Vivian Mann
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The Jewish Museum/ Jewish Theological Seminary
Vivian is affiliated with the Jewish Museum, New York, and the Jewish Theological Seminary. Her research interests are Jewish ceremonial art and medieval art.
Visual Culture and Modern Jewish Society
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
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New York University
Barbara is a professor in the Department of Performance Studies and Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. Her research interests are: the agency of display; theorizing heritage; East European Jewish culture.
Tamar Katriel
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University of Haifa
Tamar is a professor in the Department of Communication and Education at the University of Haifa. Her research interests are: cultural patterns in communication; the interplay of verbal and material culture; the poetics and politics of museum representation and interpretation.
Milly Heyd
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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Milly is a professor in the Department of History of Art at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her research interests are: modern and contemporary art; art and psychoanalysis; modern and contemporary Jewish art.
Ezra Mendelsohn
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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ezra is a professor in the Institute of Contemporary Jewry and the Department of Russian Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research interests are: western and central European Jewish history; social history of Jewish art and culture.
Zvi Jagendorf
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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Zvi is a professor in the Departments of English and Theatre at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research interests are: representations of the actress in early twentieth century European writing; Shakespeare's text and performance; religion and Israeli theatre; the Jewish refugee in England.
Elliott Horowitz
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Bar-Ilan University
Elliott is a professor in the Department of Jewish History at Bar-Ilan University. His research interests are: Jewish social and cultural history in medieval and modern times; history of Purim; the beard and the changing face of Judaism.
Richard Cohen
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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Richard is a professor in the Department of History of the Jewish People at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research interests are: western and central European Jewish history; social history of Jewish art and culture.
Walter Cahn
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Yale University
Walter is a professor in the Department of History of Art at the Yale University. His research interests are: medieval sculpture and painting; Romanesque and Gothic book illumination; Judaism and art; theories of art.