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British Friends of the Hebrew University is proud to partner and support Hebrew University presenters at the 2024 Book Week Festival taking place in London between 2-10 March 2024. Some events are virtual and some are in-person.

London’s longest-running literary festival returns in-person and online for 90 conversations, performances, workshops, debates and talks, with a respectable presence of Hebrew University presenters:

Family Stories, Jewish History | Sunday 3 March 2024 | 11:00am | Kings Place, London
a panel session with Dame Rabbi Julia Neuberger, David Joseph KC and Peter Bradley. David is a visiting lecturer at the Hebrew University Faculty of Law and author of his family’s moving story in ‘Burgenland, Village Secrets and the First Tremors of the Holocaust’

The State of Desire - Unravels Orthodox Jewish Family Planning Amidst Shifting Societal Forces’ | Sunday 3 March 2024 | 12:30pm | Kings Place, London
with Dr Lea Taragin-Zeller, Professor for Cultural Studies and Public Policy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Last Consolation Vanished: The Testimony of a Sonderkommando in Auschwitz | Monday 4 March 2024 | 10:30am | virtual
with Professor Arnold Davidson, Distinguished Professor of Humanities at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Kabbalah in Modern Literature | Wednesday 6 March 2024 | 12:00pm | virtual
with Professor Moshe Idel, Emeritus Max Cooper Professor in Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jewish Women: Literacy & Liberty | Thursday 7 March 2024 | 12:00pm | virtual
with Professor Rachel Elior, professor of Jewish Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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