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February 2023

Extraterritorial Jews: Law in the Nineteenth-Century Mediterranean
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Extraterritorial Jews: Law in the Nineteenth-Century Mediterranean
Featuring: Jessica Marglin, University of Southern California
Herodian Jerusalem
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Herodian Jerusalem
Featuring: Jodi Magness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Does the First Amendment Protect Jewish Objections to Abortion Bans?
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Does the First Amendment Protect Jewish Objections to Abortion Bans?
Featuring: Anne C. Dailey, University of Connecticut School of Law
Decentering Adolphe Crémieux’s Career: Lawyering in Formal and Informal Imperial Settings
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Decentering Adolphe Crémieux’s Career: Lawyering in Formal and Informal Imperial Settings
Featuring: Noëmie Duhaut, Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG)
Church State Corporation: How the Church-in-Law Limits Religious Freedom
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Church State Corporation: How the Church-in-Law Limits Religious Freedom
Featuring: Winnifred Sullivan, Indiana University Bloomington
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