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Philosophy & Science Track

Sunday, 18:50 - 20:00 (Early Evening 1)
'A Deeply Religious Nonbeliever'
Mark Solomon

Sunday, 20:50 - 22:00 (Mid Evening)
'Could the Serpent Kill or Could the Serpent Revive?' Why Did the Baptist Teacher Teach this to the Jewish Nursery Children?
Aviel Zwebner

Tuesday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
'Did the Jews Have a Renaissance?' - What Can We Learn from the Sermons of Italian Rabbis During the Renaissance? (2 of 4)
Shulamit Furstenberg-Levi

Sunday, 22:20 - 23:30 (Evening Ruach)
A Bat-Kol Sounded
Adam Frankenberg

Wednesday, 19:20 - 20:30 (Early Evening 2)
A Cemetery, a Mall, the Living and the Dead
Wolfgang Wieshaider

Monday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
A Fascinating Bankruptcy Problem from the Talmud, and a Solution
Amnon Melzer

Tuesday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
Argument 101: Arguing About Why Jews Argue (2 of 4)
Leon Wiener Dow

Tuesday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
Argument 401 (Advanced): Envisioning a World of Deeper Disagreement (3 of 4)
Leon Wiener Dow

Sunday, 19:20 - 20:30 (Early Evening 2)
Ark: Centennial Project for the Jewish Museum in Prague
Melissa Shiff

Sunday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
Beyond the Eclipse of God: Buber, Levinas and Post-Holocaust Philosophy
Tamra Wright

Tuesday, 19:20 - 20:30 (Early Evening 2)
Can I Download It, Rabbi? Intellectual Property in Halacha
Zvi Solomons

Saturday, 09:40 - 10:50 (Session 1)
Circle of Life
Susie Robinson

Tuesday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
Crash Course in Zionist Thought: Me and My Zionism, Herzl and Ahad Ha'am (1 of 2)
Dan Kosky

Monday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Embryos, Ethics and Jews
Ruth Deech

Sunday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Escaping Eden - Are We Better Off on the Outside?
Benjamin Gerber

Wednesday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
Freud on Antisemitism (3 of 4)
Jay Geller

Tuesday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
Freud's Jewish Identities (2 of 4)
Jay Geller

Tuesday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
God After Darwin
Daniel Reisel

Sunday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
God and the Richard Dawkins Delusion
Jonathan Romain

Tuesday, 19:20 - 20:30 (Early Evening 2)
God for Grown Ups
Danny Shine

Wednesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
God Is Also a Character in the Bible
Jonathan Magonet

Monday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
God!? (1 of 4)
Jonathan Wittenberg, Tamra Wright

Tuesday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
God!? (2 of 4)
Daniel Landes, Tamra Wright

Wednesday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
God!? (3 of 4)
Howard Wettstein, Tamra Wright

Thursday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
God!? (4 of 4)
Jonathan Magonet, Tamra Wright

Monday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
God, Evil and the Book of Job (1 of 2)
Howard Wettstein

Thursday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
Healing the Self - Using Relationships.
Danny Shine

Wednesday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
Healing the Self - Using the Question Who Am I ?
Danny Shine

Monday, 19:20 - 20:40 (Early Evening 2)
Heschel and King: a Unique Inter-Religious Partnership
Peter A. Geffen

Sunday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Humour, Identity and the Holocaust
Rex Bloomstein

Monday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Is Dawkins Deluded?
Geoffrey Cantor

Tuesday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Jewish Big Mind, Jewish Big Heart (1 of 2)
Goldie Grahame

Tuesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Jewish Big Mind, Jewish Big Heart (2 of 2)
Goldie Grahame

Wednesday, 22:20 - 23:30 (Ruach)
Jewish Jokes and God's Gags
Yehoshua Engelman

Sunday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Jewish Philosophy and Western Culture
Victor Seidler

Wednesday, 19:20 - 20:30 (Early Evening 2)
Jewish Sensitivity Training Towards the Specially Challenged (4 of 4)
Tzvi Marx

Sunday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Jews and Climate Change
Mark Levene

Monday, 19:20 - 20:40 (Early Evening 2)
Kabbalah and Psychoanalysis
Elie Jesner

Monday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
Kabbalah Surrealism: the Counter-Cultural Art and Life of Wallace Berman
Louis Kaplan

Sunday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Midday)
Kabbalistic Psychotherapy
Daniel Anderson

Wednesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Living Laura Perls
Noemi Holtz

Monday, 18:50 - 20:10 (Early Evening 1)
Love Stories: Self and Other in Contemporary Jewish Thought
Tamra Wright

Wednesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Moses Meets Rabbi Akiva: God's Role in Evil (2 of 2)
Howard Wettstein

Wednesday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Muslim and Jewish Views on Creation (3 of 3)
Halima Krausen, Mark Solomon

Sunday, 18:50 - 20:00 (Early Evening 1)
Must We Obey G-d Under All Circumstances? a Literary and Philosophical Approach to Shaul and the Amalekites
David Bilchitz

Wednesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Of Mountains, Commitment and Game Shows
Nir Nadav

Tuesday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
Panel Discussion: What Is the Jewish Response to Richard Dawkins' Charge that 'Faith Is Belief Despite the Lack of Evidence'?
Geoffrey Cantor, Michael Harris, Mark Solomon, Howard Wettstein

Tuesday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
Pirke Avot: New Wisdom Every Day (2 of 4)
Daniel Goldfarb

Monday, 19:20 - 20:40 (Early Evening 2)
Pirkei Avot: New Wisdom Every Day (1 of 4)
Daniel Goldfarb

Wednesday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
Pressing Issues in Jewish Feminism: How Shall We Speak of God? (4 of 4)
Judith Plaskow

Monday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
Pressing Issues in Jewish Feminism: the Problem of Authority (2 of 4)
Judith Plaskow

Sunday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Reflections on ReJewvenation and Command J: Jewish Laws, Digital Arts
Louis Kaplan

Tuesday, 20:50 - 22:00 (Mid Evening)
Revisiting the Lonely Man of Faith
Elie Jesner

Saturday, 15:10 - 16:20 (Session 3)
Satan and Suffering: Four Scholars Attempt the Impossible - Can They Discuss the Misery and Mystery of the Book of Job Without Ruining Your Shabbat?
Ian Gamse, Sue Gessler, Howard Wettstein, Tamra Wright

Wednesday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
Spinoza - a Heretic for Our Time?
Mark Solomon

Wednesday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Strange Fire - How to Handle Nadav and Avihu?
Benjamin Gerber

Sunday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
The Big Ask Campaign - Is It Jewish?
Jess Gold

Sunday, 09:30 - 10:50 (Morning)
The Biography and Creation of the Ramhal - Truth that Is Beyond Imagination
Ronen Ben Daniel

Monday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
The Clash of Civilizations
Avrum Burg

Wednesday, 18:50 - 20:00 (Early Evening 1)
The Curious Life and Gravity-Defying Torah of Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berdichev
Rachel Rose Reid, Matthue Roth, Joel Stanley

Thursday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
The Ends of Freud's 'Moses' (4 of 4)
Jay Geller

Sunday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
The God of Mathematics and the Mathematics of God
Paul Freedman

Wednesday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
The Limits of 'Limmud': Why 'Cross-communal' Isn't Good Enough
Leon Wiener Dow

Wednesday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
The Limits of Jewish Entrepreneurship: the Case Study of Ta Shma (4 of 4)
Leon Wiener Dow

Monday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
The Making of Freud's Jewish Book (1 of 4)
Jay Geller

Monday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
The Many Meanings of Shmitta for All of Us Today (1 of 4)
Yehoshua Engelman

Tuesday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
The Many Meanings of Shmitta for All of Us Today (2 of 4)
Yehoshua Engelman

Wednesday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
The Many Meanings of Shmitta for All of Us Today (3 of 4)
Yehoshua Engelman

Thursday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
The Many Meanings of Shmitta for All of Us Today (4 of 4)
Yehoshua Engelman

Tuesday, 18:50 - 20:00 (Early Evening 1)
The Woman Who Spat in Rabbi Meir's Face
Rachel Keren

Monday, 20:50 - 22:00 (Mid Evening)
Three Proofs for God's Existence... and Their Refutations
Eli Pine

Wednesday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
What Are Miracles and Should We Believe in Them?
Eli Pine

Monday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
Who Is God Anyway and How Can I Believe in Him/Her/It?
Shira Solomons

Tuesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Yahweh Rastafari!: Matisyahu and the Paradoxes of Hasidic Reggae Superstardom
Louis Kaplan