Academic year 2012-2013
Tikvah Fellows Workshops

The single most important feature of the Tikvah Fellowship Program is the Fellows Workshop Series – it is the vehicle through which work is presented and discussed, and encapsulates the idea of the Program – the University as a community of scholars.

Each semester The Tikvah Center convenes regularly offering a space for Fellows to lecture on their research projects and receive feedback from faculty commentators, Fellows and invited guests.

SPRING 2013

Monday, April 15^th, 2013:

Presenter: Professor Gerald Blidstein, Joint Straus/Tikvah Fellow
Topic:"Commentary of Norms of Study of Torah of Maimonides"
Time: 2:30 – 4:00 PM

Presenter: Professor Avishai Margalit, Joint Straus/Tikvah Fellow
Topic: "Betrayal and Loyalty: Treason and Trust"
Time: 4:00 – 5:30 PM

Location: Conference Room, 22 Washington Square North,
New York, NY 10011

Wednesday, April 17^th, 2013:

Presenter: Dr. Richard Lewis, Tikvah Fellow
Topic: "Liberal and Illiberal Judaism: Experience, Study and Practice"
Time: 9:30 – 11:00 AM

Presenter: Rabbi Adam Mintz, Tikvah Fellow
Topic: "Public and Private Spaces in Jewish Law: The History of the Eruv in America Research Project Description"
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Presenter: Dr. Shai Wozner, Berkowitz Fellow
Topic: "On the Public Aspects of Jewish law and their Normative Implications"
Time: 1:30 – 3:00 PM

Presenter: Professor Marion Kaplan, Tikvah Fellow
Topic: "Lisbon is Sold Out! The Daily Lives of Jewish Refugees in Portugal during World War II"
Time: 3:00 – 4:30 PM

Location: Conference Room, 22 Washington Square North,
New York, NY 10011

Friday, April 19^th, 2013:

Presenter: Dr. Michal Tamir, Tikvah Fellow
Topic: "The Freedom to Exclude:
A Failure of the Constitution’s Integrative Role"
Time: 9:30 – 11:00 AM

Presenter: Professor Mordechai Zalkin, Tikvah Fellow
Topic: "Life in a Sphere of a Constant Dispute: The Community Rabbinate in Eastern Europe"
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Presenter: Professor James Diamond, Tikvah Fellow
Topic: "Maimonidean Variations: Midrashic Point and Counterpoint of Jewish Law, Philosophy, and Mysticism”
Time: 1:30 – 3:00 PM

Presenter: Professor Eric Gregory, Tikvah Fellow
Topic: "What Do We Owe Strangers?
Global Justice and the Good Samaritan"
Time: 3:00 – 4:30 PM

Location: Conference Room, 22 Washington Square North,
New York, NY 10011

FALL 2012

Monday, October 15^th, 2012:

Presenter: Dr. Shai Wozner, Berkowitz Fellow
Topic: "On the Public Aspects of Jewish law and their Normative Implications"
Time: 9:15 – 10:15 AM

Presenter: Professor Marion Kaplan, Tikvah Fellow
Topic: "The Refugee Crisis of World War II and Lisbon, the Port of Last Resort"
Time: 10:15 – 11:15 AM

Presenter: Professor Mordechai Zalkin, Tikvah Fellow
Topic: "Changes in the Public Sphere in European Jewish Society in the Late Modern Era: The Community Rabbinate as a Test Case"
Time: 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

Location: Conference Room, 22 Washington Square North,
New York, NY 10011

Tuesday, October 16^th, 2012:

Presenter: Professor Gerald Blidstein, Joint Straus/Tikvah Fellow
Topic: "Commentary of Norms of Study of Torah of Maimonides"
Time: 9:30 – 10:30 AM

Presenter: Professor Avishai Margalit, Joint Straus/Tikvah Fellow
Topic: "Betrayal and Loyalty: Treason and Trust"
Time: 10:30 – 11:30 AM

Presenter: Professor James Diamond, Tikvah Fellow
Topic: "Maimonidean Variations: Midrashic Point and Counterpoint of Jewish Law, Philosophy, and Mysticism”
Time: 12:30 – 1:30 PM

Presenter: Dr. Michal Tamir, Tikvah Fellow
Topic: "Human Rights in Private Law: The Freedom to Exclude"
Time: 1:30 – 2:30 PM

Location: Conference Room, 22 Washington Square North,
New York, NY 10011

Wednesday, October 17^th, 2012:

Presenter: Rabbi Adam Mintz, Tikvah Fellow
Topic: "Public and Private Spaces in Jewish Law: The History of the Eruv in America Research Project Description"
Time: 9:30 – 10:30 AM

Presenter: Professor Eric Gregory, Tikvah Fellow
Topic: "What Do We Owe Strangers? Global Justice and the Good Samaritan"
Time: 10:30 – 11:30 AM

Presenter: Dr. Richard Lewis, Tikvah Fellow
Topic: "Urging Inner Devotion in Public Space:
Lithuanian Musar and Liberal Religious Discourse"
Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Location: Conference Room, 22 Washington Square North,
New York, NY 10011

To find out more about upcoming events at The Tikvah Center please view our calendar.