HIGHER EDUCATION
(in a chronological order) - At the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem
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1987-1989: B.A. (magna cum laude) in Archeology, and Jewish History.
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1990-1992: M.A. (magna cum laude) in Jewish History, specializing in Ottoman Jewry.
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1993-1999: Doctoral thesis, under the guidance of Prof. J.R. Hacker, titled:
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The Jewish Society in the Urban Centers of the Ottoman Empire in the 17th Century (Istanbul, Salonica & Izmir).
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1995/6: Studied Modern & Ottoman Turkish at Bosphoros (Boğazici) University, Istanbul, and Ottoman History at Bilkent University, Ankara.
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2000: Approval of Doctoral Thesis 'summa cum laude'.
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2002/3-2005/6: Post-doctoral fellowship as a Mandel Scholar, Scholion Interdisciplinary Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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2007: Visiting scholar for the spring semester at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
CURRICULUM VITAE
APPOINTMENTS AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY
(in a chronological order)
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October 1997– July 2001: Instructor, History of the Jewish People Dept., The Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
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March 2002 – July 2002: Adjunct teacher
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October 2002 – June 2005: Adjunct lecturer, and a Scholion scholar
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October 2003 – January 2007: Lecturer in the Department of History of the Jewish People.
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January 2007: Appointed Senior Lecturer with Tenure in the Department of History of the Jewish People and Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
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October 2012: Appointed Professor
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November 2014: The Bernard Cherrick Chair in the History of the Jewish People
ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS/TASKS AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY
(in a chronological order)
*since October 2008: Director, Misgav Yerushalayim, Center for Research and Study of Sephardi and Oriental Jewish Heritage, at the Hebrew University.
*June 2010-June 2012: Member of the doctoral committee of the School of History.
*Since October 2011: Chairman, Faculty of Humanities' Library Committee.
*Since October 2012: Member of the Authority for Research Students.
*Since October 2014: Member of the Hebrew University's Authority of Libraries.
*Since October 2015: Member of the Hebrew University's Senate, as a representative of our Faculty.
OTHER ACTIVITY
(in chronological order)
* Since 1990: Lecturing on Ottoman-Sephardi Jewry and Ottoman Palestine before different audiences.
* Since 2000: Reader/Lector, Reviewer and Evaluator of (manuscript) articles for various Israeli and international periodicals, jubilee books, doctoral dissertations; research proposals for the ISF and the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, New York.
* 2002-2007: Participation in conducting a five-year research project, headed by Prof. J.R. Hacker, and sponsored by the Israel Science Foundation (ISF): 'The Communal Ordinances of the Ottoman Jews, 15th-19th Centuries: A Reconstruction'. This is a sequel of a project on the printed sources (conducted: 1990-1997), which is about to appear in press in the Ben Zvi Institute.
* June 2004: Member of the organizing committee of an international conference 'The Turks and Palestine: A 1000 Years of Relations', the Hebrew University & Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, Jerusalem.
* 2007-2011: Conducting a four-year research funded by the ISF, titled 'The Sassoon Family: Jewish Plutocrats between East and West in an age of Transition'.
* Since 2008: Member of the Sam Toledano Prize committee.
* Since 2010: Participating in the managing team of a German-Turkish-Israeli group cooperating in the Personal Narratives Project.
* Since 2012: Member of the international executive of Sefarad: the Society for Sephardic Studies.
* Since 2014: Member of the academic committeee of 'Hatzar haYishuv haYashan' Museum, the old city, Jerusalem.
* October 2015: A delegate to the 37th Zionist Congress.
. PRIZES & RESEARCH GRANTS
(in chronological order)
1989: Dean's Prize, Hattman Prize, The Faculty of Humanities, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
1990: Hefetz Prize, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
1991-1992: Grant from the Oriental Jewish Heritage Center, Ministry of Education
1990-1993: Living stipends from the Institute of Jewish Studies of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
1993: Ashtor Prize, Galbar Prize, Asseo Foundation Prize,
Sephardi Federation (WZO) Grant
1994/5: Memorial Foundation (New York) - Mark Uveeler Doctoral Scholarship; SEC Grant
1994/5-1996/7: Rotenstreich living stipend
1995/6: Sephardi Federation (WZO) Grant
1996/7: Memorial Foundation Scholarship (New York), SEC Grant
1998-1999: Elyashar Fellowship in the Ben-Zvi Institute for the Study of the Jewish Communities in the East, Jerusalem.
2000/1: Warburg Prize, the Institute of Jewish Studies of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
2001: Ephraim Urbach Post-Doctoral Fellowship, the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, New York.
2002/3-2004/5: Mandel Post-Doctoral Scholar, Scholion Center, Mandel Institute for Jewish Studies, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
2005/6: A Golda Meir Fellow, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
May 2005: Granted financial support ($1,500) from the Faculty of Humanities, for the preparation for publication of a jointly-authored volume The Communal Ordinances of the Jews in the Ottoman Empire.
* November 2006: A one-year personal research grant ($10,000) from the Israel Science Foundation (ISF).
* February 2007: A Grant ($3500) from the Faculty of Humanities research fund, for a research on the Sassoon Family. (Added to a former $12,000 grant for the same purpose).
* April 2007: Awarded the President Yitzhak Ben Zvi Prize for my book: Jews in the Realm f the Sultans (Hebrew version).
* October 2007: A four-year personal research grant ($100,000) from the Israel Science Foundation (ISF). The subject: 'The Sassoon Family: Jewish Plutocrats between East and West in an age of Transition'. (no. 1157/06)
* December 2007: Granted financial support ($2000) from the Faculty of Humanities for the preparation for publication of a jointly-authored volume 'Everyday Life realities in The Haskӧy Quarter of 17th Century Istanbul'. This project also received financial aid from Misgav Yerushalayim Center.
* August 2008: A Grant ($8,000) from the Ben-Barukh Fund, for a research on Jews' Wills from the Ottoman Empire.
* February 2009: A Grant ($5,000) from the Ben-Barukh Fund, for a research on the Haskӧy quarter, Istanbul.
* October 2011: Awarded the Marc Wiznitzer Prize for my book: Jews in the Realm of the Sultans (Hebrew version. 25,000 NIS).