Announcements #096: Jews and Political Power in the Modern World: A Conference

Jews and Political Power in the Modern World: A Conference

Sunday, May 3, 2009
1:30 - 6:30 PM at the Yeshiva University Museum
15 West 16th Street

Modernity has brought Jews political power unknown to previous generations. Both in Diaspora communities and in Israel, Jewish thinkers have conceptualized political power in imaginative and exciting ways. This conference, sponsored by the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program of Yeshiva College with Yeshiva University’s Center for Israel Studies and its Rabbi Arthur Schneier Center for International Affairs, will explore the intellectual life of Jews as they coped with political power and power relationships during the 20th century.

Click here to read moreThe conference brings together leading scholars in the fields of history and culture to explore the concept of power in the Jewish experience. Guest lecturers include Ilan Troen, Michael Walzer, and Ruth Wisse. The conference was conceived and organized by a team of students of the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program of Yeshiva College, advised by Professors Ruth A. Bevan and Steven Fine.

Sunday, May 3, 2009, 1:30 - 6:30 PM at the Yeshiva University Museum, 15 West 16th Street




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