Avinoam Stillman
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Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Avinoam Joseph Stillman is a scholar of early modern Jewish culture. His research focuses on the history of kabbalah, on Hebrew manuscripts and printed books, and on the Ashkenazi diaspora in East-Central Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean. He received his doctoral degree at Freie Universität Berlin with a dissertation entitled “Meir Poppers (1628-1662): A Lurianic Kabbalist in Kraków and Jerusalem.” Previously, he completed his MA in Jewish Thought at Ben Gurion University of the Negev and his BA in Religion at Columbia University. He is also a co-founder of Blima Books, an independent press based in Jerusalem and Berlin and dedicated to “Radical Jewish Literature.” As a Starr Fellow in 2025-2026, he will be exploring the intersections between early modern kabbalah and Ashkenazi pilgrimage to Ottoman Palestine.