An Evening Marking the Release of the Book:
"Hasidism: A New History"
 (Princeton University Press)

28-03-2019 | Thursday March 28th 18:00 | 21st of Adar II

The National Library building

Arkadiusz Ławrywianiec

First Sitting: 18:00-19:30

Welcome remarks: Prof. Elchanan Reiner, the National Library

Chairman: Dr. Zvi Leshem, the National Library

"Brushing the buttons" – a messianic interpretation of the crisis of secularism in the thought of Chabad Admors of recent generations
Rabbi Nathanel Laderberg, the Metivta Yeshiva and Midreshet Lindenbaum-Matat in Carmiel

Looking at Galilean Hasidism through a wine glass
Dr. Rivka Ambon, a researcher of Safed and the Galilee

Hasidism and the Mizrahis in Israel
Dr. Nissim Leon, Bar Ilan University

Second Sitting 20:00-21:30

Chairwoman: Prof. Rachel Manekin, University of Maryland, College Park

Yiddish and the Hasidic drasha
Dr. Daniel Reiser, Herzog and Safed Academic Colleges

The wonderful ways of the text: the formation of the Shulchan Aruch HaRav
Dr. Levi Cooper, the Pardes Institute

Summary: Prof. Yoram Bilu, the Hebrew University

Entry is free of charge. Please register ahead of time on the Library website