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Professor David Assaf
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B. Academic and Public
Boards
Since 2009
The Executive Committee of the World
2004-2007 The
Executive Committee of the Historical Society of
Since 2001 The Council
of the World
The Executive Committee of Beth Shalom Aleichem
Since 1995 The
Board of the Historical Society of
1979-1994 General
Secretary of the World Union of Jewish Studies and a secretary of the World
Congress of Jewish Studies (the Eighth Congress [1981]; the Ninth Congress
[1985]; the Tenth Congress [1989]; the Eleventh Congress [1993])
C. Academic
Editorial Boards
Since 2008 The Editorial board of Contemporary Jewry
Since 2004 Associate editor of Gal-Ed: Annual for the History and Culture of Polish Jewry
Since 2002
Publications Committee, The
Editor of the section 'Hasidism' in Jews in
Since 2001 The Editorial Board of Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry
The Advisory Board of Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia: Studies in Jewish History, Culture and Religion ( Kraków, Poland)
1998-2003 Editor of the series Mivhar: Studies and Sources in the History and Culture of East European Jewry
1993-2003 The
Editorial Board of Gal-ed: On the History of the Jews in
1990-1995 Editor of the annual Jewish Studies
Scientific Publications
A. Books
and Monographs
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1. Derekh
ha-Malkhut: Rabbi Israel me-Ruzhin u-Mekomo be-Toldot Ha-Hasidut
Jerusalem, The Zalman Shazar Center for Jewish History, 1997, 544 pp. (in
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Update No. 1 (July 2006) Titles Index to Update No. 1 Names Index to Update No. 1 |
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4. Regal Way - The Life and
Times of Rabbi Israel of Ruzhin |
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6. Na
ve-Nad: Zikhronotav shel Yekhezkel Kotik [A Vagabond: The
Memoirs of Yechezkel Kotik], Volume II, Edited and Translated into Hebrew from
the Yiddish with an Introduction by David Assaf, Tel Aviv: The Diaspora
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7. Caught
in the Thicket: Chapters of Crisis and Discontent in the History of Hasidism,
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Forthcoming:
8. Untold Tales of the Hasidim: Crisis
and Discontent in the History of Hasidism, University Press of New England , MA
B. Text Books
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1. The World of Torah In Poland , Tel
Aviv, The Open University of Israel, 1990, 110 pp.; Unit 5-6 in the course: Polin
- The Jews of Eastern Europe: History and Culture. Russian Translation: Tel
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C.
Articles
1. "‘Let's Thank the
Crooks’: On the Shaping of Charity Stories in the World of the
Sages," in: Iturim: Studies in Honor of Moshe Krone, Torah
Education Department of the World Zionist Organization: Jerusalem
2. "From Volhynia to Safed: Rabbi Abraham Dov of Ovruch as a Hasidic
Leader in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century," Shalem - Studies
in the History of the Jews in Eretz Israel
3. "The Expansion of Hasidism:
The Case of Rabbi Nehemia Yehiel of Bychawa," in: I. Bartal, E.
Mendelsohn and C. Turniansky (eds.), Studies in Jewish Culture in Honour of
Chone Shmeruk, The Zalman Shazar Center for Jewish History, Jerusalem,
1993, pp. 269-298 (in Hebrew).
4. "The Metamorphosis of Zanav (Tail)
from Hasidic Courts to Israeli Slang," Leshonenu La’am, 44,
2 (1993), pp. 73-79 (in Hebrew; with Israel
5. "Yesod
Ha-Ma'ala: A New Chapter in the Historiography of Hasidism in Eretz
Israel,"; Cathedra: For the History of
Eretz Israel
6. "Intercession and
Orthodoxy: The Zaddikim of Poland Encounter the Modern Times," in: I.
Bartal, R. Elior and C. Shmeruk (eds.), Hasidism in Poland, The Bialik
Institute, Jerusalem, 1994, pp. 65-90 (in Hebrew; with Israel Bartal).
7. "Hasidism in Poland in the
Nineteenth Century: The State of Research and Bibliographic Survey,"
in: I. Bartal, R. Elior and C. Shmeruk (eds.), Hasidism in Poland, The
Bialik Institute, Jerusalem, 1994, pp. 357-379 (in Hebrew).
8. "‘The Causeless Hatred is Ongoing’: The Struggle against
Bratslav Hasidism in the 1860s," Zion - A Quarterly for Research in
Jewish History, 59 (1994), pp. 465-506 (in Hebrew).
9. "The Historical
Background of Rabbi Israel of Ruzhin's Settlement in Sadagura," Studia
Judaica, 3, Cluj-Napoca
10. "Nineteenth Century Hebrew Terms for Realia in the Literature of New
Immigrants: a. Mangal," Leshonenu La'am, 46, 2 (1995), pp. 75-83;
"… b. The Sephardic Pronunciation," ibid., 46, 3 (1995),
pp. 106-111 (in Hebrew).
11. "‘The Holy Community of
Sadagora Herald’: An Unknown Anti-Hasidic Satire," Qesher,
17, (1995), pp. 117-124 (in Hebrew).
12. "Between ‘The Hasidism
of Poland’ and ‘Hasidism in Poland’: On the Hasidic Geography
in Poland," GAL-ED - On the History of the Jews in Poland
13. "The Lithuanian Yeshiva (Review
of the book by S. Stampfer)," Zion: A
Quarterly for Research in Jewish History, 60 (1995), pp. 480-486 (in
Hebrew).
14. "‘The Rumor was Spread that
the Messiah has Already Come’: New Light on the Aliyah of Hasidim in the
Year 1777," Zion - A Quarterly for Research in Jewish History,
61 (1996), pp. 319-346 (in Hebrew).
15. "‘My Small and Ugly World’: The Confession of Rabbi
Yitzhak Nahum Twersky of Shpykiv," Alpayim - A Multidisciplinary
Publication for Contemporary Thought and Literature, 14 (1997), pp. 49-79
(in Hebrew)
16. ‘A Panic Marriage
in Eastern Europe : A Chapter from Yechezkel
Kotik's Memoirs,’Et ha-Da'at, 2 (1998), pp.
63-74 (Heb.).
17. "‘Money
for Household Expenses’: Economic Aspects of the Hasidic Courts,"
in: Scripta Hierosolymitana, Vol.38: A.Teller (ed.), Studies in the
History of the Jews in Old Poland in Honor of Jacob Goldberg, The Magnes
Press, Jerusalem 1998, pp. 14-50.
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"‘A
World of Fire’: Aaron Ze'ev Aescoly and his 'Hasidism in Poland',"
Introduction to a New Edition of A.Z. Aescoly, Hasidism
in Poland, The Center for the Research on the History and Culture of
Polish Jews, The Hebrew University, The Magnes Press, Jerusalem, 1998, pp. 9-22
(in Hebrew). Second revised edition: Jerusalem 2000. Review: Adam Teller, Jewish History,
Vol. 13, No. 2 (Fall 1999). |
19. "‘My Beloved friend, The
Magid of Dubno’: Letters of Ridicule in the Style of the 'Revealer of
Secrets' Exchanged between Shalom Aleichem and Simon Dubnov,"
Chulyot - Journal of Yiddish Research, 5 (1999), pp 61-107 (in Hebrew).
20. "‘Who Believes Not in the Great Leaders of the Time’: The
Hasidic Struggle over the Honor of the Book Or ha-Hayyim and Its
Historical Significance," in: D. Assaf, J. Dan and I. Etkes (eds.), Studies
in Hasidism - Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Thought, 15, Jerusalem 1999, pp.
125-149 (in Hebrew).
21. "One Event, Two Interpretations: The Fall of the Seer of Lublin in
Hasidic Memory and Maskilic Satire," in: I. Etkes et al. (eds.), Within
Hasidic Circles: Studies in Hasidism in Memory of Mordecai Wilensky, The
Bialik Institute, Jerusalem, 1999, pp. 161-208 (in Hebrew).
22. "The Library of Gershom Scholem on Jewish Mysticism (Review of the
catalogue edited by J. Dan and E. Liebes)," Zion: A Quarterly for
Research in Jewish History, 65 (2000), pp. 249-254 (in Hebrew).
23. "Leadership and Inheritance of Leadership in Nineteenth Century
Hasidism," in: Hana Amit (ed.), On Leadership and Leaders, Ministry
of Defence, Tel Aviv, 2000, pp. 59-72 (in Hebrew).
24. "Apostate or Saint? In the Footsteps of Moshe, the Son of Rabbi Shneur
Zalman of Lyady," Zion
25. "Der königliche Hof und seine
Mitglieder: Ein kleiner Staat im Staate," in: Gabriele Kohlbauer-Fritz
(ed.), Zwischen Ost und West: Galizische Juden und Wien, Jüdisches
Museum Wien, Vienna
26. "Upadek Widzącego z Lublina: Jedno wydarzenie, dwie
interpretacje," Duchowość Żydowska w Polsce,
Kraków, 2000, pp. 123-140.
27. "Un petit État dans un grand État: la cour ‘royale’
hassidique au XIXe sičcle," Les cahiers du judaďsme, 8 (2000), pp.
37-53.
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"Historical
and Social Aspects in the Study of Hasidism," in: D. Assaf (ed.), Zaddik and Devotees:
Historical and Social Aspects of Hasidism, The
Zalman Shazar Center for Jewish History, |
29.
"The World of Torah in Poland
during 16th-17th Centuries," in: I. Bartal and I. Gutman, The Broken
Chain: Polish Jewry through the Age, II, The Zalman
Shazar Center
for Jewish History, Jerusalem
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"Hayyim
Chemerinsky and His My Town Motele," Introduction to a New
Edition of Chemerinsky book My
Town Motele, The Hebrew University Magnes Press, |
31.
"From Enemy to Friend: Rabbi Akiva Shalom Chayeth's Path from Mithnaged to
Hasid," in: D. Assaf et al. (eds.), From Vilna to Jerusalem :
Shmuel Werses Jubilee Volume, The Hebrew
University Magnes Press, Jerusalem
32. "One Event, Two
Interpretations: The Fall of the Seer of Lublin in Hasidic Memory and Maskilic
Satire," Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry, 15 (2002), pp.
187-202.
33. "Hasidism and Philosophy: The World of Rabbi Menachem Nahum Friedman of Iţcani," Alpayim: A Multidisciplinary Publication for Contemporary Thought and Literature, 26 (2004), pp. 129-165 (Heb.).
34. "Chone Shmeruk‘s The Call for a Prophet and Shtetls and Cities"<Review Essay>, Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry, 17 (2004), pp. 413-419.
35. "A Dreamer with Eyes Open: The
Shtetl in the Memoirs of Pinchas Govrin," Introduction to his book We
Were as Dreamers: A Family Saga,
36. "Enemies – Love Story? Research of the Interrelationship between Hasidism and Haskalah," in: I. Bartal and S. Feiner (eds.), The Varieties of Haskalah, The Hebrew University Magnes Press (2005), pp. 183-200.
37. "A
Messianic Vision among Hasidim in Volhynia," GAL-ED: On the History
and Culture of Polish Jewry, 20 (2006), pp. 39-54 (Heb.).
38. "The
Teachings of Dov Ber the Maggid of Mezritch in Solomon Maimon’s Autobiography,"
39. "‘My Tiny, Ugly World:’ The
Confession of Rabbi Yitzhak Nahum Twersky of Shpikov," Contemporary
Jewry, 26 (2006), pp. 1-34.
40. "Chasydyzm:
zarys historii", MIchał Galas (ed.), Światło i
słońce: Studia z dziejów chasydzmu, Kraków 2006, pp. 11-38.
41. ‘Le buone notizie: una visione
messianica tra gli chassidim di Volinia’,
Geri Cerchiai and Giovanni Rota (eds.), Ebraismo e cultura occidentale agli
inizi del XX secolo, Milano 2008, pp. 27-43.
12 signed bibliographical appendices (Heb).
43. ‘
“A Heretic Who has No Faith in the Great Ones of the Age”: The
Clash Over the Honor of Or Ha-Hayyim’, Modern Judaism,
29, 2 (May 2009), pp. 194-225.
44. ‘Immanuel
Etkes: Bibliography,’ David Assaf and
45. ‘
“A Girl! He Ought to be Whipped”: The Hasid as Homo
Ludens,’ David Assaf and Ada Rapoport-Albert (eds.), Let the Old
Make Way for the New: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Eastern
European Jewry Presented to Immanuel Etkes, Vol. I: Hasidism and the
Musar Movement,
D. Encyclopedias Entries
1. ‘Belz, The New Encyclopedia of Judaism, New York University Press, 2002, pp. 111-112.
2. ‘Belz Hasidic
Dynasty, The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe, Yale University
Press, 2008, pp. 145-146
3. "Hasidism: Historical
Overview," The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe,
4. ‘Informers, The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe, Yale University Press, 2008, pp. 805-806.
5. ‘Kotik, Yekhezkl, The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe, Yale University Press, 2008, pp. 931-932.
6. ‘Ruzhin Hasidic Dynasty, The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe, Yale University Press, 2008, pp. 1639-1640.
7. ‘Sandz Hasidic Dynasty, The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe, Yale University Press, 2008, pp. 1661-1662.
8. ‘Shapira Family, The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe, Yale University Press, 2008, pp. 1701-1702.
9. ‘Yisrael of Ruzhin, The YIVO Encyclopedia
of Jews in Eastern Europe, Yale University Press, 2008, pp. 2087-2088.
E. EDITING
1. Proceedings of the World Congress of Jewish Studies:
a) Proceedings of the Sixth World
Congress of Jewish Studies, Vol. IV,
b) Proceedings of the Seventh
World Congress of Jewish Studies, Vols. II-IV,
c) Proceedings of the Eighth
World Congress of Jewish Studies, Vols. I-IV,
d) Proceedings of the Ninth World
Congress of Jewish Studies, 7 Vols.,
e) Proceedings of the Tenth
World Congress of Jewish Studies, 7 Vols.,
f) Proceedings of the
Eleventh World Congress of Jewish Studies, 9 Vols.,
2. Newsletter of the World
3. Jewish Studies: Forum of the World
4. Ephraim Elimelech Urbach: A Bio-Bibliography, Supplement to Jewish Studies, Vol. 1 (1993).
5. D. Assaf, I. Bartal and I. Etkes (eds.),
Polin: The Jews of
6. Aaron Zeev Aescoly, Hasidism in
Poland (new edition, including introduction), The Center for the Research
on the History and Culture of Polish Jews, The Hebrew University,
7. D. Assaf, J. Dan and I. Etkes (eds.), Studies
in Hasidism:
8. I. Etkes, D. Assaf, I. Bartal and E.
Reiner (eds.), Within Hasidic Circles: Studies in Hasidism in Memory of
Mordecai Wilensky, The Bialik Institute:
9. D. Assaf, I. Bartal and
10. D. Assaf (ed.), Zaddik and Devotees: Historical and Social Aspects of Hasidism, Jerusalem: The Zalman Shazar Center for Jewish History, 2001.
11. Hayyim Chemerinsky, My Town Motele
(new edition, including introduction), The Center for Research on the History
and Culture of Polish Jews,
12. D. Assaf et al. (eds.), Studies in East
European Jewish History and Culture in Honor of Professor Shmuel Werses,
13. David Engel (editor), David Assaf and
Elchanan Reiner (associate editors) GAL-ED: On the
History and Culture of Polish Jewry, 20 (2006), 21 (2007).
Popular
Publications
1. ‘In Memory of Three Scholars of
the Hasidic Movement’, Jewish
Studies, 31 (1991), pp. 109-111 (Hebrew)
In memory of Haim Liberman,
Wolf Zeev Rabinowitch and Zvi Meir Rabinovitz
2. ‘Is
it Permitted to Change a Tombstone’s
Text?’,
Ha’aretz, 18
October 1992 (Hebrew)
On Arie Aharoni’s translation of Shalom Aleichem’s Funem yarid (From the Fair)
3. ‘The Rebbe Was Framed’,
The Jerusalem Report, 17 December 1992, pp. 46-47
On Yehoshua Mondshine’s Kerem Habad, vol. 4
4. ‘Robbers of Memory’,
Ha’aretz, 17
February 1995 (Hebrew)
On the Ultra-Orthodox claims
against nudity in photographs in Yad va-Shem
5. ‘“The Laws of Forbidden
Intercourse” and more’, Ha’aretz, 10 March 1995 (Hebrew)
On
problems in the Hebrew translation of David Biale’s Eros and
the Jews
6. ‘Who
is a Jewish Knesset Member’,
Ha’aretz, 18
August 1995 (Hebrew)
On
racism in the Knesset
7. ‘Betrayal of Our Beliefs’, Ha’aretz, 10 November 1995
(Hebrew)
On the crisis within religious Zionism
8. ‘Shabbes,
At Least in Our Neighborhood’,
Ha’aretz, 1
November 1996 (Hebrew)
On
the public debate over the Sabbath closing of
9. ‘To whom does the
Gaon of Vilna Belong’, Ha’aretz, 15 October 1997 (Hebrew)
Is it justified to use the Gaon as
an icon of the Lithuanian Jewry?
10. ‘The
Notebook is Open’, Ha’aretz Sfarim, 10 December
1997 (Hebrew)
On Mordechai Nadav’s Pinkas Kahal Tiktin (The Minutes Book of the Jewish Community
Council of Tykocin)
11. ‘Be Careful! History’,
Ha’aretz, 23
January 1998 (Hebrew)
Response to Mendel Piekarz’s criticism of The Regal Way
12. ‘An
Encounter with Counter History’,
Ha'aretz (English Edition), 25 June 1999
On Nahum Karlinky’s Counter History: The Hasidic Epistles from Eretz
13. 'Why
David Levi's Hand didn't Shake?', Ha'ayin
ha-shevi'it (The Seventh Eye Journal), September 1999 (Hebrew)
14. ‘Ever since Moses, there has not been another one
like Moses’, Ha'aretz (English
Edition), 31 December 1999
What is the most important
Jewish book of the second millennium
15. ‘Farewell
to the Prophet’, Ha'aretz
Sfarim, 4 October 2000 (Hebrew)
On Chone Shmeruk‘s The Call for a Prophet and Shtetls and Cities
16. ‘The Tal Committee: The Missing Part’, Meymad, 25 (2003), pp. 23-26 (Hebrew)
On the recommendations of the public
committee for the re-evaluation of Yeshiva students’ exemption from army service
17. ‘Only Broken Shards Remain’, Ha'aretz (English
Edition), 2 May 2003
On Majer Balaban’s Toldot ha-Yehudim bi-Krakov u-ve-Kazimyezh (The History of the
Jews in Kraków and Kazimierz)
18. ‘The Seeds of Disaster’, Ha'aretz (English
Edition), 17 June 2005
On
the roots of the militant protests of the right wing before the Disengagement
from
19. ‘Let us not Forsake the Spirit’, Ha’aretz (English Edition), 10
January 2006
On
the crisis in the university faculties of humanities
20. ‘My
Heart was Divided Whether to Travel’,
Davka, 1 (2006), pp. 23-25 (Hebrew)
On
the experience of travel in Bratslav Hasidism
21. ‘Secrets
from the Kheyder’, Davka,
2 (2007), pp. 7-11 (Hebrew)
On
studies in the Kheyder and Mark Warshawski’s folk-song Oyfn pripetshik
22. ‘Nevertheless Poland’, Ha’aretz, 18 April 2007 (Hebrew)
On
the public debate over the high-school tours to
23. ‘No Longer a “Nature Preserve”’, Ha’aretz (English Edition), June
29, 2007, B, p. 7
On Kimmy Caplan's Internal
Popular Discourse in Israeli Haredi Society
24. ‘Thief,
Thief', Davka, 4 (2008), pp. 8-9 (Hebrew).
On Plagiarism in the Yiddish
Theatre.
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