Friday, May 19, 2017 at 11:53AM 
Festschrift for George Brooke. The Centre is delighted to report the publication of Is There a Text in this Cave? Studies in the Textuality of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Honour of George J. Brooke, edited by Ariel Feldman, Maria Cioată, Charlotte Hempel (Leiden: Brill, 2017). The presentation to George Brooke took place on 11 May, and was followed by a reception sponsored by Brill. Further information.
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 12:39PM 
Israel/Palestine studies. Moshe Behar will present a paper titled 'Partition and the Study of Israel/Palestine' at the Israel Studies as a Global Discipline Conference, 28-29 May 2017, University of Oxford. Further information.
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Zionism and Antisemitism. Moshe Behar will be presenting a paper on 'Ottoman Jewish views on nominal semitism' at the international conference 'Zionism and Antisemitism,' organised by the Pears Institute for the study of Antisemitism, 24-26 May 2017, University of London. Further information.
Share Article Thursday, May 11, 2017 at 2:23PM 
Modern Hebrew course 2017. There are 3 levels of Hebrew courses currently available at the University of Manchester. The cost is £550 to audit these courses (i.e. to participate without formal assessment). The courses will be taught in a mixed teaching environment for classroom-based students alongside distance-learning students (via a swivl robot and video-conferencing link). Further information.
Share Article IMAGE CREDITS: Illumination from a 14th century Spanish Passover Haggadah, showing the Israelites walking through the Red Sea. © John Rylands University Library of Manchester.
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