Advanced Studies

LL.M Program

The Faculty of Law of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem offers an LL.M in Jewish Law. Students with LL.B or B.A in Jewish studies are invited to apply to the program.

The program offers a unique opportunity for an extensive study of the many faces of Jewish Law, while creating a fruitful connection between the Halakhic sources, Jewish studies research and modern legal thinking. This program is leading in its field and the finest Jewish Law lecturers take part in it.

The program offers a comprehensive and thorough training in the four focuses of Jewish Law research: Jewish Law philosophy, Jewish Law Methods of research, positivist Jewish Law and Jewish Studies.

 For more information, see here.

 

Ph.d Program

The Faculty of Law of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem offers a leading research environment for Jewish Law doctorates.

To view the Ph.d program, see here.

Doctorate Research Fellows in 2017:

  • Shlomit Bekerman Efrati, supervised by Prof. Berachyahu Lifshitz
  • Bentzion Greenberger, supervised by Prof. Berachyahu Lifshitz and Prof.  Shimon Ettinger
  • Moshe Drori, supervised by Prof. Berachyahu Lifshitz and Prof. Eliav Shochetman
  • Shirili Weisman, supervised by Prof. Hanina Ben-Menahem
  • Elad Zilbershtain, supervised by Prof. Berachyahu Lifshitz
  • Ari Smadja, supervised by Prof. Berachyahu Lifshitz
  • Efi Zemach, supervised by Prof. Berachyahu Lifshitz and Prof. Gabriela Shalev
  • Yehoshua Pfeffer, supervised by Prof. David Flatto and Prof. Ruth Gavison
  • Shachar Katovitz, supervised by Prof. Elon Harel and Dr. Shai Wozner