JCI News and Events

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03-12-2025

International Research Workshop in Memory of Paul Mendes-Flohr

December 28-29, 2025

Join us for this international workshop, held in collaboration with the Butzerius Institute in Haifa and the Rosenzweig Center in Jerusalem, focusing on the life and work of Prof. Paul Mendes-Flohr (z''l).

For more information, please see the program. 

02-12-2025

Visiting Researcher at the Institute

In memory of Miriam Gillis-Carlebach (1922-2020), the Joseph Carlebach Working Group at the University of Hamburg and the Institute for the History of German Jews has been awarding the Miriam Gillis-Carlebach Fellowship since 2023 to support innovative academic projects in Jewish studies.

Debates on Jewish Identity among German Jews during 1933-1938

This research revisits debates about Jewish identity and memory among German Jews during the early Nazi period (1933-1938), as reflected in the Jewish press, including the Judische Rundschau, CV-Zeitung, Israelitisches Familienblatt

Rachel Verliebter is a doctoral fellow at the Maayan Center for Ethics, Philosophy, and Sustainability at Bar-Ilan University, where she also serves as a research fellow at the Joseph Carlebach Institute in cooperation with the University of Hamburg.

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With generous support from Bar-Ilan University, we are pleased to welcome Dr. Ghilad Shenhav from the University of Munich, Germany, to the Institute in December 2025. Dr. Shenhav is conducting research on:

Beyond the Bible: Zionism, Talmud, and the Question of History

Dr. Ghilad H. Shenhav is a scholar of religious thought, modern Jewish intellectual history, and Coordinator of the Center for Israel Studies.