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

Free event at the Weston Library in collaboration with @ochjs.bsky.social and part of Jewish Culture Month. A talk featuring two case studies of Jewish and Christian scholarly collaboration in past centuries by Professor Judith Olszowy-Schlanger and Dr César Merchán-Hamann.

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

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

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

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

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

Applications are now open for the 2026 Taube Prize for Student Writing in Hebrew & Jewish Studies, generously funded by Taube Philanthropies! Papers are due Friday 22 May 2026. For details, see the following announcement: www.ochjs.ac.uk/taube-prize-... #oxford #prize #jewishstudies

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

To mark finishing 'The Medieval Lincoln Jewry', it's great to make the research in that vol available to all through 'The Medieval Jewish Lincoln Walking Tour' (by Natasha Jenman and me). Sponsored by @ochjs.bsky.social @jewishhistorical.bsky.social @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social shorturl.at/lwm7S

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The conference is possible thanks to the generosity of our sponsors: @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social, @ochjs.bsky.social, @oxmedstud.bsky.social, and @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social. In person registration is now closed, there's still time to register for online: buytickets.at/bordersbound... 2/2

Most read in the Journal of Jewish Studies: Le livre des Jubilés, Melkisedeq et les dîmes, by André Caquot Read it in the online archive: bit.ly/Le-livre-des-Jubiles Recommend a subscription to your librarian to gain access to content dating back to 1948. @ochjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social

Applications are now open for the 2026 Taube Prize for Student Writing in Hebrew & Jewish Studies, generously funded by Taube Philanthropies! Papers are due Friday 22 May 2026. For details, see the following announcement: www.ochjs.ac.uk/taube-prize-... #oxford #prize #jewishstudies

Applications are now open for Trinity Term 2026 classes with our Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages! Be sure to #Apply by noon on Apr. 10th, UK time! www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla... #languagelearning #oxford #jewishhistory

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

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

Tomorrow, February 24th at 17:15, we invite you to the next Massada Special Event hosted by Worcester College! For more information, see the following page: www.worc.ox.ac.uk/news-events/... #oxford #paneldiscussion

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

NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Fellow of the OCHJS, Prof. Hindy Najman, will be launching her new book, 'Scriptural Vitality: Rethinking Philology & Hermeneutics,' on 23 Feb. at 6pm (UK time)! For more information, see the following page: oxfordinterfaithforum.org/book-launch/... #booklaunch #oxford

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

Reminder: The application window for our 2026 Summer Manuscript Workshop closes in 48 hours! Remember to apply! #Summer2026 #oxford #Manuscripts

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

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

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

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

LAST CALL: Applications for OSI are due on February 2nd! Remember to apply by Monday of next week! www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app... #oxford #Summer2026

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

Remember to apply for the Oxford Summer Institute on Modern and Contemporary Judaism (OSI)! Applications are due by February 2nd! #oxford #Summer2026

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

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

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

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

Reminder that applications for our 2026/27 Visiting Fellowships close on January 16th! Don't forget to apply! #fellowship #oxford

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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