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[Übersetzen nach: English] Titelblatt Visual History of Nations, Israel (1948)

History of the Jewish People

The subject History of the Jewish People deals with the history and culture of the Jewish people over a period of more than two and a half thousand years

  • from the era of the Second Temple to contemporary history,
  • in its entirety as well as in its manifold manifestations,
  • in continuity and change in the various epochs and spaces.

The illustration above shows the title page designed by Artur Szyk for "Visual History of Nations, Israel (1948)" (© CC The Arthur Szyk Society, Burlingame, CA).

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Jüdinnen und Juden vor dem kaiserlichen Reichshofrat
HfJS Heidelberg
History of the Jewish peopleOn-siteGerman

25 June 2025 18:00 - 20:00 UTC+02:00

Litigation as a social practice in the early modern period

Zeitzeuginnen
HfJS Heidelberg
Colorful EventOn-siteGerman

24 June 2025 17:30 - 19:30 UTC+02:00

Eva Szepesi and her daughter Anita Schwarz in conversation at the Intercultural Center

Buchvorstellung Berthold Epstein
HfJS Heidelberg
History of the Jewish peopleOn-siteGerman

28 April 2025 18:00 - 20:00 UTC+02:00

A Jewish pediatrician in Auschwitz

Timo Büchner
Dokumentationsstelle Rechtsextremismus
History of the Jewish peopleOn-siteGerman

5 February 2025 18:00 - 20:00 UTC+01:00

Timo Büchner's book "»Reichsbürger« im Südwesten. Die Akte Ingo K. aus Bobstadt" was published exactly one year after the court ruling and sheds light on the crime and its background.

Vortrag Freundeskreis
HfJS Heidelberg
History of the Jewish peopleOn-siteGerman

28 November 2024 19:00 - 21:00 UTC+01:00

The Friends of the University invite

Library of Lost Books
Leo Baeck Institut
History of the Jewish peopleOn-siteGerman

21 November 2024 18:00 - 20:30 UTC+01:00

A project of the Leo Baeck Institutes in Jerusalem and London in cooperation with the Heidelberg School of Jewish Studies

Schabbatfeier Rav Klein
HfJS Heidelberg
History of the Jewish peopleOn-siteGerman

5 July 2024 19:00 - 00:00 UTC+02:00

with Rav Prof. Birgit Klein

Vortrag Birgit Klein
HfJS Heidelberg
History of the Jewish peopleOn-siteGerman

17 June 2024 16:15 - 17:45 UTC+02:00

Lecture by Rab. Prof. Dr Birgit Klein

Teaching

Winter Term 2024/25

Most courses could be taught in English as well. Please get in touch with the respective lecturer. For some classes, however, it may be impossible to switch to English (e.g. due to source material).

  • Tutorial: Introduction to Academic Work

Lecturer: David Lüllemann M. A., Maximilian Kathan M. A.

Wednesday, 9.15-10.45 a.m., S 1

  • Lecture: History of Zionism until the Foundation of Israel

Lecturer: Rabb. Prof. Dr. Birgit Klein

Thursday, 4.15-5.45 p.m., S 4

Does not start until 31.10.2024.

  • Seminar / Exercise: Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (1698-1738) - "Jud Süß" as the Protagonist of a Game to Combat Anti-Semitism

Lecturer: Rabb. Prof. Dr. Birgit Klein

Wednesday, 11:15-12:45

The room will be announced by e-mail (birgit.klein@hfjs.eu and judith.damian@hfjs.eu)after registration .

  • Advanced seminar / exercise: Jewish Life after Liberation: New Insights Thanks to Research Into an Archive Collection

Lecturer: Rabb. Prof. Dr. Birgit Klein

Friday, 9.15-12.45, fortnightly at the "Central Archive for Research into the History of the Jews in Germany" (Bergheimer Str. 147, Building C, 69115 Heidelberg)

  • Exercise: Reading Unprinted Sources from the Early Modern Period

Lecturer: Rabb. Prof. Dr. Birgit Klein

Thursday, 14.15-15.45, S 3

  • Research Colloquium History of the Jewish People

Lecturer: Rabb. Prof. Dr. Birgit Klein

By arrangement. Please register by e-mail: birgit.klein@hfjs.eu