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Who we are

  • Office hours: Martha Fiedelak

  • Representative on the Examination Board: Shushan Pushkin

  • Representative in the library commission: Evelyn Neyer

  • Events: Liel Pushkin, Shushan Pushkin, Evelyn Neyer, Ronja Bilger, Martha Fiedelak, Raphael Novik, Hanna Kiskina and Liza Lokshin

  • Press & Cooperations: Evelyn Neyer, Shushan Pushkin

  • Representatives for International Students & Networking: Evelyn Neyer, Martha Fiedelak

You can find us in room N1.14, the last door on the right before the entrance to S4

Visit us on Instagram or contact us by email

 

What we do

  • Consultation hours for students
  • Representation of students vis-à-vis lecturers and other staff in the building
  • regular student Shabbat with the university rabbi
  • joint celebration of Jewish festivals
    (e.g. lighting the Hanukkah candles)
  • Regulars' table with the Rector of the HfJS

The election of the student representatives takes place every winter semester in the first month of the beginning of the semester as part of a general student assembly.

Your student representatives of the HfJS

Events organized by the Student Union

All Events by the HfJS
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Talmud-Mechina flashcards

Past events

Escaping Gaza: A Journey of Resistance

Student Union Discussion

Hamza Howidy is a Palestinian peace activist from Gaza. He has been arrested and tortured multiple times by Hamas for his participation in demonstrations and his vocal opposition to their practices.

Please note registration is mandatory.

Hamza Howidy Event
HfJS Heidelberg

News

Samuel Kapustin
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Connecting the past with the present

The motivation of Samuel Kapustin

Gedenkveranstaltung 20251109
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Memorial event for the victims of the Reichspogromnacht 1938

The annual commemorative event on the Old Synagogue Square in Heidelberg was very popular

Mizvah Day
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Donations for the Heidelberg women's shelter

Mitzvah Day on 23.11.2025: Baking for a good cause

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The activism in German Middle East studies is the result of a narrow view

Prof. Johannes Becke on developments within German Middle East studies that are following the trend from the USA: They are degenerating into echo chambers