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

Elana Stein Hain, Rosh Beit Midrash and Senior Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America discusses her new book (University of Pennsylvania 2024) Moderated by Lynn Kaye, Associate Professor of Rabbinic Literature and Thought, Brandeis University Circumventing the Law probes the rabbinic logic behind the use of loopholes, the legal phenomenon of… Continue Reading Elana Stein Hain on “Circumventing the Law: Rabbinic Perspectives on Loopholes and Legal Integrity”

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

Ronen Avraham, Professor of Law, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law Moderated by Nitsan Plitman, SJD candidate, Harvard Law School

Zinaida Miller, Professor of Law and International Affairs; Faculty Co-Director, Center for Global Law and Justice; Faculty Co-Director, Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy, Northeastern University Salma Waheedi, Lecturer on Law and Executive Director of the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World at Harvard Law School Moderated by Guy Priver, SJD candidate, Harvard Law School

Yasmeen Abu-Fraiha, Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University and former Health Policy Director at the Task Force for Health Promotion and Equity in the Arab Society at the Israeli Ministry of Health Moderated by Ioannis Kalpouzos,  Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

Book Talk by Pamela Barmash on her new book (JPS 2024) An original anthology of modern responsa (Jewish ethical and ritual decision-making) by rabbinic authorities, men and women, across movements (Conservative, Orthodox, Reform), geographic locales, and ethnicities (Ashkenazic, Sefardic, Mizraḥi), Modern Responsa engages readers in understanding how rabbis expert in Jewish law apply principles, precedents,… Continue Reading “Modern Responsa: An Anthology of Jewish Ethical and Ritual Decisions” with Pamela Barmash, moderated by Adriaan Lanni

Yael Berda, Associate Professor, Sociology & Anthropology, Hebrew University Moderated by Mark Tushnet, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Emeritus, Harvard Law School Colonial Bureaucracy and Contemporary Citizenship examines how the legacies of colonial bureaucracy continue to shape political life after empire. Focusing on the former British colonies of India, Cyprus, and Israel/Palestine, the book explores how post-colonial… Continue Reading “Colonial Bureaucracy and Contemporary Citizenship” with Yael Berda moderated by Mark Tushnet

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

How does a case of property ownership become a case of minority identity? What are the unique legal aspects of property cases in Jerusalem? What can we learn from the the current legal battles to protect property in Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter? The Legal Status of property possession and ownership in Jerusalem derives from the unique… Continue Reading Property Rights and National Identities in Jerusalem – The Case of the Armenian Quarter with Dr. Sami Ershied

What do universities owe Jews under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? The answer depends on why Title VI protects Jews – that is, its legal basis for doing so. Title VI prohibits universities from tolerating discrimination “on the ground of race, color, and national origin.” Notably, Title VI --unlike Title VII—does… Continue Reading “What Do Universities Owe Jews under Title VI, and Why?” with Robert Katz, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

  This lecture will explore the notion of venturing to the law beyond the law particularly as it is implied by mystical nihilism. My argument pivots around the assumption that the skepticism of faith, endemic to nihilistic encounter with the nothing on the part of mystics, resonates with the insubordinate proclivity of the Jewish esoteric… Continue Reading “Mystical Nihilism, Theopolitics, Ethics, and the Law Beyond Law” with Elliot Wolfson, UC Santa Barbara, Emeritus