Jewish Studies 51

Jewish Studies is published annually by the World Union of Jewish Studies (WUJS) and provides an outlet for the publication of articles, studies, documents and various other contents in Jewish studies. The journal publishes articles in Hebrew and in English, which undergo a review process. The journal focuses on studies of a methodological programmatic nature and reviews various areas of Jewish studies. The journal was first published in 1971 under the title "Newsletter of the World Union of Jewish Studies". Since 1996 it is published in its current form as "Jewish Studies - Journal of the World Union of Jewish Studies". In addition to articles, the journal publishes a section for recent WUJS news and publications, as well as reviews of new books published in the various fields of Jewish studies.

The articles in the volume:
Arkady Kovelman - Rabbi Meir as a Messiah (English)
Hanan Mazeh - “He Who has said this did not say that": The Origin and Development of the Speaker- Splitting Technique in Rabbinic Midrash
Shalom Sadik - Utilization of Maimonides’ Writings by Jewish Apostates in Medieval Spain
Joseph Rapoport - Crime and Violence in the Jewish Communities in the Kingdom of Navarre before the Expulsion
Dina Stein - A Wild Goat Chase: Models of Diaspora and Salvation
Yossef Charvit - Hokhmat Israel in France in the Twentieth Century, through the Prism of R. Askénazi: Between Berlin and Jerusalem