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We are delighted to announce that our colleague at OCHJS, Professor Alison Salvesen (Polonsky Fellow in Early Judaism), has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy in recognition of her contribution to research in early Jewish and Christian translation and reception of the Hebrew Bible (third century BCE – eighth century CE). We congratulate 

Thanks to the generosity of Tad Taube and Taube Philanthropies, the Taube Prizes for Student Writing in Hebrew and Jewish Studies for postgraduate students were offered for the third time this year. We received twenty excellent submissions across numerous areas of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, and the committee selected the following recipients for the prize: 

We are delighted to announce that we are now accepting submissions for our next round of Taube Prizes for Student Writing in Hebrew & Jewish Studies, generously funded by Taube Philanthropies! Description Application Form Current Master’s and DPhil students at the University of Oxford across Faculties working on any topic in Hebrew and/or Jewish Studies 

As part of the Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages (OSRJL), applications for language classes beginning in Trinity Term 2025 are now open! The deadline to apply is 4 April at 12 noon UK time. Classes beginning in Trinity Term 2025 include those on the following languages: Advanced Judeo-Greek Beginners Judeo-Hamadani Intermediate Judeo-Italian Advanced Beginners Judeo-Provençal Intermediate/Advanced Judeo-Tat 

***DEADLINE EXTENDED*** We are pleased to announce a new administrative role at the OCHJS for which we are now accepting applications. The Communications Officer position will be 2 days a week based at our offices in the Clarendon Institute, Walton Street, Oxford. The post, which is directly responsible to the OCHJS’s President, comprises administrative support