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JEWISH SOCIETY, PEOPLE & EVENTS
NYU TO HOST FIRST MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LUBAVITCHER
REBBE
Photo: The Lubavitcher Rebbe
(April 18, 1902 - June 12, 1994)
Conference:
Reaching for the Infinite: The Lubavitcher Rebbe – Life, Teachings
and Impact.
Sun., Nov. 6,
1:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. (Kimmel Center for University Life, Rosenthal
Pavilion, 10th Fl.)Mon., Nov. 7 (9 a.m.-6:30 p.m.) & Tues., Nov. 8
(9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.) (Kimmel Center for University Life, Room 914, 9th
Fl.)[Subway Lines: A, B, C, D, E, F, V (West 4th Street); N, R, W
(8th Street); 6 (Astor Place)]
On the 10th anniversary of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson’s death,
New York University’s Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic
Studies will host “Reaching for the Infinite,” a three-day
international academic conference on the contribution of the
Lubavitcher Rebbe to his own movement and its teachings, to Hasidic
thought, world Jewry and western civilization. The conference will
take place Sun., Nov. 6 through Tues., Nov. 8 at NYU’s Kimmel Center
for University Life (60 Washington Sq. South at LaGuardia Place).
For a complete schedule of events, go to
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/hebrew/Rebbe.html.
The event is free and open to the public, which may call
212.998.8981 or email
gsas.hebrewjudaic@nyu.edu to RSVP
for individual sessions. Reporters interested in attending should
contact James Devitt, Office of Public Affairs, at 212.998.6808 or
james.devitt@nyu.edu. This
conference will produce the first full-length academic treatment of
the Rebbe, including both the papers and the prepared remarks of the
respondents. Publication of this volume will make available the
results of such work to a much wider public and set the stage for
further academic research on this important topic in the modern
history of Judaism. Participants: Lawrence Schiffman, NYU; Elliot
Wolfson, NYU; Ephraim Kanarfogel, Yeshiva University; William
Helmreich, City University of New York; Moshe Hallamish, Bar-Ilan
University (Israel); Naftali Loewenthal, University of London;
Aviezer Ravitzky, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; and others (full
listing of participants can be found on website). Funding for the
conference is being provided by George and Pamela Rohr, and Craig
and Deborah Cogut.
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