Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law at Harvard Law School | Spring 2024 events
| THURSDAY 02.01.24 12:15-1:15pm Hauser Hall 102 | Israel’s Supreme Court and the Judicial Reform: An Assessment of the Recent Rulings A year into the Israeli government’s effort at judicial reform, and amidst the ongoing war in Gaza, Israel’s Supreme Court published a momentous ruling striking down one of the government’s signature pieces of legislation meant to curb its powers (the “reasonableness” amendment). The talk will discuss the Court’s decision, reflecting both on the constitutional innovations it included and the judicial politics it exhibited, and will suggest some of its possible implications for Israel going forward. | Ori Aronson Associate Professor of Law, Bar-Ilan University Deputy Director of the Manomadin Center for Jewish and Democratic Law Visiting Fellow, Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University, 2023-2024 Moderated by Nitsan Plitman SJD candidate, Harvard Law School |
| MONDAY 02.05.24 12:15-1:15pm Hauser Hall 102 | Day After Scenarios and Internal Politics in Israel Since October 7th domestic Israeli politics have played an important role in how Israel pursues the war and its expected aftermath. In this conversation, we will think through the implications, limitations, and opportunities posed by internal Israeli tensions and their influence on the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. | Avishay Ben-Sasson Gordis Lecturer in Government, Harvard University Moderated by Romy Neumark Gerard Weinstock Visiting Lecturer of Jewish Studies, Harvard University |
| TUESDAY 02.13.24 12:15-1:15pm Pound Hall 100 | Academic Freedom and the War in Gaza: a Roundtable Discussion for Harvard Law students seating reserved for students at Harvard Law School | Janet Halley Eli Goldston Professor of Law Jeannie Suk Gersen John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law Noah Feldman Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law Director, Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law |
| MONDAY 03.04.24 12:15-1:15pm Hauser Hall 102 | Femicide: Legal Remedies to the Agunah Issue in the United States: Intersections Between Civil Courts and Rabbinic Arbitration co-sponsored with the Jewish Law Students Association, Harvard Law School | Keshet Starr Executive Director, Organization for the Resolution of Agunot (Jewish Divorce Refusal) |
| Wednesday 03.06.24 6:00pm Brattle Theater | To Be A Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People (book launch) sponsored by Harvard Book Store | Noah Feldman Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law Chairman of the Harvard Society of Fellows Director, Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law |
| Wednesday 03.20.24 12:15-1:15pm Hauser Hall 103 | The Alliance of the New Right and Jewish Orthodoxy How did Jewish Orthodoxy become part of the base of the Republican Party? This talk focuses on the political transformation of American right-wing groups and the Jewish community during the 1980s. Based on new archival research it explores the relationship between the “New Right,” the Reagan Administration, and Orthodox communal organizations and rabbinical leaders. | Eliyahu Stern Professor of Modern Jewish Intellectual and Cultural History, Yale University Moderated by Derek Penslar William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History Director Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University |
| MONDAY 04.01.24 12:15-3:00pm on ZOOM only | Reproductive Justice and Jewish Law a symposium on zoom | Moderated by I. Glenn Cohen James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology & Bioethics |
For more information, please contact Susan Kahn at skahn@law.harvard.edu
Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law at Harvard Law School