Prof. Zewi serves as faculty member in the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa, and as Head of the Joseph & Racheline Barda Chair for the Study and Research of Jewish Heritage in Egypt (http://srjhechair.haifa.ac.il/index.php/he/).

Tamar Zewi's academic interests include Hebrew and Semitic linguistics and philology. Her current research projects include Saadya Gaon's translations of Scripture according to early manuscripts including Genizah fragments.