1990 born in Netanya
2014-2015 B.A. (magna cum laude) in Comparative Literature and Jewish Thought, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2016-2017 M.A. (magna cum laude) in Comparative Literature, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2020 Certificate in Global Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of Pennsylvania
2020 M.A. in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, University of Pennsylvania
2018-2024 Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, University of Pennsylvania
2024-2025 Lady Davis Postdoctoral Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Since 2026 Minerva Postdoctoral Fellow, Chair of Judaic Studies (Prof. Dr. Ze’ev Strauss), University of Göttingen


Publications

Blumenzweig, Itaï, “Karo’s Anxiety of Reading: Recreation, Devotion and Addiction”, Sixteenth Century Journal, 57.2 (2026): 389–409.

Blumenzweig, Itaï, “Hebraism in Sixteenth-Century England: Robert and Thomas Wakefield by James P. Carley and Charles Burnett”, Reformation, 30.1 (2025): 111–112.

Blumenzweig, Itaï, “Le glaive et la fronde: mener les guerres de religion avec David et Goliath”, Graphè, 33 (2025): 95–108.

Blumenzweig, Itaï, “What Did Jesus Say on the Cross? A Sixteenth Century Quest After a Biblical Transliteration”, Reformation, 29.1 (2024): 77–95.

Blumenzweig, Itaï, “Lecture de la fatigue, fatigue de la lecture: Le mouvement humaniste, une société de fatigue?”, in Maria de Jesus Cabral, José Domingues de Almeida, Maria de Fátima Outeirnho, Phillipe Zaweija, eds., Lectures de la fatigue: Entre pathologisation, critique sociale, et créations artistiques. Paris, Éditions Le Manuscrit 2023: 33–48.