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April 2018

The Generation of the Flood: Rabbinic Stories of Cleverness, Catastrophe, and Climate Change
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
The Generation of the Flood: Rabbinic Stories of Cleverness, Catastrophe, and Climate Change
Featuring: Julia Watts Belser, Georgetown University
Science and Transformation in Jewish Culture
April 22 - 23, 2018
Science and Transformation in Jewish Culture
Kabbalah as a Science
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Kabbalah as a Science
Featuring: J. H. (Yossi) Chajes, University of Haifa
Judaism and the Phenomenon of Life: Religious, Philosophical, and Ethical Dimensions of Hans Jonas's Thought on Nature and Technology
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Judaism and the Phenomenon of Life: Religious, Philosophical, and Ethical Dimensions of Hans Jonas's Thought on Nature and Technology
Featuring: Christian Wiese, Frankfurt au Main
From Vienna to New York: Memory of a Life in Two Worlds
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
From Vienna to New York: Memory of a Life in Two Worlds
Featuring: Eric Kandel
Naturalistic Tendencies in the Priestly Source of the Torah
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Naturalistic Tendencies in the Priestly Source of the Torah
Featuring: Yitzhaq Feder, University of Haifa

March 2018

Between Discourse and Discipline: Jews and Racial Pathology
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Between Discourse and Discipline: Jews and Racial Pathology
The Rabbis as Jesters: Humor in the Face of Epistemic Absolutes
Monday, March 26, 2018
The Rabbis as Jesters: Humor in the Face of Epistemic Absolutes
The Origin of the Jews
Thursday, March 22, 2018
The Origin of the Jews
Featuring: Steven Weitzman, University of Pennsylvania
Scientific Perspectives on Jewish Mating
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Scientific Perspectives on Jewish Mating
Jewish Physicians on Jewish Diseases: The Role of Science, Culture, and Religion in Pathography
Monday, March 19, 2018
Jewish Physicians on Jewish Diseases: The Role of Science, Culture, and Religion in Pathography
Featuring: Robert Jütte, Institut für Geschichte der Medizin (Stuttgart)
Some Little-Known Sixteenth-Century Astronomical Manuscripts and the Problem of the Study of Science in Ashkenaz
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Some Little-Known Sixteenth-Century Astronomical Manuscripts and the Problem of the Study of Science in Ashkenaz
Featuring: Pavel Sládek, Charles University

February 2018

"No Longer Alien Residents": Italian Jewish Texts in the Late Renaissance
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
"No Longer Alien Residents": Italian Jewish Texts in the Late Renaissance
Featuring: Alessandro Guetta, l'Institut des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris
Hasidism and Secular Knowledge
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Hasidism and Secular Knowledge
Featuring: Zalman Rothschild, Harvard University
The Soul as a Biological Concept in the Hebrew Bible
Monday, February 19, 2018
The Soul as a Biological Concept in the Hebrew Bible
Featuring: Yitzhaq Feder, University of Haifa