Welcome to JSN, an affiliate of Hebrew College and Shamash. Our H-Judaic network has been a member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences Online since 1993. JSN is one of the oldest Internet projects in the humanities, initially operating as Judaica/He'Asif, starting in February 1989, operating out of Jerusalem using mailing list services at Tel Aviv U. From 1991-93 the network was at the University of Minnesota.
With 3,000 subscribers worldwide, JSN is the premier digital source concerning Judaica and the academic study and discussion of Judaism ancient, mediaeval, and modern. All services of JSN are provided free of charge.
For over 25 years, Herzog College, an academic institution affiliated with Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shvut, has been organizing week-long "Bible Study Days" - Yemei Iyun b'Tanakh - that includes dozens of lectures every day presented by academics and Bible experts. This year the program includes fours days of English-language classes and a day of classes in French.
Gal-Ed: On the History and Culture of Polish Jewry -
The Grants Committee of the Southern Jewish Historical Society (SJHS) is now accepting applications for the 2019 grants cycle. SJHS Grants support a variety of research, publications, exhibits, archival work, and other projects related to the Southern Jewish experience. The deadline for applications is Aug. 1 (it has been extended from the previously announced date of July 1).
As suggested, here is the table of contents for our book:
Musica Judaica:
Jewish music between oral and written traditions - The 19th Century in Context
https://www.ochjs.ac.uk/public-engagement/musica-judaica-conference/
Sunday-Monday, 14-15 July 2019
Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Clarendon Institute
Walton Street, Oxford OX1 2HG
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the current issue of our online-journal 'Medaon – Magazin für jüdisches Leben in Forschung und Bildung'.
You can find the table of contents at https://www.medaon.de/en/editions/most-recent-edition/
The Herbert D. Katz Center at The University of Pennsylvania is now accepting applications for the 2020–2021 academic year on the theme of America’s Jewish Questions.
TOC Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes, VOL 27
I am pleased to share the TOC and the link to Volume 27 of Canadian Jewish Studies, published in June of 2019 by the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies. This volume is guest edited by Ira Robinson and features articles about the exceptional memoir of Rabbi Pinchas Hirschprung. We are particularly pleased to present content that breaks new disciplinary ground in the field of Canadian Jewish Studies.
CANADIAN JEWISH STUDIES / ÉTUDES JUIVES CANADIENNES
For the question of Shira Klein: Although the book of Heiko Haumann, A History of East European Jews (CEU Press, Central European University Press, Budapest and New York 2002) is not giving to the readers such a short account which you are looking for – yet, I believe that it is still worth taking from it the exact pages which deals with the topics you have mentioned here.
Admiel Kosman
Potsdam University
