The Oral History Division
The Oral History Division (OHD) holds one of the most comprehensive collections of interviews focusing on contemporary Jewish history, Zionism, and Israel. Most of the interviews deposited in the archive were conducted as part of research carried out by researchers and students at the Institute of Contemporary Jewry, as well as interviews based on collaboration with organizations outside the university that have a special interest in developing oral documentation and making it accessible to the public....more
The Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
In 1973 the World Zionist Organization (WZO) designated the Archive as the official depository of its films. Today the Archive is jointly administered by the University's Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry and the WZO. It is affiliated with the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) and the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA).
In 1996 the Archive moved to a specially designed premises at the University's Faculty of Humanities. The Archive engages in many types of activities. Among these are lectures, film research, preservation of films in danger of decay, distribution, and digitization and accessibility. The Archive serves a wide audience: film producers and directors, researchers, educational purposes - students, lecturers at the university, schools, cultural centers, old age homes, and the general public interested in Zionism...more
The Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism
The Center
is primarily interested in providing a high-level platform within academia for understanding the historical and contemporary contexts of antisemitic prejudice, its occurrences, and its mechanisms, including comparative perspectives on other forms of discrimination and racism. Research at SICSA intentionally covers a broad spread of disciplines: history, political science, psychology, sociology, law, economics, literature, and the arts. This interdisciplinary approach means that the Center is able to act as both a material and intellectual resource for researchers, students, and educators.
SICSA activities encompass research projects, doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships, a wide range of publications (books, monographs on current topics, a research journal, and annotated bibliography), a computerized bibliographic project, conferences, symposia, monthly seminars, and lectures. Its Analysis of Current Trends in Antisemitism (ACTA) unit conducts research on worldwide trends, focusing focus on changes in local, national and regional areas and their impact on public opinion, the arts, the mass media, and ideological and political movements...more.
Cherrick Center for the Study of Zionism, the Yishuv and the State of Israel
The Ch
errick Center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem was founded in 1985 to promote interdisciplinary research on Zionism, the Yishuv, and the State of Israel. Affiliated with the Institute for Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University, the Cherrick Center is committed to advancing knowledge and understanding of the period extending from the emergence of Hibbat Zion to the present, while focusing on Zionist thought, the Zionist movement, aliyah, Jewish settlement, the histories of Arabs and Jews living in Palestine and the State of Israel, the affinity between the State and the Jewish people in their diasporas, minorities in Israeli society, globalization, economics, law, society, and culture(s)...more
The Jews of Latin America Forum
The Division of Jewish Demography