Wednesday, March 16, 2022
For Current Fellows

Legal Works in the Judeo-Arabic Milieu: Islamic Thought Embedded within Jewish Law >

Featuring: Zvi Stampfer, Orot Israel College

At the weekly Ruth Meltzer Seminars, Katz Center fellows share their research in an intellectually rigorous workshop setting. Seminars are limited to fellows only.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2022
For Current Fellows

From Jewish Self-Government to State Legislation: The Shai Takkanot (1650) and Maria Theresa’s Generalordnung for Moravia >

Featuring: Louise Hecht, University of Potsdam

At the weekly Ruth Meltzer Seminars, Katz Center fellows share their research in an intellectually rigorous workshop setting. Seminars are limited to fellows only.

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Monday, April 11, 2022
For Current Fellows

Rethinking Joseph Karo’s Work from a Book History Perspective >

Featuring: Tirza Y. Kelman, Ben Gurion University of the Negev

At the weekly Ruth Meltzer Seminars, Katz Center fellows share their research in an intellectually rigorous workshop setting. Seminars are limited to fellows only.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022
For Current Fellows

Practical Documents = Law in Practice? How Did Jewish Documents “Work” in Medieval Europe? >

Featuring: Micha J. Perry, University of Haifa

At the weekly Ruth Meltzer Seminars, Katz Center fellows share their research in an intellectually rigorous workshop setting. Seminars are limited to fellows only.

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Wednesday, April 13, 2022
For Current Fellows

Trial Narratives in Josephus >

Featuring: Chaya T. Halberstam, King’s University College at the University of Western Ontario

At the weekly Ruth Meltzer Seminars, Katz Center fellows share their research in an intellectually rigorous workshop setting. Seminars are limited to fellows only.

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Wednesday, October 27, 2021
For Current Fellows

Law, Rabbinization, and Social Networks: Some Experiments >

Featuring: Hayim Lapin, University of Maryland

At the weekly Ruth Meltzer Seminars, Katz Center fellows share their research in an intellectually rigorous workshop setting. Seminars are limited to fellows only.

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Wednesday, November 3, 2021
For Current Fellows

Leges Sacrae and Pig Consumption as an Identity Marker: The Textual Evidence >

Featuring: Guy Darshan, Tel Aviv University

At the weekly Ruth Meltzer Seminars, Katz Center fellows share their research in an intellectually rigorous workshop setting. Seminars are limited to fellows only.

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Wednesday, November 10, 2021
For Current Fellows

Dogs and Chickens in Jerusalem: From Qumran to Rabbinic Halakhah >

Featuring: Vered Noam, Tel Aviv University

At the weekly Ruth Meltzer Seminars, Katz Center fellows share their research in an intellectually rigorous workshop setting. Seminars are limited to fellows only.

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Wednesday, November 17, 2021
For Current Fellows

Muhammad's Marriages with Arabian Jewish War Captives in the Early Muslim Sources >

Featuring: Hamza M. Zafer, University of Washington

At the weekly Ruth Meltzer Seminars, Katz Center fellows share their research in an intellectually rigorous workshop setting. Seminars are limited to fellows only.

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021
For Current Fellows

State Courts in the Governance of Jewish and Converso Atlantic Trade >

Featuring: Daniel Strum, University of São Paulo

At the weekly Ruth Meltzer Seminars, Katz Center fellows share their research in an intellectually rigorous workshop setting. Seminars are limited to fellows only.

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