I am a research fellow in the Volkswagen Momentum Program “From Pre-Modern to Modern Perspectives in Judaic Studies” at the Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures.
My project examines how marginalized groups in Israel interpret and narrate their cultural heritage beyond official Zionist heritage discourses. Focusing on Baram National Park in the Upper Galilee, it explores how multiple, contested histories—Jewish, Mizrahi, Hasidic, and Palestinian—coexist yet remain unevenly represented in the public landscape. Using a rights-based, qualitative case study approach, the research centers the voices of marginalized communities through interviews, observation, and participatory photovoice methods. Building on prior findings about exclusionary heritage policies, the project shifts attention from state narratives to lived heritage practices. Its goal is to develop more inclusive models of heritage representation, education, and policy applicable in Israel/Palestine and other contested heritage contexts.
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Areas of Interest
cultural heritage, Israel’s heritage policy, history and heritage education, photovoice research
Historical Periods of Interest
20th – 21st centuries
Positions
2024-2025
Constantiner School of Education, Tel-Aviv University. Project: Evidence-based
decision making for the promotion of municipal educational policies. PI: Prof. Arnon Hershkovitz &
prof. Alona Forkosh-Baruch.
2023-2024
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Education
2018-2023
Doctor of Philosophy, McGill University Department of Integrated Studies in Education.
2011-2016
Master of Arts (Magna Cum Laude), Tel Aviv University Department of History
Awards and distinctions
2024
Kreitman Postdoctoral Fellowship, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev The Kreitman
School of Advanced Graduate Studies. (Declined).
2023
Lady Davis Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Lady Davis Fellowship Trust.
2022-2023
FRQSC, Doctoral Research Scholarship, Fonds de Recherche du Québec.
FRQSC, Doctoral Research Scholarship, Fonds de Recherche du Québec.
Photo copyright: LMU / Manu Theobald
