Position:

Lecturer in Modern Judaism, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies

Faculty / College Address:

Oriental Institute

Email:

miri.freud-kandel@orinst.ox.ac.uk

Research Interests:

• Modern Judaism
• The theological development of religious movements and denominiationalism
• The development of Orthodox forms of Judaism, particularly in Britain
• Anglo-Jewry
• Gender issues in modern Judaism

Current Projects:

• A Faithless Remnant? The plight of Orthodox Judaism in Modernity

Courses Taught:

• Modern Jewish Thought
• Modern Jewish Society
• Judaism in History and Society
• Emergence of Modern Religious Movements in Judaism

Recent Publications:

• (co-editor)Modern Judaism: An Oxford Guide, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005
• "Modernist Movements" in Modern Judaism: An Oxford Guide, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005
• "British Jewry" in Modern Judaism: An Oxford Guide, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005
• Orthodox Judaism in Britain Since 1913: An Ideology Forsaken, London: Vallentine-Mitchell, 2006