Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law Fall 24 Events
NEXT WEEK: Tuesday September 24 @ 12:15 pm
The International Criminal Court and the War in Gaza: the Status of the Investigation
Pound Hall 100
Ioannis Kalpouzos, Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Moderated by Salma Waheedi, Lecturer on Law and Executive Director of the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World at Harvard Law School
NEXT WEEK: Wednesday September 25 @ 12:15 pm
On Constitutional Identity, Democratic Legitimacy and Judicial Review in times of Democratic Backslide: The Case of Israel
Hauser Hall 105
Barak Medina, Landecker-Ferencz Professor of the Study of Protection of Minorities and Vulnerable Groups, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Moderated by Nitsan Plitman, SJD candidate at Harvard Law School
Monday September 30 @ 12:15 pm
The History of Hate Speech Regulation: the ACLU and Antisemitism in the Twentieth Century
Hauser Hall 101
Laura Weinrib, Fred N. Fishman Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School; Suzanne Young Murray Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Moderated by Martha Minow, 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard Law School
Tuesday October 08 @ 12:15 pm
Jews and Israel One Year After October 7
NEW LOCATION: Austin Hall 111
Noah Feldman, Director Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
Derek Penslar, Director Center for Jewish Studies, William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History at Harvard University
(co-sponsored with the Center for Jewish Studies)
Monday October 28 @ 12:15 pm
Critique of Halakhic Reason: Divine Commandments and Social Normativity
Hauser Hall 101
Yonatan Brafman, Assistant Professor of Modern Judaism, Tufts University
Moderated by Shaul Magid, Professor Harvard Divinity School
Tuesday October 29 @ 12:15 pm
Biblical Judgments: New Legal Readings in the Hebrew Bible
Pound Hall 100
Justice Daphne Barak-Erez, Supreme Court of Israel
Moderated by Noah Feldman, Director Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law
Friday November 8 @ 9:30 am
Beyond Suspicion: The Moral Clash between Rootedness and Progressive Liberalism
Bowie-Vernon Room, CGIS Building 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United States
Nissim Mizrachi, Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Tel Aviv University and Head of the Challenge of Shared Life Center, Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem
Moderated by Walid Hammam, Director, Weatherhead Scholars Program at Harvard University (co-sponsored with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs)
Thursday November 14 @ 12:15 pm
Freedom of Speech in Jewish Law: Theoretical Ideals and Practical Realities
Hauser Hall 101
Aviad HaCohen, Professor, The Academic Center for Law and Science
Moderated by Menachem Butler, Program Fellow, Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law
Tuesday November 19 @ 12:15 pm
Genetic Analysis of Medieval and Ancient Jews – Scientific Findings and Ethical Considerations
Hauser Hall 101
David Reich, Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Moderated by Noah Feldman, Director Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law
Wednesday November 20 @ 12:15 pm
Natural Law in Maimonides Guide to the Perplexed
Hauser Hall 105
Lenn Goodman, Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Studies, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, Vanderbilt University
Moderated by Noah Feldman, Director Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law
Tuesday December 3 @ 12:15 pm
The Gentile as a Legal Concept in Ancient Judaism
Hauser Hall 101
Ishay Rosen-Zvi, Professor and Chair, Department of Jewish Philosophy and Talmud, Tel-Aviv University and Gerard Weinstock Visiting Professor in Jewish Studies at Harvard University (2024-2025)
Moderated by Jay Harris, Harvard College Professor and Harry Austryn Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard University
- All events at Harvard Law School unless otherwise noted
- kosher lunch will be served, in-person only
- For more information, please contact Susan Kahn at skahn@law.harvard.edu