Kaplan Minyans

All sessions are Saturdays from 10:30am - noon unless otherwise noted 

March 14th: Andre Willis speaking on the Exodus Narrative in the Jewish and African American Spiritual Traditions (in the sanctuary)

Andre C. Willis is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Brown University. He is a philosopher of religion whose work focuses on Enlightenment reflections on religion, African American religious thought, critical theory, and democratic citizenship as it relates to ‘religious’ notions of hope, recognition, and belonging. Willis earned a B.A. at Yale and his M.A. and Ph. D. at Harvard. He is the author of Towards a Humean True Religion (2015) and is currently working on a manuscript about African American religion and politics. He has published articles in international journals such as Hume Studies, The Journal of Scottish Philosophy, Political Theology, Critical Philosophy of Race, and Radical America.

April 4th: Jeff Feig speaking on Kotel Negotiations (in Red Gables)

May 16th: Miriam Schneir speaking on Final Verdict: What Really Happened in the Rosenberg Case (in Red Gables)

June 20th: Michelle Cameron speaking on The Striggle between Assimilation and Preserving Our Traditions (in Red Gables)