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July 2022

Summer School: Crises, Change, and Creativity in Jewish Experience
July 31, 2022 - August 4, 2022
Summer School: Crises, Change, and Creativity in Jewish Experience

June 2022

Creative Disruptions: Reimagining American Jewish Studies
June 15 - 17, 2022
Creative Disruptions: Reimagining American Jewish Studies
The Jewish Home: A Volume Workshop
June 13 - 14, 2022
The Jewish Home: A Volume Workshop

April 2022

Islamicate Legal Theory: A Text Workshop
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Islamicate Legal Theory: A Text Workshop
Jews and Law in the Middle Ages and Early Modernity
April 25 - 26, 2022
Jews and Law in the Middle Ages and Early Modernity
Trial Narratives in Josephus
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Trial Narratives in Josephus
Featuring: Chaya T. Halberstam, King’s University College at the University of Western Ontario
Arabian Judaism and the Rise of Islam
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Arabian Judaism and the Rise of Islam
Featuring: Hamza M. Zafer, University of Washington
Rethinking Joseph Karo’s Work from a Book History Perspective
Monday, April 11, 2022
Rethinking Joseph Karo’s Work from a Book History Perspective
Featuring: Tirza Y. Kelman, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Practical Documents = Law in Practice? How Did Jewish Documents “Work” in Medieval Europe?
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Practical Documents = Law in Practice? How Did Jewish Documents “Work” in Medieval Europe?
Featuring: Micha J. Perry, University of Haifa

March 2022

The Israeli Declaration of Independence: Between Prophetic Message and Constitutional Platform
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
The Israeli Declaration of Independence: Between Prophetic Message and Constitutional Platform
Featuring: Menahem Ben-Sasson, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
From Jewish Self-Government to State Legislation: The Shai Takkanot (1650) and Maria Theresa’s Generalordnung for Moravia
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
From Jewish Self-Government to State Legislation: The Shai Takkanot (1650) and Maria Theresa’s Generalordnung for Moravia
Featuring: Louise Hecht, University of Potsdam
Legal Works in the Judeo-Arabic Milieu: Islamic Thought Embedded within Jewish Law
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Legal Works in the Judeo-Arabic Milieu: Islamic Thought Embedded within Jewish Law
Featuring: Zvi Stampfer, Orot Israel College
Legal Knowledge and Everyday Practice in Medieval Ashkenaz
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Legal Knowledge and Everyday Practice in Medieval Ashkenaz
Featuring: Elisheva Baumgarten, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Copyists, Collectors, and Curators: Stocking the Rabbinic Bookshelf
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Copyists, Collectors, and Curators: Stocking the Rabbinic Bookshelf
Featuring: Joshua Teplitsky, University of Pennsylvania
Designing the Daf: The Creation of the Talmud Page as We Know It
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Designing the Daf: The Creation of the Talmud Page as We Know It
Featuring: Edward Fram, Ben Gurion University of the Negev