Academic Advisory Board

The Academic Advisory Board advises the FID Jewish Studies. Its members represent key research areas with in Hebrew and Judaic Studies, Jewish Studies, and Israel Studies. The two major associations – the German Association for Jewish Studies and Jewish Theology and the Vereinigung Jüdische Studien – are also represented in the Academic Advisory Board.


Prof. Dr. Johannes Becke
University of Jewish Studies Heidelberg

Dr. Saskia Dönitz
German Association for Jewish Studies and Jewish Theology

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Hollender
Goethe University Frankfurt

Prof. Dr. Andreas Gotzmann
University of Erfurt

Marko Knepper
Mainz University Library

Prof. Dr. Hanna Liss
University of Jewish Studies Heidelberg

Dr. Martha Stellmacher
Vereinigung Jüdische Studien e.V., Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden

Prof. Dr. Christian Wiese
Goethe University Frankfurt


Former members of the Academic Advisory Board

Prof. Dr. Katrin Kogman-Appel
University of Münster

Prof. Dr. Guiseppe Veltri
Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies, Universität Hamburg

Prof. Dr. Carsten SchapkowVereinigung Jüdische Studien e.V.; University of Oklahoma

Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien e.V., University of Oklahoma