Projects per year
Organization profile
Organization profile
Departments and Research Centers (CRIS BIU):
- Olamot - The School of Jewish Studies and Israeli Culture
- Dahan Center for Culture, Society & Education in the Sephardic Heritage
- Department of Bible
- Department of Hebrew and Semitic Languages
- Department of Jewish Art
- Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry
- Department of Jewish Thought
- Department of Land of Israel Studies
- Department of Middle Eastern Studies
- Department of the Literature of the Jewish People
- Division of Style Editing
- Hebrew Expression and Ulpan
- Institute for Research on Diaspora Jewry
- Institute for Research on Oriental Jewry
- Institute for Research on Religious Zionism
- Institute for the History of Jewish Bible Research
- Interdepartmental Division of Judaic Studies
- Naftal-Yaffe Department of Talmud and Oral Law
- The Dr. Zerah Warhaftig Institute for Research on Religious Zionism
- The Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Center for the Study of Women in Judaism, Bar-Ilan University
- The Halpern Center for the Study of Jewish Self-Perception
- The Institute of Lexicography
- The Rappaport Center for Assimilation Research and Strengthening Jewish Vitality
- The Salti International Institute for Ladino
The Faculty of Jewish Studies at Bar-Ilan University is the largest of its kind in the academic world. It offers about 1,500 courses and programs taught by a faculty of 300 members and is divided into 10 departments, a Center for Basic Jewish Studies, 21 research institutes and centers, and 28 chairs.
The department deals with research into and teaching of the oral tradition in its widest sense. . The literature studied includes the legal writings of the Tannaim and Amoraim, as well as Aggadic literature and later rabbinic writing.
The Department of Hebrew Bible is the largest program of Hebrew Bible studies in the World. Our outstanding faculty covers the full-breadth of Hebrew Bible studies.
The Department of Hebrew and Semitic Languages offers courses in Hebrew, other Semitic languages, and Assyriology.
The study of Jewish History is one of the foundation stones of the national identity of the Jewish People as a group, and of the personal identity of the individual member of that nation. The academic research of Jewish history has always been a key part of Judaic Studies.
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies at Bar-Ilan University was founded in 2000 to serve a wide student audience that evinced interest in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia.
Scholars in the Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology engage in inter-disciplinary research into the Land of Israel and its history.
.This is a program for M.A. and Ph.D. studies in the Faculty of Jewish Studies. It is designed for students with averages above 80% in their B.A. or M.A. degrees.
.In its curriculum, the Department of Jewish Literature emphasizes the historical continuum of Hebrew literature, and the textual dialogue among the different periods.
The program in Jewish Art trains art historians and teachers for scholarly, educational and museum work in Israel and beyond. It provides specialized studies in the field of Jewish visual and material .
.The School of Basic Jewish Studies aims to give nearly every student of the university basic knowledge in central topics in Jewish Studies by means of academic courses.
The Multidisciplinary Department of Jewish Studies offer a BA program which allows students to choose classes from the variety of departments within the Faculty. The department also offers the Cramim program for outstanding students, which includes a full tuition scholarship.
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Profiles
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Merav (Tubul) Kahana
- Bar-Ilan University - Faculty of Jewish Studies, Department of Hebrew and Semitic Languages - Senior Lecturer
- Bar-Ilan University - Faculty of Jewish Studies, Hebrew Language editing - Senior Lecturer
Person: Teaching
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Daniel Abrams
- Bar-Ilan University - Faculty of Jewish Studies, Department of Jewish Philosophy - Full Professor
- Bar Ilan University - Faculty of Humanities, Department of Philosophy - Full Professor
Person: Academic
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Khalid Abu Ras
- Bar-Ilan University - Faculty of Jewish Studies, Department of Jewish Philosophy - Teaching Associate
Person: Teaching
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Wingate Grant St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology - Department of Jewish Philosophy Grant
Feldmann-Kaye, M. (PI), Wolfe, B. (PI), Firestone, R. (PI), Gellman, Y. J. (PI), Kessler, E. (PI) & Brill, A. (PI)
4/08/25 → …
Project: Research
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Jonathan Sacks Institute
Feldmann-Kaye, M. (PI), Ben Pazi, H. (PI), Rynhold, J. (PI), Fisher, N. (PI), Schvarcz, B. (PI) & Perez , N. (PI)
1/02/25 → …
Project: Research
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Weisfeld - Maayan Research Centre for Sustainability, Jewish Ethics and Philosophy
Feldmann-Kaye, M. (PI), Ben Pazi, H. (PI), Navon, M. (PI), Amati, G. (PI), Baharier, B. (PI), Vardi, S. (PI), Sinclair, Y. (PI), Benstein, J. (PI), Alon (Aikhenbaum), J. (PI), S. Berman, N. (PI), Verliebter, R. S. (PI), Lev Ari, A. (PI) & Mirsky, Y. (PI)
1/02/24 → …
Project: Research
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»who Will Ascend?« the Dual Response and the Formation of Psalm 24
Ayali-Darshan, N., 30 Mar 2026, In: Zeitschrift fur die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft. 138, 1, p. 28-42 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Abraham Bibago on Dialectic and Doubt in Aristotle’s Metaphysics B and Beyond
Halper, Y., Apr 2026, In: Ancient Philosophy Today: Dialogoi. 8, 1, p. 61-78 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Acknowledging Our Shadow - Response to Shmuel Erlich’s Paper: Is Psychoanalysis Relevant to the Israeli Palestinian Conflict?
Lakh, E., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Analytical Psychology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Datasets
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MiDRASH Automatic Transcriptions of the Cairo Geniza Fragments
Stoekl, D. (Creator), Shmidman, A. (Creator), Dershowitz, N. (Creator), Olszowy-Schlanger, J. (Creator) & et al. (Creator), MiDRASH, ERC-Synergy Project No. 101071829, 25 Nov 2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17734472, https://genizahsearch.com/
Dataset
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Book Catalog of Israeli Russian-Language Literature
Katsman, R. V. (Creator) & Surin, A. (Creator), Boston, MA: Academic Studies Press, 6 Apr 2026
https://sites.biu.ac.il/en/israeli-russian-language-literature/page/2856
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Illuminated Fragments: The New Jewish Philosophy of Rav Shagar
Feldmann-Kaye, M. (Creator), Ben Pazi, H. (Creator), Schwartz, D. (Creator), Brill, A. (Creator), Kaplan, L. (Creator), Govrin, M. (Creator), Pedaya, H. (Creator), Zivan, G. (Creator), Benyamini, I. (Creator), Sachs Shmueli, L. (Creator), Brenner, I. (Creator), Parenzo, S. (Creator), Gurfinkel, E. (Creator) & Oren, N. (Creator), IDRA Publishing, 2025
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Prizes
Activities
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Journal of Medieval History (Journal)
Rubin, J. (Reviewer)
2026 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
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European Academy of Religion 2026
Feldmann-Kaye, M. (Participation - Conference participant), Sinclair, Y. (Participation - Conference participant), Baharier, B. (Participation - Conference participant), Vardi, S. (Participation - Conference participant), Benstein, J. (Participation - Conference participant), Dinur, A. (Participation - Conference participant), Verliebter, R. S. (Participation - Conference participant) & Mirsky, Y. (Participation - Conference participant)
2026Activity: Participating in or organizing an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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המרכז להנצחת זכרו של הרב חיים דרוקמן (External organization)
גרוס, ז. (Member)
2026 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of organization
Press/Media
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Press Coverage for Digital Course on Philosophy of Rabbi Sacks Ynet
20/02/28
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
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מה באמת כתוב באמנת אש"ף וחמאס- האתגר הפלשתיני [הסכת]
Koren, D.
16/07/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
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מבט אל האנושי - כיצד קולנוע משפיע עלינו? נפשית ופילוסופית [הסכת]
Dudai, O. & Uzan, A.
31/05/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
Student theses
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Abba Ahimeir and Maximalist Revisionism in the Revisionist Movement
Aviv, Y. (Author), Hildesheimer, M. (Supervisor), 12 May 2008Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Abraham Danon and his Historiographic Writings: A Study of the Ladino Periodical “Yoseph Da’at” (“El Progreso”)
Cohen, N. B. (Author), Cohen, D. (Supervisor), 27 Nov 2023Student thesis: MA Thesis
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Abraham Ibn Ezra Sefer Klei Hanechoshet (Treatise on the Astrolabe) Scientific and Annotated Edition of the Three Hebrew Versions
Eichenbaum, M. (Author), Sela, S. (Supervisor), 31 May 2021Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Research units
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Department for Hebrew Literature and the Literature of Jewish Languages
Bar-Ilan University - Faculty of Jewish Studies
Organizational unit: Department
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Department of Hebrew and Semitic Languages
Bar-Ilan University - Faculty of Jewish Studies
Organizational unit: Department
Equipment
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Archeobotany Laboratory
Frumin, S. (Manager)
Weiss Lab for Archaeological BotanyEquipment/facility: Facility
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Dry Cabinet DRY-205 T.E. Cooling System
Frumin, S. (Manager)
Weiss Lab for Archaeological BotanyEquipment/facility: Equipment