Reporter 12/6/02: Faculty of Divinity: Summer School

Faculty of Divinity: Summer School

The Faculty of Divinity will be running a summer school on Medieval and Modern Judaism from 24 to 28 June, in the Faculty building, West Road. The following subjects will be covered:

Medieval Judaism

9 a.m. to 10.30 a.m.

24 June The Spanish roots of Sephardi culture, by Professor David Abulafia.

25 June Jewish-Christian relations in the Middle Ages, by Dr Anna Abulafia.

26 June Origins of Hungarian Jewry, by Dr Nora Berend.

27 June The Cairo Genizah, by Professor Stefan Reif.

28 June The Jews of Byzantium, by Professor Nicholas de Lange.

Modern Judaism

11 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.

24 June Jews and the New Europe, by Dr George Wilkes.

25 June Jewish-Christian relations since the Holocaust, by Dr Margie Tolstoy.

26 June Abraham Isaac Kook and the rise of religious Zionism, by Rabbi Julian Sinclair.

27 June Progress and conservatism in Anglo-Jewish orthodoxy, by Dr Miri Freud-Kandel.

28 June The challenge of religious fundamentalism, by Dr David Lehmann.

Reduced rates are available for University members. For further information and to book a place, please contact Ms Rosalind Paul, Faculty of Divinity, West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9BS (tel. 01223 763017, e-mail rmp24@cam.ac.uk).

Table of Contents

24 June	The Spanish roots of Sephardi culture, by Professor David Abulafia.
25 June	Jewish-Christian relations in the Middle Ages, by Dr Anna Abulafia.
26 June	Origins of Hungarian Jewry, by Dr Nora Berend.
27 June	The Cairo Genizah, by Professor Stefan Reif.
28 June	The Jews of Byzantium, by Professor Nicholas de Lange.

24 June	Jews and the New Europe, by Dr George Wilkes.
25 June	Jewish-Christian relations since the Holocaust, by Dr Margie Tolstoy.
26 June	Abraham Isaac Kook and the rise of religious Zionism, by Rabbi Julian Sinclair.
27 June	Progress and conservatism in Anglo-Jewish orthodoxy, by Dr Miri Freud-Kandel.
28 June	The challenge of religious fundamentalism, by Dr David Lehmann.