Recent Events

HBI Seminar Series

Tamar Menashe

University of Pennsylvania

Portuguese Jewish Women between Two Courts: Germany's Imperial Supreme Court and the Portuguese Inquisition

Michal Raucher

Rutgers University

Conceiving Agency: Reproductive Authority among Haredi Women

Adam Ferziger

Bar-Ilan University

Women's Daf Yomi [Daily Talmud Cycle] Study: The Confluence of Three Religious Revolutions

Panel Discussions

Using New Criminal Laws Against Coercive Control to Combat Get Abuse: Lessons from the Field

A series of online workshops organized by the Boston Agunah Task Force, the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute at Brandeis University, JOFA, and Cheirut

March 22, 2022

Panel 1: “Coercive Control” and Get abuse in the United Kingdom

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March 29, 2022

Panel 2: Possibilities for Using “Coercive Control” to Fight Get Abuse in the United States

WATCH PANEL 2 HERE

April 5, 2022

Panel 3: Considering the Halachic Implications of Relying on “Coercive Control” Laws to Fight Get Abuse 

WATCH PANEL 3 HERE

"Man convicted after refusing a Jewish divorce in landmark English court case", The Jewish Chronicle

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Gender, Reproductive Rights and Jewish Law: Israeli and American Perspectives

Co-sponsor: The Forum for Gender Law and Policy at the University of Haifa, JOFA

March 7, 2022

Gender, Reproductive Rights and Jewish Law: Israeli and American Perspectives: Part 1

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March 14, 2022

Gender, Reproductive Rights and Jewish Law: Israeli and American Perspectives: Part 2

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Diane Markowicz Memorial Lecture on Gender and Human Rights 2022