Dr. Rahel Fronda, Dr. Joseph O’Hara, and Caleb Klein. You can tune-in to the conference via zoom: campus-condorcet.zoom.us/j/8346073641... #conference #Oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Tonight at 6pm Susanne Marten-Finnis will give the #davidpattersonlecture, 'Zamość – an Experiment in Geopolitical Engineering. The Sephardic Community in Late-Sixteenth-Century Poland and the Interplay between Geography, Diasporic Agency, and Trade'. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

We are excited to announce that a one-term OSRJL class of Advanced Old #Yiddish taught by Dr Diana Matut will be offered in Hilary Term 2026! You can find more information and the application (due Dec. 21) at the following link: www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla... #languagelearning #oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Tune in at 5pm on Tues. Dec. 2nd for the Second Solomon Schonfeld Lecture! Professor Zoë Waxman will give a talk titled, '‘Packing for an Unknown Destination’: Possession and Dispossession in the Holocaust'. For more information: www.ochjs.ac.uk/public-lectu... #oxford #JewishHistory

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

This Thursday Professor Patrick Koch will be giving the #davidpattersonlecture, 'Between Miracle Worker and Divine Agent: Isaac Luria and the Making of Lurianic Hagiography'. Join us online or in person at 6pm on Nov. 20th! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #Mysticism #lectures #oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Applications are now open for Hilary Term classes with our Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages! This term we will begin our courses for Judeo-Greek, Kivruli, Judeo-French, and Classical Judeo-Arabic, so be sure to #apply by noon on Dec. 19th, UK time! www.ochjs.ac.uk/osrjl-applic...

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

At 6pm on Nov. 13th Dr Miriam Feldmann-Kaye will be giving our fourth #davidpattersonlecture of the term: 'The Burning Bush in Modern Jewish Theology: Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Response to Paul Ricœur’s Critique'. Join us online or in person! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #theology #oxford

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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

The 'Impact Report' for the 2024/25 academic year at the OSRJL is now available on our website! View the following link to learn all about the OSRJL programme: www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla... #languagelearning #oxford #osrjl

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