Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
The Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies (OCHJS) is a
History and case statement
The centre was founded in 1972 by Dr David Patterson to help restore Jewish Studies in Europe in the aftermath of the Holocaust.
Leopold Muller Memorial Library
The centre's library is named the Leopold Muller Memorial Library. It is housed in the basement of the Clarendon Institute. It comprises one of the best collections of books and periodicals in Jewish Studies in Europe and serves as a resource for scholars, students and visiting fellows of the centre. The core of the Library consists of several rare collections and archives; among those one finds a large collection of materials donated by Rabbi Louis Jacobs,[3] Loewe Pamphlets Collection[4] from Herbert Loewe and his elder son, the library of Jacob H. Coppenhagen[5] (1913–1997), Kressel Archive,[6] Foyle-Montefiore Collection[7] (which incorporates the library of Leopold Zunz), Lipson-Shandel and Moses Montefiore Archives[8] of rare documentation regarding life and activities of Sir Moses Montefiore, one of the largest collections of Yizkor Books in Europe – it counts over 800 memorial volumes for communities destroyed in the Holocaust,[9] and the Archive of Rabbi Hugo Gryn.[10] Among the Library's most recent enterprises are the Digital Haskalah Library project[11] and the Raphael Loewe Archives Digital Exhibition.[12]
Notable academics
List of presidents
- David Patterson (1972–1992)[13]
- Philip Alexander (1992–1995)[14]
- Bernard Wasserstein (1996–2000[15]
- Peter Oppenheimer (2000–2008)[16]
- David Ariel (2008–2014)[17]
- Martin Goodman (2014–2018)
- Judith Olszowy-Schlanger (2018–)
Emeritus governors
- Martin Blackman
- Elizabeth Corob
- Michael Garston OBE
- Sir Richard Greenbury
- Professor Alan Jones
- The Lord Marks of Broughton
- Peter Oppenheimer
- Felix Posen
- Sir Maurice Shock
- Dennis Trevelyan, CB
- The Rt Hon The Lord Woolf
- The Rt Hon The Lord Young CH DL
References
- ^ "Our vision and mission statement". Ochjs.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ "Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, registered charity no. 309720". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- ^ "Louis Jacobs Collection – Leopold Muller Memorial Library". Ochjs.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ "Loewe Pamphlets – Leopold Muller Memorial Library". Ochjs.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ "Coppenhagen Library – Leopold Muller Memorial Library". Ochjs.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ "Kressel Archive – Leopold Muller Memorial Library". Ochjs.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ "Foyle-Montefiore Library – Leopold Muller Memorial Library". Ochjs.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ "Montefioriana – Leopold Muller Memorial Library". Ochjs.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ "Yizkor Books Collection – Leopold Muller Memorial Library". Ochjs.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ "About the Hugo Gryn Archive – Leopold Muller Memorial Library". Ochjs.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ "Digital Haskalah – Leopold Muller Memorial Library". Ochjs.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ "Raphael Loewe Archives Digital Exhibition". Ochjs.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ Alexander, Philip (20 January 2006). "David Patterson". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Philip Alexander". Manchester University. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Bernard Wasserstein". Chicago University. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Board of Governors, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies". ochjs.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "New President David Ariel joins the Centre" (PDF). ochjs.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2018.