Between Autonomy and Authority, Between Germania (Ashkenaz) and Tzarfat: The Halachic Thought of Rabbi Meir of RothenburgA Master Class by Moshe D. Chechik (Hebrew University, Jerusalem) Smokler Center Third Floor Multipurpose RoomApril 28th-May 2nd, 2025Mon-Wed & Fri: 9:30 AM – 1 PMThurs: 1 PM – 4:30 PM Rabbi Meir b. Barukh of Rothenburg ob der […]

Al gesher tzar me’od: The Origins and Evolution of the Independent Minyan Movement Honors Thesis Presentation April 21st4:30 PMGilman 479 Near Eastern Studies (NES) major Zachary Bahar will present his thesis findings with commentary by Felix Posen Professor in Modern Jewish History James Loeffler (History) and William Foxwell Albright Chair in Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern […]

The Inaugural Koren Lecture in Holocaust Studies: Imagining Law after Nuremberg: Lemkin, Jackson, and the Poetry of Justice will be held on April 23rd and presented by James Loeffler.

Ancient Texts and Modern Techniques: Producing A New Edition of the Temple Scroll (lecture) March 10th6 PMGilman 130G The Temple Scroll was an attempt by the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls to produce a more perfect Torah. Five copies of this text were discovered, including the longest of all the extant Scrolls. In recent […]

The Alexander Grass Humanities Institute & Stulman Program for Jewish Studies present a talk on Jewish mysticism with Eliot Wolfson, the Marsha and Jay Glazer Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara February 20th5 PMGilman 388

Thursday, November 7th 5 PM Gilman 479 Armageddon In Our Time?  Professor Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Thirty-seven acres of “real estate” in Jerusalem, encompassing the Temple Mount and Al Aqsa, are the epicenter of the intensifying religious war between Jews and Muslims that has evolved from political strife. Based on her […]

Hannah Pollin-Galay will lead a seminar on October 30 and present a lecture on her new book on October 31.

Oct. 27th, 2024 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Johns Hopkins Hillel Center 3109 N. Charles Street

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Rethinking the Female Body in the Hebrew Bible Dr. Rhiannon Graybill University of Richmond September 12, 2024 • 5:30 PM (EST) Lecture at Gilman Hall room #17 followed by a reception at the Smokler Center.3109 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218 The Hebrew Bible is filled with peculiar, striking metaphorical representations of THE female body. […]