WHO SHINES A LIGHT ON THE LAND OF GALICIA
WHO SHINES A LIGHT ON THE LAND OF GALICIA
CONFERENCE ON TORAH SCHOLARSHIP IN GALICIA
In recognition of Rabbi Meir Wunder and his extraordinary work,
and in honor of his 85th birthday
The National Library of Israel, 9 Adar II 5779, 14.3.2019, 15:00-21:00
15:00 - 15:20 - RECEPTION
15:20 - 15:45 - GREETINGS
Prof. Elhanan Rainer, The Academic Director of the National Library of Israel
Prof. Israel Bartal, The Hebrew University in Jerusalem and The Israel Academy of Science and Humanities
Prof. Yaron Harel, Dean of the Jewish Studies Faculty, Bar-Ilan University
Rabbi Prof. Yehuda Brandes, President of Herzog College
15:45 - 17:15 - SESSION A: GALICIAN TORAH SCHOLARS
CHAIR: Dr. Uriel Gellman, Bar-Ilan University
Rabbi Dr. Noam Samet, Head of Yeshivat Siach Yitzhak; Herzog College
“To renew its light as it was before”: Incarnations of Books and Libraries in the Foreword to the Book “Ketzot HaChoshen” by Rabbi Aryeh Leib Heller
Rabbanit Dr. Michal Tikochinsky, Head of the Beit Midrash for Women, at Heichal Shlomo, Herzog College
“And he instilled it in my heart when I was still a youth: “Coming into Being in the Book “Minchat Chinuch” by Rabbi Joseph Babad
Rabbanit Esther Farbstein, Jerusalem College
Yosef Guzik, Galician Torah Scholar and the Diary He Wrote from his Hiding Place During the Holocaust
17:30-19:00 SESSION B: ISSUES IN GALICIAN TORAH SHOLARSHIP
CHAIR: Prof. Chava Turniansky, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and The Israel Academy of Science and Humanities
Mr. Moshe David Chechik, The Hebrew University
"Between Two Torah Scholars Who Lived in our Town": A Rabbinic Polemic in 16-th Century Kraków
Dr. Roi Goldschmidt, Haifa University
Kabbalah in Galicia: Breaking Conventions
Dr. Iris Brown, Ono College and the Schechter Institute
Between Conservatism and Revolution: The Bais Yaakov in Krakow – the Cradle of the Haredi Education for Girls
19:30 - 21:00 - SESSION C: IN APPRECIATION OF RABBI MEIR WUNDER'S OUEVRE
CHAIR: Dr. Nathan Shifriss, Haifa University
Dr. Chaim Gertner, Yad Vashem
Rabbi Wunder’s Work in the Study of Rabbinic Biography
Prof. Zeev Gries, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Rabbi Wunder’s Contribution to the Studyof Jewish Book History in Eastern Europe
Mr. Michael Lukin, Bar-Ilan University
A musical interlude: Melodies from Jewish Galicia
Mr. Raphael Weiser, The National Library of Israel
Rabbi Wunder’s Work at the National Library of Israel – From Then Until Now
Rabbi Yitzchak Yudlov, The National Library of Israel
The Man Behind the Scholar
Rabbi Meir Wunder
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