Israel Bartal
Avraham Harman Chair of Jewish history at Hebrew University
About Israel Bartal
Born 1946. Israel Bartal is an Israeli historian, university teacher and dean.
Israel Bartal , is Avraham Harman Professor of Jewish History, member of Israel Academy of Sciences, and the former Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Hebrew University (2006โ2010). Since 2006 he is the chair of the Historical Society of Israel. He served as director of the Center for Research on the History and Culture of Polish Jewry, and the academic chairman of the Project of Jewish Studies in Russian at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Professor Bartal was the co-director of the Center for Jewish Studies and Civilization at Moscow State University. Bartal received his PhD from Hebrew University in 1981. He focuses his research on the history of the Jews in Palestine, the Jews of Eastern Europe, the Haskalah Movement, Jewish Orthodoxy and modern Jewish historiography.
Professor Bartal taught at Harvard University, McGill University, University of Pennsylvania Rutgers University and Johns Hopkins, as well as at Moscow State University (MGU), the Central European University in Budapest (CEU), and Paideia in Stockholm. He was for many years a faculty member of the Open University of Israel and has contributed to the development of its teaching programs. Since November 1, 2010 he is a visiting scholar at the , at Leipzig University. Bartal is one of the founders of Cathedra, the leading scholarly journal on the history of the Land of Israel, and had served as its co-editor for over twenty years. Since 1998 he is the editor of vestnik, a scholarly journal of Jewish studies in Russian. From 1995 to 2003 he chaired the Israeli history high-school curriculum committee.
Bartal has published many books and numerous articles on the history and culture of East European Jewry, Palestine in the pre-Zionist era, and Jewish nationalism.
Among his recent publications: Poles and Jews: a Failed Brotherhood (with Magdalena Opalski, Hanover, University Press of New England, 1992); Exile in the Land (published in Hebrew, Jerusalem, ha-Sifriya ha-Tsiyonit, 1994); From Corporation to Nation: The Jews of Eastern Europe, 1772-1881 (Tel Aviv, Misrad ha-Bitahon Publishing House, 2002); A Century of Israeli Culture (editor, Jerusalem, The Hebrew University Magnes Press, 2002); Kehal Yisrael vol. 3 (editor, Jerusalem, Merkaz Shazar, 2004); The Jews of Eastern Europe. 1772-1881 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005, 2006, published also in Russian and German); The Varieties of Haskalah (editor, with Shmuel Feiner, Jerusalem, The Hebrew University Magnes Press, 2005); Cossack and Bedouin: Land and People in Jewish Nationalism, (Tel Aviv, Am Oved Publishers, 2007) Tangled Roots, The Emergence of Israeli Culture, Brown Judaic Studies, (Providence RI, 2020);
He is co-editor (with Antony Polonsky) of Polin, vol. 12 (1999), which focuses on the Jews in Galicia, 1772โ1914.
Edited books (in Hebrew)
(1975) ืืขืงื ืฆืืจ, ืืืืงื ื ืฉื ืืชืคืืฆื, ืืืฆืืช ืืชืจ, ืืจืืฉืืื (1977) ืขื ืืืืฉืข ืงื ืืื ืืืื ืฆืืืจ), ืืขืืืื ืืฉื ืืื, ื-ื, ืืืฆืืช ืื ืืฆืืง ืื ืฆืื, ืืจืืฉืืื ืชืฉื "ื) (1987) ืืฉื ืืืืจื, ืขื ืืฉื ืืื ืืืคืืืจื ืืคืขืืื, ืืกืืคืช ืืืืจืื, ืืฉืื ืืจืืฉืืื - ืืืืื ืืืงืจ ืืืจืฉืช ืืืืืช ืกืคืจื ืืืืืจื, ืชืฉื"ื (1993) ืขื ืืื ืืืจื ืืื ืกืงื ืืขืืจื ืื ืืืกืื), ืืื ืื ืืฉืื ื ืืคืืืื: ืกืคืจ ืืืื ืืื ื ืฉืืจืืง, ืงืืืฅ ืืืงืจืื ืืชืจืืืช ืืืืืืช, ืืจืื ืืืื ืฉืืจ, ืชืฉื "ื) (1994) ืขื ืจืื ืืืืืืจ ืืื ื ืฉืืจืืง) ืฆืืืงืื ืืื ืฉื ืืขืฉื ืืืงืจืื ืืืกืืืืช ืคืืืื, ืืืกื ืืืืืืง, ืชืฉื "ื) (1994) ืขื ืืื ืชื ืคืจื ืงื), ืืื ืคืืืื ืืจืืกืื, ืืืงืจืื ืืชืืืืืช ืืืืื ืืืจื ืืืจืืคื, ืกืคืจ ืืืืจืื ืืฉืืืื ืืืื ืืจ, ืืจืื ืฉืืจ, ืืจืืฉืืื ืชืฉื "ื) (1998) ืขื ืืฉืขืืื ืืคื ื), ืืจืืก, ืืืจืืกืื ืืืืกืืจืื, ืืื ืืืช ืืืฉืคืื ืืืืกืืืจืื, ืืืฆืืช ืืจืื ืฉืืจ, ืชืฉื "ื) (1999) ืขื ืืืกื ืื ืืจืฆื ืืืืื ื ืจืืื ืจ, ื ืืฃ ืืืืืชื: ืืืงืจืื ืืืืืืจืคืื ืฉื ืืจืฅ ืืฉืจืื ืืืชืืืืืชืื ืืืืฉืื ืืืืืฉืข ืื ืืจืื, ืืืฆืืช ืกืคืจืื ืข"ืฉ ื"ื ืืืื ืก, ืชืฉ"ืก (1999) ืืงืจืืื ืื ืืื, ืืืงืจื ืืืกืืืจืื ืืกืคืจืืช, ืืืช ืื ื ืฉืืจืืง, ืืจืืฉืืื: ืืจืื ืืืื ืฉืืจ, ืชืฉ"ืก (2001) ืขื ืืฉืจืื ืืืืื), ืงืืื ืืฉืืจ, ืืืืื ืคืืืื ืืืืจืืชืืื, ืืจืื ืืืื ืฉืืจ, ืชืฉื "ื 1997-ืชืฉืก"ื) (2002) ืขื ืืื ืืกืฃ), ืืืืืื ื ืืืจืืฉืืื: ืืืงืจืื ืืชืืืืืชืืื ืืืชืจืืืชื ืฉื ืืืืื ืืืจื ืืืจืืคื ืืืืฉืื ืืคืจืืคืกืืจ ืฉืืืื ืืจืกืก, ืืืฆืืช ืกืคืจืื ืข"ืฉ ื"ื ืืืื ืก, ืชืฉืก"ื) (2002) ืืขืืื ืืืืื: ืืื ืืขืฉืจืื ืฉื ืืช ืชืจืืืช ืืืฉืจืื, ืืืฆืืช ืกืคืจืื ืขื ืฉื ื"ื ืืืื ืก, ืชืฉืก"ื (2005) ืขื ืฉืืืื ืคืืื ืจ), ืืืฉืืื ืืืืื ืื: ืขืืื ืื ืืืฉืื ืืชืืืืืช ืืืฉืืื ืืืกืคืจืืชื, ืืืฆืืช ืกืคืจืื ืข"ืฉ ื"ื ืืืื ืก, ืืืช ืืกืคืจืื ืืืืืื ืืืืื ืืืจืกืืืื, ืืจืืฉืืื ืชืฉืก"ื) (2007) ืขื ืฉืืืื ืคืืื ืจ), ืืืกืืืจืืืืจืคืื ืืืืื: ืขืืื ืืืืืฉ ืืืฉื ืชื ืฉื ืืขืงื ื"ืฅ, ืืจืื ืฉืืจ, ืชืฉืก"ื) (2010) ืขื ืืืื ืืืจื), ืกืคืจ ืืจืืฉืืื ืืฉืืื ืืชืงืืคื ืืขืืช'ืืื ืืช (1917-1800), ืืืฆืืช ืื ืืฆืืง ืื ืฆืื, ืชืฉ"ืข) (2010) ืขื ืืืจืื ืืจืื ืืืื ืืื ืืจืื), ืกืคืจื ืืกืืืคื: ืฉืืขืื ืืืื ืื - ืืืกืืืจืืื ืืืืฉ ืฆืืืืจ, ืืจืื ืืืื ืฉืืจ, ืชืฉืข"ื) ืืืื ืืกืข ืืืืจืืช ืืจืฅ ืืฉืจืื ืืฉื ืืช ืืฉืืืฉืื ืืืื ืื"ื, ืื ืืฆืืง ืื-ืฆืื, ืชืฉื"ื ืขื ืฉืืืื ืืืื ืืจ ืืืืืื ืืจืฅ), ืืฉื ืืื ืืืฉ: ืคืขืืืืชืืื ืฉื ืืจืืื ืื ืืืืืืื ืขืืืืืื ืืืจืฅ-ืืฉืจืื, ืืืื ืื"ื ืืืืื ืืื ืื, ืืจืื ืฉืืจ, ืชืฉ"ื) (ืขื ืืื ืจ ืืืืฆืื ืืืื ืชื ืืืืจ), ืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืกืคืจืื: ืืืืื ืืืฉืื, ืืืงืืืื ืืืืืืืช ืืืฉืจืืืืช ืืืืขืื, ืืจืืฉืืื ืชืฉืค"ื
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Avraham Harman Chair of Jewish history at Hebrew University
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Israel Bartal was born on 22 October 1946 in Givatayim.
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Israel Bartal is a historian, university teacher and dean.
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Israel Bartal is Israeli.
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