Role: Researcher
Email: emmazohar@tauex.tau.ac.il
Scope of Research:
History of Emotions, Modern Jewish History, Interwar Polish-Jewry
Academic Background:
BA Jewish History, University of Haifa
MA Jewish History, University of Haifa
PhD Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University
Selected Publications
Books:
- Emma Zohar, The Children of the Place: The Non-Zionist Education System in Interwar Poland, forthcoming: Pardes Publishing (Hebrew).
- Emma Zohar, Within the Pale of Pleasure: Polish Jewry and the Pursuit of Happiness (1918-1939), forthcoming: The Zalman Shazar Center Press (Hebrew).
Articles:
- Zohar Emma, “Yizkor Bicher as a Historical Source: The Case of Lea Chamilewsky”, Gal-Ed, (28) 2024 (Hebrew) (in Press).
- Zohar Emma, "Jewish Beauty Pageants in Interwar Poland: Entertainment, Beauty Ideal and Collective Emotions", Textile: Cloth and Culture, 21(3) 2023: 626-644.
- Zohar Emma, “Between Hope and Struggle: The Gender Struggle and the Jewish Socialist Parties in Interwar Poland”, East European Jewish Affairs, 52(1) 2022: 48-66.
- Zohar Emma, “Feeling Communists: Communism, emotions, and gender in interwar Polish Jewry”, Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 21(1) 2022: 38-56.
Book Chapters:
- Zohar Emma, "Jewish Emotions and Public Transportation in Interwar Poland", in: Zohar E. (Ed.), Jews on the Move: Jewish Life and Public Transportation, Ben-Gurion Research Institute Press (in Hebrew) (in Press).
- Zohar Emma, "Bread, Butter and Education: The Yiddishist Movements in Poland, 1914-1916," in: Reuveni G., Madigan E. (eds.) The Jewish Experience of the First World War, London: Palgrave 2019: 67-84.
Edited Books and Special Journal Issues:
- Zohar E. (ed.), Jews on the Move: Jewish Life and Public Transportation, Ben-Gurion Research Institute Press (Hebrew) (in Press).
- Zohar, E., Feldman-Samet, H., & Rozin, O. (guest eds.), Zion 90(1-2) 2024 (special issue: History of Emotions and Jewish History) (Hebrew).
- Zohar, E., Mahla, D., & Reuveni, G. (guest eds.). Jewish Culture and History 25(3) 2024 (special issue: Impossible Love: Jewish Relationships and the Holocaust).
- Ofer D. (ed.), Zohar E., & Neumark I. (associate eds.), Youth in the Shadow of the Holocaust: Diaries, Poetry, Reflections, Givat-Haviva: Moreshet Publications 2023 (Hebrew).
- Flakowitz Shmuel, The World According to Flakowitz: Memories of a Jewish Entrepreneur from the Turn of the Century to the Establishment of the State of Israel, Zohar E., & Reuveni G. (eds.), Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press 2023 (Hebrew).