The Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies seeks to fill arektor@hfjs.eu. The Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies is committed to equal opportunity and diversity. Applicants with severe disabilities will be given preference over equally qualified non-disabled applicants.
Visiting W2 professorship in Jewish Education and Pedagogy on a temporary basis for one semester, starting October 1, 2023 and ending April 30, 2024. Candidates should have an international reputation of interdisciplinary scholarship in one or more of the following areas: 1. Jewish Studies. 2. Jewish Education. 3. Educational Sciences. 4. Intercultural Pedagogy. A strong interest in any of the following will be an advantage: 1. Formal and informal Jewish education and learning. 2. Didactics of Jewish education and learning. 3. Models of intercultural learning. 4. Professionalization of Jewish education. 5. Jewish identity development. The appointee will join the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies and will be expected to direct the Master of Education program in Jewish Religious Education, teach courses at both B. A. and M. A. levels, publish high-quality research, as well as participate in academic and professional activities. Regarding the Master of Education program in Jewish Religious Education, the appointee will be expected to work closely with the University of Heidelberg’s School of Education. The appointee is furthermore expected to be willing to actively collaborate with Jewish communities, schools, and educational organizations in Germany. In addition to the general employment regulations of the state higher education law of Baden-Württemberg, candidates are expected a completed program of university studies and doctoral degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. Jewish Studies, Educational Studies or (Intercultural) Religious Pedagogy with a focus on Judaism). Language skills in English and Hebrew are required. The languages of instruction are German and English. Interested parties are asked to send their application in the form of one PDF including the usual documents by April 30th 2023 via e-mail to: Prof. Werner Arnold, Rector of the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies,Taube Deprt of Jewish Studies: International MA Programme in East European Jewish Studies, October 2023, University of Wrocław, Poland
Taube Deprt of Jewish Studies: International MA Programme in East European Jewish Studies, October 2023, University of Wrocław, Poland
The Taube Department of Jewish Studies is proud to announce its new International MA Programme in East European Jewish Studies, taught entirely in English, beginning October 2023 at the University of Wrocław, Poland.
This is a three-semester programme. The master classes and seminars focus on three key areas of Jewish life and experience in Eastern Europe. First, the Hasidism track examines the history of a major Jewish popular mystical movement that is flourishing worldwide. The second track centers on Yiddish literature and society in Eastern Europe. The third track examines the modern history of Polish Jews, pushing past received scholarly perimeters. This is a perfect opportunity to develop critical language skills in Yiddish, Hebrew, and Polish. The programme also offers a unique course on Applied Jewish Heritage. Students will interact closely with excellent faculty members and world-renown guest lecturers.
Small classes, generous studentships, and a close-knit community of scholars and students from all over the world make the Programme a premiere learning experience.
For more info see https://judaistyka.en.uni.wroc.pl/2022/03/24/international-ma-programme-in-east-european-jewish-studies/
Apply now for October 2023!
judaistyka.en.uni.wroc.pl
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New book: Jewish Letchworth, A Microcosm of the Jewish Communal Experience, Yanky Fachler
New book: Jewish Letchworth
A Microcosm of the Jewish Communal Experience
Yanky Fachler
Few people are aware of the intellectually diverse and remarkably innovative Jewish community of Letchworth which existed from the 1930s until the 1970s. Yanky Fachler has reclaimed the history of this talented group of people in Letchworth who inspired so many to enter the world of Jewish learning. This is a superb and important book – it reveals a rich but unknown chapter in the history of the Jews of England for today’s generation.
Colin Shindler, Emeritus Professor, SOAS, University of London
Here, Letchworth-born Yanky Fachler explores a short-lived (1939–1971) provincial Jewish congregation that boasted a communal infrastructure typical of much larger communities. Based during the war years around an estate built by Abba Bornstein, most of the community returned to London after the Second World War. The centre of gravity shifted to what former Talmud Torah headmaster Harry Leitner describes as the ‘two pyramid houses on Sollershott East – the Sassoon/Feuchtwanger and Fachler homes.’
Letchworth was home to the world-famous private Judaica library assembled by David Sassoon. His son, Rabbi Solomon Sassoon, made sure that Jewish children from across the religious spectrum attended the Talmud Torah educational programme after regular school hours. Several rabbinical luminaries were associated with Letchworth, including the communal rabbi, Asher Feuchtwanger, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler, and Rabbi Eliyahu Lapian.
Fachler describes a unique community where the orthodox coexisted harmoniously with the non-orthodox, Ashkenazi Jews lived side-by-side with Baghdadi Jews, and wealthy families rubbed shoulders with working class families. The book weaves a vibrant mosaic of the memories and anecdotes of dozens of former Letchworth residents and visitors.
Writer, broadcaster and public speaker Yanky Fachler, MA, was born and raised in Letchworth. He is the founder/chair of the Jewish Historical Society of Ireland, and has delivered history talks around the world. During the 2020–2022 covid pandemic, Yanky delivered over 200 zoom talks to international audiences.
March 15th, 244 pages, 39 b/w illus
Paperback: 978 1 80371 032 7 £17.95
Ebook: 978 1 80371 033 4 £50.00
Published by Vallentine Mitchell Publishers
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Jewish Participation in the Fire Service in the Second World War
Last Voices
Martin Sugarman
Updated and new in paper
Here for the first time is the account of the essential part played by Jewish personnel in the Fire Service in the Second World War.
Ever civic minded, Jews from all social backgrounds were pre-war volunteers to be trained for dealing with the expected mass bombing of cities by the Germans. After war was declared, by 1940–1 many younger Jewish men and women volunteered or were called up to the armed services, whilst many who were too old or unfit for the military stayed on with the Fire Service.
This considerable number of Jewish firemen and women played a major role in the civil defence of Britain. Some won bravery awards, including the only George Cross – the highest civilian award for courage – won by a London Fireman during the war. Many gave their lives; this is their story.
The author has captured part of this extraordinary contribution of daring, effort and suffering through the use of archival material, books and personal ‘Last Voice’ interviews, while numerous, never-before-published, photographs illustrate and illuminate the text.
April 2023 448 pages, 282 b/w illus
Paperback: 978 1 803710 31 0 £25.00
Ebook: 978 1 910383 08 7 £35.00
Some praise for the hardback edition:
This book is a fitting tribute to one section of the British population that volunteered in large numbers for the fire service … The Jewish firefighters suffered more than their share of casualties as well, and not only did they face the dangers from German bombs, but they faced anti-Semitic prejudice also.
Professor Richard Overy, University of Exeter
It is a great pleasure to read these compelling stories of the Jewish men and women of the Fire Brigade … Martin Sugarman’s research has been long and thorough, and the characters he mentions come alive in these pages.
Ron Dobson, London Fire Commissioner
The firefighters of the Second World War were marginalised and with the passage of time forgotten. The Jewish contribution to their remarkable persistence in standing up to Hitler has also been lost in the mists of time. This book by Martin Sugarman therefore reclaims them for the twenty-first century reader. It documents their bravery … They did not stand aside.
Professor Colin Shindler, SOAS, University of London
The 4th EHU Conference on Jewish Studies in Vilnius “The Jewish Scholarship and Its Teaching: Persons, Schools and Institutions in the Epoch of Tribulations,” 26-27 April, 2023.
Postdoctoral researcher, Heidelberg Center for Transcultural Studies, deadline for applicants: 31st March 2023
Postdoctoral researcher, Heidelberg Center for Transcultural Studies
Deadline for applicants: 31st March 2023
The research project “Beyond Conflict and Coexistence” links the universities of Heidelberg, Munich, and Halle (funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF). The research project brings together a variety of postdoctoral fellows who explore Jewish-Arab transculturation from the Middle Ages until today, with a focus on cultural, intellectual and political entanglements. We are particularly interested in applicants who focus on Jewish-Arab interaction in 20th and 21th century Israel/Palestine within the context of the joint research agenda.
Deadline for applications: 31 March 2023. Information: https://adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FDB$.startup?MODUL=LS&M1=1&M2=0&M3=0&PRO=33074