Research Fellow – Prof. Yemima Hadad
Prof. Yemima Hadad holds the Juniorprofessur für Judaistik at the University of Leipzig. Prof. Hadad teaches Modern Jewish Thought, German-Jewish Philosophy, and Talmud. Her research interest is focused on Political Theology, Continental Philosophy and Jewish Thought in the 20th century. Her Doctoral dissertation (2021) demonstrates the significance of Hasidism in explaining the political tenets of Martin Buber’s thought. She is currently researching Modern Jewish responses to the German concept Vaterland, and the theological foundations of Buber’s binationalism, and the modern Jewish reception of Hasidism as a form of liberal politics.
2013-2021 Ph.D. summa cum laude. School of Jewish Theology. University of Potsdam, Germany.
2007-2011 M.A. summa cum laude. Department of Philosophy. Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
2006-2007 Complementary studies to M.A in Philosophy. Department of Philosophy, Tel-Aviv University.
2002-2005 B.A. Department of Behavioral Sciences (focus on psychology). Ben-Gurion University, Israel.
ARTICLES IN JOURNALS (Peer Review)
- “Dialogical History: Martin Buber’s Theopolitics as a Critique of the History of Human Power.” The Jewish Quarterly Review. [Accepted for publication] .
- “The Non-Categorical Imperative: Martin Buber’s Line of Demarcation and the Descent of the Zaddik in Hasidism.” Jewish Studies Quarterly. ]Accepted for publication
- Co-authored with Admiel Kosman. “The Societal Role of the Man of Spirit according to Martin Buber.” Hebrew Union College Annual 91 (2021), 204-259. [In print]
- “’Ich Habe Nicht Geantwortet’: Hermeneutics of Secrecy, Religious Silence, and Dialogvergessenheit in Martin Buber’s Exchange with Franz Rosenzweig about Halakhah.” Naharaim 14:1 (2020): 103-132.
- “Hasidic Myth-Activism: Martin Buber’s Theopolitical Revision of the Volkish Nationalism.” Religions 10: 2 (2019): 1-34.
BOOK CHAPTERS (Peer Review)
- “The Hasidic Zaddik as Theopolitical Leader.” The Dialogical Imagination of Martin Buber: Essays on Religion, Politics and Ethics. New Jewish Philosophy and Thought, edited by Sarah Scott. (Indiana University Press). [Forthcoming]
- “Jewish Activism in Martin Buber’s Theopolitics.”100 years I and Thou edited by Ron Margolin and Hani Vitelson. Hakibbutz Hameuchad. [Hebrew]. [Forthcoming]
- Co-authored with Admiel Kosman. “Tafkid Ish HaRuach Bakhevra Lefi Mishnato Shel Martin Buber.” Intellectualism and Jewish Intellectuals. Edited by Avi Sagie and Dov Schwarz. Bar-Ilan University Press [Hebrew]. [Accepted for publication].
OTHER ESSAYS
- Book Review. “Feminism, Femininity and Women: The Presence and Contribution of Women in Shaping Martin Buber’s Thought: Reflections on Paul Mendes-Flohr’s Martin Buber: Life of Faith and Dissent.” Alpaim Plus 3 (2021). [Hebrew]. [In print].