Units and Projects
Italia Judaica
Project Director: Prof. Shlomo Simonsohn z"l
(until March 2019)
Email: sshlomo@post.tau.ac.il
Tel: 03-6409676
The Italia Judaica Project, directed by Professor Shlomo Simonsohn is investigating the history of Jews in the countries bordering on the Mediterranean and in Italy in particular. Under its auspices, research is carried on, the results of which are published in print and on the internet, and are discussed at international conferences dealing with the history of Italian Jewry.
Jewish Art and Visual Culture Research
Chief Researcher: Dr. Naomi Feuchtwanger-Sarig
Email: nsarig@post.tau.ac.il
Tel: 03-6407040
The Jewish Art and Visual Culture Research project seeks to enable inter-disciplinary research on the life of Jews, through the connection of researchers from different fields. The underlying basis of this research will be visual testimony, to be investigated as any other historical document.
The Jews in Islamic Countries in the Modern Era
Unit Director: Prof. Yaron Tsur
Email: ytsur@post.tau.ac.il
Tel: 03-6475951
This unit organizes various research projects which focus on re-examining the heritage, history and culture of Jews in Islamic countries. The unit operates in cooperation with the research team for “The Jews of Islamic Countries Archiving Project” and the website “Historical Jewish Press”.
http://mayaeh.tau.ac.il/?lang=en_US
http://web.nli.org.il/sites/JPress/English/Pages/default.aspx
The Jews of Belarus and Ukraine
Researchers:
Dr. Leonid Smilovitsky, Email: smilov@zahav.net.il
Prof. Zakhar Shibeko, Email: shybekaz@gmail.com
Dr. Konstantin Bondar, Email: bondarko@tauex.tau.ac.il
Tel: 03-6405319
The Cultural History of the Jews of the Islamic World in the Middle Ages (9th-13th Centuries)
Project Director: Prof. Meira Polliack
Email: meirap@post.tau.ac.il
Tel: 03-6406057
Project Team: Prof. Yoram Erder, Dr. Marzena Zawanowska, Dr. Ilana Sasson, Roni Cohen
Jewish Identity and Consciousness
Tel: 03-6405319
The Jewish Neighborhood: Exploring the Other Side of Medieval Urban Space
Project Director: Prof. Simha Goldin
Email: sgoldin@post.tau.ac.il
Tel: 03-6409799
Researchers: Dr. Yitzhak Lifshitz, Dr. Merav Schnitzer
The Jews of Turkey and the Balkans and Ladino Culture
Project Director: Prof. Minna Rozen
Email: minna.rozen@gmail.com
Tel: 04-8240560
Researchers: Dr. Ruth Lamdan, Prof. Tova Beeri
The goal of the project is to initiate and implement research and any other academic activity that contributes to research on the Jewish communities of the Balkans and Ladino culture. In the past year, it has been decided that this project will return to full activity, and studies in its framework will be initiated and encouraged.
The Jews of Crete during the Venetian Period (13th-17th Centuries)
Project Coordinator: Prof. Benyamin Arbel
Email: arbel@post.tau.ac.il
Tel: 03-6409785
The aims of this project are to collect the relevant archival materials, to encourage research and to publish studies on various aspects related to the life of Cretan Jews during the long period of Venetian domination.
The Jews of Romania
Project Coordinator: Prof. Liviu Rotman
Email: liviu_rot@yahoo.com
Tel: 03-6409799
This project was established in December 1987, following a donation from Mr. Avram Goldstein-Goren z”l, with the aim of initiating and promoting research on the heritage of Jews in Romania.
To date, more than twenty books have been published based on research conducted under the auspices of this project.
Harry and Gertrude Landy Study of Prayer, Prayer Books and Jewish Culture
Project Director: Prof. Stefan Reif
Email: scr3@cam.ac.uk
Tel: 03-6409799
Researchers: Dr. Tsur Shafir, Dr. Yaakov Teppler
This project demonstrates the commitment of Tel Aviv University in general, and the Diaspora Research Center in particular, to the fresh examination of traditional Jewish sources and customs and the ways in which they have significantly impacted later Jewish life.
The Institute for the History of Polish Jewry and Israel-Poland Relations
Head of the Institute: Prof. David Assaf
Secretary: Dr. Dror Segev
Email: polin@post.tau.ac.il
Tel: 03-6409387