Seminar on "God, Politics, and the Jewish Tradition"

Dates: July 27-August 7, 2008
Application Deadline: April 1, 2008
Location: Princeton, NJ
Website: winst.org/seminars/judaism2008.php

The Witherspoon Institute announces a two-week summer seminar at Princeton University for graduate and advanced undergraduate students on “God, Politics, and the Jewish Tradition.” Modern Jewish thought has for the most part focused on ethics to the exclusion of the political and theological dimensions of Judaism. The seminar aims to bring the intellectual and moral riches of Judaism's theological dimensions into current political discussions. Leora Batnitzky (Princeton) and David Novak (University of Toronto) will lead the seminar. Additional faculty include Lenn Goodman (Vanderbilt), Leon Kass (Chicago), Alan Mittleman (Jewish Theological Seminary), David Myers (UCLA), Suzanne Stone (Yeshiva), and Michael Walzer (Institute for Advanced Study).