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March 2025

Faith, Trust, and Records of Medical Advice in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Faith, Trust, and Records of Medical Advice in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
Featuring: Naama Cohen-Hanegbi
Magen David Adom: The Integration of Zionism into International Humanitarian Law
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Magen David Adom: The Integration of Zionism into International Humanitarian Law
Featuring: Y. Michael Barilan, Tel Aviv University
Medicine for the Jewish Nation: Pathologizing Jewish Orthodoxy in Maskilic Medical Discourse in the Late Eighteenth Century
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Medicine for the Jewish Nation: Pathologizing Jewish Orthodoxy in Maskilic Medical Discourse in the Late Eighteenth Century
Featuring: Christoph Schulte, University of Potsdam
The Future of Antisemitism Research
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
The Future of Antisemitism Research
Featuring: Anna Shternshis, University of Toronto; Steven Weitzman, University of Pennsylvania; Avinoam Patt , New York University ; Jeffrey Veidlinger, University of Michigan
Women’s Bodies and Public Health in Poland before and after the Holocaust
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Women’s Bodies and Public Health in Poland before and after the Holocaust
Featuring: Natalia Aleksiun, University of Florida

February 2025

A Jewish Tour of the Mütter Museum
Thursday, February 27, 2025
A Jewish Tour of the Mütter Museum
Featuring: Edward Reichman, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Yeshiva University
Elu v’Elu: Gendered Fictions of Illness by S.Y. Agnon and Devorah Baron
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Elu v’Elu: Gendered Fictions of Illness by S.Y. Agnon and Devorah Baron
Featuring: Wendy Zierler, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion
Resilience during War in Israel
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Resilience during War in Israel
Featuring: Bruria Adini, Tel Aviv University
The Abayudaya Jewish Communities of Uganda
Thursday, February 20, 2025
The Abayudaya Jewish Communities of Uganda
Jewish Women’s Ritual and Healthcare Practices in the Late Ottoman Empire: An Embodied Perspective
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Jewish Women’s Ritual and Healthcare Practices in the Late Ottoman Empire: An Embodied Perspective
Featuring: Anabella Esperanza, Tel Aviv University
Dating Saints: A Remarkable Late Medieval Hebrew Compendium of Astronomy and Calendars
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Dating Saints: A Remarkable Late Medieval Hebrew Compendium of Astronomy and Calendars
Featuring: Sacha Stern, University College London
Medicine by and for Medieval Women (as Told by Men)
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Medicine by and for Medieval Women (as Told by Men)
Featuring: Naama Cohen-Hanegbi, Tel Aviv University
Cremation, Burial, and the Jewish Body in a Secular Age
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Cremation, Burial, and the Jewish Body in a Secular Age
Featuring: Adam S. Ferziger, Bar-Ilan University
October 7 and the Dilemmas of Commemoration
Thursday, February 6, 2025
October 7 and the Dilemmas of Commemoration
Featuring: Vered Vinitzky-Seroussi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hidden Labors: Early Modern Women Healers between Text and Reality
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Hidden Labors: Early Modern Women Healers between Text and Reality
Featuring: Jordan Katz, University of Massachusetts Amherst