Jewish Studies in Manchester. An Academia page has been generated in honour of the late Professor Alexander Altmann, who established the Institute of Jewish Studies in Manchester in the 1940s. It includes PDFs to his nearly 300 articles and reviews (including dozens of his newspaper articles from Berlin and Manchester), frontmatter to 55+ books; as well as 80+ items about Altmann.The IJS had its origins in 1941 when, as a communal rabbi in Manchester, Altmann opened up an independent academic Institution for Higher Jewish Education, which became the Institute for Jewish Studies in 1953. In 1959 he moved to Brandeis University in the US, and the IJS was relocated to University College London.  Further information.