Department of the History of the Jewish People and Contemporary Jewry
Subject: Polemics about the Hebrew Language in the Tri-lingual (Hebrew, Yiddish and German) Jewish Press in Eastern and Central Europe, 1856-1914.
Supervisor: Dr. Aya Elyada
Abstract: My PhD project is written under the supervision of Prof. Richard Cohen and Dr. Aya Elyada and aims to examine the discourse about the Hebrew language in the Jewish society of Eastern and Central Europe and to contextualize the Hebrew language revival in the historical and cultural conditions that enabled it. In order to understand the ways opinions and beliefs regarding the language were formed and accepted, during process as the Haskalah, nationalism and Zionism, the research is examining polemics in the press about the status of Hebrew, its modernization, creating literature and using it in various spheres, that expressed the developing stands and ideologies about the future of Hebrew, alongside other languages and other changes in the Jewish society. In addition, the research explores the dynamic of debates and the development of Jewish public discourse and addressing the creating of the mainstream lingual position as well as opposing and marginalized voices, in order to provide a complete picture of the periodical Jewish discourse.
Bio: I'm a PhD candidate in the department of Jewish History and graduate of this department as well. My MA thesis, "Hebraist in Berlin: Shai Ish Hurwitz and He-Atid (1903-1914): Time consciousness and the Hebrew Language Revival" was written under the supervision of Dr. Aya Elyda. Alongside my research I'm also serving as an archivist at the Leo Baeck Institute in Jerusalem.
Publications:
עברי בברלין: ש"י איש הורוויץ, תודעה היסטורית ותחיית השפה העברית 1903—1914', ציון פג, א (תשע"ח), 71—105.
'סיפור אנטי מקראי בשפה מקראית': "פאוסט" העברי (1865) והמעבר הבין-תרבותי בעיני קוראים בעברית ובגרמנית', חידושים בחקר תולדות יהודי גרמניה ומרכז אירופה 23 (2021).
"The Heinz Steinitz Marine Biology Laboratory in Eilat: Science and Politics between Father and Son," Simon Dubnow Institute Yearbook 17 (2018), 473-496.
Ph.D. Honors Program 2017/18
Rotenstreich Stipend 2019/20