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301 Diller Building 74, BGU's Marcus Campus, Be'er Sheva
Dr. Sarai B. Aharoni
“A ‘New Era’ of Religious Tolerance? The Abraham Accords (2020) and the Normalization of Patriarchal Values in Regional Diplomacy.” (Hebrew)

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Publications

Cover Issue 916 It IT
Nadia Zeldes & David Ben Zazon: "Pugliesi, Sephardim, and Portuguese – Jewish Exiles in Ottoman Valona (1492-1550)"
Sefer Yuḥasin: Review for the History of the Jews in South Italy, Vol. 13 (2025)
Journal Of Modern Jewish Studies
David Borabeck: "Galilee Torah sh-Be‘al Peh: Yechiel Michel Pines’ observant orientalism between Meron and Bnei-Yehuda"
Journal of Modern Jewish Studies 1–26 (2026)
Religions
Elad Ben David: "Between Religion and Crisis: Yasir Qadhi’s Da‘wa as Islamic Practical Theology in Post-October 7 America"
Religions 17, 118 (2026)
מחוץ למחנה
Maya Shabbat: "On The Margins: A Biography of Simon Bernfeld"
Magnes Press (2026)
Cultural Studies
Roni Tzoreff: "Missing Objects, Missing Subjects: The Colonization of Jewish Ethnography in the Israel Museum"
Cultural Studies, 1–39 (2025)
Ethnography Sage Journal
Elazar Ben-Lulu: "Who Moved My Challah? Evolving Practices and Innovations in Traditional Jewish Bread
Ethnography (online first)
The Qualitative Report TQR
Elazar Ben-Lulu: "Ethnographic Dilemmas and Reflexive Thoughts of a Contemplative Jewish Anthropologist"
The Qualitative Report, 30(9), 4392-4410
Potential For Interfaith Dialogue In America In The Aftermath Of October 7
Elad Ben David: "Potential for Interfaith Dialogue in America in the Aftermath of October 7? The Discourse of American Muslim Imams as a Case Study"
Nexus – A Review of Middle Eastern Religions & Politics – a digital platform by the Haifa Laboratory for Religious Studies
Prayers In A Time Of War
Elazar Ben-Lulu: Israeli Prayers of Resistance and Resilience: The Politics of Faith After October 7th
Sociological Spectrum, 1–17 (2025)
Political Theology
David Borabeck: Mount Zion and Maqam Sayyidna ʿAli: The Two-Fold Formation of Religion in the Sovereign State and the Limits of Jewish Sovereignty
Political Theology, 1–20 (2025)
יבנה וחכמיה
David Sabato: Yavneh and its Sages: The Birth of Rabbinic Halacha
Magnes Press 2025 [Hebrew]
חידושים
Netta Schramm: Don't Trouble God with Condolences: On Leibowitz's Silence Regarding the Holocaust
Chidushim: Studies in the History of German and Central European Jewry 27.1 (2025): 45-76 [Hebrew]
Al Masaq
Daniella Talmon-Heller Courts and Qurʾāns: ‘ʿUthmānī’ Codices from the Caliph’s Residence in Medina to Topkapı Palace in Istanbul
Al-Masāq 1–20, August 2025