Refael
Kroizer

Refael Kroizer is a PhD student in the School of Jewish Studies and Archaeology at Tel Aviv University under the supervision of Prof. Maoz Kahana.

His research focuses on Jewish perceptions of the urban space in European cities in the early modern period as portrayed in the rabbinic literature.

Through his research, Refael hopes to contribute to our understanding of the lives of Jews and Jewish culture and the coexistence of Judaism and other faiths in Christian Europe.

Refael was born in Jerusalem and currently lives there with his wife, Sari, and their four children. He received his BA in philosophy and Jewish thought from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and his MA in the history of the Jewish people at Tel Aviv University. He began his academic journey in secret, taking courses at the Open University in parallel to his Torah studies as a young yeshiva student. Over the years he has advanced in both worlds and was ordained as a rabbi by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. In his free time, Refael likes to play chess and read books.