Apr 4, 2017
Speaker: Dr. Christine Hayes
Program Series: Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Distinguished Scholar Series
Location: Congreation B'nai Tzedek, Potomac, MD
Date: March 5, 2017
Dr. Hayes steps back 2000 years to explore the diverse attitudes towards the divine character of the Torah, and highlights the surprisingly radical...
Apr 4, 2017
Speaker: Dr. Michal Lemberger
Program Series: Jewish Enrichment
Location: Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, Bethesda, MD
Date: February 9, 2017
Dr. Lemberger shines a new light on the lives of nine Biblical women.
Apr 4, 2017
Speaker: Dr. Maxine Grossman, University of Maryland, College Park
Program Series: Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Distinguished Scholar Series
Location: Temple Beth Ami, Rockville, MD
Date: December 14, 2016
Dr. Grossman traces the lives, text, and religious commitments in an effort to understand the sectarian movement and...
Apr 4, 2017
Speaker: Dr. James Loeffler, University of Virginia
Program Series: Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Distinguished Scholar Series
Location: Ohr Kodesh Congregation, Chevy Chase, MD
Date: November 14, 2016
Dr. Loeffler makes the argument that the concept of a "genocide law" predates the Holocaust, and is derived from Lemkin's...