Personal profile
Research interests
My research focuses on Jewish traditional narratives from a diachronic and comparative perspective. I am interested in the development, transmission, distribution and reception of the Jewish story and its cross-cultural references.
I joined the Department of the Jewish Literature of Bar-Ilan University on 2007. I was appointed as a lecturer on 2012.
Born and raised in Beer-Sheva, Israel, I am the eldest daughter of parents who emigrated from Romania in the 1990's; A mother of 3 children residing in Lehavim.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Bar-Ilan University
Jan 2000 → Jan 2005
Award Date: 1 Jan 2005
Master, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Oct 1995 → Jun 1999
Award Date: 30 Jun 1999
Bachelor, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Oct 1989 → Jun 1993
Award Date: 30 Jun 1993
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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ילד משורר וילד בחלון – קריאה פרשנית בשניים מאיורי השיר "דני גיבור" מאת מרים ילן-שטקליס
טוהר, ו., 2025, In: ילדות. 6, p. 91-101 11 p.Translated title of the contribution :The Poet and the Window: An Interpretative Reading of Two Illustrations for Miriam Yalan-Shteklis’s “Danny Gibbor” (“Dannyis a Hero”) Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Blurred boundaries and deceptive dichotomies in pre-modern texts and images: Culture, society and reception
Nissim, D. & Tohar, V., 18 Dec 2023, de Gruyter. 266 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Blurred boundaries in pre-modern texts and images: Aspects of audiences and readers-viewers responses
Nissim, D. & Tohar, V., 18 Dec 2023, Blurred Boundaries and Deceptive Dichotomies in Pre-Modern Texts and Images: Culture, Society and Reception. de Gruyter, p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The poetic and ideological blurring of boundaries in the Jewish Book of ethics Orhot Saddiqim
Tohar, V., 18 Dec 2023, Blurred Boundaries and Deceptive Dichotomies in Pre-Modern Texts and Images: Culture, Society and Reception. de Gruyter, p. 41-56 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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שלמה בן מזל והפוליפוניה של השיח בספר העברי: בין המגיה לבין המשורר
טוהר, ו., 2023, In: עלי ספר. ל"ב-ל"ג, p. 129-146 18 p.Translated title of the contribution :Shelomoh ben Mazal-Tov and the Polyphony of the Discourse in the Hebrew Book: Between the Proofreader and the Poet Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review