See past events hosted by Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law.
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… Continue Reading “Legal Perspectives on Attacks on Health Care During the War in Gaza” with Yasmeen Abu-Fraiha, moderated by Ioannis Kapoulzos
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… 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… 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
A Symposium sponsored by the Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law at the Harvard Law School *Sep. 16, 2025* POUND HALL 101 1563 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 ZOOM… Continue Reading “The Jewish Problem, Then and Now: Rethinking Louis Brandeis’s Liberalism”
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… 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… 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… Continue Reading “Mystical Nihilism, Theopolitics, Ethics, and the Law Beyond Law” with Elliot Wolfson, UC Santa Barbara, Emeritus
Dr. Shereshevsky will discuss recent cases in the Israeli Supreme Court in the context of the war in Gaza and how the Court’s approach can be explained through broader discussions… Continue Reading “The Israeli Supreme Court and the War on Gaza” (via zoom) with Yahli Shereshevsky, Haifa University
Professor Miguel Vatter is Professor of Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University; and currently a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
How a nineteenth-century lawsuit over the estate of a wealthy Tunisian Jew shines new light on the history of belonging.