Live Programs
What We Talk About When We Talk About Jewish History

9:15 am

The Yeshiva World and Rabbi Hayim of Volozhin’s American Prophecy
Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff
or 
Shidduchim, Shandas and Shaping the Future: How Colonial Jews Helped Create the Modern Jewish World
Dr. Leslie Klein

10:05 am
The Curious Invention Named Modern Orthodoxy
Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff
or 
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein: Posek of America
Dr. Marc Shapiro 

10:55 am

A Pesach Seder in the Civil War: Celebrating Jewish Freedom on the Battlefield
Dr. Leslie Klein
or 
Three Modern Rabbinic Forgeries and their Impact on the Torah World
Dr. Marc Shapiro 

11:45 am 
Contemporary Issues from a Historical Perspective 
A panel discussion with Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff, Dr. Leslie Klein and Dr. Marc Shapiro, moderated by Rabbi Daniel Korobkin