OF WAR, LABOR AND YOUTH: THE TALMUD IN
PARIS 1968
Emmanuel Levinas: Ethics in the 21st
Century
The centennial conference will deal with
the major facets of Levinas’ philosophical and Jewish
works, as well as their impact in the social, political, and
educational arenas.
Levinas’ views on social justice,
individual responsibility, and sustainable economies will be
presented in the same accessible terms in which he once
delivered them at his Talmudic readings for the Parisian
community.
The Centennial of program on Emmanuel
Levinas is made possible by the support of the Cahnman
Foundation.
December 7 at 6:30 pm
Center for Jewish History
16 West 16 Street - New York, NY 10011
Box Office: 917-606-8200
General admission: $15; Students with ID
$5
PART ONE - 6:30 PM
Levinas: the man, the thinker, The historical
context, the influences.
Salomon Malka (Journalist,
writer and biographer of Emmanuel Levinas and Messieur
Chouchani),
Judith Friedlander (Author of Vilna on the
Sein, Hunter College, CUNY),
PART TWO - 7:30 PM
FROM EUROPEAN THOUGHT TO THE REDISCOVERY OF JEWISH TEXT: Ethics as First Philosophy
Richard Bernstein (The New School)
PART THREE - 8:00 PM
LEVINAS AS A ReadER OF the Talmud
Warren Zeev Harvey (Hebrew University), Richard
A. Cohen (University of North Carolina),
Michael Smith (Berry
College).
VIRTUAL EXHIBITION: WRITING THE TALMUD
During the conference a virtual version of
the exhibition: Writing the Talmud, presented by the Yeshiva University Museum,
will be on display at the Center for Jewish History.
This centennial program is made possible
through the support of the Gisella
Levi Cahnman Seminar Fund and is
co-presented by The Center for
Jewish History, The Levinas Ethical Legacy Foundation in collaboration with the Association pour la Célébration du
Centenaire d’Emmanuel Levinas
(France) and the Centre Raïssa
et Emmanuel Levinas (Israel).
It is organized under the auspices of the American Sephardi
Federation and the Yeshiva University Museum.
FUTURE PROGRAMS
The Levinas Ethical Legacy Foundation and
the Center for Jewish History are seeking to establish a
semiannual lecture inspired by the Talmudic readings of
Emmanuel Levinas.
Proposals can be submitted to the
Center’s program office or to the foundation.
