Noah Hysler Rubin

Noah (Esther) Hysler Rubin is a cultural geographer and town planner with degrees from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her research explores the spatial dynamics of political, social, and cultural interactions in town planning. She teaches planning history and theory at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. Dr. Hysler Rubin's research interests include urban planning in Israel/Palestine, the planning history of Jerusalem, post-colonial planning critique, and critical heritage studies. Her recent publications include "The New-New Jerusalem as Gateway to the East: British Visions for the Hebrew University" (Studies in Contemporary Jewry, with Prof. Arie Dubnov); "The Urban Planning of Jerusalem, 1948-1968: Between City and State in Planning Discourse" (Jerusalem Books Series, Yad Ben-Zvi Research Institute, 2023); and "Digitizing Urban Heritage: The Digitization of Jerusalem’s Architectural Archives (Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology). Dr. Hysler Rubin is the 2024-2025 Koret Visiting Professor in Israel Studies at the Helen Diller Institute, University of California, Berkeley, where she teaches at the College of Environmental Design courses on Jerusalem and Israeli Urbanism.