Dr. Mordy Miller

Recruiting Graduate Students

Lecturer

חבר/ת סגל אקדמי בכיר

The Ben-Gurion Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism
Floor 2 Room 220, קמפוס שדה בוקר
- Thursday 10:30-12:30
- Wednesday 10:00-12:00
POST DOCTORAT in Jewish Thought

THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, Jewish Thought
Ph.D. in Jewish Thought

THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, Jewish Thought

sg.mordym@bgu.ac.il

About

Dr. Mordy Miller is an Assistant Professor (tenure track) at the Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His research explores the intersection of Kabbalah and political ideology within contemporary Jewish Orthodoxy. He has lectured at institutions including Shalem College and Ono Academic College, was previously a research fellow at the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University, and currently teaches as an adjunct lecturer in the Jewish Studies doctoral program at Gratz College. He is also a Research Fellow for 2026 at the Schocken Institute for Jewish Research. His book on Rabbi Menachem Froman was recently published by Yedioth Books.

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Courses

· 2025?2026: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Studies Program, "Messiah Now: Messianism in Contemporary Israel." (Hebrew)

· 2025?2026: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Studies Program, "The Ideology of the Settlements: From Gush Emunim to the Religious Zionist Party." (Hebrew)

· 2025?2026: Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism, "Sacred Space and Political Power: Holy Sites in Contemporary Israel."

· 2025-2026: Gratz College, Doctoral Program, "Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Kook and the Early Gush Emunim Movement".

· 2024-2025: The Department of Jewish Thought, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, "From a Mixed Multitude to the Dawn of Our Redemption: The Attitude of Orthodoxy in Israel towards Zionism" (126-1-315) (Hebrew)

· 2024-2025: Ono Academic College (Jerusalem campus), "Introduction to Kabbalah" (225135454)

· 2024-2025: Israel Studies Program, Ben-Gurion University, Eilat Campus, "Challenges of Israeli Society" (167-1-0381). (Hebrew)

· 2024-2025: The Secular Yeshiva in Jerusalem, "Contemporary Rabbis in Israel: Thought and Political Involvement" (Hebrew)

2018-2022: Shalem College, "Fundamentals of Expository and Academic Writing" (Hebrew)