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February 2023

System and Closure in the Lithuanian Talmud
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
System and Closure in the Lithuanian Talmud
Featuring: Yonatan Y. Brafman, Tufts University
The Sassoons’ Philanthropy: The Interaction of Politics, Business, and Charity
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
The Sassoons’ Philanthropy: The Interaction of Politics, Business, and Charity
Featuring: Joseph Sassoon, Georgetown University
Disproportional Representation and the Myth of the Shyster
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Disproportional Representation and the Myth of the Shyster
Featuring: Britt Tevis
Gender and Jewish Philosophy
Thursday, February 2, 2023
Gender and Jewish Philosophy
Featuring: Sarah Zager, St. Olaf College
Yirah, Law, and the Birth of Modern Hebrew Literature
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Yirah, Law, and the Birth of Modern Hebrew Literature
Featuring: Tafat Hacohen-Bick, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

January 2023

Limitations on Access to Jewish “Law” in Jewish Studies
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Limitations on Access to Jewish “Law” in Jewish Studies
Featuring: Dana Hollander, McMaster University
“Like a Dead Weight on the Intellect’s Wings”: Virtue, Law, and Persecution in Moses Mendelssohn’s Ethics
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
“Like a Dead Weight on the Intellect’s Wings”: Virtue, Law, and Persecution in Moses Mendelssohn’s Ethics
Featuring: Sarah Zager, St. Olaf College
The Ultra-Orthodox Politicization of Judaism: Isaac Breuer’s Radicalization of Neo-Kantian Legal Philosophy
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
The Ultra-Orthodox Politicization of Judaism: Isaac Breuer’s Radicalization of Neo-Kantian Legal Philosophy
Featuring: Itamar Ben Ami, Humboldt University of Berlin

December 2022

Final Reflections/Looking Forward: A Roundtable
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Final Reflections/Looking Forward: A Roundtable
Featuring: Julie Cooper, Tel Aviv University; Suzanne Last Stone, Yeshiva University; Vincent Lloyd, Villanova University; Randi Rashkover, College of William and Mary; Alexander Kaye, Brandeis University
The Intervention of American Law in Jewish Divorce
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
The Intervention of American Law in Jewish Divorce
Featuring: Suzanne Last Stone, Yeshiva University & Cardozo Law School
Ottoman Legal Reforms and Jewish Self-Determination in the Ottoman State, 1839–1880
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Ottoman Legal Reforms and Jewish Self-Determination in the Ottoman State, 1839–1880
Featuring: Tamir Karkason, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
A Fateful Settlement: How the Issue of Theocracy Was Avoided in Kiryas Joel
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
A Fateful Settlement: How the Issue of Theocracy Was Avoided in Kiryas Joel
Featuring: Nomi Stolzenberg, University of Southern California
The New American Halakhah: The Praxis of the Contemporary American Beth Din
Monday, December 5, 2022
The New American Halakhah: The Praxis of the Contemporary American Beth Din
Featuring: Chaim Saiman, Villanova University School of Law

November 2022

A Jewish Indictment for Nuremberg: The New York Black Book of 1946
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
A Jewish Indictment for Nuremberg: The New York Black Book of 1946
Featuring: Elisabeth Gallas, Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture - Simon Dubnow
The Patrons and their Poor: Jewish Public Charity in Early Modern Germany
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
The Patrons and their Poor: Jewish Public Charity in Early Modern Germany
Featuring: Debra Kaplan, Bar-Ilan University