Nov 13 2:00 PM EST Wednesday, November 13, 2024 2:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST For Current Fellows Ruth Meltzer Seminar Mental Health, Illness and Disability in Late Antique Judaism Featuring: Lennart Lehmhaus, University of Tübingen Learn More RSVP required
Nov 26 12:00 PM EST Tuesday, November 26, 2024 12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST For the Public Talk As a Seal upon Thy Heart: Jewish Love Magic Featuring: Ortal-Paz Saar , Utrecht University, the Netherlands On ancient and medieval Jewish methods of leading people to love Learn More RSVP required
Dec 4 2:00 PM EST Wednesday, December 4, 2024 2:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST For Current Fellows Ruth Meltzer Seminar Bodies in [E]motion: Affect and Rabbinic Ritual Law Featuring: Sarah Wolf, Jewish Theological Seminary Learn More RSVP required
Dec 10 12:00 PM EST Tuesday, December 10, 2024 12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST For the Public Talk Spirit Possession in Judaism: A Brief History Featuring: J. H. (Yossi) Chajes, University of Haifa Understanding Jewish possession and exorcism in Safed and beyond Learn More RSVP required
Dec 11 2:00 PM EST Wednesday, December 11, 2024 2:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST For Current Fellows Ruth Meltzer Seminar Closing Seminar Learn More RSVP required
Jan 14 12:00 PM EST Tuesday, January 14, 2025 12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST For the Public Talk The Covid-19 Pandemic in Israel Featuring: Uzi Rebhun, Hebrew University of Jerusalem A social-science approach to understanding responses to pandemic Learn More RSVP required
Jan 23 12:00 PM EST Thursday, January 23, 2025 12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST For the Public Talk Women Wellness Influencers and Illiberal Religions Featuring: Ayala Fader, Fordham University How some women build authority by creating a public space for religion Learn More RSVP required
Jan 28 12:00 PM EST Tuesday, January 28, 2025 12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST For the Public Talk The Desecrated and the Sacred: Making Sense of October 7 Featuring: Keren Friedman-Peleg, The College of Management-Academic Studies Learn More RSVP required
Jan 30 12:00 PM EST Thursday, January 30, 2025 12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST For the Public Talk Women’s Bodies and Public Health in Poland before and after the Holocaust Featuring: Natalia Aleksiun, University of Florida Jewish physicians mobilized women’s bodies to ensure the future of the community Learn More RSVP required
Feb 6 12:00 PM EST Thursday, February 6, 2025 12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST For the Public Talk Hidden in Plain Sight: Early Modern Women Healers between Text and Reality Featuring: Jordan Katz, University of Massachusetts Amherst Women as first-line medical practitioners in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe Learn More RSVP required
Feb 13 12:00 PM EST Thursday, February 13, 2025 12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST For the Public Talk Medicine by and for Medieval Women (as Told by Men) Featuring: Naama Cohen-Hanegbi, Tel Aviv University If you’re looking, male physicians’ notebooks reveal women’s diverse roles in medicine Learn More RSVP required
Feb 20 12:00 PM EST Thursday, February 20, 2025 12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST For the Public Talk Women, Demons, and Healing: Women’s Medical History Seen through Amulets Featuring: Rivka Elitzur-Leiman, Rivka Elitzur-Leiman What can ancient magical objects reveal about women’s medical issues? Learn More RSVP required
