CONF: Jewish Law Association Regional Conference on Social Justice & Jewish Law at Yeshiva University on March 27th
The Jewish Law Association Regional Conference on Social Justice and Jewish Law
Hosted by Yeshiva University on March 27th, 2017.
Location: Furst Hall, room 535 (500 West 185th Street)
Breakfast/coffee 8:15-8:45 am
Welcome: Yedida Eisenstat, York University
Panel I – 8:45-10:15 am
Chair: Barry Eichler, Yeshiva University
- Truth, Justice, and the Biblical Way: A Case Study in Law and Truth in Biblical Law and Narrative, Yael Landman, Yeshiva University
- Enforced Altruism in Jewish Law: The Case of Hashavat Avieda, Chaim Saiman, Villanova University
- “Justice, Justice You Shall Pursue: Do Proposed Remedies for Get Refusal Result in Social Justice?”, Yael Machtinger, York University
Panel II – 10:30-12:30 pm
Chair: Yakov Elman, Yeshiva University
- Tokheḥa: The Birth, Decline, and Resurgence of Interpersonal Responsibility, Matthew Goldstone, New York University
- Rebel with a Clause: The Functional Elimination of the Stubborn and Rebellious Son, Rachel Rosenthal, Jewish Theological Seminary
- From Lawyer to Rabbinical Student: A Lesson in Halakha as Protection for the Soul, Matthew Katz, University of Chicago and the Hebrew Seminary for the Deaf and Hearing
- Discipline and Pleasure: Animal Accessories in Babylonian Talmud Tractate Shabbat Chapter Five, Beth Berkowitz, Barnard College
Lunch 12:30-1:30 pm
Greetings over lunch: David Berger, Dean, Bernard Revel Graduate School of Yeshiva University
Panel III – 1:30-3:00 pm
Chair: Noah Bickart, Yale University
- The Working and the Non-Working Poor: A Distinction with a Difference in the Talmud Bavli, Alyssa Gray, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
- “Poverty Is Not Hereditary” -- Really? Finding and Fighting Systemic Poverty in Jewish Law, Jesse Lempel, Harvard Law School
- Uncovering the Hidden Ethics of a Rabbinic Ruling: Why a House Robber is Allowed to Keep His Stolen Goods, Will Friedman, Harvard University
Panel IV – 3:15-5:15 pm
Chair: Yoni Brafman, Jewish Theological Seminary
- Ethics and Halakha: the Case of Maimonides, Emanuel Bloch, Hebrew University
- Spiritual Socialism in the Writings of Yehuda Leib Orlean, Ilan Fuchs, Brandeis University
- (Why) Does Jewish Tradition Recognize a Halakhah Independent of Ethics? Anti-Reductionism and Some of Its Discontents, Aryeh Klapper, Center for Modern Torah Leadership
- Revisiting the Possibility of an Ethic Independent of Halakhah in the Thought of R. Aharon Lichtenstein, Shlomo Zuckier, Yale University
Closing Remarks: Phil Lieberman, Vanderbilt University
Pre-registration is not required though RSVPs to JLAMarch2017@gmail.com are greatly appreciated.
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