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).

Events

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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

Past events

Book Presentation on Berthold Epstein

28 April 2025 History of the Jewish people Book Presentation

With the book "In the grey areas of history - The Prague paediatrician Berthold Epstein (1890 - 1962)", Dr. Vera Trnka and Dr. Stephan Heinrich Nolte pay tribute to a special person who was deported to Auschwitz as a Jew and had to conduct research there in the service of Mengele, while his wife was murdered. A Czech-Jewish-German fate from the Danube Monarchy to the socialist post-war period.

Dr. Vera Trnka, daughter of Auschwitz survivors, was Epstein's patient as a child, while Dr. Nolte studied medicine as well as cultural studies. He works as a pediatrician and psychotherapist.

The book presentation will be moderated by Heidrun Helwig (Documentation and Cultural Center of German Sinti and Roma) and David Lüllemann (Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies).

HfJS Heidelberg

Date 28 April 2025
Time 18:00 - 20:00 UTC+02:00
Participation On-site
Language German
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Location Hannah Arendt Hall, S4 (HfJS Heidelberg)
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News

12 May 2025Press Release

Book presentation "In the gray areas of history: The Prague pediatrician Berthold Epstein (1890 - 1962)

Together with the Documentation and Cultural Center of German Sinti and Roma, the university hosted a book presentation with a difference

12 May 2025Press

Rapprochement in the shadow of the Holocaust

In an interview for "Das Parlament", Dr. Jenny Hestermann explains the changes in German-Israeli relations after the Shoah and in relation to the Middle East conflict

17 April 2025Press

Gaza War: Rejection increases among Israeli Reservists

Dr. Jenny Hestermann in an interview with WDR

15 April 2025Press Release

Acquisition of the estate of Tovia Ben-Chorin

Shortly before Passover, Antiquariat Heckenhauer from Tübingen enriched our library with the book collection of Tovia Ben-Chorin. The "German Jew from Israel" last lived in St. Gallen, where he worked…

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