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Religious Law and Secular State

Dialogical lecture series Judaism and Islam in the Diaspora (video recording available, in German)

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Even in Christian-defined secular states like those in Western Europe, Jewish and Islamic law can be applied to a certain extent. This concerns mainly issues of family and inheritance law. What are the possibilities and limitations of religious jurisdiction in countries such as Germany? Where is there potential for social conflict? And to what extent does the diaspora situation, in turn, affect the interpretation of Jewish and Islamic law?

recording available

Map with all buildings that belong to the Jewish Museum Berlin. The W. M. Blumenthal Academy is marked in green

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 Religious Law and Secular State on 9 December 2015, in German; Jewish Museum Berlin

Ronen Reichman is Professor of Talmud, Codices, and Rabbinic Literature at the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg, where he directs the Forum for the Comparison of Legal Discourses of the Religions.

Mathias Rohe, Professor of Civil Law, Private International Law, and Comparative Law, is head of the Erlangen Center for Islam and the Law in Europe (EZIRE), Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Dialogical lecture Series in the Context of the Jewish-Islamic Forum of the W. Michael Blumenthal Academy

Where, when, what?

  • When9 Dec 2015
  • Where W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
    Klaus Mangold Auditorium
    Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
    (Opposite the Museum)
    See location on map
  • Please noteEvent in German language

Lecture Series 2015/16: Judaism & Islam in the Diaspora (5)

  • 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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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