Ada Rapoport-Albert was a respected scholar of Jewish history, Hasidism and mysticism and a foundational figure in UCL’s Hebrew and Jewish Studies.
Find out more about Ada’s life and work in her Faces of UCL profile. buff.ly/Jua7ICA
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The Hebrew and Jewish collection at UCL comprises chiefly #rarebooks and pamphlets on a wide variety of Jewish topics. The collection is of national and international importance.
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Reposting this CfP for fall conference on German Jews and the Right -- deadline approaching fast please help spread the word. #academicsky 🗃️
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😂 wouldn't that be something!
Mazel tov to Anna Świtaj (co-supervised by @guesnet.bsky.social) on being the first ever recipient of the Jonathan Hill Architectural Design PhD Prize!
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Here's my new blog post about Jewish dance cards and a recent UCL bicentennial event where we learned Edwardian ballroom dances from a Jewish dance card in @uclhjslibrary.bsky.social to the same tunes that were performed in 1909. #UCL200
In partnership with @uclhjs.bsky.social and the UCL IJS.
HJS Research Fellow Abigail Pearson has discovered a previously unidentified version of the Syriac Book of Medicines at the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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Celebrate Hebrew International Language Day with us on 21 February!
Experience Bialik, King of the Jews - a powerful film by Yair Qedar - followed by a Q&A and poetry readings in Hebrew and Yiddish.
Secure your spot: buff.ly/leE7wk6
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Lovely to read this tribute to Prof Ada Rapoport-Albert z"l from one of her research students @uclhjs.bsky.social
Learn about this new @stanfordpress.bsky.social book at Sasha Senderovich's 26 Feb UCL Institute for Jewish Studies talk 'In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Translating Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union'.
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UCL has trial access to Women’s Studies Archive: Female Forerunners Worldwide, part of Gale Primary Sources, until 5th March 2026. It includes lots of Hebrew and Jewish studies related material @uclhjs.bsky.social blogs.ucl.ac.uk/library-ejou...
HJS Research Fellow Abigail Pearson has discovered a previously unidentified version of the Syriac Book of Medicines at the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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Fun Fact: The first known mention of the Italian word 'pizza' appears in a Judeo-Italian text (Italian written in Hebrew script), from the 14th century. The first non-Jewish mention of the word pizza appears more than 200 years later.
...or as I like to tell people at parties: Jews invented pizza!
Come Fill Your Dance Card: A Celebration of Jewish Dances Cards in the Library Special Collections 5 February 2026 at 18:00
Looking forward to tomorrow's 'Come Fill Your Dance Fill Your Dance Card'.
Hosted by @uclhjslibrary.bsky.social, @uclhjs.bsky.social and the IJS.
We're all booked up, but you can sign up for the waitlist (or let us know if you'd like a similar future event).
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Come learn Edwardian ballroom dances from a 1909 Jewish dance card in the Gaster Papers!
With dance instructor Susan de Guardiola (USA), Subject Librarian @vrfreedman.bsky.social and myself (talking about Jewish balls).
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HJS Research Fellow Abigail Pearson has discovered a previously unknown Syriac version of the ‘Revelation of Ezra’ (a famous medieval text used to predict the coming year based on the day of the week on which it began)
Tomorrow!
HJS Research Fellow Abigail Pearson has discovered a previously unknown Syriac version of the ‘Revelation of Ezra’ (a famous medieval text)
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Our Jews, Judaism and Mental Health series is free and open to the public.
The second session is on 20 January from 1-20m GMT on Zoom
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Looking forward to presenting @uclssees.bsky.social next week on Tea Arciszewska’s life and her (tragically timely) modernist play about children in wartime, “Miryeml.”
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We are thrilled to announce a call for our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
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Event poster for 'Mourning a lost future: Miryeml, a Yiddish Drama of Children in Wartime' with a photo of Tea Arciszewska.
Please join us for this Study of Central Europe seminar with @sgollance.bsky.social, will discuss her translation of Tea Arciszewska’s play 'Miryeml' as part of a broader effort to uncover Yiddish plays by women.
🗓️ 2 December at 6pm
📍 UCL SSEES
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For those unfamiliar with the term 'Blood Libel' @ushmm.bsky.social has a helpful explainer on this allegation of Jewish ritual murder and cannibalism.
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We applaud UCL for taking swift action and look forward to UCL leadership communicating directly to the UCL community to specifically call out ideas and language that will not be tolerated on campus.
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Do check out this *absolutely amazing* volume on Jewish spaces in postwar Poland by UCL @uclhjs.bsky.social and Bartlett graduate Natalia Romik (Warsaw), published yesterday.
Big congratulations from a very proud former co-supervisor :-)
Open access from UCL Press:
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📆 Coming up on 18 Nov: UCL Lunch Hour Lecture, The Witch in the Bible and Beyond
Hear from Dr Alinda Damsma on her research about the impact of the Bible on the early modern witch-hunts. These lectures are free, open to all and online.
Book now: buff.ly/LupLYZS
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HJS academics are offering free in-person workshops to schools to support students wishing to enter the competition.
We are delighted to launch the 2026 Sir Martin Gilbert History Prize with the SMG Learning Centre! We are inviting entries from UK students in Years 10 and 11, with a First Prize of £400 and a Second Prize of £200. sirmartingilbertlearningcentre.org/smg-history-...
May their memory be a blessing 🕯️
Lunch Hour Lecture | The Witch in the Bible and Beyond | 18 November
Join this lecture where Dr Alinda Damsma (UCL Hebrew and Jewish Studies) will introduce her research on the impact of the Bible on the early modern witch-hunts.
Book your free place now: buff.ly/LupLYZS
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