JOSEPH CARLEBACH INSTITUTE
Bar-Ilan University


PROF. DR. MIRIAM GILLIS-CARLEBACH
JCI RESEARCH ARCHIVE



The JCI Archive collections were established by the Institute's founder, Prof. Dr. Miriam Gillis-Carlebach, over approximately 50 years of her academic research and teaching activities. The holdings include a wide range of materials such as administrative records, historical documents, personal papers, photographs, research materials, publications and press clippings. These resources, available in English, Hebrew, and German, document the administrative history of the Joseph Carlebach Institute from its inception in March 1992 to 2015.
This subject guide, a work in progress, offers a glimpse into the rich collections available at the JCI Research Archive, organized by thematic categories and accompanied by biographical notes about the creators. We hope it serves as just a starting point for your research. For more information, please contact us at: carlebach.institute@biu.ac.il.

BROWSE COLLECTIONS



Prof. Dr. Miriam Gillis-Carlebach - Biographical papers

Biographical note

Miriam was born in Hamburg, the third daughter of Chief Rabbi Dr. Joseph Zvi Carlebach and Lotte Carlebach nee Preuss. She immigrated to Israel at the age of 16, in November 1938, and was educated at the Religious Youth Village under the direction of Dr. Eugen Michaelis.
In 1944, she married Ernest Moshe Gillis, and the family settled in Kfar Avraham near Petah Tikva. At the beginning of her educational career, she worked as a remedial teacher at the Amishav crossings. In 1985, she was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) in the fields of Special Education and Hebrew Reading Instruction.
Prof. Dr. Miriam Gillis-Carlebach was an honorary senator of the University of Hamburg (1995), founder of the Hadad Center for Dyslexia Research (1986), and the Joseph Carlebach Institute for Jewish Thought and Education (1992).
The Carlebach Institute was established in collaboration with the University of Hamburg to carry out joint projects in the field of Hamburg Jewish heritage, in memory of Chief Rabbi Joseph Zvi Carlebach (1883-1942), his family, and community members who perished in the Holocaust. During her approximately 40 years of work, she engaged in academic research and teaching, and authored and edited dozens of books and articles in her fields of activity.
During approximately 40 years of academic research, Miriam has published dozens of books and articles in various fields, including special education and Hebrew reading, biographical studies and writings of her father Rabbi Joseph Zvi Carlebach, the Carlebach family, the Jewish community in Hamburg-Altona, and Holocaust studies, among others.

CV and Bibliography [2012]
Selected publications


Rabbi Dr. Joseph Zvi Carlebach - Biography and Family history

Biographical note

Joseph Zwi Carlebach, born in Lübeck to the Orthodox Rabbinic family, had a remarkable career serving as a Senior teacher in Jerusalem, Kovno, and Berlin. He also held positions as Director of the Talmud Torah school and Chief Rabbi of Jewish communities in Hamburg, Altona, and Schleswig-Holstein.
Joseph Carlebach authored many books and articles in the contemporary Jewish press in Germany on current topics. Volume III of the 'Selected Writings' [2004] includes a comprehensive bibliography. His first article was published in 'Israelit' in July 1903, and his last article appeared in Hamburger Familienblatt in October 1938.

DIGITAL COLLECTIONS

Publications and manuscripts
Personal and family letters
Photographs


Carlebach Family Archive The Carlebach Family Collection includes historical documentation spanning four generations of the rabbinical lineage, tracing the descendants of Rabbis Alexander S. Adler and Dr. Salomon Carlebach of Lubeck. Most of the material originates from the family archive of Rabbi Dr. Ephraim Carlebach of Leipzig. The family immigrated to Israel in March 1936. This material was donated to the Institute between 1996 and 1998 by his grandson, Mr. Ephraim Amiran of Kibbutz Yakum. The collection contains a variety of family papers and a wealth of rabbinic manuscripts, including sermons, diaries, personal papers, and more.
The JCI Digital Archive provides free and instant access to digitized materials from the Carlebach Family Collection, including rabbinic sermons, manuscripts, photographs, letters, and more.

Carlebach family papers


Jews in Hamburg-Altona and Schleswig-Holstein -

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Holocaust Research

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Special Education, Hebrew reading

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JCI Administrative Records The collection contains historical documents of the Carlebach Institute from its founding in 1992 to 2015. The documentation covers topics such as the JCI establishment process, partnerships, international conferences, seminars for students and researchers from Germany, research projects, memorial events in Israel and abroad, and more.




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