The Male Body in Ultra Orthodox Jewish Theology invites us into a rich cultural world, usually envisioned as the temple of the intellect, and reveals how it actually places the gendered body at center stage. With the sympathy of a former practitioner and the insight of a theologian, Yakir Englander grapples with the challenges of sexuality to a life of piety.

March 24, 2022 at 7:00pm
Swartz Hall, James Room Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue
and hybrid over Zoom. 
Registration for zoom required.

Yakir Englander

Author, former WSRP Research Associate at HDS, and current National Senior Director of Leadership at the Israeli-American Council

Daniel Boyarin

Hermann P. and Sophia Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture, UC Berkeley, currently Caroline Zelaznik Gruss and Joseph S. Gruss Visiting Professor in Talmudic Civil Law, Harvard Law School

Susannah Heschel

Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College

This event is co-ponsored by the Women’s Studies and Religion Program, The Center for Jewish Studies and Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality.