Lamdan Ruth, Dept. of Jewish History



Short Curriculum Vitae (highlights):


Born: Tel-Aviv, 1943. Married + 3
Army Service: 1961-1963 Computers Unit (MAMRAM)
Academic Degree: PH.D.

Education: B.A. and M.A. degrees at Tel Aviv University (Summa cum Laude)
M.A. Thesis: "Rabbi Moshe Basola - His Life and Work" (1983)
Ph.D. Thesis: "The Status of Jewish Women in the Communities of Egypt, Syria and Palestine in the 16th Century" (1992)

Academic and Professional Experience:
For many years teacher and lecturer in the Department of Jewish History, Tel Aviv University.
A research member in the Institute for Diaspora Research.
Actively participated in the following professional conferences:
Jerusalem, 1990 - "Jewish Women and Divorce in the 16th Century", CIEPO (International Committee of Pre-Ottoman Studies) 9th Conference.
Fiesole (Italy), 1992 - "The Jews of Safed After the Expulsion from Spain", A conference organized by The Institute for Artistic, Cultural and Natural Heritage of the Emilia-Romagna Region, Bologna.
Jerusalem, 1993 - "Daily Life of Jewish Women in Eretz Israel and Egypt in the 16th Century", The Eleventh World Congress of Jewish Studies.
Tel Aviv, 1993 - "Social Norms and Reality in Jewish Communities in 16th Century Palestine", The 17th Annual Convention of Zalman Shazar Center.



Turkey (Ankara, Bursa, Izmir), 1996 - "The Written and the Printed Word - A 16th Century Manuscript of Hebrew Standard Documents as a Source for the Social History of the Jews in the Ottoman Empire", The Howard Gilman International Conference: Turkey as a Crossroads of Cultures.
Jerusalem, 1997 - "Special Stipulations in Eretz Israel Ketubbot as Shown in Ms. Sefer Tiqqun Sofrim, 1635", Twelfth World Congress of Jewish Studies.

Major publications (books and major articles):


Ruth Lamdan, "Two Writings by R. Moshe Basula", Michael, IX (1985), pp. 171-193 (in Hebrew).

Ruth Lamdan, "The Boycott of Ancona - Viewing the Other Side of the Coin", From Lisbon to Salonica and Constantinople (ed. Z. Ankori), The Yehudey Yavan Le-Dorotham Series, Tel-Aviv 1988, pp. 135-154 (in Hebrew).

Ruth Lamdan, "Daily life of Jewish Women in Eretz Israel and Egypt in the 16th Century", Proceedings of the 11th World Congress of Jewish Studies, Division B, Volume I, Jerusalem 1994, pp. 147-153 (in Hebrew).

Ruth Lamdan, "Female Slaves in the Jewish Society of Palestine, Syria and Egypt in the 16th Century", The Days of the Crescent (ed. M. Rozen), Tel-Aviv 1996, pp. 355-371 (in Hebrew).

Ruth Lamdan, "Child Marriage in Jewish Society in the Eastern Mediterranean during the 16th Century", Mediterranean Historical Review, Volume 11, June 1996, pp. 37-59.

Ruth Lamdan, " Jewish Polygamy in Palestine and Egypt in the Generations following the Expulsion from Spain", Daniel Carpi Jubilee Volume (eds. D. Porat, M. Rozen and A. Shapira), Tel-Aviv 1996, pp. 73-89 (in Hebrew).

Ruth Lamdan, A Separate People - Jewish Women in Palestine Syria and Egypt in the 16th Century, Tel-Aviv 1996 (in Hebrew).

Areas of current research interest:


The Jews in the Ottoman Empire, from the 15th to the 18th centuries; Palestine in the 16th-17th centuries; The Jews of Palestine (Eretz Israel) in the Ottoman period; The Jews of Italy from the 15th to the 18th centuries; Women in Jewish society.

Additional points of contact:

Personal address: 5, He'Amal Street, Ramat-Hasharon 47445
Telephone: 972-3-5402225

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