Feminist Approaches to Judaism and Islam
Dialogical lecture series Judaism & Islam in the Diaspora (video recording available)
Religion and feminism may sound like a contradiction in terms. Nevertheless, religiously grounded approaches that aim to reread religious texts from a feminist perspective are currently taking shape. What are the lines of conflict between traditional readings and these new interpretations, and how do the religious communities perceive such innovations?
recording available
Where
W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
(Opposite the Museum)
Recording of the presentations and panel discussion Feminist Approaches to Judaism and Islam on 14 April 2016, in English; Jewish Museum Berlin
Discussants: Judith Plaskow, New York, religious scholar and author of one of the first works of Jewish feminist theology, and Ziba Mir-Hosseini, London, researcher on Islamic law and gender.
Dialogical lecture Series in the Context of the Jewish-Islamic Forum of the W. Michael Blumenthal Academy
Lecture Series 2015/16: Judaism & Islam in the Diaspora (5)
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Judaism & Islam in the Diaspora
Video recordings of the series of panel discussions explored topical questions that Jews and Muslims in the diaspora confront in their everyday religious practice. Each event featured two academics presenting the Jewish and Islamic perspectives.
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Organic Meets Kosher and Halal
With Shai Lavi (Tel Aviv University) and Sarra Tlili (University of Florida), in English
Video Recording
1 Jun 2016 -
Feminist Approaches to Judaism and Islam
With Judith Plaskow (religious scholar and author) and Ziba Mir-Hosseini, researcher on Islamic law and gender, in English
Video Recording
14 Apr 2016 -
Becoming a Jew, Becoming a Muslim
With Tobias Jona Simon (Rabbi of the Association of Jewish Communities in Lower Saxony) and Esra Özyürek (London School of Economics), in German and English
Video Recording
18 Feb 2016 -
Religious Law and Secular State
With Ronen Reichman (Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg) and Mathias Rohe (Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg), in German
Video Recording
9 Dec 2015 -
What Does Diaspora Mean for Jews and Muslims?
With Michael L. Satlow (Brown University, Providence) and Sarah Albrecht (Free University Berlin), in German and English
Video Recording
29 Oct 2015
