“A Century with Levinas- Of War, Labor and Youth: the Talmud in Paris 1968”

Emmanuel Levinas: Ethics in the 21st Century

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This centennial program is made possible through the support of
the Gisella Levi Cahnman Seminar Fund and

is co-presented by
The Center for Jewish History (CJH), New York,
The Levinas Ethical Legacy Foundation (LELF), New York

in collaboration with
the Association pour la Célébration du Centenaire d’Emmanuel Levinas (ACCEL), Paris, France and
the Centre Raïssa et Emmanuel Levinas (MOFET), Jerusalem, Israel.
the North American Levinas Society

It is organized under the auspices of
the American Sephardi Federation and
the Yeshiva University Museum.

The centennial conference will deal with the major facets of Levinas’ philosophical and Jewish works, as well as their impact in the social, political, and educational arenas.

Levinas’ views on social justice, individual responsibility, and sustainable economies will be presented in the same accessible terms in which he once delivered them at his Talmudic readings for the Parisian community.

December 7 at 6:30 pm
Center for Jewish History
16 West 16 Street - New York, NY 10011
Box Office: 917-606-8200
General admission: $15; Students with ID $5

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS - 6:30
The Honorable Francois Delattre: Counsul General of France
Bruce Slovin, Chairman of the Center for Jewish History
Natalia Indrimi, Program Curator

Moderators:
Giovanna Borradori (Vassar College)
Natalia Indrimi (Center for Jewish History)

PART ONE - 6:30 PM
LEVINAS: THE MAN, THE THINKER, THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT, THE INFLUENCES.

Salomon Malka (Journalist, writer and biographer of Emmanuel Levinas and Monsieur Chouchani),
Judith Friedlander (Author of Vilna on the Seine, Hunter College, CUNY)

PART TWO - 7:30 PM
FROM EUROPEAN THOUGHT TO THE REDISCOVERY OF JEWISH TEXT: ETHICS AS FIRST PHILOSOPHY

Richard Bernstein (The New School) __ PART THREE - 8:00 PM__
LEVINAS AS A READER OF THE TALMUD

Warren Zeev Harvey (Hebrew University),
Richard A. Cohen (University of North Carolina),
Michael Smith (Berry College).

VIRTUAL EXHIBITION: WRITING THE TALMUD

During the conference a virtual version of the exhibition: Writing the Talmud, presented by the Yeshiva University Museum, will be on display at the Center for Jewish History.