conference
The Historical Society of Israel
The International Association of Historical Societies for the Study of Jewish History
The Schusterman Center for Israel Studies atBrandeis University
are delighted to invite you to:
The Saga of the Citron: Historical and Global Perspectives
הסאגה של האתרוג: פרספקטיבות היסטוריות וגלובליות
Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
12:00 – 1:30 PM EDT; 19:00 – 20:30 (Israel)
| Welcome: | Jonathan D. Sarna (Brandeis University) Director, Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, Brandeis University |
| Greetings: | Shmuel Feiner (Bar-Ilan University) Chairman of the Historical Society of Israel |
Introduction: Joshua Teplitsky (Stony Brook University)
Lectures:
Debra Kaplan (Bar-Ilan University) – Communal Etrogim, Social Status, and Social Discipline in Early Modern European Jewish Communities
Zev Eleff (Touro College) – The Etrog Trade in the New World
Alexander Kaye (Brandeis University) – The Etrog Exception: Balancing Halakha and Socialism on the Religious Kibbutz
Commentator: Christine Hayes (Yale University)
