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2013 GCRL Spring Seminar Talks

Tuesdays from 12pm to 2pm
February 12 & 26, March 12 & 19
Liberman-Miller Lecture Hall
Hadassah-Brandeis Institute
Epstein Building, Brandeis University
515 South Street, Waltham MA, 02454 (directions/map)

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Join members of the HBI Spring Seminar on Gender, Culture, Religion, and the Law for a series of informal lunchtime talks exploring the intersection of religious law and women's rights. Given by HBI Scholars-in-Residence and visiting researchers, these presentations of work in progress will cover topics both historical and contemporary, focusing on Jewish and Islamic religious laws and practices. A kosher lunch will be provided.

RSVP required: hbi@brandeis.edu

The HBI Project on Gender, Culture, Religion, and the Law is generously funded by a gift from the Dan Fischel and Sylvia Neil Philanthropic Fund.

Law and Spirit: Yeshivat Maharat and the Training of Orthodox Jewish Women Leaders

Thursday, February 7th, 5pm - 7pm
Liberman-Miller Lecture Hall
Hadassah-Brandeis Institute
Epstein Building, Brandeis University
515 South Street, Waltham MA, 02454 (directions/map)

In 2009, Sara Hurwitz was ordained as a maharat, a new term created to describe a teacher of Jewish law and spirituality. That same year, Yeshivat Maharat began educating other Orthodox women to follow in her footsteps, taking on leadership positions in synagogues and schools and on college campuses. Join yeshiva head Rabbi Jeffrey Fox and current student Lila Kagedan to learn about what led to the founding of Yeshivat Maharat, their understanding of Jewish law on women's leadership, and what they hope the yeshiva will accomplish.

Kosher sandwiches and salads will be provided.
Parking in Epstein Lot.
Your RSVP is strongly encouraged: hbi@brandeis.edu

The Politics of Victimhood: The Work of Dahlia Ravikovitch

Tuesday, March 12th, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Schusterman Conference Room, Third Floor
Mandel Center for the Humanities, Brandeis University
415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454
(directions/map)

Ilana Szobel, an assistant professor of modern Hebrew literature at Brandeis University, will give a talk drawing on her recent book, A Poetics of Trauma: The Work of Dahlia Ravikovitch. In her work, Ravikovitch, an Israeli writer and Israel Prize Laureate, raises provocative questions about gender, trauma, and nationalism. Using close reading and the lenses of gender and psychoanalytic theory, Szobel analyzes Ravikovitch’s entire work as a depiction of the emotional structure of trauma survivors. More information about the book.

PROGRAM:

Parking in Tower Lot.
Your RSVP is strongly encouraged: hbi@brandeis.edu

This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, the Women’s and Gender Studies Program, and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies.