International Conference Jewish Studies
"The Heritage of Italian Jewry"
Italy - Winter 2010
Bar-Ilan University
Faculty of Jewish Studies
Università di Palermo
Dipartimento di Beni culturali
Cardinal Bea Centre for Jewish Studies
University of Lecce
Department of Historical Studies from the Middle Ages to Contemporary Age
Pontifical Gregoriana University - Rome
Cardinal Bea Centre for Jewish Studies
Academic Committee:
Prof. Yosef Rivlin, chair
Prof. Aaron Demsky
Prof. Moshe Hallamish
Prof. Shlomo Z. Havlin
Prof. Shemuel Vargon
Dr. Aaron Rabinovitz (executive, organizer)
Prof. David Cassuto – University Center – Ariel
Dr. Dario Burgaretta - Roma
Prof. Luciana Pepi - Palermo
Prof. Fabrizio Lelli - Lecce
Prof. Amira Meir – Roma
The Conference Program
Monday, 8th February 2010
University of Palermo
9:30 session 1 - Opening Session [English Session]:
Chair: Prof. Arch David M. Cassuto, The School of Architecture in the University Center – Ariel
Welcome: Prof. Roberto Lagalla the Rector of Palermo University
09:45 Opening Lecture: Prof. Alessandro Musco, University of Palermo: The contribution of the OSM to Jewish studies in Sicily
Prof. Luciana Pepi, University of Palermo: The Jewish presence in Palermo (13th century)
Dr. Angela Scandaliato: The Jewish woman in Medieval Sicily
Tuesday, 9th February 2010
Trani Session 2
14:30 – 15:30, Chair: Prof. David Cassuto
Prof. Cesare Colafemmina: The Jews of Southern Italy in the 16th century
Prof. Michael Zvi Nehorai, Bar-Ilan University: The love of G-d in Rabbi Yehuda Abravanel's writings
Wednesday, 10th February 2010
University of Lecce
09:15 Session 3 [English session]
Chair: Prof. David Cassuto
Welcome words:
Prof. Domenico Laforgia, Rector, University of Lecce
Prof. Alizia Romanovic, Dean, University of Lecce
09:30
Prof. Fabrizio Lelli, University of Lecce: The Jews of Southern Apulia: trends of current research
Prof. Furio Biagini, University of Lecce: Zionism and Italian Fascism
10:20 session 4 – Jewish Thought
Chair: Prof. Michael Zvi Nehorai
Prof. Eliezer Don-Yehiya, Bar-Ilan University: The Political Thought of Don Yizhak Abravanel
Prof. Moshe Hallamish Bar-Ilan University: Italian Jewry and the Kabbalistic Ritual
Dr. Aaron Rabinowitz. Bar-Ilan University: Psychological Aspects in M. H. Luzzatto's (Ramchal) Writings [in Eng.]
11:20 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:30 Session 5 – Halakha and Society
Chair: Prof. Joseph Fleishman
Dr. Yosi Green, Netanya College: Halakhic Medical elements in the Italian scholars method
Dr. Abraham Ofir Shemesh, University Center – Ariel: Halakhic and Medical Aspects in Rabbi Shimshon Morpurgo of Ancona Responsa
Wednesday, 10th February 2010
Bari
20:00 Bari session 6
Chair: Prof. Noah Aminoah
Prof. Shlomo Z. Havlin, Bar-Ilan University: Rabbi diTrani and the Italian halakhic and hermeneutical tradition – authority and independence
Prof. Yeshayahu Maori, University of Haifa: The commentary of Rabbi diTrani on Pentateuch: Nimmuqei Chumash
Dr. Yermiyahu Malchi, Bar-Ilan University: Rabbi diTrani's commentaries and its contribution to the research of Rashi's version to the Talmud
Friday, 12th February 2010
Pontifical Gregoriana University - Rome
Bea Center for Jewish Studies
08:45 Session 7 [English session] Roman Jewry
Chair: Prof. Amira Meir
Welcome: Father Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J., Rector, Pontifical Gregoriana University
Prof. Thomas G. Casey, S.J. Director, Cardinal Bea Center for Judaic Studies, Pontifical Gregoriana University
Opening lecture:
Prof. Mauro Perani, University of Bologna, Ravenna Campus, Dept for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, President of EAJS and AISG: The Italian Genizah [English]
Prof. Jean-Pierre Sonnet, S.J.,
10:00 Break
10:15 session 8 – Family
Chair: Dr. Rafi Yankelevitch
Dr. Dario Burgaretta: A Qinah in Judaeo-Arabic on the Slaughter of the Jews in Noto and Modica (Sicily 1474).
Prof. Aaron Demsky, Bar-Ilan University: Italian Jewish names
Prof. David Cassuto: The Synagogues in Rome
Prof. Yosef Rivlin, Bar-Ilan University: Ketubba conditions created in the Italian communities
11:45 Break
12:00 session 9 – Commentary and Biblical Law
Chair: Prof. Yeshayahu Maori
Opening lecture:
Prof. Amira Meir, (former) Head of Bible Dt.. Beit Berl College; HUC Jerusalem: 'And There are none to say Restore', [English]
Sforno's Commentary to the Pentateuchal Poetry
Prof. Yosef Yahalom: Rabbi Moshe b. Habib from Napoli, Between East and west [Hebrew]
Prof. Joseph Fleishman, Bar-Ilan University: Acknowledgment of a Newborn as a Parent's Legitimate Child in Biblical Law and in Israel, Greece and Rome Law [Hebrew]
Saturday, 13th February 2010
20:00 session 10 – Jewish History and the Land of Israel
Chair: Prof. Aaron Demsky
Dr. Yaacov Geller, Bar-Ilan University: The immigration of Rabbi Ovadyah from Bartenura to Jerusalem
Prof. Noah Aminoah, Tel-Aviv University: Two Rabbis in the 15th century, Rabbi Yossef Kolon in Italy and Rabbi Shlomo Duran in Algeria.
Dr. Rafi Yankelevitch, Bar-Ilan University: The Relationship between the Jewish Authorities and the Roman Government in Italy in the Roman Period
Dr. Ber Kotlerman, Bar-Ilan University: Private letters in the Language of Ashkenazim on the background of the Trent blood libel (Italy, 1475)
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