The Hebrew Bible Workshop: THE MALE BODY in Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Theology

Harvard Divinity School, Swartz Hall, James Room

Discussion of the New Book by Yakir Englander


Yakir Englander

Author, former WSRP Research Associate at HDS, and current National Senior Director of Leadership at the Israeli-American Council

Daniel Boyarin

Hermann P. and Sophia Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture, UC Berkeley, currently Caroline Zelaznik Gruss and Joseph S. Gruss Visiting Professor in Talmudic Civil Law, Harvard Law School

Susannah Heschel

Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College

The Male Body in Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Theology invites us into a rich cultural world, usually envisioned as the temple of the intellect, and reveals how it actually places the gendered body at center stage.  With the sympathy of a former practitioner and the insight of a theologian, Yakir Englander grapples with the challenges of sexuality to a life of piety.

Publicity Poster of Event: Discussion of book, The Male Body in Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Theology, March 24, 2022

This panel discussion will be held in person for the Harvard Community at Harvard Divinity School, Swartz Hall, James Room, 45 Francis Avenue

For those off-campus, please register for the zoom webinar.

Co-sponsored by: The Women’s Studies and Religion Program, The Center for Jewish Studies and Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality