​By Iris Idelson-Shein: "Motivations for Translation in Early Modern Hebrew and Yiddish Translations." in: Zion 81(4) (2021): 535-562

Ahuvia Goren just published a new article titled "The Lulav: Early Modern Historiography, Religious Polemics and the Art of Fencing." in...

Congratulations to Dr. Yakov Z. Mayer, who will be a Harry Starr Fellow in the Judaica Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University.

Congratulations to Dr. Magdaléna Jánošíková, who has been awarded the prestigious Polonsky Academy Fellowship. She will be joining the...

Congratulations to our incoming post-doctoral researcher Ossnat Sharon-Pinto, who has been awarded Ben-Gurion University's Kreitman...

On February 23, 2021, Iris Idelson-Shein participated in an online conversation on the challenges, opportunities, and responsibilities of...

Translating the Americas is a two-day workshop dedicated to the theory and practice of translation with a specific focus on Jewish...

Mayer has been long-listed for the Sapir prize, winners to be announced February 2021. Click here to read the Hebrew article for more...

In the newest issue of Studia Rosenthaliana you can find two articles by current JEWTACT fellows (Ahuvia Goren and Yakov Meir), as well...

Click below to read our newest article published in the 2020 Fall edition of the Journal of Jewish Studies.

Congratulations to Ahuvia Goren, who has been awarded the prestigious Nathan Rotenstreich scholarship for outstanding doctoral students!

Radio Galei Tzahal (Hebrew) interviewed Dr. Idelson-Shein on the JEWTACT project, to share with the Israeli public a little bit about...

Ynet.co.il (Hebrew) published an article on Dr. Idelson-Shein as part of their "Private Investigators" weekly news column on higher...

Congratulations to Iris Idelson-Shein on joining Israel's Young Academy (click HERE to learn more). She'll be joining 7 other new...

Post-doc and Ph.D. fellowships available for 2020/1. Join us at BGU!

Congratulations to Yakov Z. Mayer on the publication of his second novel "Nehemia", Yediot Sfarim, 2020. Click HERE to watch him give an...

JEWTACT is looking for a Yiddishist. Application deadline: September 30, 2019.

Congratulations to Ahuvia Goren for receiving the Negev doctoral fellowship and to Yakov Z. Mayer for receiving a Kreitman matching...