Hassidut and the Search for Spirituality: A Panel Discussion (Part 1)
Hassidut: The Search for Spirituality
Panel (part 1/2)
December 1+2, 2007
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Meet the speakers
Dr. Ada Rapoport-Albert
I am Israeli born and a permanent resident of the UK. I obtained my BA and PhD in Jewish History from University College London, where I am now Reader (Associate Professor) in Jewish History and Head (since 2002) of the department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies. I had previously taught at Oxford University's Oriental Institute, and, over the years, have held various Visiting Professorships and Research Fellowships at e.g. Harvard Divinity School, Stanford University, the University of Pennsylvania's Institute of…
Lawrence H. Schiffman
Lawrence H. Schiffman is Global Distinguished Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. From 2014 he served as the Judge Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and Director of the Global Institute for Advanced Research in Jewish Studies at NYU He has served as the Chair of the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at NYU and Ethel and Irvin A. Edelman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies. Between 2011 and 2014, he served…
Rabbi Bezalel Naor
Bezalel Naor is the author of several works on Kabbalah, Hasidism and Sabbatianism. These include a critical edition of the Vilna Gaon's Commentary to Siphra di-Zeni'uta; God's Middlemen: A Habad Retrospective; Post-Sabbatian Sabbatianism; and an annotated translation of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook's Orot. Most recently, Naor published From A Kabbalist's Diary: Collected Essays.