Founded in 2019, JNDF is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering all areas of Jewish Studies from antiquity to modernity. It is published twice a year. JNDF is the successor to Judaica. Beiträge zum Verstehen des Judentums (ed. by ZIID – Zurich Institute for Interreligious Dialogue), which was published in 74 volumes as a print version. The new Judaica publishes articles and reviews in German, French and English. Like its predecessor journal, it has a strong link to Jewish Studies at Swiss universities, but is of course open to all as a scholarly platform. The editorial office is located at the Institute of Jewish Studies at the University of Bern. JNDF publishes content using a continuous publication model. This means contributions will be published as soon as they’re ready.
Peer Review
The articles published in our journal go through a double blind peer review process. After an initial review by the editors, each contribution is anonymised and evaluated by at least two anonymous reviewers.
Open Access Policy
JNDF is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access. Users are allowed to read, download, copy or use the content for any lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. The content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0).
JNDF does not charge any article processing charges (APCs) or article submission charges (ASCs) and does allow the author(s) to hold the copyright without restrictions.
Conflicht of Interest
Reviewers, authors and editors must disclose any and all possible financial or non-financial conflict of interest in regard to the mauscript. If unsure, the journal editor should be contacted.
Archiving
To ensure the long-term availability of scientific information, the contents of the journal are archived with LOCKSS.
Open to all authors:
Judaica. Neue digitale Folge is committed to openness and inclusivity in scholarly publishing without author-facing charges for reading or publishing. We welcome submissions from all authors, regardless of their institutional affiliation, geographical location, or academic status. Submissions only must align with the aims and scope of the journal and meet the required quality standards once the reviewing process is completed.
Community-owned:
Judaica. Neue digitale Folge is owned by Bern Open Publishing (BOP), a public institution/organisation dedicated to advancing research and scholarship. The journal’s ownership and governance structure reflect its mission to support open and accessible academic publishing. We confirm that any commercial service providers involved in our operations only deal with service-related aspects of journal publishing. All content-related aspects of publishing such as submission, peer review, acceptance, publication frequency and scope of the journal are controlled by the editors / the owners of the journal.