Charity in Classical Jewish Law
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and The University of British Columbia
Charity in Classical Jewish Law
Workshop
July 16-18, 2019
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Law Faculty, “Freimann Room” (Room 357)
Program
Tuesday, July 16
08:45 Welcome and Introductions: Benjamin Porat, Hebrew University, and Gregg Gardner, University of British Columbia
09:00 Sara Milstein, University of British Columbia, “The Care of Widows… or the Wives of Dead Men”
10:20 Ryan Schroeder, University of British Columbia, “Poverty and Charity in the Book of Ruth”
11:50 Yehoshua Pfeffer, Hebrew University, “Charity and the Virtue of Eating the Fruit of One’s Own Labor”
14:30 R. Gillian Glass, University of British Columbia, “Charity in the Hellenistic Jewish Book of Tobit”
15:50 Nathan Eubank, University of Notre Dame, “Charity as Devotion to God in the Pauline Tradition”
17:20 Chaya Halberstam, Kings College at Western University, “Justice or Generosity? Caring for the Poor in Court”
Wednesday, July 17
09:00 Amit Gvaryahu, Hebrew University, “Making the Poor Disappear in Akivan Midrash”
10:20 Yael Wilfand, Hebrew University, “Inclusion or Exclusion: A Reconsideration of Tannaitic Perspectives on the Poor”
11:50 Krista Dalton, Kenyon College, “Charitable Donations, Torah Study, and Their Conceptual Relationship”
14:30 Catherine Hezser, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, “Charity and Communal Prestige: The Rabbinic Promotion of Popular Euergetism”
15:50 Menachem Katz, Hemdat Hadarom College, “Literary Analysis of Selected Sugyot on Poverty and Charity in Rabbinic Texts”
17:20 Tzvi Novick, University of Notre Dame, “A Kinsman in Straits: Yannai on Leviticus”
Thursday, July 18
09:00 Jeffrey Rubenstein, New York University, “The Story-Cycle on Charity in b. Ketubot”
10:20 Christine Hayes, Yale University, “Charity and Empathy: Questioning Motives”
11:50 Gregg Gardner, University of British Columbia, “Recompense for Charity in Early Rabbinic Literature”
14:30 Benjamin Porat, Hebrew University, “Charity as Insurance: A New Perspective on Charity and its Surprising Ramifications”
15:50 Hayim Lapin, University of Maryland, “‘Blessings and Deeds’ on Fees and Charitable Redistribution”
17:20 Alyssa Gray, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, “The Charity Homily in Song of Songs Zuta”
Organizers:
Benjamin Porat, Hebrew University, and Gregg E. Gardner, University of British Columbia
Attendance to the sessions is free; please RSVP to amy.birkan@mail.huji.ac.il