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Historian David Nirenberg wins the 2026 Balzan Prize for Jewish Studies

The Princeton scholar is honoured for decades of work on how Judaism, Christianity and Islam shaped one another, and on the long history of anti-Judaism.

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German schools get their first Jewish religious education textbooks since the Holocaust

The Central Council of Jews in Germany and publisher Ernst Klett launch Da'at Hadorot, an eight-volume series for pupils aged 10 to 16, starting with the Torah.

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Amy-Jill Levine becomes the first Jewish president of the Catholic Biblical Association

The Orthodox Jewish New Testament scholar, long a bridge between Jews and Catholics, will lead the Catholic scholarly body for 2026–27.

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Tel Aviv University scholar argues Dead Sea sect really lived by its 364-day calendar

Eshbal Ratzon proposes that the Qumran community used its perfect seven-day-based calendar in practice, then quietly dropped it as it drifted out of season.

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Campus rabbi Mike Uram named ninth chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary

The former Penn Hillel director, known for rethinking how young Jews engage with community, will lead Conservative Judaism's flagship school from July 2026.

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Berlin's Rabbi Gesa Ederberg becomes first European to lead the Rabbinical Assembly

The pioneering Masorti rabbi, the first woman to serve a Berlin pulpit since the Holocaust, now heads the worldwide body of more than 1,600 Conservative rabbis.

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Rabbi Andrea Weiss, first woman to ordain Reform rabbis, dies at 60

The Bible scholar and Hebrew Union College provost helped shape The Torah: A Women's Commentary and led an interfaith project of letters from 100 religious leaders.

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