Organized by Nadav Berman S. and Paul Franks
Sponsored by the Judaic Studies Program, Yale University
Sunday, April 7
10:30 Gathering, light refreshments
11:00 Introduction – Paul Franks (Yale)
11:30 Keynote – Yonatan Y. Brafman (JTS) “Contingency and Critique: The Consequences of Neopragmatism for Modern Jewish Thought.” Chair: Kenneth Winkler (Yale)
13:00 – Lunch
14:00 Bar Guzi (Brandeis), “Pragmatism, Naturalism, and Mysticism: Reflections on the Theology of Mordecai Kaplan.” Chair: Nancy Levene (Yale)
15:15 – Short break
15:30 Nechama Juni (Brown), “Pragmatism and Halakhic Change: A Case Study of ‘Watched’ Milk.” Chair: Eliyahu Stern (Yale)
16:45 – Short break
17:00 Elliot Ratzman (Lawrence), “Re-Reading Jewish Thought with the Pragmatist Hegel: The Case of Moses Hess.” Chair: Mordechai Levy-Eichel (Yale)
18:15 – Light Dinner for Participants
Monday, April 8
8:45 Gathering, light refreshments
9:00 Keynote – Hannah E. Hashkes (Lindenbaum), “The Halakhic Decisor and Truth in a Community of Inquiry: Halakhic Authority as a Test Case.” Chair: Steven Fraade (Yale)
10:30 – Short break
10:45 Randy L. Friedman (Binghamton), “Gods of Becoming.” Chair: John Pittard (Yale)
12:00 – Lunch
13:00 Irit Offer Stark (NYU), “Fallibilism and the Principle of Pragmatism in Jewish Tradition: The Case of the Tension between Science and Halakhah.” Chair: Joseph David (Sapir)
14:15 – Short break
14:30 Nadav Berman Shifman (Yale), “Anti-Gnosticism: Hans Jonas as a Jewish Pragmatist.” Chair: Paul Franks (Yale)
15:45 – Short break
16:00 Ari Ackerman (Schechter), “Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Critique of Mordecai Kaplan and Deweyan Pragmatism”. Chair: Warren Zev Harvey (Hebrew University)
17:15 – Short concluding remarks
Light refreshments
Workshop location: 451 College Street, New Haven, CT, Room BO3
Registration for the workshop is free of charge but mandatory.
Please RSVP at nadav.berman@yale.edu
