(cross-referenced)

 

1. Yaron Ben-Naeh, The Jewish Society in the Urban Centers of the Ottoman Empire in the 17th Century (Istanbul, Salonica & Izmir), PhD dissertation, written under the guidance of Prof. Joseph R. Hacker, Jerusalem 1999. (Hebrew. 429 pp.+xvii p. For a revised edition see no. 2. And the translations of the book: no. 3, 4. chapter 3.5, pp. 274-295, is an abbreviated and a concise version of no. 26)

(in chronological order; cross-referenced)

 

2. Yaron Ben-Naeh, Jews In the Realm of the Sultans: Ottoman Jewry in the Seventeenth Century, Magnes Press, Jerusalem 2006. (Hebrew, 419 pp.)

3. Yaron Ben-Naeh, Jews In the Realm of the Sultans: Ottoman Jewry in the Seventeenth Century, Mohr-Siebeck Press, Tübingen 2008. (English translation of no. 2. 489 pp.)

4. Yaron Ben-Naeh, Sultanlar Diyarinda Yahudiler, Goa Press, Istanbul 2009.

(Turkish translation of no.2. 528 pp.)

5. Yaron Ben-Naeh & Richard Wittmann, Everyday Life Realities in The Haskoy Quarter of 17^th Century Istanbul, E.J. Brill, Leiden 2012. (300 pp. In press)

6. Nuh Arslantaş & Yaron Ben-Naeh, Ibranice Anonim bir kronik, Türk Tarih Kurumu, Ankara 2012 (= An Anonymous Hebrew Chronicle on the Ottoman Sultans. Turkish, English, Hebrew. 150 pp.In press).

7. Yaron Ben-Naeh, Wills of Ottoman Jews: An Annotated Corpus of Wills of Jews from the Ottoman Empire, The Benzion Dinur Center & The Zalman Shazar Center, Jerusalem 2012. (Hebrew. 250 pp. *Oded Irshai approved, but the decision is pending on the decision of a committee that will be nominated after his return to Israel)

8. Joseph R. Hacker & Yaron Ben-Naeh, Communal Ordinances of the Jews in the Ottoman Empire, 15th-19th Centuries, Ben-Zvi Institute, Jerusalem (Hebrew. In press. 650 pp.)

(in chronological order; cross-referenced)

9. Menahem Ben-Sasson, W. Zeev Harvey, Yaron Ben-Naeh & Zvi Zohar (eds.), Studies in a Rabbinic Family: The De Botons, Misgav Yerushalayim, Jerusalem 1998.(English and Hebrew. 248 p.)

 

Subsequent to last promotion:

10. Yaron Ben-Naeh (author and ed.), Jewish Communities in the East in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Turkey, Ben Zvi Institute & Israel's Ministry of Education, Jerusalem 2010. (325 pp). (Hebrew. See below)

11. Yaron Ben-Naeh, Jeremy Cohen, Mosheh Idel, Yosef Kaplan (eds.), Studies in Honor of Prof. Yosef Hacker, The Zalman Shazar Center, Jerusalem 2012 (Hebrew & English. 550 pp.).

 

(in chronological order; cross-referenced)

12. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'A Note on the Historical Context of R. Meir de Boton's Epistle and Poem', in: Studies in a Rabbinic Family: The De Botons(Menahem Ben-Sasson, W. Zeev Harvey, Yaron Ben-Naeh & Zvi Zohar eds.), Jerusalem 1998, pp. x-xi, & pp. 157-161.

13. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'The Early Ottoman Period', in: Israel: People, Land, State, (Avigdor Shinan ed.), Jerusalem 1998, pp. 225-249. (Hebrew. An english edition of the book appeared in 2005. See below).

14. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'Hebrew Printing Houses in the Ottoman Empire', in:  Jewish Journalism and Printing Houses in the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey (Gad Nassi ed.), Istanbul 2000, pp. 35-82.

15. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'Organization and Leadership of the Jewish Congregation in the Ottoman Empire, 17th-19th Centuries', in: Kehal Israel, Jewish Self-Government ... in Memory of Israel Halpern, vol. 2,  (Avraham Grossman & Yosef Kaplan eds.), Jerusalem 2004, pp. 341-367. (Hebrew)

16. Yaron Ben-Naeh, ‘The Ottoman Period: The First Centuries’, in: Israel: People, Land, State (Avigdor Shinan ed.), Jerusalem 2005, pp. 224-249. (English translation of no. 13)

17. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'Dans l'Empire Ottoman, XVIe-XVIIIe siecles,' in: Le Monde sépharade, Histoire et civilisation (Shmuel Trigano ed.), I: Histoire, Paris 2006, pp. 369-413. (French).

18. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'A Deposition of a Haham Who Was Never One', in Minha leMenahem: Jubilee Book in Honor of Rabbi Menahem haCohen (Hanna 'Amit, Aviad haCohen & Hayim Beer eds.), Jerusalem 2008, pp. 203-214. (Hebrew).

19. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'Religious Life of the Jews in Nineteenth Century Jerusalem', in: The History of Jerusalem: The Late Ottoman Period, (Israel Bartal & Haim Goren eds.), Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 2010, pp. 315-328. (Hebrew)

20. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'The Yeshivot in Jerusalem and Spiritual Creativity', in: The History of Jerusalem: The Late Ottoman Period, (Israel Bartal & Haim Goren eds.), Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 2010, pp. 328-348. (Hebrew)

 

 

21. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'Turkey and the Jews of Turkey', in: Id. (ed), Jewish Communities in the East in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Turkey, Jerusalem 2010, pp. 9-26. (Hebrew)

Id., 'Education', op.cit., pp. 73-92. (Hebrew)

Id., 'Dance', op.cit., pp. 173-176. (Hebrew)

Id., 'Ties with Eretz Israel in the Nineteenth Century', op.cit., pp. 193-206. (Hebrew)

Id., 'Daily Life and the Yearly Cycle', op.cit., pp. 223-236. (Hebrew)

Id., 'The Life Cycle and Family Life', op.cit., pp. 237-248. (Hebrew)

22. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'Safed and R. Yosef Karo: Historic Background', in: R. Yosef Karo, (Aviad haCohen ed.), The Shazar Center, Jerusalem 2011 (Hebrew. In press. My part holds c. 100 pp.)

23. Yaron Ben-Naeh, ’The Life Cycle’, in: Eyal Ginio (ed.), Jewish Communities in the East in the Nineteenth and twentieth Century: Greece, Ben Zvi Institute & Ministry of Education, Jerusalem 2012/3. (Hebrew. In Press. 18 pp.)

24. Yaron Ben-Naeh, ’The Yearly Cycle’, in: Eyal Ginio (ed.), Jewish Communities in the East in the Nineteenth and twentieth Century: Greece, Ben Zvi Institute & Ministry of Education, Jerusalem 2012/3. (Hebrew. In Press. 15 pp.)

 

(in chronological order; cross-referenced)

26. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'Jewish Confraternities in the Ottoman Empire in the 17th and 18th centuries', Zion LXIII (1998), pp. 277-318. (Hebrew. A concise version later published in nos. 1 and 2)

27. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'City of Torah and Learning': Salonica as a Torah Center in the 16th-17th Centuries, Image and Reality', Pe'amim 80 (1999), pp. 60-82. (Hebrew)

28. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'The Istanbul Jewish Community and its' Ties with the Jews in Eretz-Israel in the 17th Century’, Katedra 91 (1999), pp. 64-105. (Hebrew)

29. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'Magical Beliefs and Practices Among Ottoman Jews', Pe'amim 85 (2000), pp. 60-82. (Hebrew)

30. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'Same-Sex Sexual Relations Among Ottoman Jews', Zion66 (2001), pp. 171-200. (Hebrew. For a revised Eng. version see no.31)

31. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'Are We Not Their Brothers ?': Sephardim and Ashkenazim in Late 17th Century Jerusalem', Katedra 103 (2002), pp. 33-52. (Hebrew)

32. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'A Deed for the Sale of a Winery, Salonica 1776', P'amim 92 (2002), pp. 175-179. (Hebrew)
33. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'Poverty and Communal Coping with It in Ottoman Jewish Society', Sefunot 23 (2003), pp. 195-238. (Hebrew. See no.35)

34. Yaron Ben-Naeh, Relations between the Jewish Communities of Jerusalem and Cairo in the Seventeenth Century', haMizrah heHadash 43 (2004), pp. 157-172 (Hebrew),'

35. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'Poverty and Poor Relief in Ottoman Jewish Society', Revue des etudes Juives 163,1-2 (2004), pp. 151-192. (trs. and revised version of no.33)

36. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'Burial of the Dead, Burial Societies and Funerary Inscriptions from the Jewish Cemetery of Cairo circa 1700', Pe'amim 98-99 (2004), pp. 187-224. (Hebrew)

37. Yaron Ben-Naeh, ‘Moshko the Jew and his Gay Friends: Same-sex Sexual Relations in Ottoman Jewish Society', Journal of Early Modern History, vol. 9, 1-2 (2005), pp. 79-105 (trs. and revised version of no.24).,

38. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'El onor no se merka kon paras': Honor and its meaning among Ottoman Jews', Jewish Social Studies 11,2 (2005), pp. 19-50 (trs. and revised version of no. 33).

39. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'El onor no se merka kon paras': Honor and its meaning among Ottoman Jews', Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Folklore XXIII (2005), pp. 9-38. (Hebrew. Includes the original text in Ladino and Hebrew. See also no. 32)

40. Yaron Ben-Naeh, ‘’Only One Cup of Coffee': Ordinances Concerning Luxuries and Recreation: A Chapter in the Cultural and Social History of the Jewish Community of Jerusalem in the Nineteenth Century’, Turcica 37 (2005), pp. 155-185 (A revised & shortened version of no. 46).

41. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'Feminine Gender and its Restrictions in the Ethical Regulations of Ottoman Jewry', Pe'amim 105-106 (2006), pp. 127-149. (Hebrew)

42. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'Blond,Tall, with Honey-Colored Eyes: Jewish Ownership of Slaves in the Ottoman Empire', Jewish History 20 (2006), pp. 73-90. (A revised version in Hebrew: no. 49),

43.Yaron Ben-Naeh,  'The Activity of the Jewish Community of Split on behalf of Eretz-Israel, 1799-1837', Pe'amim 108 (2006), pp. 127-147. (Hebrew).  , (edited, completed and added a supplement to the late Prof. Daniel Carpi's article)
44. Yaron Ben-Naeh,'The lives of Jewish Women in 19^th Century Ottoman Jerusalem', Al Prezente: Moshe David Gaon Center Studies of Sephardi Jewish Culture 1 [=mi-Kan, vol. 8], (Tamar Alexander and Yaakov Bentulila eds.), Beer-Sheva 2007, pp. 179-192. (Hebrew)

45. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'An Adultery Scandal in Istanbul: Jewish Daily Life in an Ottoman City as Mirrored in the Responsa Literature', East and Maghreb VIII (2008), pp. 37-55. (Hebrew)

46. Yaron Ben-Naeh,'Communal Regulations Limiting Consumption and a Chapter in the Social and Cultural History of Sephardi Jews in 19th Century Jerusalem', Shalem VIII. (2008), pp. 386-427. (Hebrew. See also no. 40)

47. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'Minor Weddings, Great Joys', Zmanim102 (2008), pp. 38-44. (Hebrew)

48. William Klitz, Chaim Brautbar, Yaron Ben-Naeh et al., "Genetic Differentiation ofJewish Populations": Tissue Antigens 76,6 (2010), pp. 442-458. (online).

49. Yaron Ben-Naeh,‘Slave Holding Among Ottoman Jews’, Hamizrah Hehadash 50 (2011), pp. 66-90. (Hebrew. A revised, fuller and updated version of no. 42)

50. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'The Benevolent Societies of the Jewish Kayikji Guild in Istanbul in the 18^th and 19^th Centuries', in: The Scepter Shal Not Depart From Judah: Leadership, Rabbinate and Community in Jewish History:  Studies Presented to  Prof. Simon Schwarzfuchs, (Joseph R. Hacker & Yaron Harel eds.), Bialik Institute, Jerusalem 2011, pp. 101-140. (Hebrew).

51. Yaron Ben-Naeh, ’The Zionist Struggle as Reflected in the Jewish Press in Istanbul in the aftermath of the Young –Turk Revolution, 1908-1918’, in Yuval Ben-Bassat and Eyal Ginio (eds.), Late Ottoman Palestine: The Period of Young Turk Rule. Studies in Honor of Prof. Haim Gerber, London, I.B. Tauris Press, 2011, pp. 241-257.

52. Yaron Ben-Naeh, ‘Sixteenth Century Congregations and Communities of the Iberian Immigrants in the Ottoman Domains’, in: (Yomtov Assis & Rachel Sperber eds.), Hispania Judaica Bulletin 8 (2011), pp. 173-197. (Hebrew)

53. Yaron Ben-Naeh, ‘An Unknown New Letter by Sabbatei Tsevi Concerning The Great Shabbat – The Holiday of Lights’, Tarbitz 80 (2011), pp. 524-538. (Hebrew)

54. Yaron Ben-Naeh, ‘Chelebi Yaakov Elnekaveh’s Emigration from Istanbul to Jerusalem: A Journey in the Jerusalem Sijil Documents’, Katedra 144/5 (2012. Hebrew. In Press. 8 pp.)

55. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'A Glimpse to a Hidden World in Possesion Stories by R. Eliyahu haCohen of Izmir', In: (Rachel Elior et al eds.) Dreams and Possesions (=A Scholion volume), Jerusalem 2012. (Hebrew. In Press. 15 pp.).

56. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'Maghrebi Jews in an Oriental View: Samuel Romanelli on Moroccan Jewry in the Turn of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries', Pea'amim (2012. In Hebrew. 15 pp.).

57. Yaron Ben-Naeh, ’The Wills of Yaakov Zemah Nissim of Baghdad’, in: Festschrift in Memoriam Prof. Meir Benayahu (Yosef Kaplan, Yosef Dan, Mosheh Bar Asher, Yomtov Assis eds.), Jerusalem 2012.( Hebrew. In Press. 13 pp.)

58. Yaron Ben-Naeh, ’Istanbul’s Jewish Community through the Eyes of a European Jew: Ludwig A. Frankl in his Nach Jerusalem’ in: Christof Herzog & Richard Wittmann (eds.), Istanbul-Kushta-Constantinople: Diversity of Identities and Personal Narratives in the Ottoman Capital (1830-1900), Bamberg & Istanbul 2012. In Press. 12 pp.)

59.Yaron Ben-Naeh, ‘The Establishment of the Orah ve-Simha Society & the Or Israel Yeshivah in Istanbul, c. 1820: A chapter in the Intellectual History of Istanbuli Jewry’, in: Yaron Ben-Naeh, Jeremy Cohen, Mosheh Idel, Yosef Kaplan (eds.), Studies in Honor of Prof. Hacker’s 70^th Jubilee. The Zalman Shazar Center, Jerusalem 2012. (In press. 20 pp.)

60. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'The Cultural Significance of Interethnic Encounters in the Ottoman Cities: The Jewish Case', in: (Eyal Ginio & Elie Podeh eds.), Researching Ottoman History: Studies in Honor of Prof. Amnon Cohen, Brill, leiden 2012 (15 pp.)

61. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'Jewish Salonican Wills: A Source for Social and Cultural History', in: (Eyal Ginio, Anthony Molho, Paris P. Chronakis eds.), Jewish History (=Jewish Salonica, a special issue on Salonica), Brill, Leiden 2012/3 (20 pp.)

62. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'Old Sentiments, New Times: Love as a Factor in Marital Connection among Ottoman Jews', in: Nava kaTamar: Researches in Honor of Prof. Tamar Alexander, (=El Prezente 8 & miKan), Beer Sheva 2013/4. (20 pp. Hebrew)

63. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'Dangerous Liaisons in Castoria', El Prezente (received. 10 pp. Hebrew)

64.Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'A Historic Chronicle and Ottoman Jewish Historiography', Kovets Al Yad ,(received. 35 pp. Hebrew)

(in chronological order)

65. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'On Women and the Study of Women, review article of: Ruth Lamdan, A Separate People: Jewish Women in Palestine, Syria and Egypt in the Sixteenth Century, Brill, Leiden-Boston-Kӧln, Brill 2000. in: Cathedra 102 (2002), pp. 191-197. (Hebrew)

 

 

66. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'Books, Readers and Cultural Change: Ottoman Jewry in the 19^th Century'. A Reviw Article of Matthias B. Lehmann's, Ladino Rabbinic Literature & Ottoman Sephardic Culture, Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianopolis 2005. (264 pages), Zion 72 (2007), pp. 485-490. (Hebrew).

67. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'Education and Jewish Education in the Jewish Communities under Islam'. A Review Article of Shmuel Glick's, Mekorot le-toldot ha-Hinukh be-Israel: A sourcebook for the History of Jewish Education, vol. IV, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York - Jerusalem 2006. (508+19 pp), Zion 73 (2008), pp. 227-230 (Hebrew).

68. Yaron Ben-Naeh, “On Sefer Tikkun Sofrim by R. Yitzhak Tzabah”. A Review Article of Ruth Lamdan’s Sefer Tikkun Sofrim of Rabbi Itzhak Tzabah, The Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 2009 (264 pages), in: Cathedra 139 (2011), pp. 156-160 (Hebrew).

 

(in chronological order)

 

71. Yaron Ben-Naeh,'An Ordinance of the Gemilut Hasadim Benevolent Society in Yichya Congregation, Salonica'. in Religious Zionism Festschrift in Honor of Dr. Zerach Warhaftig (Simha Raz ed.), Jerusalem 2001, pp. 149-156. (Hebrew)

72. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'After the Advent of Islam', in The Central Mountain Region, a study book for highschool, Jerusalem 2002, pp. 239-304. (Hebrew)

73. Yaron Ben-Naeh, A response to Ruth Lamdan, Zion 66 (2001), pp. 533-535.(Hebrew)

74. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'The Missions of Rabbi Avraham Shalom and Rabbi Yosef Mitrani for the Aid of Safed’, Religious Zionism Festschrift for 100 Years of the Mizrachi Movement (Simha Raz ed.), Jerusalem 2002, pp. 234-240. (Hebrew)

75. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'The Tombstone of the Magnifiscent Minister Yosef', 'Etmol XXII, 5 (July 2002), pp. 10-12. (Hebrew)

76. Yaron Ben-Naeh,'Good Advice for a Happy Marriage', 'Etmol XXII, 6 (September 2002), pp. 7-9. (Hebrew. See translation to Ladino in 2006. See below)

77. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'A Jewish Jigolo in Early 20th Century Baghdad', 'Etmol XXIII, 1 (Nov. 2002), pp. 25-27. (Hebrew)

78. Yaron Ben-Naeh, 'The Belief in Astrology among Salonican Jews in the 19th Century', Machanayim XIV (2002), pp. 135-144. (Hebrew)

79. Yaron Ben-Naeh, ‘A Greek Wedding: Wedding Invitations from 19^th Century Salonica’, 'Etmol XXIII, 3 (January 2003), pp. 26-27. (Hebrew)

80. Yaron Ben-Naeh, ‘Love of Zion on the Bosphoros’, 'Etmol XXIX, 6 (July 2004), pp.28-29.

81 Yaron Ben-Naeh, '”The Nervous and Cruel People of the City": A Karaite Letter from Jerusalem during the Siege of Napoleon', 'Etmol XXX, 6 (July 2005), pp.26-27. (Hebrew)

82. Yaron Ben-Naeh'Syete Rekomendasyones para la Mujer Djudia', Aki Yerushalayim. 80 (Oct. 2006), pp. 32-37. (PI) and D. Angel,

83. Yaron Ben-Naeh, “By the Sultans’ Palaces: Istanbul in the Sixteenth Century”, 'Etmol 213 (Sept. 2010), pp. 6-9.(Hebrew)

84. Yaron Ben-Naeh, “An Emissary from Hevron in a Midst of a Controversy in Bombay”, 'Etmol 215 (Feb. 2011), pp. 6-9.(Hebrew)

(in chronological order)

* June 1997: 'Istanbul Community's Aid for Palestinian Jews in the 17^th c. and their relations', in the 5^th congress of Misgav Yerushalayim, Jerusalem.

* March 1998: 'City of Torah and Learning: Salonica as a rabbinic Center, Myth & Reality', in: 'Center and Periphery', a conference on the occasion of the Ben-Zvi Institute's 50^th anniversary. Jerusalem.

* May 1999: 'Ottoman and Islamic Influence on Ottoman Jewry and on its Culture'. A lecture before a delegation of professors from Marmara University (Istanbul), in Jerusalem. (In English)

* January 2001: 'The connections between the Leghorn Community and Ottoman Jewish Comminities'. In: Livorno Conference, the Ben-Zvi Institute, Jerusalem.

* June 2001: 'Poverty and coping with it in Ottoman Jewish Communities'. In: The International conference on Jewish society and culture in the Ottoman Empire. The Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan.

* August 2001: ‘Moshko the Jew and his Gay Friends: Same-sex Sexual Relations in Ottoman Jewish Society'. In: The 13^th World Congress for Jewish Studies, Jerusalem.

* May 2002: 'Homosexuality among Ottoman Jews'. In: The 2^nd conference of women's studies forum, the Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv.

* March 2003: The Story of a Baghdadi Jewish Jigolo in the Early 20^th century'. In: The 3rd conference of women's studies forum, the Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv.

* March 2003 – January 2004: Mediterranean Jewish Communities in the 18^th-20^th centuries. A workshop of researchers from all Israeli universities, headed by Prof. Jacob Barnai. The Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem.

* June 2004: 'Love as a factor in Marriage among Ottoman Jews'. In: 'Jewish Communities in Mediterranean Cities'. A conference in the Ben-Zvi Institute and the Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem.

* June 2004: 'Regulatins regarding luxuries and free-time: A chapter in the cultural and social history of the Jews of Jerusalem in the 19th century'. In: The Turks and Palestine: A 1000 Years of Relations…', an International Congress, The Hebrew University & Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Institute, Jerusalem.

* October 2004: 'Ottoman Jewish Culture'. In honor of Prof. Tamar Alexander's book on Ladino proverbs. The Ben-Zvi Institute, Jerusalem.

* June 2005: '"Tall, Blond with Hazel eyes": Slaves in Jewish Ownership in the Ottoman Empire'. In: A Conference in honor of Prof. Amnon Cohen, on the occasion of his retirement. The Hebrew-University Asia-Africa Institute, The Truman Institute and the Ben-Zvi Institute, Jerusalem.

* August 2005: 'Everyday Life of Jewish Women in late Ottoman Jerusalem'. In: The 14^th World Congress for Jewish Studies, Jerusalem.

* November 2005: 'Slave Women in Istanbuli Jewish Families In the 17^th Century', An International Symposium: First Historic-Cultural Hispano-Turco-Sephardic Encounter, METU University, Ankara, Turkey.

* December 2005: 'Continuity and Change in the Patterns of Congregational Organization'. In honor of Dr. Zvi Keren's book on the Ruschuk Community. The Ben-Zvi Institute, Jerusalem.

 

* April 2006: 'Ottoman Jews' Coping with Catastrophes'. A public Lecture in the School for Jewish Studies, the Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv.

 * June 2006: 'The Sassoon Family: Jewish Gvirim between East and West in an Age of Transformation'. An International Conference: 'Competing Networks – Greek and Other Commercial Houses in the Mediterranean during the Long Nineteenth Century', Haifa University, Haifa.

* May 2007: 'A Jew, a Muslim and a Christian met at the Ottoman Bazar': The cultural Significance of daily Interethnic Encounters. A lecture at the yearly conference of the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, Penn University, Philadelphia. The title of the 2007 Penn lectures was 'Jewish Life under Caliphs and Sultans'.

* June 2007: 'A Muslim, a Jew and a Christian meet in the market place…'. An international workshop organized by the German Institute in Istanbul and the Tel Aviv University, Istanbul. The European Science Foundation.

* August 2007: 'Quotidian Life in the Ottoman City and Jewish Acculturation'. Conference titled 'Jewish Religion in Ottoman Lands', at Indiana University, Bloomington.

* August 2007: 'The Inter-Ethnic Encounter in the Ottoman City and its Cultural Manifestations'. An international Conference titled 'Jews and Muslims in the World of Islam', organized by The Dahan Center at Bar-Ilan University and the Meyerhof Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Maryland, The University of Maryland.

* October 2007: 'A City of Sages and of books: Sephardic Yeshivot in 19^th Century Jerusalem'. Conference titled 'Sephardi Jews and the Ladino' Mishkenot Shaananim, Jerusalem.

* December 2007: 'Memories, Sources and Invented Histories: Writing Ottoman-Jewish History'. In: 'Comment on écrit l'histoire des Sépharades'. An International conference at the The Ben-Zvi Institute, Jerusalem.

* June 2008: 100 Years for the Young Turks, Conference in Honor of Prof. Hayim Gerber, The Ben-Zvi Institute, Jerusalem.

* August 2008: Shari'a Court Records – Jews in the Ottoman Court: EMH Workshop, Yeshiva University, New York. (= November 2008: MESA conference, Washington)

* September 2009: Poverty and Paupers in Ottoman Jewish Society, in an International Workshop In Memoriam Prof. Zeev Rubin (1942-2009): Sources and Methodologies for the Study of Charity in Monotheistic Religions, The Institute for Advanced Studies and The Nehemia Levtzion Center for Islamic Studies, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

* January 2010: Wills of Ottoman Jews as a Source for their Social and Economic History. In: ‘In The Courts of the Sultans’. The 19^th Marathon of Ladino Research, Salti Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan.

* May 2010: Coping with Catastrophies, (in a yearly course of lectures for the public) Tel AvivUniversity.

* June 2010: Consumption and Restrictive Policy, MEISAI annual conference, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva.

* October 2010: Istanbul Jews in European Eyes: Ludwig August Frankel on his way to Jerusalem (‘Nach Jerusalem’): In: Istanbul, Kushta, Constantinople – Diversity of Identities and personal Narratives in the Ottoman Capital (1830-19000. Die Orient Institut, at the German Consulate General, Istanbul.

* November 2010: 'From Talmud Tora to School: Education and Study among Ottoman Jewry'. In: Innovations in the History of Modern Education in Eretz-Israel. Researchers’ Seminar. Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem.

* December 2010:'The 'Aliya of A Jewish Grandee form Istanbul': An Evening in Honor of Amnon Cohen's last volume in the serie of the Jerusalem Sijil. Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem.

* May 2011: 'Poverty and the Poor and Social Strife in Relation to the Tanzimat Era'. In: Poverty and the Poor in Mediterranean Jewish Societies in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period. Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan.

* June 2011: 'Ottoman Cities as a Case Study', in a panel on the Mediterranean 'Neighbors and Foreigners'. A serie of lectures organized by Prof. Ruth Fine. Van Leer, Jerusalem.

* October 2011: 'Frumkin, An Jerusalemite Journalist in Istanbul, 1871': 'The Ottoman Imperial Center in Personal Memoirs of Jews (19th-20th c.)'. An International Workshop organized by the Orient Institut, Istanbul & Misgav Yerushalayim, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

* January 2012: 'Demographic Shifts and their Implication on the Jewish Society in Turkey': On the Move: The Middle East and the “First Modern Globalization” An International workshop organized by Liat Kozma and others at the Advanced Studies Institute, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

* March 2012: 'Jewish Testaments as a Source for social and Cultural History'. In: 'Death and Testaments in the Ottoman World'. A workshop organized by The Nehemia Levzion Center & Misgav Yerushalayim, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem.