The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing

oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social

10 September 2026 09:14

How can you write against cultural erasure? Samantha Ellis discusses Chopping Onions on My Heart, her memoir about a disappearing language, family history and Iraqi Jewish culture @ochjs.bsky.social 📅 27 Oct | 🕑 14:00 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social & online 🔗 buff.ly/mnO97FM

Liverpool University Press

livunipress.bsky.social

05 August 2026 12:41

Most read in the Journal of Jewish Studies: 'A reassessment of the Kyivan letter from the Cairo Genizah' by Susana Torres Prieto & Benjamin Outhwaite. Re-examining the famous document, the authors identify a predominantly Slavic context: bit.ly/JJS-Kyivan-letter @ochjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social

Liverpool University Press

livunipress.bsky.social

20 May 2026 07:37

Most-read in Journal of Jewish Studies Eliav Grossman examines scribal tractates and the transformation of the Torah scroll, exploring its sacred status and distinction from the codex. 📖 Read more: bit.ly/torah-scroll-study @ochjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social #JewishStudies

Dr Dean Irwin

medievaljews.bsky.social

20 January 2026 15:36

Super excited to have had a paper accepted for the European Association for Urban History, which will be held in *Barcelona*! Tash Jenman and I (both of @ochjs.bsky.social) will present a paper entitled 'A Room of One's Own? Jews and the Towns of Medieval England'.

British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies

biajs.bsky.social

09 December 2025 20:37

Sign up for what will be an excellent conference with lots of papers on Medieval Jewish life with a keynote by Miri Rubin! Organised by @medievaljews.bsky.social Natasha Jenman and Naomi Reiter @qmul.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social