Jewish history

Professor David Shyovitz

A professor of history and Jewish studies who works on medieval Jewish intellectual history and Jewish law.

David Shyovitz
Scholar in residence · Northwestern University
Professor of History and Jewish Studies and director of the Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies.

Today

Professor of History and Jewish Studies

David Shyovitz is Professor of History and Jewish Studies at Northwestern University and Director of the Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies.

He teaches courses on Jewish-Christian and Jewish-Muslim relations, the Crusades, the Blood Libel, Jewish law, and antisemitism. He is a scholar of medieval Jewish cultural and intellectual history, and he has published on Halakhah and minhag, Jewish philosophy, mysticism, and Jewish-Christian and Jewish-Muslim relations. He lives in Skokie, Illinois.

Learning

Yeshiva and university

He earned his BA, MA, and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, and studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion under Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l.

He has held visiting fellowships at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the National Library of Israel, Cardozo School of Law, and the Katz Center at Penn.

Books

A Remembrance of His Wonders

His book A Remembrance of His Wonders received the Medieval Academy of America's John Nicholas Brown Prize.

His forthcoming book, "O Beastly Jew!", explores Jews and animals in the Middle Ages.

With Kosher Travelers

Pesach 2027 in Rhodes

David Shyovitz is a scholar in residence on the Pesach 2027 program at the Elysium Resort and Spa in Rhodes, with talks by the scholars in residence and guest speakers.

Pesach 2027 at the Elysium Resort, Rhodes

Scholars in residence