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A collection of my lectures, essays, and academic publications
Netta Schramm
Dr. Netta Schramm is the deputy director of the Ben Zvi institute and a post-doctoral fellow at Ben Gurion University. Netta conducted her doctoral research as a Minvera Fellow at Ludwig Maximillians Universität in Munich and the Hebrew University. She is the founder of an interdisciplinary research group titled "I'm Not a Text" and editor of "Beyond Textuality".
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Leibowitz was right? The Symposium at NLI
For the entire event see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0LHvH_bRKM

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Mar 271 min read


Oral Torah: A Poetic-Performative Reading of Yeshayahu Leibowitz and Ovadia Yosef
Theory and Criticism, Issue 61 | Spring 2025 Yeshayahu Leibowitz and Ovadia Yosef delivered talks to diverse audiences for many years, leaving thousands of hours of audio and video recordings available for review. In research on philosophical writings, the prevailing approach is that speech-oriented events are “occasional layers,” while the examining of written materials is the primary way to understand a worldview. The article challenges this assumpt

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Feb 131 min read


A radicalization of Haredi fatalist theology: Rabbi E.M.M. Shach's public addresses, 1988-1991
In 1990, Rabbi Eliezer Shach was in a position to impact the future of the National Unity Government. His pivotal speech, which came to be known as the “Rabbits Address,” triggered intense debates and led to the failure of the “stinking manoeuvre,” after which Ashkenazi Haredi (Ultraorthodox) parties were unwilling to align with the Left – a development that has significantly altered coalition dynamics in Israel ever since.

Netta Schramm נטע שרם
Oct 3, 20251 min read


Don't Trouble God with Condolences: On Leibowitz's Silence Regarding the Holocaust
Chidushim 27.1 (2025): 45-76 (Hebrew)

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Jul 9, 20251 min read


Iconoclast as Icon: On Yeshayahu Leibowitz’s Legacy
This essay, published in Israel Studies , explores the presence of Israeli philosopher Yeshayahu Leibowitz in various cultural media,...

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Feb 13, 20251 min read


Was Rabbi Ovadia Yosef a Protofeminist? A Look at His Oral Sermons - Journal Article
My new article examines Rabbi Ovadia's sermons, exploring his stance on women through folktales and narratives dedicated to halakhic...

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Sep 13, 20241 min read


A Dialogue of Difference: Y. Leibowitz in Conversation with M. Dubois on Judaism and Christianity
A small interview about this article was posted here Why do you find the reading of Liebowitz’s affect, beyond the interview transcript,...

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Mar 27, 20242 min read
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On Purity of Arms and Sexual Purity [in Hebrew]
Published online. Yashar, January 2024. Those who are convinced that weapons are fundamentally positive, and even pure, do not "waste...

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Jan 29, 20241 min read


The Hannibal Directive: Naming a Duality
In 2019 I participated in a conference in London titled Claiming the Classical. My short remarks were devoted to an analysis of a...

Netta Schramm נטע שרם
Nov 22, 20231 min read


Are You My Rabbi? On Rabbi Yitz Greenberg and Orthodox Judaism
Why is R. Yitz Greenberg considered to the left of the orthodox left? My article on his intellectual biography, published in Modern...

Netta Schramm נטע שרם
Oct 28, 20231 min read


I'm Not Text: The 2023 Conference
This year we finished our year-long research group with a fantastic conference. It was an honor to facilitate such a multi-disciplinary...

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Jul 6, 20231 min read



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Feb 23, 20230 min read


Zionist Neutral? The Sardonic Zionism of Yeshayahu Leibowitz and Ovadia Yosef
Netta Schramm discusses the (non-ideological) "think Zionism" stances of two leading Israeli figures. From the Oxford University Israel...

Netta Schramm נטע שרם
Dec 8, 20221 min read


Breaking a New Academic Ground (with Netta Schramm) Podcast
In this episode Netta chats with Danni about the pros and cons of being an interdisciplinary researcher who combines a few fields of...

Netta Schramm נטע שרם
Apr 28, 20221 min read


Stowaways and Geneology
[originally published on the NLI blog: read in Hebrew] Traveling without a ticket. Are you a crook, or are you pennyless? Perhaps you are...

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Apr 11, 20221 min read


Sound Beliefs: Performance and Narrative in the Works of Leibowitz, Yosef, and Greenberg
The Seminar was conducted in Hebrew

Netta Schramm נטע שרם
Apr 11, 20221 min read


I'm Not a Text: May 31th Conference
Is everything text? In Material Studies and Sound Studies, among many other disciplines, scholars produce elaborate methods for reading...

Netta Schramm נטע שרם
Apr 11, 20221 min read


Sound Beliefs Narrative and Performance in the works of Y. Leibowitz, O. Yosef, and I. Greenberg
Collectif Judéité(s) seminar, March 2nd, 2022. Abstract: Imagine editing a book titled The Complete Works of Nietzsche. Would you include...

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Apr 3, 20222 min read
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Review of BBC "Miriam and Yossef" [published in Jewish Film and New Media]
Listen to the audio drama here: Mirain and Youssef. Written by Steve Waters. Original music by Glenn Sharp. Read the entire review.

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Nov 27, 20211 min read



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Oct 14, 20200 min read
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