Freie Universität Berlin
Lurianic Kabbalah between East-Central Europe and the Ottoman Empire, 1640-1740
Avinoam Joseph Stillman is a historian with particular interests in kabbalah, Hebrew manuscripts and printed books, and the Ashkenazi diaspora. His doctoral dissertation, completed at Freie Universität Berlin, is an intellectual biography of Meir Poppers, a seventeenth century Jewish scholar. Born in Kraków and educated in Jerusalem, Poppers played a key role in the circulation of Lurianic kabbalah between East-Central Europe and the Ottoman Empire. Avinoam received his MA in Jewish Thought at Ben Gurion University of the Negev and his BA in Religion at Columbia University. In 2025-2026, Avinoam was a Harry Starr Fellow in Judaica at Harvard University.