HUJI Student Cell
Endorse and join the HUJI-JSSA Student Cell. Every Hebrew University student with an interest in these fields is welcome, whatever their degree program.
About the Student Cell
The Hebrew University Jewish Studies Scholars Association (HUJI-JSSA) is a student-founded association open to all Hebrew University students interested in Jewish Studies, Biblical Archaeology and the Ancient Near East, and/or Bible and the Ancient Near East. Students need not be enrolled in one of these degree programs to participate.
Jewish Studies is the association’s foundation. HUJI-JSSA promotes scholarship, research, academic development, and informed debate. Its interests include Torah, Tanakh, Mishnah, Talmud, other Jewish writings and scrolls, the works of the sages, and Jewish history, language, thought, literature, and liturgical life. Members also examine migration, exile and return, inquisitions, and the ways identity was sustained or fragmented across communities and periods.
From this foundation, we explore connections with Biblical Archaeology and Bible and the Ancient Near East. Our discussions range from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages through the Iron Age, Babylonian, Persian, Hellenistic, Hasmonean, and Roman periods. They consider Israelite heritage before and during the Second Temple era, under Herodian and Roman rule, and following the Temple’s destruction. Study continues through Byzantine, early Islamic, Crusader, Ayyubid, Mamluk, Ottoman, British Mandate, and modern periods, tracing Israelite and Jewish continuity in Israel and across the Jewish diaspora.
HUJI-JSSA brings students together through collaborative study, research discussions, scholarly presentations, site excursions, lectures, academic events, conferences, and debates. It encourages partnerships and helps members develop research, writing, and professional connections for lifelong work in Jewish Studies and related fields.
The association strengthens connections with graduates of the Hebrew University Jewish Studies M.A. program and other interested alumni. Its international alumni pathway supports scholarly exchange beyond graduation.
Endorse and join
Student Cell endorsement and membership will use the same official joining form. The direct link and QR code will appear here after the destination is confirmed.
What we will share here
Upcoming study sessions, debates, lectures, conferences, site excursions, and collaborations with other university student cells will be listed here as details are confirmed.