Dr. Itzhak Pass

Dr. Itzhak Pass- CV

M.A Topic: Yisrael Eldad, Torchbearer of the "Greater Land of Israel" Vision: 1948- 1967

Supervisor: Prof. Judy Baumel- Schwartz.

Ph.D Topic: Lehi's legacy, Between radical right and radical left: Israel Eldad vs. Nathan Yalin-Mor.

Supervisor: Prof. Judy Baumel- Schwartz.

Scholarships and awards

2013: Koschitzky Scholarship, Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry, Bar-Ilan University.

2014: Jabotinsky Institute Award for M.A

2018: Jabotinsky Institute Scholarship for Ph.D

2019: Institute for Underground Research, Bar-Ilan University, Scholarship for Ph.D

Academic conferences organized

2018:

• "Women Narrating the Holocaust: Conference Marking 80 Years Since Kristallnacht", held on November 12, 2018, at Bar-Ilan University.

2019:

• "Religious Zionism and the Holocaust – Then and Now", held on March 15, 2019, at Bar-Ilan University.
• "Mutual Responsibility During and After the Holocaust", held on May 20, 2019, at Bar-Ilan University.
• "On the Path to Rescue: Saving Jews During and After the Holocaust - 81 Years Since Kristallnacht", held on November 11, 2019, at Bar-Ilan University.
• "The Struggle Over the Holocaust Narrative in Eastern Europe: The Case of Lithuania", held on December 16, 2019, at Bar-Ilan University.
• "Depicting Violated Jewish Women During the Holocaust: In Memory of Nava Semel", held on January 8, 2020, at Bar-Ilan University.

2020:

• Annual Online Researchers’ Conference: "Creative Works During and After the Holocaust", held on Zoom.
• "HaUma Conference: Marking 80 Years Since the Founding of Lehi", held on September 7, 2020, via Zoom.
• "Women's Empowerment in Times of Crisis", held on October 13, 2020, via Zoom.
• Online Seminar: "Marking 82 Years Since Kristallnacht", held on November 9, 2020, via Zoom.

2021:

• "Women in Security Efforts During the Pre-State Period" (Monthly Meeting Series), held on Zoom.
• Annual Spiegel Fellows Conference (Weekly Meeting Series), held on Zoom.
• "Conference in Memory of Avraham (Yair) Stern", held on February 7, 2021, via Zoom.
• "Inspiring Jewish Women Worldwide", held March 7-11, 2021, via Zoom.
• "Women Fighters of 1948: Activities, Commemoration, and Documentation", held on March 15, 2021, via Zoom.
• "The Silver Platter: Women Fighters of 1948 Establishing a State", held on April 13, 2021, via Zoom.
• "Domestic Terror: Jewish Subversion in the 1950s", held on May 4, 2021, via Zoom.
• "Jews in the Service of the Enemy? Jewish Collaboration with the Germans and Their Allies During World War II", held on June 1, 2021, via Zoom.
• "No Silence Against Violence", held on June 30, 2021, via Zoom.

2022:

• Monthly Lecture Series: "Women in Israeli Politics", held on Zoom.
• Annual Spiegel Fellows Conference (Weekly Meeting Series), held on Zoom.
• Lecture Series: "Let Me Hear Your Voice - Women Researching Women in Jewish Studies", held on Zoom.
• Lecture Series: "Women Researching and Creating", held on Zoom.
• "From Emancipation to the Present: Jewish Women in Art and Visual Culture", held on June 8, 2022, via Zoom.
• "Everyday Life During the Holocaust", held on June 8, 2022, via Zoom.
• Secretary for the Annual Conference of the Association for Israel Studies (AIS).

2023:

• Lecture Series: "The Matter of the Body: Women, Body, and Sexuality", held on Zoom.
• Lecture Series: "The Pioneering Women", held on Zoom.
• "The Long Road to Freedom: Imprisonment and Exile During the Mandate Period", held on February 28, 2023, at Bar-Ilan University.

2024:

• Monthly Lecture Series: "Jewish Women During the Holocaust", held on Zoom throughout the year.
• Lecture Series: "Women's Heroism in Times of Crisis", held on Zoom.
• Online Seminar: "Changing Places – Migrant Women, Challenges, and Coping", held on February 25, 2024, via Zoom.
• "Women Writers During the Pre-State Period", held on June 5, 2024, at Bar-Ilan University.
• Online Seminar: "The Demjanjuk Case", held on June 24, 2024, via Zoom.

Participation in academic conferences

2015:

• Doctoral Workshop at Masaryk University, Czech Republic (July 12-16, 2015):
  Presentation title: “Israel Eldad as the Bearer of the Vision of Greater Israel.”

2019:

• Study Day on Lehi Intelligence, held at the Center for Intelligence Heritage, Glilot (April 7, 2019):
  Presentation title: “The Intelligence of Lehi: Between Successes and Failures.”
• Conference on “Jewish Mutual Responsibility During and After the Holocaust”, the annual Spiegel Fellows Conference, held at Bar-Ilan University (May 20, 2019):
  Presentation title: “Mutual Responsibility through the Lens of Two Yoels: Yoel Palgi and Yoel Brand.”

2020:

• Hebron Research Conference (May 20, 2020, via Zoom):
  Presentation title: “Lehi Veterans and the Early Settlement in the City of the Patriarchs.”
• “HaUmah” Conference Marking 80 Years since the Establishment of Lehi (September 7, 2020, via Zoom):
  Presentation title: “Hebrews, Messianic, Canaanite but Not Zionist – 'The Nation' in Lehi Thought.”

2021:

• Conference in Memory of Avraham (Yair) Stern (February 7, 2021, via Zoom):
  Presentation title: “How the Myth of Yair Developed.”
• Conference on “At the Margins of Awareness and Beyond” (Fourth Meeting in the “Women in Security Activities” Series, February 22, 2021, via Zoom):
  Presentation title: “Being the Wife of a Wanted Man: Wives of Lehi Leaders and Patterns of Partnership in the Underground.”
• “Domestic Terrorism: Jewish Subversion in the 1950s” Conference (May 4, 2021, via Zoom):
  Presentation title: “From the Tsrifin Underground to the Kastner Murder: Lehi Veterans and Their Role in Internal Terror Fronts.”

2022:

• Annual Association for Israel Studies (AIS) Conference (June 27-29, 2022, at Bar-Ilan University):
  Presentation title: “The Attempted Assassination of MK Pinkas: The Canaanite Angle.”

2023:

• “Long Road to Freedom: Imprisonment and Exile During the Mandate” Conference (February 28, 2023, at Bar-Ilan University):
  Presentation title: “Solidarity Behind Bars: Clashes, Strikes, and Even Some Informants.”
• Fourth Police and History Conference (March 27, 2023, at the Israel Police Heritage Center, Beit Shemesh):
  Presentation title: “Police Conduct in the Attempted Assassination of Minister Pinkas: The Failures That Led to an Acquittal.”
• Study Day on “Feminine Heroism in Times of Crisis” (December 3, 2023, via Zoom):
  Presentation title: “With Hands Bound and Heads Held High: Female Underground Prisoners During the Mandate Period.”

2024:

• “Wars of Memory: From the Holocaust to October 7th” Conference (July 24, 2024, at the Western Galilee College, Acre):
  Presentation title: “On the Question of Contacts Between Avraham Stern (Yair) and Nazi Germany: Can It Be Justified?”
• 7th Jerusalem Days Conference (August 1, 2024, at Yad Ben Zvi Institute, Jerusalem):
  Presentation title: “From Deir Yassin to the Temple Mount: Dr. Eldad’s Perception of Jerusalem During the War of Independence.”

Academic positions at Bar-Ilan University

2013–: Academic and Administrative Coordinator at the Center for Women's Studies in Judaism, named after Pnina Guttsfeld-Heller.

2015–2019: Research Assistant to Prof. Judy Baumel-Schwartz.

2018–: Academic Coordinator and Researcher at the Holocaust Research Institute, named after Arnold and Leona Finkelstein.

2018–: Director of the Spiegel Fellows Program at the Holocaust Research Institute.

(Informal assistance in supervising graduate research students under the guidance of Prof. Judy Baumel-Schwartz).

 Previous employment

2011-2017: Online Teaching in the Department of Land of Israel Studies at Herzog Academic College (including guiding seminar papers).

Other Professional Experience (Public Roles):

2020-present: Member of the editorial board of the journal HaUma.

2021-present: Editor-in-chief of the journal Masechet – Research on Women in the Jewish World.

Guiding final papers in History (Neve Shmuel Yeshiva, Efrat).

2024: Member of the academic committee of the Jabotinsky Institute.