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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · Oct 10
With the new term commencing, take a look at our Michaelmas 2025 Term Programme!

Here you'll find activities sponsored by the OCHJS, the Centre of Hebrew and Jewish Studies (AMES, University of Oxford) and the Faculty of Theology and Religion!

www.ochjs.ac.uk/news/term-pr...

#oxford
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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
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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For our third #davidpattersonlecture of the term, Thursday @6pm Dr Emily Rose will be giving a lecture titled 'A Bleeding Corpse, A Grim Grimm Fairy Tale with Early Modern Shivers: The Dubious Margaret of Pforzheim (1267), A Singular Female Blood Libel'.

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#lectures
November 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Tomorrow, Wednesday, 5 November 2025 3:30pm (UK time), tune in for the Seminar in Modern Jewish Thought, where Prof. Hava Tirosh-Samuelson will discuss her forthcoming book and 'Writing about Judaism and Nature.'

Join us via zoom:
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#oxford #seminar
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Nov 5th @6pm, tune in online or in person for our annual Ullendorff Lecture!
This year, Prof. Matthew Morgenstern will give a lecture titled, 'Theodor Nöldeke’s Mandäische Grammatik (1875) in Retrospect: 150 Years of Babylonian Aramaic Studies.'
www.ochjs.ac.uk/public-lectu...
#oxford #lectures
November 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Tonight, the 'Symposium in Honor of Academy Member Prof. Yaakov Kaduri,' by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, will feature a talk by our very own Prof Hindy Najman. The event will be available online at the following link at 2:30pm (UK time):
www.academy.ac.il/Index/Entry....
October 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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For our second #davidpattersonlecture of the term, Tonight at 6pm, Dr Aadel Shakkour will be giving a lecture titled 'Opting for Literalism: Foreignizing Arabic Idioms into Hebrew to Enhance the Prestige of Arab Culture'.

Join us online or in person!

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October 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Next Thursday, October 30th, we will be sponsoring the 'Music in Theresienstadt' concert at the Maison Française d'Oxford. Tickets are available for free at the link below!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/oxford-cen...

#concert #oxford #composers
October 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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'Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic: An Introductory Textbook' by Assaf Bar-Moshe, the first Jewish language handbook published in a OSRJL / UCL series, has received a fantastic review in the Journal of Semitic Studies!

doi.org/10.1093/jss/...

#languagelearning #JewishStudies #bookreview
Assaf Bar-Moshe, Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic: An Introductory Textbook
Wiktor Gębski; Assaf Bar-Moshe, Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic: An Introductory Textbook, Journal of Semitic Studies, , fgaf027, https://doi.org/10.1093/jss/fgaf027
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October 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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We are delighted to announce our first #davidpattersonlecture of the term! This Thursday Professor Yoram Meital will be giving the lecture, 'Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Synagogues and Jewish Life and Heritage in Cairo'.
Join online or in person!
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#heritage
October 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: "Bridges of Knowledge: Jewish Languages in Cultural Context," edited by Jean Baumgarten, Ruth von Bernuth, and Moshe Lavee, came together through the collaboration of members of our very own Oxford Seminar in Advanced Jewish Studies!
#booklaunch #oxford #languages
October 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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With the new term commencing, take a look at our Michaelmas 2025 Term Programme!

Here you'll find activities sponsored by the OCHJS, the Centre of Hebrew and Jewish Studies (AMES, University of Oxford) and the Faculty of Theology and Religion!

www.ochjs.ac.uk/news/term-pr...

#oxford
October 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Reminder: Applications close one week from today! Don't forget to submit by Wednesday, October 15th!
ochjs.bsky.social ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · Sep 25
Call for Applications: OSRJL Jewish Music Class!
'The Sound of the kley zemer. Jewish Instrumental Music until 1800'
For more information, see the following link: www.ochjs.ac.uk/jewish-music...
Please submit your application by 17 October 2025 at 12 noon (UK).
#oxford #jewishhistory #music
October 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Call for Applications: OSRJL Jewish Music Class!
'The Sound of the kley zemer. Jewish Instrumental Music until 1800'
For more information, see the following link: www.ochjs.ac.uk/jewish-music...
Please submit your application by 17 October 2025 at 12 noon (UK).
#oxford #jewishhistory #music
September 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Call for Applications: "Jewish Theology and Anthropology: A Conversation"

For information regarding this working group, see the announcement attached via the link below!

Deadline for submissions is September 30, 2025.

www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app...

#Theology #anthropology #oxford
September 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Applications are now open for Michaelmas Term classes with our Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages! This term we will be offering courses for 12 different languages, so be sure to apply by noon on Sept. 12th, UK time!

www.ochjs.ac.uk/osrjl-applic...

#languagelearning #oxford
OSRJL Applications for Michaelmas Term 2025 - Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies
As part of the Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages (OSRJL), applications for language classes beginning in Michaelmas Term 2025 are now open! The deadline to apply is 12 September at 12 noon UK tim...
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August 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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The Jewish Language Project has an educator workshop September 4 regarding our new curriculum, an information session about our new exhibit about Jewish languages, and a song competition involving Jewish heritage! Details at this link: www.jewishlanguages.org/events.
#languagelearning
September 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: "Reading Psalms with the Scribes: Using Ancient Manuscript Evidence to Inform Biblical Studies", by OCHJS Fellow, Dr John Screnock, is due for publication in early November 2025!

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#newbook #biblestudy #oxford
August 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Applications are now open for Michaelmas Term classes with our Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages! This term we will be offering courses for 12 different languages, so be sure to apply by noon on Sept. 12th, UK time!

www.ochjs.ac.uk/osrjl-applic...

#languagelearning #oxford
OSRJL Applications for Michaelmas Term 2025 - Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies
As part of the Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages (OSRJL), applications for language classes beginning in Michaelmas Term 2025 are now open! The deadline to apply is 12 September at 12 noon UK tim...
www.ochjs.ac.uk
August 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Thank you to all the participants and contributors to the Oxford Summer Institute on Modern & Contemporary Judaism! See you again next year!

#summer #oxford #CulturalHeritage
August 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Today we offer our congratulations to Dylan Moss for earning the BIAJS Undergraduate Essay Prize and the Ertegun Scholarship for his dissertation work with our President, Prof. Judith Olszowy-Schlanger!

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#Theology #oxford #academia
BIAJS Essay Prize 2025
BIAJS Essay Prize 2025  We are delighted to announce the BIAJS student essay prize winners for 2025: Undergraduate winners (split): Dylan Moss (Oxford), “Lancelot as a New King David: Medieval Jewi…
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July 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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We are delighted to announce that our colleague at OCHJS, Professor Alison Salvesen, has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy!

University of Oxford announcement here: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-07...

British Academy announcement here: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/agm-wel...
Eight Oxford academics elected Fellows of the British Academy |
Eight researchers from the University of Oxford have been made Fellows of the British Academy in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences. Richard Ovenden,
www.ox.ac.uk
July 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Tune in for an online workshop on “Modern and Contemporary Jewish Translation and Multilingualism: Practices, History, and Semiotics", held on July 29-30!

Register here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

If you have any questions, please write to jewishtranslation@gmail.com.
July 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Apply now for the Oxford Biblical Hebrew Summer School! The program will take place from August 26 – September 5, 2025, and applications close on Friday July 11th! Find more information at the link below:

www.ochjs.ac.uk/oxford-bibli...

#Hebrew #languagelearning #oxford
July 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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So concludes our Manuscript Workshop. We'd like to give our thanks to all of the wonderful scholars who have attended over the past two weeks, both our amazing teachers and incredible students!

#Manuscripts #history #oxford
July 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Apply now for the Oxford Biblical Hebrew Summer School! The program will take place from August 26 – September 5, 2025, and applications close on Friday July 11th! Find more information at the link below:

www.ochjs.ac.uk/oxford-bibli...

#Hebrew #languagelearning #oxford
July 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM