Past Events

Tikvah Inaugural Event, 2008

Spring 2011:

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 12:00
by invitation only, Avraham Melamed from The University of Haifa will present Shifting Understandings of the Term ‘דת’ in Medieval Jewish Political Philosophy.
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
A public panel discussion on Matthew Levering’s book Jewish-Christian Dialogue and the Life of Wisdom: Engagements with the Theology of David Novak.
March 31st - April 2nd, 2011
Rhetorics of Religion in Germany, 1900-1950 Conference.
May 22nd and May 23rd, 2011
Messianism Working Group
Group Leader: Michael Morgan

Spring, 2010:

April 27th, 2010. 8:00pm. "Discover the poet, the romantic, the philosopher, the physician and the Zionist visionary. Discover Yehuda Halevi: An evening with Yehuda Halevi biographer Hillel Halkin. " Hillel Halkin (Independent Author and Scholar). Woodrow Wilson School, Bowl1. Open to the Public.
April 18th, 2010. Colloquium on Moses Mendelssohn, organized by Leora Batnitzky (Princeton) and Michah Gottlieb (NYU). Scheide Caldwell House, 203.
April 13th, 2010. 4:30pm. "Hope in a Democratic Age." Presenter: Alan Mittleman(JTS); Respondent: Cornel West(Princeton). Open to the Public.
January 20th, 2010. 4:30pm. Stewart Lecture in Religion- Jon D. Levenson. "The Idea of Abrahamic Religions: A Qualified Dissent." Friend Center, Room 008. Co-sponsored by Council of the Humanities and the Department of Religion. Open to the Public.

Fall, 2009:

September 13th-14th, 2009. Holiness Working Group Meeting #2 (By Invitation Only)
September 13th-14th, 2009. Working Group on Messianism Meeting #1 (By Invitation Only)
October 20th, 2009. Lecture - John Witte. "Separation of Church and State in American History and Today: Facts, Fictions and Future Challenges" Open to the Public.
October 27th, 2009. 4:30pm. Lecture - Gilbert Meilaender. "'This necessity is sweet to me': Augustine on the Pleasures of Food and Sex" (A part of the "Human Nature and Human Flourishing" Lecture Series) Open to the Public.
November 11th, 2009. 4:30pm. Lecture - Kenneth Seeskin and John Bowlin. "Maimonides and Aquinas on Human Perfection" (A part of the "Human Nature and Human Flourishing" Lecture Series) Open to the Public.
November 22nd-23rd, 2009. Haggadah Working Group Meeting #2 (By Invitation Only)
December 2nd, 2009. 4:30pm. Lecture - C. Kavin Rowe. "The Politics of the New Testament" Open to the Public.
December 9th, 2009. 4:30pm. Lecture - Steven Smith. "How to Read Lincoln's 'Second Inaugural Address'" (A part of the "Human Nature and Human Flourishing" Lecture Series) Open to the Public.
December 13th-14th, 2009. Jonas Working Group Meeting #2 (By Invitation Only)

Summer, 2009:

May 10th-11th, 2009. Jonas Working Group Meeting #1. (By Invitation Only)
June 7th-8th, 2009. Haggadah Working Group Meeting #1. (By Invitation Only)
July 31st-August 12th, 2009. Summer Program: Jewish Thought and Enduring Human Questions (co-sponsered by Witherspoon). (Accepted Applicants and Invited Guests Only)
August 13th-August 16th, 2009. Summer Alumni Seminar. (By Invitation Only)

Spring, 2009:

Fall, 2008:

November 17th, 2008. Tikvah Workshop on Jewish Thought. (Limited to Faculty and Students).
November 17th, 2008. Panel: Should Jews be Democrats or Republicans:
A Conversation with Michael Walzer and Bill Kristol. Open to Public.

Spring, 2008: