Cairo to the Cloud features renowned Geniza scholars, computer scientists, archivists, librarians, conservators, photographers, artists, rabbis, and writers who share their fascinating insights into the world of the Geniza with an infectious passion. 

I am deeply grateful to them for their time and expertise.

Canada

Dr. Albert Friedberg, Founder, Friedberg Genizah Project

Phyllis Lambert, Architect, Canadian Centre for Architecture

Egypt

Professor Mohamed Hawary, Department of Hebrew Studies, Ain Shams University, Cairo (Emeritus)

England

Dr. Piet van Boxel,  Hebrew & Judaica Curator, Bodleian Library, Oxford University (Emeritus)

Lucy Cheng, Conservator, Genizah Research Unit, Cambridge University Library

Dr. Gabriele Ferrario, Research Associate, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit,  Cambridge University Library

Dr César Merchán-Hamann, Hebrew & Judaica Curator, Bodleian Library, Oxford University

Dr. Ben Outhwaite, Head, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit,  Cambridge University Library

Maciej Pawlikowski, Senior Photographer and Digitisation Supervisor, Cambridge University Library

Professor Stefan Reif, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge University   

Professor Janet M. Soskice, Department of Divinity, University of Cambridge

Dr. Esther-Miriam Wagner, Research Associate, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit, Cambridge University Library

France

Professor Paul B. Fenton, Arabic & Hebrew Studies, Université Paris-Sorbonne

Jean-Claude Keperminc, Director, Library & Archives, Alliance Israélite Universelle

Dr. Avraham Malthête, Librarian & Paleographer, Alliance Israélite Universelle

Professor Judith Olszowy-Schlanger, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Oxford University

Israel

Professor Menahem Ben-Sasson, History of the Jewish People & President, Hebrew University of Jersusalem

Professor Haggai Ben-Shammai, Arabic Language and Literature, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Emeritus)

Yochanan Black, artist and manuscript Illustrator

Professor Yaakov Choueka, Chief Computerization Scientist, Friedberg Genizah Project, ז״ל‎

Professor Nachum Dershowitz, Blavatnik School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University

Professor Miriam Frenkel, Jewish History,  Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Professor Mordechai Akiva Friedman, Hebrew Culture Studies, Tel Aviv University (Emeritus)

Professor Hassan Khalilieh, Maritime Civilizations, Multidisciplinary Studies & History, Haifa University

Professor Efraim Lev, Land of Israel Studies, Haifa University

Izzy Pludwinski, Torah scribe, calligrapher, and artist                                                                                                            Dr. Roni Shweka, Friedberg Genizah Project

Professor Lior Wolf, Blavatnik School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University

United States

Professor Noah B. Bickart, Jewish and Inter-religious Studies, John Carroll University

Professor Mark R. Cohen, Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University (Emeritus)

Professor Neal Danzig, Talmud & Rabbinics, Jewish Theological Seminary (Emeritus)

Professor Tamer el-Leithy, History, Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts & Sciences

Professor Arnold Franklin, History, Queens College

Amitav Ghosh, Author

Rabbi Mark Glickman, Author

Professor Jessica Goldberg, History, University of California Los Angeles

Professor Dara Horn, Jewish Studies, Harvard University & Author

Professor David C. Kraemer,  Librarian & Professor of Talmud & Rabbinics, Jewish Theological Seminary

Dr. Bruce Nielson, Librarian & Archivist, Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University Pennsylvania

Professor Marina Rustow, Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University

Professor Abraham L. Udovitch, Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University (Emeritus)

Professor Jacob Wisse, Art History & Director, Yeshiva University Museum, Yeshiva University