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February 2025

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
Commemorating Knowledge: A Difficult Past and the Case of Polio
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Commemorating Knowledge: A Difficult Past and the Case of Polio
Featuring: Vered Vinitzky-Seroussi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
October 7, Psychedelics, Trauma, and Healing
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
October 7, Psychedelics, Trauma, and Healing
Featuring: Roy Salomon, University of Haifa

January 2025

Able to Be American: Disability in U.S. Immigration Law and the American Jewish Response
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Able to Be American: Disability in U.S. Immigration Law and the American Jewish Response
Featuring: Hannah E. Zaves-Greene, Sarah Lawrence College
The Desecrated and the Sacred: Making Sense of October 7
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
The Desecrated and the Sacred: Making Sense of October 7
Featuring: Keren Friedman-Peleg, The College of Management-Academic Studies
Women Wellness Influencers and Illiberal Religions
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Women Wellness Influencers and Illiberal Religions
Featuring: Ayala Fader, Fordham University
Lived Religion Discourse and Practice: Relationships between the Ultra-Orthodox and the Healthcare System
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Lived Religion Discourse and Practice: Relationships between the Ultra-Orthodox and the Healthcare System
Featuring: Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar, Sapir College
Jews, Cadavers, and the Politics of Medical Discourses in East Central Europe
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Jews, Cadavers, and the Politics of Medical Discourses in East Central Europe
Featuring: Natalia Aleksiun, University of Florida
The Covid-19 Pandemic in Israel
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
The Covid-19 Pandemic in Israel
Featuring: Uzi Rebhun, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

December 2024

Closing Seminar
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Closing Seminar
Spirit Possession in Judaism: A Brief History
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Spirit Possession in Judaism: A Brief History
Featuring: J. H. (Yossi) Chajes, University of Haifa
Bodies in [E]motion: Affect and Rabbinic Ritual Law
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Bodies in [E]motion: Affect and Rabbinic Ritual Law
Featuring: Sarah Wolf, Jewish Theological Seminary

November 2024

As a Seal upon Thy Heart: Jewish Love Magic
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
As a Seal upon Thy Heart: Jewish Love Magic
Featuring: Ortal-Paz Saar , Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Jewish Perspectives on Health in Eastern Europe (Nineteenth–Twentieth Century)
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Jewish Perspectives on Health in Eastern Europe (Nineteenth–Twentieth Century)
Featuring: Marek Tuszewicki, Jagiellonian University in Krakow
Plague and the Persecution of Minorities: How the New Sciences of Plague Are Changing Our Understanding of Responses to the Black Death
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Plague and the Persecution of Minorities: How the New Sciences of Plague Are Changing Our Understanding of Responses to the Black Death
Featuring: Monica H. Green