Program on Jewish Law
The Program on Jewish Law supports teaching, research, and programming on Jewish Law at Berkeley. The Program provides a forum for academic discourse on the history and contemporary relevance of Jewish legal studies, hosting speakers, visiting scholars, and resident fellows; providing support for graduate student research, and supporting the teaching of courses on Jewish and comparative law and ethics.
From the Berkeley Law Robbins Religious Law Collection
PAST EVENTS:
2012-2013 ROBBINS COLLECTION LECTURE IN JEWISH LAW AND THOUGHT:
Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom
November 26, 2012
SYMPOSIUM: "Legal Heterodoxy in Islamic and Jewish History: Late antique and Medieval Transformations"
April 23-24, 2012
2011-2012 ROBBINS COLLECTION LECTURE IN JEWISH LAW:
Professor Barry Wimpfheimer, Northwestern University
April 16, 2012
ROUNDTABLE: "Biblical Law and Narrative," With Professor Calum Carmichael, Cornell University
December 6, 2011
The 2011-2012 Robbins Collection Lecture in Jewish Law, delivered by Professor Barry Wimpfheimer of Northwestern University, with comments by Prof. Marianne Constable of the UC Berkeley Department of Rhetoric.