Sun, Nov 23
02:00PM ET
Sun, Nov 23
02:00PM ET
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Maimonides and the Sciences – In-Person Program
A Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies public conference, in memory of Professor Ron Birke
2pm Opening Dedication
- Mimi Klimberg
2.15pm-3.15pm Session 1 (Chair: Jonathan Dauber)
- Dr. Jeremy Brown MD (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD)
The Surprising Influence of Maimonides’ Book on Poisons - Dr. Hava Tirosh Samuelson (Regents Professor of History, Irving and Miriam Lowe Professor of Modern Judaism, Arizona State University)
Maimonides and the Science of Ecology: Nature, Law, and Virtue
3.15-3.25 Break
3.30pm-4.30pm Session 2 (Chair: Martin Kaufman)
- Dr. Yehuda Halper (Professor, Department of Jewish Philosophy, Bar Ilan University & Visiting Professor, Divinity School, University of Chicago)
New Ideas in Old Books: Maimonides on Scientific and Religious Commentaries - Dr. Alexander Green (Assistant Professor of Humanities, Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education, University of Florida).
The Moral Psychology of Maimonides' Laws of Repentance
4.30-4.40 Break
4.45-5.30 Keynote Address (Chair: Daniel Rynhold)
- Dr. Zeev Harvey (Professor Emeritus, Department of Jewish Thought, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Why Was Natural Science so Important to Maimonides?
Ticket Info: Free admission but registration required. Please email revelevents@yu.edu to RSVP
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