PETAH TIKVA - 26 April 2026

The city of Petah Tikva held a formal ceremony to inaugurate a new lane at 4-6 29th of November Street, named in honor of Prof. Dr. Miriam Gillis-Carlebach. The event brought together the family of Moshe and Miriam Gillis - including their children Michal, Ilana, Avraham, and Yosef - alongside grandchildren, relatives, and friends. The youngest daughter, Ilana, delivered remarks on the family's behalf.

Mayor Rami Greenberg highlighted Prof. Dr. Gillis-Carlebach's lifelong dedication to education, Holocaust research, and her tireless work preserving the legacy of her father, Rabbi Dr. Joseph Zvi Carlebach of Hamburg. Ms. Jillian Goldman, representing the Carlebach Institute at Bar-Ilan University, offered a moving tribute reflecting on Miriam's lasting influence on the Institute's scholarly mission.

30 March 2026

This significant archive features correspondence dating from 1955 to 1967 regarding the private library of the late Oberrabbiner Dr. Joseph Carlebach of Hamburg. The collection offers a unique window into the preservation of the Chief Rabbi's scholarly works and the complex efforts surrounding property restitution.

The archive provides invaluable documentation of post-war efforts to recover and preserve Jewish intellectual heritage, including correspondence with international organizations, legal documents, and personal papers that illuminate the challenges of cultural recovery following World War II.

28-29 December 2025

The Joseph Carlebach Institute, in cooperation with the Bucerius Institute for Research of Contemporary German History and Society and the Rosenzweig Center, presents this international workshop dedicated to the life and work of Prof. Paul Mendes-Flohr. This two-day scholarly gathering focuses on Jewish intellectual history and religious thought, bringing together leading researchers to discuss his enduring contributions to the field.

November 2025

The Joseph Carlebach Institute is pleased to announce that Rachel Verliebter has been awarded the Miriam Gillis-Carlebach Fellowship for 2025. The fellowship supports innovative research in Jewish studies in cooperation with the University of Hamburg. Verliebter's research analyzes collective memory through the lens of the Jewish press during the early Nazi period, examining Jewish identity debates among German Jews from 1933 to 1938.

November 2025

The Joseph Carlebach Institute is honored to welcome Dr. Ghilad H. Shenhav from the University of Munich as a visiting researcher for the 2025-2026 academic year. Dr. Shenhav is a scholar of modern Jewish intellectual history and Coordinator of the Center for Israel Studies. His research project "Beyond the Bible" explores the relationship between Zionism, Talmud, and history.

June 2024

The Joseph Carlebach Institute mourns the passing of Dr. Eckart Frey (1949-2024), a long-standing friend of the Institute and a central figure in German-Israeli academic exchange. In September 1997, Dr. Frey initiated and led the first seminar at the Institute for students of Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, establishing a tradition of seminars on Jewish history and heritage in Germany and Israel that continued for over two decades.

January 2024

The Joseph Carlebach Institute is proud to announce the publication of Rabbi Joseph Z. Carlebach - End of an Epoch by Dr. Meir Seidler (Bar-Ilan University Press, 2023). This comprehensive study examines Rabbi Carlebach's intellectual and spiritual responses to the crisis of German Jewry, illuminating the deep engagement of German rabbis with the cultural world that ultimately collapsed fs-5 around them.