President Scholarship

Supervisor: Prof. Yochanan Breuer

Abstract: This study examines all the Tannaic midrashim with the purpose of identifying all those that are based on a linguistic issue. The objective of the study is to give a maximally comprehensive overview of the exegetical methods used in addressing such issues in Tannaic midrashim, in hopes of laying down the groundwork for a future description encompassing all Rabbinic texts. The advantage of this study lies in its systematic nature: it offers a description, as comprehensive as I could make it, of all the relevant exegetical methods, both common and rare.

Bio: 2011 – 2015: M.A in Talmud, on a research track. Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
2008 – 2010: B.A with honors in Talmud and Hebrew Language. Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
2005 – 2007: Rabbinical ordinance from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. Kollel studies in Yeshivat Birkat Moshe, Ma'ale Adumim.

Publications:

Books
1א. נפש מרדכי: סליחות מבוארות נוסח פולין, מכון תורת אמך, מעלה אדומים תשע"ה
1ב. סליחות מבוארות קורן מנהג פולין, הוצאת קורן, ירושלים תשע"ו (מהדורה מעובדת של 1א)
1ג. נפש מרדכי: סליחות מבוארות כמנהג פולין, מכון תורת אמך, מהדורה שנייה מתוקנת, מעלה אדומים תשע"ח (מהדורה מתוקנת של 1א) 
2. נפש מרדכי: סליחות מבוארות כמנהג ליטא, מכון תורת אמך, ירושלים תשע"ז

Articles in Peer-reviewed journals:

3. "וְלֹא תַחֲנִיפוּ אֶת הָאָרֶץ - על אשמת הארץ בהסתרת דם הנרצח", מוזה 3 (תשע"ט), עמ' 6-19
4. "'מניין לאבות מלאכות מן התורה': רִקעהּ הלשוני של דרשה – גימטרייה, דמיון פונטי ודמיון גרפי", דרך אגדה, (התקבל לפרסום ונמצא בעריכה לשונית, כ-19 עמודים)
5. "תלך לתימהון: שגיאות סמנטיות-לקסיקליות הנגרמות בשל הגבהת משלב הכתיבה", חלקת לשון, (בשיפוט, כ-15 עמודים)
6. "בין שכנות לשותפות - עיון מחודש בסוגיית מקיף וניקף", נטועים, (בשיפוט, כ-20 עמודים) (גרסה מורחבת ומעובדת של 11)

Additional Articles:

7. "פסיק רישא - ביטול תודעת היחיד", מעליות כ"ד (תשס"ד), עמ' 42-51
8. "אדעה מילים יענני ואבינה מה יאמר לי", המעין מו, א (תשס"ו), עמ' 35-44
9. "צריכא?! - ביאורו של מושג", מעליות כ"ז-כ"ח (תשס"ח), עמ' 111-117
10. "מודל אלטרנטיבי להבחנה בין השומרים", מרחבים ג (תשע"ה), חברותא - בית מדרש לתלמידי האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים, עמ' 92-109
11. "שותפות הבאה לו לאדם בעל כרחו - עיון במשנת מקיף וניקף", מרחבים ד (תשע"ו), חברותא - בית מדרש לתלמידי האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים, עמ' 71-85

Newspaper Publication:

12. "עברית של שבת": טור שבועי בענייני לשון וסמנטיקה, מוסף "שבת", עיתון מקור ראשון (2007).

Thesis:

13. הבסיס הלשוני של המדרש לפי מדרש ספרי במדבר.
מנחה: פרופ' יוחנן ברויאר.
 

President's Scholarship 2016/17

Subject: Parafiction Art in Israel and Palestine

Supervisor: Dr Noam Gal

Abstract: My research examines the phenomenon of parafiction art in Israel and Palestine in the past two decades. Parafiction art was first defined in 2009 as works of art that imitate, make believe, fake or create fictive stories, events or people, which are then grounded in the world and are experienced as facts. I would like to offer that the unique parafictional aesthetic representation, and its relation to questions of truth and belief, should be examined in light of the specific geopolitical context of its creation. Focusing on the geopolitical context of Israel and Palestine will allow me to consider the definition of parafiction art critically, to examine its validity, and to offer a typology based on case studies. Case studies include works by Public Movement, Tamir Zadok, Khalil Rabah and Khaled Jarrar, among rest, and will be read using reception theories.  

Bio: I hold an MA in Critical Writing in Art and Design from the Royal College of Art, London, and a BA in Interdisciplinary Program in the Arts and Psychology from Tel Aviv University. Currently, I am a PhD student at the Art History Department, where I research parafiction art in Israel and Palestine in the last two decades, supervised by Dr. Noam Gal. I am also an art writer and critic, and contribute regularly to various art magazines such as Erev Rav, ArtReview, Mousse, Frieze, art-agenda, ARTnews, and Art Monthly, as well as to various catalogues. I lead an art magazine reading group in Tel Aviv, and guide workshops in art writing and criticism in art schools, such as Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design; Ramat Gan, Faculty of Arts – Hamidrasha, Beit Berl College and Minshar School of Art, Tel Aviv. 

Publications: 

2021 – (forthcoming, accepted) “From Unaware Participants to Aware Spectators: Parafiction Art in Israel and Palestine as Case Study” (tentative title), Walking with the Enemy: Reclaiming the Language of Power and Manipulation in the Post-Truth Era, eds. Gediminas Gasparavicius, Maia Toteva and Tom Williams.

2021 – (forthcoming, awaiting publication) “The Double, the Fictional and the Critical: On the (Im)Possibility of an Ontology for the Contemporary Work of Art” (Hebrew), Bezalel Journal of Visual and Material Culture, Issue no. 7: Philosophy and The Arts, ed. Adam Aboulafia.

2015 – “The Melting Pot: Parafiction Art in Israel and Palestine”, JAWS: Journal of Arts Writing by Students, Vol. 1 No. 1.
 

President Stipend 2018/19

Supervisor: Prof. David Shulman

Presidential Stipend 2012/13

Polonsky Stipend 2013/14

Supervisor: Prof. Shlomo Naeh

Presidential Stipend 2015/16

Supervisors: Prof. Shaul Shaked, Dr. Julia Rubanovich

Abstract: My research concerns the Bible exegesis written in Judeo-Persian and is based on manuscripts datable to the eleventh and twelfth centuries. These manuscripts - most of which have remained unpublished - have many similarities and it is plausible that they all belong to the same exegetical corpus. Several of these manuscripts are clearly Karaite, since they quote the works of contemporary Karaite scholars and use Karaite terminology. In my research I will discuss the exegetical methods of these texts and examine the connections of these texts to the Karaite Bible exegesis from the ninth to eleventh centuries, which was mostly written in Judeo-Arabic.

Publications:

Haim, Ofir. “Documents from Afghanistan in the National Library of Israel.” Ginzei Qedem 10 (2014), pp. 9-28. (in Hebrew)

Haim, Ofir. “An Early Judeo-Persian Letter sent from Ghazna to Bāmiyān (Ms. Heb. 4°8333.29).” Bulletin of the Asia Institute 26 (2016), pp. 103-119.

Haim, Ofir. “The Earliest Arabic Documents Written on Paper: Three Letters from Sanjar-Shah (Tajikistan).” Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 43 (2016), pp. 143-189 (with Michael Shenkar and Sharof Kurbanov).

Haim, Ofir. “Further Documents from Afghanistan in the National Library of Israel.” AB"A: Journal for the Research and Study of the Jews of Iran, Bukhara and Afghanistan 10 (2017), pp. 6-21. (in Hebrew)

Haim, Ofir. “Polemical Aspects in an Early Judeo-Persian Bible Exegesis: The Commentary on the Story of Ḥannah (RNL Yevr.-Arab. I 4608).” Entangled Religions: Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer 6 (2018), pp. 162-200.

lRotenstreich Scholarship 2016/17

Presidential Stipend 2014/15

Supervisor: Prof. Naama Goren-Inbar

Abstract: Within the framework of my PhD thesis I wish to test and analyze the morpho-technological variability in the biface tools assemblage from the Lower Paleolithic site of Gesher Bneot-Ya‘aqov. This site is exceptional in the Levant with respect to both the wealth and variety of finds and the cultural tradition reflected in the production of stone tools. Furthermore, the stone tool assemblage in general, and specifically the bifacial component, exhibit a unique similarity to bifacial tool assemblages form Africa. Thus, with respect to the dating of the site, it is interpreted as representing one of the earliest waves of hominin migration out of Africa.

The bifacial tool assemblage from the site has been typo-technologically analyzed using traditional attribute analysis within the framework of the forthcoming fourth volume of the excavation report. The morphological aspect of the tools has been analyzed using traditional morphological methodologies for biface shape analysis which are based on a small number of metrical indices and qualitative observations. This analysis indicated high morphological homogeneity along the occupational sequence at the site, but due to its relatively low resolution had difficulties in identifying finer morphological trends and patterns.

The renewed analysis within the framework of the current study will apply 3 dimensional digital models of the artifacts, alongside multivariate statistical methods. These provide high-resolution quantitative comparisons which allow the identification of archaeologically significant morphological trends and patterns. Furthermore, the application of computerized spatial tools will allow to correlate morphological patterns to spatial and chronological aspects at the site. Additionally, a comparison of the results to those received from the analyses of additional sites from the Levant and Africa will permit to sharpen the similarities and differences between different cultural traditions at an inter-regional scale. Finally, the integration of experimental results could allow to interpret the observed morpho-technological variability as stemming from cognitive, social and cultural aspects of Middle Pleistocene hominins.

Publications:

Books: 
Goren-Inbar, N., Aplerson-Afil, N., Sharon, G., Herzlinger, G. 2018. The Acheulian site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov volume IV: The lithic assemblages. Springer: Dordrecht. 

Articles:
Herzlinger, G., Goren-Inbar, N. UNDER REVIEW. Do a few tools necessarily mean a few people? A techno-morphological approach to the question of group size at Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov, Israel. Journal of Human Evolution,

Herzlinger, G., Wynn, T., Goren-Inbar, N. 2107. Expert cognition in the production sequence of Acheulian cleavers at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel: A lithic and cognitive analysis. Plos One, 12(11): e0188337

Zaidner, Y., Porat, N., Zilberman, E., Herzlinger, G., Almogi-Labin, A., Roskin, J. 2017. Geo-chronological Context of the Open-air Acheulian Site at Nahal Hesi, Israel. Quaternary International, 464(A): 18-31.

Herzlinger, G., Goren-Inbar, N., Grosman, L. 2017. A New Method for 3D Geometric Morphometric Shape Analysis: The Case Study of Handaxe Knapping Skill. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 14: 163-173. 

Goren-Inbar, N., Aplerson-Afil, N., Sharon, G., Herzlinger, G. 2015. A New Type of Anvil in the Acheulian of Gesher Benot Ya’aqov, Isarel. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 370(1682): 20140353.

Herzlinger, G., Pinsky, S., Goren-Inbar, N. 2015. A Note on Handaxe Knapping Products and their Breakage Taphonomy: an Experimental View. Journal of Lithic Studies, 2(1): 65-82.

Herzlinger, G., Grosman, L., Goren-Inbar, N. 2013. The PPNA Quarry of Kaizer Hill, Modiin, Israel - The Waste Piles. in Stone Tools in Transition: From Hunter-Gatherer to Farming Societies in the Near East. Borrell, F., Inbánez, J.J., Molist, M., (eds.). 395-405

Herzlinger, G. 2012. The Downslope Movement of Lithic Artifacts: A Field Experiment. Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society, 42: 1-21.

Rotenstreich stipend 2017/18

Presidential Stipend 2015/16

Supervisor: Moshe Slohovsky

Abstract: My research deals with charlatans, medicine sellers who worked on stages in the market squares and streets, in 17th century Paris. Using texts documenting the performances of the most successful and well known duo of charlatans at the time I seek to position the phenomena in its context in terms of both history of medicine and history of theater. My goal is to understand how and why charlatans fashioned their unique style of performance, and what about it was appealing for their audience and customers.

Bio: I did my B.A. and M.A. in history in the Hebrew University. Co-editor of the journal “Hayo Haya – Young Forum for History”.

Presidential stipend 2016/17