YU Yom Iyun -- Purim in Tanach, Talmud and Jewish History

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Join Yeshiva University faculty and administration for a day of learning at our annual Jewish Studies Yom Iyun, this year on the topic of Purim in Tanach, Talmud and Jewish History. Sunday, March 6, 2011 • 9:30am - 1:30pm  Yeshiva University, Furst Hall • 500 West 185th St. New York, NY$10 admission (online) $15 at the door Free for YU Students Courtesy parking and refreshments available with registration Courtesy bus to YU from the Five Towns departs 8:00 a.m. from Cong. Beth Sholom (390 Broadway, Lawrence). No charge but reservations required (space is limited). Call at 516-972-2920 or email yulongisland@yu.edu by Thursday, March 3rd to reserve.
Af Hen Hayu Be-Oto Ha-Nes: Clarifying the Views of the Ba'alei ha-Tosafot in Learning and Scholarship Rabbi Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel E. Billi Ivry Professor of Jewish History, Yeshiva University
	Yom hak'Purim and Purim: The Journey to a Romantic Rendezvous with God Rabbi Kenneth Brander David Mitzner Dean, Center for the Jewish Future			Megillat Esther: A Scarlet Letter? A Look at the "Relationship" of Esther and Achashverosh and its Halakhic, Moral, Political, and Personal Implications Rabbi Mark Dratch Faculty, Isaac Breuer College, Yeshiva University
	Form without Substance: Fasting and Rituals in Prophetic PerspectiveDr. Naomi Grunhaus Faculty, Stern College for Women			Stability and Discord in the Book of EstherDr. Michelle Levine Faculty, Stern College for Women
	Ve-Nafokh Hu: Haman, Yeshu and the Commemoration of Purim in the World of Hazal Dr. Steven Fine Professor of Jewish History, Director, YU Center for Israel Studies			The Mitzvot of Purim: More Than Meets the Eye Rabbi Shmuel Hain Rosh Beit Midrash, Graduate Program for Women in Advanced Talmudic Studies, Stern College for Women
	Why Didn't Esther Pray? Three Responses to the (Ir)Religiousness of Megilat Esther Rabbi Richard Hidary Faculty, Stern College for Women			From 'Ezra' to 'Esther': Considering "Author's Intent" When Studying Ketuvim Rabbi Menachem Leibtag Faculty, Midrashiya, Gruss Institute, Yeshiva University
	Ketov Zot Zikkaron Ba-Sefer - Erasing Memory and Writing Memory in Torah and in Megillat Esther Dr. Shawn Zelig Aster Assistant Professor of Bible, Yeshiva University			When Did the Purim Story Happen? Chronology, Aggadah, and a Modern Orthodox Educational Challenge Rabbi Ezra Frazer Doctoral Program, Bernard Revel Graduate School, Yeshiva University
	The Purim Story: The View From Jerusalem 538-333 BCE Dr. Jill Katz Adjunct Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology, Yeshiva University			The Apocryphal Additions to EstherDr. Lawrence Schiffman Vice Provost, Yeshiva University