CURRICULUM VITAE
1. Personal Details
Name: Reuven Gafni Permanent Home Address: Shadmot Mehola, MPO Emek Beit Shea`n, 1093200 Home Telephone Number: 972-4-6099646 Cellular Phone: 972-50-2180961 Electronic Address: [email protected]
2. Higher Education
A. Undergraduate and Graduate Studies
Period of Name of Institution Degree Year of Approval Study of Degree and Department
2009-2013 The Department of Jewish History, The PhD. 2013 Hebrew University, Jerusalem
2002-2005 The Individual program of Historical Graduate Studies 2005 Geography at The Faculty of (MA) Humanities, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
19992001 Departments of Political Science and Undergraduate 2001 Hebrew literature, The Hebrew Studies (BA) University, Jerusalem
3. Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutes of Higher Education
Dates Name of Institution and Department Rank/Position
2016 - Kinneret Academic College Senior Lecturer The Department of The Land of Israel Studies The Department of interdisciplinary studies
2017-2018 Tel Hai College Adjunct Lecturer
The Department of interdisciplinary Studies
2013-2016 Kinneret Academic College Adjunct Professor The Department of The Land of Israel Studies
2014 Ariel University Adjunct Professor The Department of Jewish Studies
2005-2014 Herzog Academic College Adjunct Professor The Departments of Eretz-Israel Studies The department of History
4. Offices in Academic Administration Dates Name of Institution and Department Role 2018 – current Kinneret College, Land of Israel Studies Head of Department 2018 – current Kinneret College Member of the Academic Council (Senate) 2018- current Kinneret college Head of Disciplinary Appeals Committee 2017 - 2018 Kinneret College Academic Head of the pre-Academic Program 2017 - 2018 Kinneret College Academic Head of Honors Program 2013-2015 Yad Ben Zvi, Jerusalem Deputy Head, The Institute for the Research of Eretz-Israel
5. Scholarly Positions and Activities outside the Institution
A. Memberships in Academic Professional Associations
2018 – current Board Member , The Association for Israel Studies (AIS) 2015 – current Member of The Association for Israel Studies (AIS) 2015– current Member of The Forum of Researchers of Eretz Israel in The Mandate Period 2014 - current Member of the Israeli Geographical Association (IGA)
B. Participation in Scientific Research Groups 2019-2020 Member of the Forum of scholars on Ottoman and Sepharadi Jewry, Machon Ben-Zvi 2014-2015 Member of The Research group: "Borders and crossing boundaries between communities in Eretz-Israel/Palestine in the 19 th -20 th centuries", The Gotlieb Shumacher Institute, Haifa University 2009 Member of research Forum for the study of new Israeli houses of worship, Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem (2009)
c. scholarly activities at Other Institutions 2017- current Board Member, The Elyashar center for the research of Sepharadi Jews in Eretz-Israel, Machon Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem
2017- current Member of The Academic Council, The Old Yishuv Court Museum, Jerusalem
2015-2017 Academic Advisor for several Historical publications under the supervision of the Ministry of Education
D. Pear-Reviews given to academic journals
2019 Israel (Tel Aviv University) 2020 Journal of Israeli History 2020 Horizons In Geography (Haifa University) 2020 Architext (Ariel University) 2020 Arts (MDPI) 2016, 2017, 2019 Cathedra (Yad Ben-Zvi) 2017, 2019 Pe`amim (Machon Ben-Zvi)
2018 Israel Studies (Ben Gurion University) 2018 Judea and Samaria Research Studies (Ariel University) 2017 Oreshet (Orot College) 2013 Kenishta (Bar Ilan University) 2013: Democratic Culture (Bar Ilan University)
E. Editorial Positions at Academic Periodicals and Publications
2009 - 2019 Editor & Member of the editorial board, “ Al-Atar : Academic Journal for the Eretz-Israel studies in Jewish sources ”, Herzog Academic College, volumes 16-18 2007-2014 Director of the “ Tevuno t” Academic Publishing house, Herzog Academic College. 2012-2014 Member of the editorial board “ To Remember: Journal of Holocaust education ”, School for Holocaust Studies, Yad Vashem, volumes 1-8
F. Supervision of Graduate Students 2017-2019 Ayala Sheklar, "The Religious department of the Jewish National Fund in The British Mandate Period", PhD Thesis (Approved June 2019, With Prof. Yossi Katz, Bar Ilan University)
G. Review of Graduate Research Proposals / Thesis
2020 PhD Thesis Review, Haifa University 2019 Ma. Thesis Proposal Review, Tel Aviv University 2019 Ma. Thesis Proposal Review, Bar Ilan University 2018 Ma. Thesis Review, Haifa University 2017 Ma. Thesis Review, Haifa University
6. Participation in Scholarly Conferences
A. Active Participation - international conferences
Date Name of Place of Subject of Role Conference Conference Lecture/Discussion
September 2019 Provincializing the St. Anthony Invited British Mandate (A College,
Date Name of Place of Subject of Role Conference Conference Lecture/Discussion
conference initiated Oxford Participant by the inter- University University forum of British Mandate scholars in Israel
June 2019 The Association for Kinneret "Was there ever a real lecturer Israel Studies Annual College chance? The Attempts to Conference (AIS) create Jewish presence in Nazareth, 1900-1948"
June 2018 The Association for Berkeley, "Jewish medical personnel in Lecturer Israel Studies Annual CA Arab towns during the British Conference (AIS), Mandate period: Between nationalism, economy and humanitarian aid"
July 2017 The 17 th Conference The Hebrew "The Forgotten Settlement lecturer of The World Union University, Janre: Jewish Presence in of Jewish Studies Jerusalem Arab Towns in The Late Ottoman and British Mandate Period"
June 2017 The Association for Brandeis "From neighborhoods to lecturer Israel Studies Annual University borders: Jurat El-Anab, Conference (AIS) Shamma`a, and the early creation of divided Jerusalem in the British Mandate Period "
September 2016 (EAIS) The London City The Jews of Beit Shea`n Lecturer European University (Bisan) during the Mandate: Association for Israel characteristics, ideological
Date Name of Place of Subject of Role Conference Conference Lecture/Discussion
Studies Annual affiliation and changing ties Conference with surrounding communities
June 2016 (AIS) The Yad Ben-Zvi A Local Affair or a National Lecturer Association for Israel & The Begin Settlement? The Jews in Beit Studies Annual Heritage She`an during the British Conference Center Mandate Period
June 2015 (AIS) The Concordia loyalty or independence ? Lecturer Association for Israel university, national prayers in honor of Studies Annual Montreal non-jewish personalities in Conference eretz israel during the british Mandate period
December 2014 (AJS) The American Baltimore Shaping Jewish nationalism Lecturer Association for in Eretz-Israel synagogues Jewish Studies during the British Mandate Annual Conference period
June 2014 National Association Ben Gurion Language, pronunciation and Lecturer of American University nationalism in Synagogues in Professors of the Eretz-Israel during the Hebrew annual British Mandate conference
June 2012 Jerusalem: A city of University Mobile Populations and Lecturer many portraits Institute of Wandering Synagogues in Architecture, Jerusalem: The Mobility of Venice Jewish Sacred Sites as a Reflection of Social and National Conflicts in
Date Name of Place of Subject of Role Conference Conference Lecture/Discussion
Jerusalem 1900–1948
B. Active Participation - local conferences
Date Name of Place of Subject of Lecture/Discussion Role Conference Conference
January 2020 Colloquium on The Toni Identity, Ethnicity and Nationalism: Lecturer Elyashar the Sepharadi The Rabban Yochanan Ben Zakkai Center Jews in Eretz- For the Synagogue and the Sepharadi Study of the Israel Community in Jerusakem, 1900- Sephardi Jews in the 1948 Land of Israel, Jerusalem January 2020 Modern Jewish Shechter Which Siddurim are given to pupils Conference Prayer in Israel – Academic in the elementary schools ? Organizer A Institute, and Multidisciplinary Jerusalem lecturer workshop
December 2019 The Annual Haifa "Between Emek Ha`Arazim and lecturer Conference of University Migdal Eder: A Short-lived colony, The Israeli and a comment on the Jewish Geographical agricultural periphery of Jerusalem Society (IGA) after 1929"
June 2019 The first Kinneret "Is The Jordan Valley also Trans- Lecturer Conference for Jordan ? A geographical-
Date Name of Place of Subject of Lecture/Discussion Role Conference Conference
The research of College consciousness dilemma from the Trans-Jordan early twentieth century"
March 2019 New studies of Tel Hai An unsuccessful attempt: The Lecturer the Galilee, Academic Jewish Presence in Nazareth, 1900- College 1948"
, January 2018 The Religious Bar Ilan "Do we really need others to edit Lecturer our own prayer books?! - The Zionist University Publication of the Mizrachi Edition Movement and of the Rinat Yisrael Siddur "
The Jews of The Islamic World
July 2018 The Annual Jerusalem, "The national character of Tiberias Lecturer during the Mandate period" Conference of
The Inter- University Forum of Researchers of Eretz Israel in The British Mandate Period
June 2017 The Annual The Hebrew " The rise and fall of the Arab sub- Lecturer cities as shared communal spaces Conference of University, by Jews and Arabs during the the Israeli Jerusalem Mandate period"
Association of Middle East Studies
December 2016 The Annual Tel Aviv "Jews Between Borders and Lecturer Identities: The Jewish Presence in
Date Name of Place of Subject of Lecture/Discussion Role Conference Conference
Conference of University Samakh in the Late Ottoman and British Mandate Periods", The Israeli
Geographical Society (IGA)
March 2013 "Jerusalem Yad Ben- Idelsohn, Rivlin, and the search for Lecturer Days" Zvi, a national prayer tone in Mandate Jerusalem Eretz-Israel by-annual international conference
December 2015 Annual The Hebrew The 1929 riots and the shaping of Lecturer Conference of University, the Jewish settlement map in the Israeli Jerusalem mandate Israel Geographical Association
March 2015 A Nation Tel Aviv A national language in the religious Lecturer Building university, sphere: The Hebrew language and Language The Hebrew it`s significance in synagogues in University Eretz-Israel in the Mandate period & Yad Ben- Zvi
December 2014 Annual Haifa Between Arabs and Jews in the Lecturer Conference of University Shamma`ah neighborhood, the Israeli Jerusalem. 1900-1948 Geographical
Date Name of Place of Subject of Lecture/Discussion Role Conference Conference
Association
December 2013 Annual Bar Ilan Between East and West, old and Lecturer Conference of University new, Jews and Arabs: the history of the Israeli the Jurat-El-Anab and Shamma`a Geographical neighborhoods of Jerusalem,1892- Association 1967
December 2013 Moshe Mishkenot Moshe Montefiore’s relevance Moderator Montefiore: The Sha`aninim today and man behind the Convention panelist Windmill, Center, Misheknot Jerusalem Sha’ananim
July 2013 Sixteenth World The Hebrew Local prayer: Prayer Books from Lecturer Congress of University, Eretz-Israel from the late nineteenth Jewish Studies Jerusalem century to the British Mandate period
June 2013 Press and The Open For Judaism and the Building of the Lecturer Nationalism in University, Land: Rabbi Benjamin and Ha-Hed Eretz-Israel Tel-Aviv between Nationalism and Ultra- University Orthodoxy and Yad Ben-Zvi
May 2013 Kfar Etzion: Bar Ilan The initiative for the establishment Lecturer Building and University of the Kfar Etzion synagogue in return – 70 years and Yad memory of the Saints of Krakow,
Date Name of Place of Subject of Lecture/Discussion Role Conference Conference
after the Ben-Zvi 1947 settlement of Kfar Etzion
December 2011 Annual Tel-Aviv Changing Places: Wondering Lecturer Conference of University populations and synagogues in the Israeli Jerusalem Geographical Association
September 2009 Conference Efrata Education, prayer and homiletics : Lecturer marking the College The educational enterprises of 200th Cantor Shlomo Zalman Rivlin in anniversary of Jerusalem the Aliayh of the Gra's disciples to Israel
January 2008 Conference Bar Ilan Halacha (Jewish law), Ideology and Lecturer marking the University geographical awareness in the first 200th Jerusalem neighborhoods anniversary of the Aliyah of the Gra's disciples to Israel”, The department of Jewish History
December 2006 Annual Hebrew The synagogue as a tool for Lecturer Conference of University geographical-historical research the Israeli
Date Name of Place of Subject of Lecture/Discussion Role Conference Conference
Geographical Association
2002 Young Bar Ilan The Synagogue as a multi- Lecturer researcher’s University dimensional expression of conference gathering and social impact
C. Organization of Conferences or Sessions
Date Name of Place of Subject of Conference/ Role Conference Conference Role at Conference/ Comments January 2020 Modern Jewish Shechter Co-Organizer Prayer in Israel – Academic A Institute, Multidisciplinary Jerusalem workshop
June 2019 The Association Kinneret program committee member for Israel Studies College Annual Conference (AIS)
2016-2019 (4 The annual Jordan Organizer and Academic Director conferences) conference for Valley the research of Municipality the Jordan Valley
Date Name of Place of Subject of Conference/ Role Conference Conference Role at Conference/ Comments July 2018 "Always in Our Yad Ben- Program committee member Heart? The Zvi, national, Jerusalem international and religious status of Jerusalem, from the 19th century to the present",
June 2017 The Annual Kinneret program committee member,
Conference of Academic The Forum of College, Researchers of Eretz Israel in The British Mandate Period
June 2016 (AIS) The Yad Ben- program committee member Association for Zvi and Israel Studies Begin Annual Heritage Conference Center, Jerusalem
July 2015 – The Rosh Pina Kinneret Program committee member and 2018 (4 Annual College & organizer conferences) conference for the Rosh the history of the Pina Galilee Jews Seminary
D.
E. Invited Lectures
December 2018 Displacements of Yeshiva "Synagogues in the Islamic Invited Jewish Communal University World from Glory to lecturer Life in Islamic Lands and Bar Ilan Commemoration" and Cultural University, Reconstruction in New York Israel
7. Research Grants
A. Grants Awarded Role in Research Co- Topic Funded by/ Amount Year Researchers
(single) researcher The Jewish Community Misgav Yerushalayim, 2015 in Beit Shea`n in The The Center for Research late Ottoman period and and Study of Sephardi in the mandate period, and Oriental Jewish 1890-1936 Heritage, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem (see submitted books, (3500 NIS) no.1)
B. Submission of Research Proposals
Role in Research Co- Topic Funded by/ Amount Year Researchers
Main researcher Dr. Elad A Lost Genre of ISF Ben-Dror, Settlement: Jewish Initial submission – Bar Ilan Presence in Arab Cities 2019 University and Villages in Palestine, 1882–19 Re-submission – 2020
Declined with merit ( ציון : טוב מאד )
C. Scholarships, Awards and Prizes (after the Phd.)
2013 Award for outstanding Thesis, the Menachem Begin Heritage Center, Jerusalem (10,000 NIS)
8. Teaching a. Courses Taught in Recent Years
Year Name of Course Type of Course Degree Number of Students
2020 From Jewishness to Statehood: Seminar MA 12 The Creation of the National- Religious Culture
2019 Sports In Eretz -Israel in the 20 th Lecture Course BA 22 century: Society, Culture, Nationalism
2019 From a National Confrontation Lecture Course MA 20 to The Settlement Map
2018 Religion and Politics in Israel Lecture Course BA 22
2016 Jerusalem from ancient times to Yearly Lecture Course BA 48 the 21 st century (A Regional Course)
2016 Settlement models in Eretz- Yearly Lecture Course BA 38 Israel In the Modern Period \ Seminar
2016 Sacred landscapes: Religion and Lecture Course BA 33 cult in Eretz-Israel in modern times
2015 Synagogues in Eretz-Israel in Lecture Course BA 36 the modern period: Religion, culture and nationalism
2015 Religion and settlement in Eretz- Lecture Course BA 32 Israel in Modern Times
2015 Between Gaza and Peqi`in : The Lecture Course BA 23 Jewish settlement map in Eretz- Israel in the 19 th century
2014 The evolution of modern Lecture Course BA 26 Jerusalem in the 19 th century
2013 Religion and Nationalism in Seminar BA 25 Eretz -Israel in the 20 th century
2012 Literary maps of Eretz-Israel Seminar BA 35
2012 How to research a synagogue? Seminar BA 30
9. Other Professional Experience a. 2013-2016: Deputy Director, The Institute for the research of Eretz-Israel, Yad Ben Zvi, Jerusalem
b. 2010-2016: Coordinator of Non-Academic Publications Committee, Yad Ben Zvi, Jerusalem c. 2007-2014: Director of the “Tevunot” Publishing house, Herzog Academic College d. 2005-2012: Editor of “Et-Mol: A Journal for Jewish history and the Land of Israel" and other publications in the Institute for the research of Eretz-Israel, Yad Ben Zvi, Jerusalem e. 2004-2006: Assistant to the Editorial board of the “Cathedra” Academic Journal, the Institute for the research of Eretz-Israel, Yad Ben Zvi, Jerusalem. f. 2000-2004: Guidance and Tour coordinator at the ‘Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi Center for Jerusalem Studies’ g. 1998-2015: Jerusalem tour guide in various frameworks: ‘Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi Center of Jerusalem Studies’; Yad Ben Zvi; Advance study programs for guides, teachers and supervisors in the Ministry of Education; Advance study programs for tour guides in the Ministry of Tourism and other tour guide associations h. 1997-1998: Social counselor for foreign students at the ‘Har Etzion’ Hesder Yeshiva, Alon Shevut
Reuven Gafni: List of Publications
A. Ph.D. Dissertation
1. Houses of prayer and nationality: The shaping of Hebrew nationalism in Eretz-Israel Synagogues during the British Mandate period , March 2013, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem [Hebrew, 350 p.] (see authored books, no. 1)
B. Scientific Books (Refereed)
A. Authored Books – Published 1. Under the dome of the nation: The shaping of Hebrew nationalism in Eretz-Israel Synagogues during the British Mandate period , The Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel & Zionism, Ben-Gurion university of the Negev [Hebrew, 350 p.]
2. A Jewish Community in an Arab Town: Beit She`an 1890-1936, Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 2018 [Hebrew, 220 p.]
B. Authored Books - Accepted for Publication 3. Hebraizing Sherlock Holmes: A Literary and political affair in Mandatory Eretz-Israel (submitted to Yad Ben-Zvi, December 2019)
C. Edited Books – Published 1. The Hurva: six hundred years of Jewish settlement in Jerusalem (new Studies with the rebuilding of the Hurva Synagogue in Jerusalem), Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 2009, (together with Prof. David Cassuto and Dr. Aryeh Morgenstern) [Hebrew, 314 p.] 2. High Above All: The Tiferet Israel Synagogue and the Hassidic Community in Jerusalem (together with Uriel Gelman and Yochai Ben Gedalia) [Hebrew, 280 p. ]
D. Edited Books – Accepted for Publication
1. Jerusalem 1948-1973 (with Prof Arnon Golan, Dr. Amnon Ramon & Dr. Assaf Zeltser, Accepted for publication at Yad Ben-Zvi [Hebrew, 400 p.] C. Articles in Refereed Journals
a. Articles - Published
1. "Emek Ha`Arazim: A short lived Jewish settlement near Jerusalem in the British Mandate Period", Judea and Samaria Studies , 29, 1(2020), pp. 67-99 [Hebrew] 2. "Memory and Re-Creation: Commemoration of Synagogues of the Islamic World in Israel", Arts , 2020, 9, 64 (special Issue: Synagogue Art and Architecture), pp. 1-16 3. "A Jewish doctor in an Arab town: Dr. Olga Feinberg and her activities in Jericho during the British Mandate Period", Korot: The Israeli Journal of the History of Medicine and Science , 24 (2017-2018), pp. 69-87 [Hebrew] 4. "A Siddur fitted for our times: The Story of the Rinat Israel Siddur – Concept, Content and Influence", Alei Sefer , 28 (2018), Bar Ilan University, pp. 175-210 [Hebrew] 5. Jews Between Borders: The Jewish Presence in Samakh in the first half of the 20 th century", New Researches of the Galilee , 3 (2018), Tel-Hai Academic College, pp. 9-28 [Hebrew] 6. Jews. Arabs and Jews again in the Shamma`a neighborhood in Jerusalem, 1900-1970", Cathedra, 161 (October 2016), pp. 85-116 7. "Community, Religion and Nationalism in the ten years of the Turei Yeshurun periodical", Kesher , 48 (2016), Tel-Aviv University, p. 82-91 [Hebrew]
8. "The school custom: Prayer books and educational synagogues during the British mandate”, Dor L’Dor , 44 (2013), Tel Aviv University, pp. 433-465 [Hebrew] 9. “For Judaism and the Building of the Land: Rabbi Benjamin and Ha-Hed between Nationalism and Ultra-Orthodoxy”, Kesher , 44 (Autumn 2013), Tel-Aviv University, pp. 57-67 [Hebrew] 10. “The Jurat-El-Anab neighborhood as a reflection of historical and geographical changes in the heart of Jerusalem during the years 1892-1967” Horizons in Geography , 84 (2013), Haifa University, pp. 24-40 [Hebrew] 11. “An Allepo (Halab) ’Midrash’ in Jerusalem: Beit Midrash Zechut Aharon Silvera in the Machane Yehuda neighborhood in Jerusalem”, Eretz U’Mloah: Studies in the History of the Aleppo community (Halab) and culture , 2, Yad Ben-Zvi, (2013), pp. 176-190 [Hebrew] 12. “Public Prayer and Its Significance at the Hebrew University, 1917–1948”, Cathedra, 147 (April 2013), pp. 149-168 [Hebrew] 13. “Is there a future for the Historical Journals of yesterday? With the 200th issue of the History journal ‘Et-Mol’ ", Kesher , 38 (Aviv 2009), Tel-Aviv University, pp. 136-142 [Hebrew] 14. Struggles surrounding the Establishment of Synagogues at socialist neighborhoods in the 1920’s”, Knishta , 4 (2009), Bar Ilan University, pp. 137-154 [Hebrew] 15. “Memory, Economy and Ideology: On the meaning of Synagogue names in Jerusalem”, These are the Names, 5 (2011), bar Ilan university, pp. 49-56 [Hebrew] 16. “The written Synagogue: On the Journal of Tel-Aviv’s Great Synagogue, 1946-1948”, Kesher , 39 (Autumn 2009), Tel-Aviv University, pp. 138-145 [Hebrew] 17. " `On Sabbath Eve Satan Came to Kfar Yehezkel’: The Conflict over the Establishment of a Synagogue in a Socialist Village (1924–1928)” c athedra , 130 (January 2009), Yad Ben-Zvi, pp. 75-102 (together with Roni Yavin) [Hebrew] 18. “The image of a multi ethnic neighborhood: Synagogues in the Beit Yisrael Neighborhood”, Eretz-israel , 28 (2008), Israel Exploration Society, pp. 367-375 [Hebrew] 19. “Between Neighborhoods and Towns: on the Halachic approach and geographical awareness in the first Jerusalem neighborhoods”, Horizons in Geography , 71 (2008), University of Haifa, pp. 5-21 [Hebrew] 20. “Between Mea`h Shea`rim and The Garden Neighborhoods: Kiryat Shmuel, Jerusalem (1924-1948): The Dream and The Reality”, Jerusalem and Eretz-Israel , 3 (2006), Bar Ilan University, pp. 135-159 [Hebrew]
B. Articles- Accepted for Publication
1. "A Period of Jewish Settlement in Nazareth: The Jewish Presence in Nazareth, 1900- 1938", Cathedra [20 p.] [Hebrew] 2. "Community, Economy and Faith: A Ketubah from Beit She`an from the WWI Period Pe`amim [7 p.] [Hebrew] [with Anat Cohen]
C. Submitted for Publication 1. "Jewish Medical Personnel in Arab Towns during the British Mandate Period: A Matter of perception ?", submitted to Israel Studies (23 p.) 2. "Identity, Ethnicity and Nationalism: The Rabban Yochanan Ben Zakai Central Synagogue and the Sepharadi Community of Jerusalem, 1900-1948", submitted to the Journal of Modern Jewish Studies (20 p.) 3. "Educational Siddurim in Eretz-Israel, 1900-2020: Development Lines, Ideological Aspects, and an Annotated Bibliographical List, Submitted to Kenishta, 5 (32 p.) [Hebrew]
D. Articles or Chapters in Scientific Books
Published
1. “Landscape of their community: Ethnic group, society and community in the synagogues of Babylonian (Iraqi) Jews in Central Jerusalem, 1920-1980”, M. Ben Shachar and others (Eds.), Jubilee book for Prof. Isaiah Gafni , Zalman Shazar Center Jerusalem 2017, pp. 447-476 [Hebrew] 2. "Domes, Ruins & Memories: The Tiferet Israel synagogue as reflected in Hebrew literature an writings", High Above All: The Tiferet Israel Synagogue and the Hassidic Community in Jerusalem , Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 2016, pp. 111-132 [Hebrew] 3. “Wondering populations and synagogues in Jerusalem (1860-1967)”, D. Bar, K. Cohen-Hatab and A. Zelzer (Editors), The city in reflection of its studies: Historical geography research on Jerusalem , Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 2011, pp. 238-264 [Hebrew] 4. “Education, prayer and homiletics : The educational enterprises of Cantor Shlomo Zalman Rivlin in Jerusalem during the first half of the twentieth century”, Y. Rivlin and Y. Rozenson (Editors), The Disciples of the Gra in Eretz Yisrael: History, Philosophy, Reality , Jerusalem 2011, pp. 73-86 [Hebrew]
5. “the Hurva is all ours: On the Hurva Synagogue and it’s reflection in Hebrew literature”, R. Gafni, A. Morgenstern and D. Cassuto (Editors), The Hurva: Six hundred years of Jewish settlement in Jerusalem , Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 2009, pp. 170-189 [Hebrew] 6. "Jewish Sacred Architecture under Islam", S. Fine (ed.), Jewish Religious Architecture from Ancient Israel to Modern Judaism, Leiden 2019, pp. 238-257
Accepted for Publication 7. "Two Minorities on the brink: Jews and Samaritans in 19 th century Nablus", S. Fine (ed.), The Samaritans, New York 2021 [10 p.] 8. "From East to West – And Back: The Re-establishment of The Jewish Quarter in Western Jerusalem", A. Seltzer et. al (eds.) , Jerusalem 1948-1974 , Yad Ben-Zvi [20 p.] [Hebrew] 9. "The Synagogues", Y. Ben-Naeh & M. Held (eds.), Jewish Communities in The East in the 19th & 20 th Centuries: Eretz-Israel , Yad Ben-Zvi [18 p.] [Hebrew] 10. "Do we need others to edit our Siddur? The Story of the Mizrachi Edition of Rinat Yisrael", A. Picard and N. Leon (eds.), The Mizrahim and The Religious-National Movement , Bar-Ilan University [Hebrew, Forthcoming]
Submitted for Publication:
E. Other Scientific Publications
Published
1. “Missing from the Israeli historiography: A review of Chaim Shelem’s book ‘An Island of possibilities’ [Jerusalem 2012], The biography of Benjamin Mintz, Leader of the Poa`lei Agudat Yisrael movement], Cathedra , 157 (2015), pp. 194-199 [Hebrew] 2. "Changing Times, Loss of Identities: A review of Y. Ben-Na`eh, An Autobiography of a Sepharadi scholar of the Old Yishuv ", Cathedra , 165 (2017), pp. 212-216 [Hebrew]
3. "One family, changing contexts: A Review of the book `The Salomons` [I. Bartal & Shimon Shamir (Editors)], Jerusalem 2014", Studies in contemporary Jewry , 29 (2016), Oxford University Press, pp. 304-306
4. "The Components of a Local Revolution: A Review of the Book ` The Maritime Revolution `[K. Cohen-Hattab], Jerusalem 2019, Yad Ben-Zvi", Cathedra , 175 (May 2020), pp. 151-154
Submitted
F. Entries in encyclopedias published 1. Machpela, Cave of (Judaism), Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR), Vol. 17, De Gruyter, Berlin & Boston, pp. 365-369
accepted
2. Mount of Olives (Judaism), Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR), Vol. 18, De Gruyter, Berlin & Boston
G. Other Publications
Authored Books
1. Winds of Hope: Mishkenot Sha`ananim 1860-2015 , Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 2015 [Hebrew, 162 p.] 2. Nusah yerushalaim: congregations and Synagogues in Jerusalem’s center , Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 2012, [Hebrew, 440 p.] 3. Dreams and Spirit: Mishkenot Sha’ananim 1860-2010 , Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 2012 [Hebrew, 140 p.] 4. Between the Pillbox and Beit HaNasi: the story of the Kiryat Shmuel and Merechavia neighborhoods , Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 2009 [Hebrew, 158 p.] 5. Beit Tefila: Hidden Synagogues in the heart of Jerusalem: Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Yemin Moshe, Machane Yisrael, Nachlat Shiva, Even Yisrael, Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 2008 [Hebrew, 210 p.]
6. Mikdash mea`t: Known and unknown Synagogues in Jerusalem: Sha`arei Chesed, Rechavia, Kiryat Shmuel, Talbia , Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 2004 [Hebrew, 210 p.]
Edited Books 7. Mekor Chaim: The story of a neighborhood in southern Jerusalem , Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 2015 (Together with Yossi Shpanier & Eyal Meiron), [Hebrew, 207 p.] 8. To Serve You in Truth: A Tribute to Rav Yehuda Amital , Jerusalem 2010 (together with Reuven Zigle)] [Hebrew, 427 p.]
Articles: Published 1. "Communal Seal: Synagogue Seals in Eretz-Israel in the modern period", Ariel [Hebrew, 25 p.] 2. “The attempt to establish a synagogue in memory of the Saints of Krakow and the Rama in Kfar Etzion, 1947” Al A’tar , 18 (January 2014), pp. 59-76 [Hebrew] 3. “Rural Memories in an Urban Setting: The Lifta-Elite Synagogues in Jerusalem” , Y. Shpanier and Y. Rozenson (editors), A Sapphire Gift: Jubilee book for Yitzchak Sappir , Elkana-Rechovot 2013, pp. 403-422 [Hebrew] 4. “ ’The Praised Holy Communities in Jerusalem:’ The Arbil Jews Synagogue in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood”, Z. Yehuda (editor), The Jews of Arbil in the 19 th and 20 th Centuries: Research, Certification and Testimonies , Or Yehuda 2012, pp. 83-102 [Hebrew] 5. “Memorial and Dedication Plaques in the Synagogue: Public awareness, commemoration and community” Al A’tar , 16 (January 2010), pp. 83-103 [Hebrew] 6. “Nachlat Ya’akov in Nachlat Shiva: The story of the first Synagogue outside the walls”, A. Shiller (editor), From Tzfat to Jerusalem: Shoshana HaLevi book , Jerusalem 2010, pp. 49-56 [Hebrew] 7. "Synagogues in Jerusalem: decorations and design", Ariel , 192 (June 2009), pp. 6-31 [together with Nirit Shalev-Kalifa] [Hebrew] 8. “Memory, commemoration and geography surrounding the Gerer Rebbes grave sites in Jerusalem”, Al A’tar , 16 (April 2009), pg 105-118 [Hebrew] 9. “The first Synagogues outside the Old City walls in Jerusalem”, Ariel ,173 (September 2006), pp. 40-57 [Hebrew]
10. “Out of the mouth of babes: the history of the “Ohel Shem” educational Synagogue in the Tahkemoni school in Jerusalem”, Derech Agada , 9 (2006), pp. 99-113 [Hebrew] 11. “Synagogues in neighborhoods surrounding Me’ah She’arim”, Ariel , 163-164 (March 2004), pp. 213-224 [Hebrew] 12. “A Shtetl in the heart of Jerusalem”, In: N. Shalev-Kalfa, Nachlaot in the heart of the City , Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 2003, pp. 180-210 [Hebrew] 13. “Tzara’at (Leprosy) as a punishment in the Bible and the Sages”, Megadim, 30 (January 1999), pp. 23-34 [Hebrew] 14. “The sons of Eli and the sons of the Rechav” Megadim, 25 (December 1996), pp. 125- 132 [Hebrew]
Press and Media 1. 2005, 2007-2009: Bi-weekly column about synagogue and synagogue life in Israel and abroad in the “Shabbat “supplement in the Makor Rishon newspaper.