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SUMMARY:“Legal Perspectives on Attacks on Health Care During the War in Gaza" with Yasmeen Abu-Fraiha\, moderated by Ioannis Kapoulzos
DESCRIPTION: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\nModerated by Ioannis Kalpouzos\,  Visiting Professor of Law\, Harvard Law School
URL:https://pjil.law.harvard.edu/event/legal-perspectives-on-attacks-on-health-care-during-the-war-in-gaza-with-yasmeen-abu-fraiha-moderated-by-ioannis-kapoulzos/
LOCATION:Hauser Hall 103\, 1545 Massachusetts Av\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250312T121500
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DTSTAMP:20260404T051054
CREATED:20250211T185954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T185954Z
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SUMMARY:“Israel/Palestine in International Law" with Zinaida Miller and Salma Waheedi moderated by Guy Priver
DESCRIPTION: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\nSalma Waheedi\, Lecturer on Law and Executive Director of the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World at Harvard Law School\nModerated by Guy Priver\, SJD candidate\, Harvard Law School
URL:https://pjil.law.harvard.edu/event/israel-palestine-in-international-law-with-zinaida-miller-and-salma-waheedi-moderated-by-guy-priver/
LOCATION:Hauser Hall 102\, 1545 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T131500
DTSTAMP:20260404T051054
CREATED:20250211T185559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T185649Z
UID:1047-1741695300-1741698900@pjil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:“Bridging Divides: A Grassroots Path to Constitutional Reform in Israel”  with Ronen Avraham\, moderated by Nitsan Plitman
DESCRIPTION:Ronen Avraham\, Professor of Law\, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law \nModerated by Nitsan Plitman\, SJD candidate\, Harvard Law School
URL:https://pjil.law.harvard.edu/event/bridging-divides-a-grassroots-path-to-constitutional-reform-in-israel-with-ronen-avraham-moderated-by-nitsan-plitman/
LOCATION:Hauser Hall 101
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250304T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250304T131500
DTSTAMP:20260404T051054
CREATED:20250211T185133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T185133Z
UID:1045-1741090500-1741094100@pjil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:“Back to Beauharnais: Antisemitism and the First Amendment” with James Loeffler
DESCRIPTION:James Loeffler\, Felix Posen Professor in Modern Jewish History\, Johns Hopkins University\nModerated by Noah Feldman\, Director Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law
URL:https://pjil.law.harvard.edu/event/back-to-beauharnais-antisemitism-and-the-first-amendment-with-james-loeffler/
LOCATION:Hauser Hall 105
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250225T121500
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CREATED:20250211T184816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T152209Z
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SUMMARY:Elana Stein Hain on "Circumventing the Law: Rabbinic Perspectives on Loopholes and Legal Integrity"
DESCRIPTION: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) \nModerated by Lynn Kaye\, Associate Professor of Rabbinic Literature and Thought\, Brandeis University \nCircumventing the Law probes the rabbinic logic behind the use of loopholes\, the legal phenomenon of finding and using gaps within law to achieve otherwise illegal outcomes. The logic of ha’aramah\, a subset of rabbinic legal circumventions mostly defined as a tool for private life\, underpins both well-known circumventions\, such as selling leaven before Passover\, and lesser-known mechanisms\, such as designating an animal intended for sacrifice “blemished” before birth to allow it to be slaughtered for food instead. Elana Stein Hain traces the development of these loopholes over time\, revealing that rabbinic literature does not consistently accept or reject loopholes. Instead\, rabbinic Judaism applies categories of evasion (prohibited)\, avoidance (permitted)\, and avoision (contested) to loopholes on a case-by-case basis. The intended outcome of a given loophole determines its classification\, as does the legal integrity of the circumventive process in question. \nYet these understandings of loopholes are not static―instead\, rabbinic attitudes toward loopholing change over time. Early works display an objective\, performative understanding of the self and of intention\, but evolve over time to reflect more subjective and intimate understanding of the self and intention. This evolution redefines what legal integrity means in Jewish legal philosophy. \nCircumventing the Law brings readers through the Second Temple period to the modern era to see how loopholing has evolved over millennia. With a focus on late antiquity\, Stein Hain explores tannaitic literature\, the Palestinian Talmud\, and contemporaneous Greco-Roman and Persian thought to show that when warranted\, Jewish rhetoric and philosophy around understandings of loopholes was a unique phenomenon that relied on changes in understanding the definition of integrity itself\, a key finding for scholars of Jewish Studies and of religious and of secular law writ large. \n 
URL:https://pjil.law.harvard.edu/event/elana-stein-hain-on-circumventing-the-law-rabbinic-perspectives-on-loopholes-and-legal-integrity/
LOCATION:Hauser Hall 101
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T121500
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CREATED:20250210T181414Z
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SUMMARY:Rabbis\, Law\, and the Talmud in the Sasanian Empire: A New History
DESCRIPTION:Simcha Gross\, Assistant Professor of Ancient Rabbinics\, University of Pennsylvania; Starr Fellow\, Center for Jewish Studies (Spring 2025)\, Harvard University \nModerated by Jay Harris\, Harry Austryn Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies and Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations\, Harvard University
URL:https://pjil.law.harvard.edu/event/rabbis-law-and-the-talmud-in-the-sasanian-empire-a-new-history/
LOCATION:Hauser Hall 105
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250204T121500
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CREATED:20250210T181305Z
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SUMMARY:The Judicial Overhaul in Israel: A Political Perspective on Executive Aggrandizement
DESCRIPTION:Oded Haklai\, Professor\, Department of Political Studies; Director\, Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity\, Queen’s University; Visiting Scholar\, Weatherhead Scholars Program\, Visiting Scholar\, Center for Jewish Studies\, Harvard University \nModerated by Daniel Ziblatt\, Director\, Center for European Studies & Eaton Professor of the Science of Government\, Harvard University
URL:https://pjil.law.harvard.edu/event/the-judicial-overhaul-in-israel-a-political-perspective-on-executive-aggrandizement/
LOCATION:Hauser Hall 101
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241203T121500
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CREATED:20240827T204521Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T204521Z
UID:813-1733228100-1733231700@pjil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:The Gentile as a Legal Concept in Ancient Judaism
DESCRIPTION:Ishay Rosen-Zvi\, Professor and Chair\, Department of Jewish Philosophy and Talmud\, Tel-Aviv University and Gerard Weinstock Visiting Professor in Israel Studies at Harvard University (2024-2025) \nModerated by Jay Harris\, Harvard College Professor and Harry Austryn Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard University
URL:https://pjil.law.harvard.edu/event/the-gentile-as-a-legal-concept-in-ancient-judaism/
LOCATION:Hauser Hall 101
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241120T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241120T131500
DTSTAMP:20260404T051054
CREATED:20240827T204357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T204357Z
UID:812-1732104900-1732108500@pjil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Natural Law in Maimonides Guide to the Perplexed
DESCRIPTION:Lenn Goodman\, Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Studies\, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities\, Vanderbilt University \nModerated by Noah Feldman\, Director Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law
URL:https://pjil.law.harvard.edu/event/natural-law-in-maimonides-guide-to-the-perplexed/
LOCATION:Hauser Hall 105
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241119T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241119T131500
DTSTAMP:20260404T051054
CREATED:20240827T204133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T204133Z
UID:810-1732018500-1732022100@pjil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Genetic Analysis of Medieval and Ancient Jews – Scientific Findings and Ethical Considerations
DESCRIPTION:David Reich\, Professor of Genetics\, Harvard Medical School \nModerated by Noah Feldman\, Director Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law
URL:https://pjil.law.harvard.edu/event/genetic-analysis-of-medieval-and-ancient-jews-scientific-findings-and-ethical-considerations/
LOCATION:Hauser Hall 101
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241114T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241114T131500
DTSTAMP:20260404T051054
CREATED:20240827T203710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T204017Z
UID:809-1731586500-1731590100@pjil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Freedom of Speech in Jewish Law: Theoretical Ideals and Practical Realities
DESCRIPTION:Aviad HaCohen\, Professor\, The Academic Center for Law and Science \nModerated by Menachem Butler\, Program Fellow\,  Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law
URL:https://pjil.law.harvard.edu/event/freedom-of-speech-in-jewish-law-theoretical-ideals-and-practical-realities/
LOCATION:Hauser Hall 101
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241108T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241108T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T051054
CREATED:20240827T203341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241106T182739Z
UID:805-1731061800-1731065400@pjil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Beyond Suspicion: The Moral Clash between Rootedness and Progressive Liberalism
DESCRIPTION: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 \nModerated by Walid Hammam\, Director\, Weatherhead Scholars Program at Harvard University \n(co-sponsored with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs)
URL:https://pjil.law.harvard.edu/event/beyond-suspicion-the-moral-clash-between-rootedness-and-progressive-liberalism/
LOCATION:Bowie-Vernon Room\, CGIS Building\, 1737 Cambridge Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241029T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241029T133000
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CREATED:20240827T203029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T203029Z
UID:804-1730204100-1730208600@pjil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Biblical Judgments: New Legal Readings in the Hebrew Bible
DESCRIPTION:Justice Daphne Barak-Erez\, Supreme Court of Israel \nModerated by Noah Feldman\, Director Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law
URL:https://pjil.law.harvard.edu/event/biblical-judgments-new-legal-readings-in-the-hebrew-bible/
LOCATION:Pound Hall 100
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241028T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241028T131500
DTSTAMP:20260404T051054
CREATED:20240827T194545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T202756Z
UID:791-1730117700-1730121300@pjil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Critique of Halakhic Reason: Divine Commandments and Social Normativity
DESCRIPTION:Yonatan Brafman\, Assistant Professor of Modern Judaism\, Tufts University \nModerated by Shaul Magid\, Harvard Divinity School
URL:https://pjil.law.harvard.edu/event/critique-of-halakhic-reason-divine-commandments-and-social-normativity/
LOCATION:Hauser Hall 101
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240930T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240930T131500
DTSTAMP:20260404T051054
CREATED:20240827T141515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241024T170135Z
UID:766-1727698500-1727702100@pjil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:The History of Hate Speech Regulation: the ACLU and Antisemitism in the Twentieth Century
DESCRIPTION:Laura Weinrib\, Fred N. Fishman Professor of Constitutional Law\, Harvard Law School; Suzanne Young Murray Professor\, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study \nModerated by Martha Minow\, 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard Law School
URL:https://pjil.law.harvard.edu/event/the-history-of-hate-speech-regulation-the-aclu-and-antisemitism-in-the-twentieth-century/
LOCATION:Hauser Hall 101
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T131500
DTSTAMP:20260404T051054
CREATED:20240827T141429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T195006Z
UID:764-1727266500-1727270100@pjil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:On Constitutional Identity\, Democratic Legitimacy and Judicial Review in times of Democratic Backslide: The Case of Israel
DESCRIPTION:Barak Medina\, Landecker-Ferencz Professor of the Study of Protection of Minorities and Vulnerable Groups\, Hebrew University of Jerusalem \nModerated by Noah Feldman\, Director Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law
URL:https://pjil.law.harvard.edu/event/on-constitutional-identity-democratic-legitimacy-and-judicial-review-in-times-of-democratic-backslide-the-case-of-israel/
LOCATION:Hauser Hall 105
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T131500
DTSTAMP:20260404T051054
CREATED:20240827T140058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240905T134531Z
UID:760-1727180100-1727183700@pjil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:The International Criminal Court and the War in Gaza: the Status of the Investigation
DESCRIPTION: \nIoannis Kalpouzos\, Visiting Professor of Law\, Harvard Law School \nModerated by Salma Waheedi\, Lecturer on Law and Executive Director of the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World at Harvard Law School
URL:https://pjil.law.harvard.edu/event/the-international-criminal-court-and-the-war-in-gaza-the-status-of-the-investigation/
LOCATION:Pound Hall 100
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231121T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231121T183000
DTSTAMP:20260404T051054
CREATED:20240905T133715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240905T133715Z
UID:885-1700586000-1700591400@pjil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:The 2023 Israel-Hamas War: A Historical Perspective on Causes and Consequences
DESCRIPTION:A conversation with \nDerek Penslar\nWilliam Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History\nDirector\, Center for Jewish Studies \nand \nNoah Feldman\nFelix Frankfurter Professor of Law\nDirector\, Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law
URL:https://pjil.law.harvard.edu/event/the-2023-israel-hamas-war-a-historical-perspective-on-causes-and-consequences/
LOCATION:Wasserstein 101
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