Spring 2025 Events at the Julis-Rabinowitz program on Jewish and Israeli Law, Harvard Law School.
Tuesday February 4 @ 12:15 pm
Hauser Hall 101
“The Judicial Overhaul in Israel: A Political Perspective on Executive Aggrandizement”
Oded Haklai, Professor, Department of Political Studies; Director, Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity, Queen’s University; Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program, Starr Fellow Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University
Moderated by Daniel Ziblatt, Director, Center for European Studies & Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Harvard University
Thursday February 20 @ 12:15 pm
Hauser Hall 101
“Rabbis, Law, and the Talmud in the Sasanian Empire: A New History”
Simcha Gross, Assistant Professor of Ancient Rabbinics, University of Pennsylvania; Starr Fellow, Center for Jewish Studies (Spring 2025), Harvard University
Moderated by Jay Harris, Harry Austryn Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies and Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Tuesday February 25 @ 12:15 pm
Hauser Hall 101
“Circumventing the Law: Rabbinic Perspectives on Loopholes and Legal Integrity”
Elana Stein Hain, Rosh Beit Midrash and Senior Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America
Moderated by Shaul Magid, Visiting Professor, Harvard Divinity School
Tuesday March 4 @ 12:15 pm
Hauser Hall 105
“Back to Beauharnais: Antisemitism and the First Amendment”
James Loeffler, Felix Posen Professor in Modern Jewish History, Johns Hopkins University
Moderated by Noah Feldman, Director Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law
Tuesday March 11 @ 12:15 pm
Hauser Hall 101
“Bridging Divides: A Grassroots Path to Constitutional Reform in Israel”
Ronen Avraham, Professor of Law, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law
Moderated by Nitsan Plitman, SJD candidate, Harvard Law School
Thursday April 3 @ 12:15 pm
Hauser Hall 101
“Modern Responsa: An Anthology of Jewish Ethical and Ritual Decisions”
Pamela Barmash, Professor of Hebrew Bible and Biblical Hebrew, Washington University
Moderated by Adriaan Lanni, Touroff-Glueck Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Tuesday April 22 @ 12:15 pm
Hauser Hall 105
“Gendering the Eunuch: Talmudic Discourse and Trans/Queer Temporalities”
Jay Michaelson, Caroline Zelaznik Gruss and Joseph S. Gruss Visiting Professor in Talmudic Civil Law, Harvard Law School
Moderated by Noah Feldman, Director Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law
Lunch will be provided, in-person only
For more information, please contact Susan Kahn at skahn@law.harvard.edu