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MLK Day of Learning: Judaism in the Political Sphere

Jan 18 2010 - 12:30pm to 4:00pm
Location: 
Penn Hillel, 215 S. 39th St, 2nd floor

All are welcome
 
12:30 FREE Kosher Pizza Lunch
 
1:PM – Session #1
Creating Public Policy from Halakha:
Translating Halakhic Categories into Political Values
Chaim Saiman, Assisstant Professor of Law, Villanova University School of Law
 
2:PM – Session #2
Community Organizing Workshop with Uri L'Tzedek & The Tav HaYosher
Ari Weiss, Director, Uri L'Tzedek [Orthodox Social Justice]
 
3:PM Mincha
 
3:15 PM – Session #3
"The Beginnings of Jewish Political Dissent:
Three Case Studies and their Implications for our own World"
David B. Ruderman, Professor of Modern Jewish History at UPenn
 

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Event Contact Name: 
Rabbi Mordy Friedman
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