PEOPLE OF THE AIR: An Evening with Guy Miron, Open University of Israel

Following the Nazification of the German public space which led to their exclusion, Jews came to terms with the new situation in the streets and the plazas, on the roads, in a variety of public institutions (such as public libraries) as well as in open nature. Miron will discuss case studies such as the experience of Jews as drivers in Nazi Germany and the ways Jewish intellectuals coped with their exclusion from public libraries, as well as the ways in which the use of Jewish spaces – predominantly synagogues and cemeteries – was transformed and loaded them with new meanings under the Third Reich. Drawing on a variety of sources such as diary entries, letters and articles from the Jewish press, he will also explore the changing domestic experiences and perceptions of home among German Jews under the Nazi regime.

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Guy Miron (born December 20, 1966, in Jerusalem) is an Israeli historian and Professor of History at the Open University of Israel, specializing in the modern Jewish experience, particularly the history of Jews in Germany and Central Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. His research spans Jewish life during the Weimar Republic and under Nazi rule, Jewish identity and memory, historiography, and the experiences of Jewish communities in Hungary and France.

Miron earned his B.A. with honors from the Open University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has held academic positions internationally, including as a visiting lecturer at Rutgers University in the United States. Before joining the Open University faculty in 2014, he taught at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, where he also served as Dean.

At the Open University, Miron has served as Vice President for Academic Affairs (2019–2024), playing a key role in academic leadership and institutional development.

In addition to his work at the Open University, Miron is active with Yad Vashem’s International Institute for Holocaust Research, where he heads the Center for the Study of German Jewry during the Holocaust and contributes to major scholarly publications.

He has published extensively, including books and articles on Jewish identity, memory, the politics of history, and the lived experiences of Jews under persecution. His work combines deep archival research with broader questions about space, time, and historical agency

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