Menasseh ben Israel Institute
Contact details
Nieuwe Amstelstraat 3-5Amsterdam
Netherlands
Tel: +31 20 531 0324/5
Email: mbii@jck.nl
https://http://www.mbii.nl
Contact person
Margreet Witvoet
Tel: +31 20 5310324/5
Email: margreet.witvoet@jck.nl
Head of Department/Director
Dr. David Wertheim
Tel: +31 20 5310324/5
Email: david.wertheim@jck.nl
Mailing address
PO Box 16737, NL-1001 RE, Amsterdam
Activites
Offers courses in Jewish StudiesProvides supervision in Jewish studies for students working towards a research degree
Main research activities
The Menasseh ben Israel Institute, a cooperation between the Jewish Historical Museum (Amsterdam), the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the Universiteit van Amsterdam was founded in 1996. It initiates and facilitates many activities (research projects, conferences, publications, chairs in Jewish Studies and lectures) in the field of Jewish social and cultural studies. As an interdisciplinary platform with a strong international aura, it is unique in its sort in the Netherlands and has achieved considerable results, both nationally and internationally (an example of the latter is the project Yiddish in the Netherlands. An Expression of Ashkenazic Culture, the joint project with the Heinrich-Heine-University in Düsseldorf).
Publishes a journal
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