Ars Judaica

Aims & Scope

Ars Judaica, established in 2005 as the Michael J.

Floersheim Memorial under its founding editor Bracha Yaniv, is a publication of the Department of Jewish Art at Bar-Ilan University.

Published annually, the journal is a peer-reviewed publication on Jewish visual culture.

It showcases the Jewish contribution to the visual arts and architecture from antiquity to the present from a variety of perspectives, including history, iconography, semiotics, psychology, sociology, and folklore.

As such it is a valuable resource for art historians, collectors, curators, and all those interested in the visual arts.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	<0.1
2024	0.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	29878

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.101

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, Engineering and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• From Synagogue Furnishing to Media Event: The Magdala Ashlar

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Steven

• Visualization of Colors, 1: David ben Yehudah he-Ḥasid’s Kabbalistic Diagram

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Moshe

• “The <i>Masorah</i> Is a Fence to the Torah” Monumental Letters and Micrography in Medieval Ashkenazi Bibles

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Annette

• Zoya Cherkassky’s Aachen Passover Haggadah: A Subversive Illuminated Manuscript

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Ronit

• Freedom and Slavery in the Sarajevo Haggadah

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Adam S.

• The Jewish Image Desecrator in the Cantigas de Santa Maria

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Katherine

• Striped Jews: <i>The Offering of the Jews</i> in the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Dilshat

• Challenging the Non-Jewish Images of a Jewish Queen: Portrayals of Esther by Early Twentieth-Century Jewish Artists

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Monika

• From Kurdistan to Baghdad: The Transfer of Visual Knowledge during the Early Modern Period

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Eliezer

• The Boy from the Warsaw Ghetto as Holocaust Icon in Art

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Batya

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