Apr 23, 2018
Speaker: Rabbi Lee Levine
Program Series: Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Distinguished Scholar Series
Location: Ohr Kodesh Congregation, Chevy Chase, MD
Date: November 21, 2017
The study of ancient Jewish art is a relatively new field fueled by ongoing archaeological discoveries. Only in Late Antiquity (third to seventh...
May 1, 2017
Speaker: Dr. Samual Kassow
Program Series: Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Distinguished Scholar Series
Location: Kehilat Shalom, Gaithersburg, MD
Date: April 2, 2017
The Ringelblum archive in the Warsaw Ghetto buried thousands of documents. But of the 60 people who worked on this national mission, only three survived. Dr....
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. 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...