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