CONF: Jewish Law Association Regional Conference on Social Justice & Jewish Law at Yeshiva University on March 27th

Yedida Eisenstat Discussion

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.