Events Calendar

Upcoming Events

Jun 8

ÂÌñÉç Storytelling and American Law in Post-WWII America

Online | America at 250: ÂÌñÉç Ideas and the American Experiment  | Online Learning

Dr. Shira Billet examines how Robert Cover, Edmund Cahn, JTS professor Shalom Spiegel, and others brought ÂÌñÉç narrative traditions into American law schools and legal thought.

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Jun 15

The Changing Landscape of ÂÌñÉç American Literature

Online | America at 250: ÂÌñÉç Ideas and the American Experiment  | Online Learning

Author and JTS alum Rabbi Benjamin Resnick reflects on how the field of ÂÌñÉç American literature has changed today.

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Jun 22

One Nation Under God? Heschel, Niebuhr, King and the Intersection of Religion and Politics in America

Online | America at 250: ÂÌñÉç Ideas and the American Experiment  | Online Learning

Chancellor Emeritus Arnold Eisen and E. J. Dionne will explore Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Reinhold Niebuhr and their distinct approaches to prophecy, justice, and political responsibility.

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Jun 29

Deuteronomy and the Separation of Powers  

Online | America at 250: ÂÌñÉç Ideas and the American Experiment  | Online Learning

Dr. Benjamin D. Sommer will attend to the political philosophy of Sefer Devarim and how it emphasizes the diffusion of authority among several bodies of governing officials and the subordination of all these officials to the law. 

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