Join Yeshiva University faculty and administration for a day of learning at our annual Jewish Studies Yom Iyun, this year on the topic of Purim in Tanach, Talmud and Jewish History.

Sunday, March 6, 2011 • 9:30am - 1:30pm

Yeshiva University, Furst Hall • 500 West 185th St. New York, NY
$10 admission (online) $15 at the door
Free for YU Students
Courtesy parking and refreshments available with registration


Courtesy bus to YU from the Five Towns
departs 8:00 a.m. from Cong. Beth Sholom (390 Broadway, Lawrence). No charge but reservations required (space is limited). Call at 516-972-2920 or email yulongisland@yu.edu by Thursday, March 3rd to reserve.

 
9:30
ephraim karnafogel Af Hen Hayu Be-Oto Ha-Nes: Clarifying the Views of the Ba'alei ha-Tosafot in Learning and Scholarship
Rabbi Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel
E. Billi Ivry Professor of Jewish History, Yeshiva University
10:30
rabbi kenneth brander Yom hak'Purim and Purim: The Journey to a Romantic Rendezvous with God
Rabbi Kenneth Brander
David Mitzner Dean, Center for the Jewish Future
mark dratch Megillat Esther: A Scarlet Letter? A Look at the "Relationship" of Esther and Achashverosh and its Halakhic, Moral, Political, and Personal Implications
Rabbi Mark Dratch
Faculty, Isaac Breuer College, Yeshiva University
grunhaus Form without Substance: Fasting and Rituals in Prophetic Perspective
Dr. Naomi Grunhaus
Faculty, Stern College for Women
michelle levine Stability and Discord in the Book of Esther
Dr. Michelle Levine
Faculty, Stern College for Women
10:30
steven fine Ve-Nafokh Hu: Haman, Yeshu and the Commemoration of Purim in the World of Hazal
Dr. Steven Fine
Professor of Jewish History, Director, YU Center for Israel Studies
shmuel hain The Mitzvot of Purim: More Than Meets the Eye
Rabbi Shmuel Hain
Rosh Beit Midrash, Graduate Program for Women in Advanced Talmudic Studies, Stern College for Women
ricky hidary Why Didn't Esther Pray? Three Responses to the
(Ir)Religiousness of Megilat Esther

Rabbi Richard Hidary
Faculty, Stern College for Women
menachem leibtag From 'Ezra' to 'Esther': Considering "Author's Intent" When Studying Ketuvim
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
Faculty, Midrashiya, Gruss Institute, Yeshiva University
10:30
aster Ketov Zot Zikkaron Ba-Sefer - Erasing Memory and Writing Memory in Torah and in Megillat Esther
Dr. Shawn Zelig Aster
Assistant Professor of Bible, Yeshiva University
frazer When Did the Purim Story Happen? Chronology, Aggadah, and a Modern Orthodox Educational Challenge
Rabbi Ezra Frazer
Doctoral Program, Bernard Revel Graduate School, Yeshiva University
jill katz The Purim Story: The View From Jerusalem 538-333 BCE
Dr. Jill Katz
Adjunct Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology, Yeshiva University
lawrence schifman The Apocryphal Additions to Esther
Dr. Lawrence Schiffman
Vice Provost, Yeshiva University

A project of Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future and the Office of Student Affairs. Co-sponsored by YSU, SOY and TAC.