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

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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

Talmud-Mechina Lernkarten | pdf, 29 MB

Past events

“Staging Enmity: From Representation to Projection”

24 - 25 January 2025 Israel and Middle Eastern Studies Workshop

STAGING ENMITY - From Representation to Projection is the title of another workshop organized by the research training group Ambivalent Enmity: Dynamics of Antagonism in Europe, Asia and the Middle East
Please check below the program for further details. [Registration required]

Ambivalent Enmity

Date 24 - 25 January 2025
Time 14:00 - 12:30 UTC+01:00
Participation On-site
Language English
Contact Ambivalent Enmity
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Location Karl Jaspers Centre, Voßstrasse 2,
Registration? Yes Go to register

News

9 March 2026News

Media literacy against hate online

Our project aims to empower teenagers and young adults to counter anti-Semitic hate on social media.

Absichtserklärungsunterzeichnung in Potsdam

19 February 2026News

Closing ranks between academic research and theologically oriented rabbinical training

Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies and Nathan Peter Levinson Foundation to cooperate in future

25 January 2026News

Federal Minister Prien's Heidelberg University lecture with a wake-up call: "Perspectives on the prevention of anti-Semitism in school and extracurricular contexts after October 7"

"Education is always an expression of what a society considers worth preserving and protecting."

21 January 2026News

The Latest and Last episode of "Jewish Studies Today" before the Semester Break

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?