Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Center for Israel Studies
The Hannibal Directive drafted by the IDF in the early 1980's, is a rare use of classical antiquity in Israel. This controversial directive was retracted in 2016. The talk explores the appropriation of Hannibal in the context of Israeli... more
טיבן של אופנות חינוכיות להניב מערכות חינוך רעשניות.
הן לוקחות תאוריות חינוכיות מבוססות
על יסודות איתנים, שפעמים רבות מנוגדות זו לזו, ומערבבות
אותן משל היו מוצרי עיצוב אופנתיים.
התוצאה היא בליל חסר פשר ואמירה
הן לוקחות תאוריות חינוכיות מבוססות
על יסודות איתנים, שפעמים רבות מנוגדות זו לזו, ומערבבות
אותן משל היו מוצרי עיצוב אופנתיים.
התוצאה היא בליל חסר פשר ואמירה
As late as the eighteenth century, plagues were believed to be caused by polluted air and mediated by creatures of putrefaction such as rodents and witches. Public health specialists agree that the sanitary efforts brought about under the... more
Scholars of modern Jewish thought explore the hermeneutics of "translation" to describe the transference of concepts between discourses. I suggest a more radical approach translation as transvaluation-is required. Eschewing modern tests... more
This article presents five short homilies on the Torah written in Israel in the 1970s by David Cohen (1894–1976), a secular socialist Zionist. The sermons are striking not only in content but also in form, in that they imitate the style... more
Is everything text? In Material Studies and Sound Studies, among many other disciplines, scholars produce elaborate methods for reading non-traditional texts. Are boundaries between the traditional text and other units of information... more
Back in the days when the Israeli labor party enjoyed its dominance, two prominent agenda-setters in Israel shared an unpopular position: Zionism does not define nor embody Judaism. Prof. Yeshayahu Leibowitz and Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, two... more
This research overview focuses on an unlikely trio of 20th-century Orthodox leaders: Yeshayahu Leibowitz , Ovadia Yosef and Irving Greenberg. They were selected because of their shared commitment to public speaking, their widely available... more
This is the second I'm Not Text early career conference in Jerusalem. Is everything 'text'? In the conference there will be four panels: 1. visual texts. 2. text as event 3. text and technology and 4. a roundtable "I'm not Text". The... more
This article considers Rabbi Yitz Greenberg’s version of open orthodoxy and its development. Greenberg initially framed his theological journey as a “paradigm shift.” Archival materials from “before” and “during” this theological... more
This essay describes amalgamation of "purity" and "arms" which leads to a perception of weapons that is exempt from moral scrutiny. Contrarily, the study asserts the necessity of investing time in moral inquiries concerning weaponry. The... more
This essay explores the theories of interfaith dialogue proposed by Yeshayahu Leibowitz and Marcel Dubois. It begins by examining their individual interpretations of Judaism, Christianity, and the feasibility of engaging in dialogue.... more
אנו נשמח לקבל הצעות שעוסקות בנושאים הבאים: (1) טקסט משובש וטקסט כשיבוש מראשית ימי ביקורת הטקסט, ראו בטעות, בשיבוש ובעיוות בעיה. כך, פילולוגיה קלאסית עסקה בניסיון לזקק ממצע טקסטואלי "מזוהם" את המקור הטהור ששרד חרף נזקי הזמן והאדם. מגמות... more
הרב עובדיה יוסף היה מגדולי הרבנים של הדור האחרון בעושר ובהיקף של יצירתו וכן במנהיגותו הציבורית. הסרט "מלך הספרדים" מזמן הצצה לצדדים פחות מוכרים בחייו של "מחזיר העטרה ליושנה" ומחדד את ההבנה שלרב נוצרו כמה וכמה תדמיות, אפילו מנוגדות. נושא... more
Academic scholarship has traditionally focused on written texts, leaving oral presentations largely inaccessible until the advent of modern technology. The introduction of voice and video recorders has enabled the preservation of speech,... more
This article examines Rabbi Ovadia's sermons, exploring his stance on women through folktales and narratives dedicated to halakhic scenario-building. Yosef's editorial intervention in a folktale by Yosef Hayyim of Baghdad is discussed,... more