The Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies remains partially closed during the Jewish holidays, seminars do not take place then
We will be there again, both at the University of Heidelberg and here at the actual venue
(1900 Wrocław – 1978 Israel) In 1916, the 16-year-old schoolgirl Nelly Grünmandel from Breslau received a small booklet as a gift from her religion teacher. It is a Haggadah with a glued-in
Mitzvah Day on 23.11.2025: Baking for a good cause
(1893 Fischhausen - 1944 Auschwitz) The book estate of Rabbi Emil Davidovič, which is now located in Heidelberg’s HfJS, consists to a large extent of Nazi loot, which had been collected from
(Prague 1867 - Theresienstadt 1944) In the last volume of the yearbook Ha-Asif - "The Harvest" in Hebrew, published in Warsaw by Nahum Sokolov - there are several references that allow us to
(1869 Ahaus - 1943 Theresienstadt) In the library of the HfJS we have so far identified three books with the handwritten name of a person called Moses Gottschalk. These are a prayer book from
Prof. Kai Trampedach holds this year's Täubler Lecture, while Prof. Salomon Korn is awarded the title of Honorary Senator.
Fabiola Ermer invites us to take part in her research in the current episode: Israel versus Hungary - illiberal tendencies or a move away from the democratic system?
The Student Union celebrates the Festival of Trees