International Conference
Jews and Muslims in the World of Islam
Sunday-Tuesday, 26 – 28 August 2007
13-15 Elul 5767
at the University of Maryland
Conference Academic Committee:
Prof. Michael M. Laskier (Chair), Bar-Ilan University
Prof. Bernard Cooperman (Chair), University of Maryland
Prof. Moshe Gat Bar-Ilan University
Prof. Hayim Lapin University of Maryland
Dr. Shimon Ohayon, Dahan Center, Bar-Ilan University
Organization:
Ms. Ora Kobelkowsky, Bar-Ilan University
Ms. Kathy Sciannella, University of Maryland
Details and Registration:
The Dahan Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan
Tel : 03-5317959 Fax : 03-5342621
e-mail:
Conference Program
Sunday, August 26, 2007
18:30 – 19:30 Reception and Dinner, 0142 Holzapfel Hall.
19:30 – 21:00Opening Session:
Greetings:
Dr. Shimon Ohayon Prof. Marsha Rozenblit
Director, Dahan Center Director, Meyerhoff Center
Opening Lecture:
Prof. Michael M. Laskier, Department of Middle Eastern History, Bar-Ilan University
Aspects of Jewish-Muslim Relations in the Medieval and Modern Periods
Session 1: Jews and Muslims in the Andalusian Milieu
Prof. Jonathan Ray, Georgetown University
The Jews of al-Andalus: Factionalism in the Golden Age
Dr. Hilary Pomeroy, University College London
Christians with Crosses, Muslims in Turkish Dress, Jews with Torah Scrolls: Christians, Moors, and Jews in the Sephardic Ballad Tradition
Monday, August 27, 2007 Art-Sociology Building 2309
09:0011:00– : Session 2: The Middle Ages : Religious Relations and Rituals.
Chair: Dr. Shimon Ohayon, Bar-Ilan University
Prof. Hanna Kasher, Bar-Ilan University
Moses and Muhammad: The Approaches of Rabbi Yehuda Halevi and the Rambam (Maimonides)
Dr. Michael Katz, University of Haifa
Khwarizmi’s Mathematical Doctrines in Ibn-Ezra's Biblical Commentary
Prof. Hananael Mack, Bar-Ilan University
Muslim Influence on the Midrashic Literature in Provence during the Middle Ages
Dr. Lily Halpert Zamir, The David Yellin Academic College of Education &
Dr. Peretz Segal, Ministry of Justice
An Egalitarian Reading of the Biblical Stories on the Expulsion of Ishmael and the Test of the Sacrifice of Isaac-A PossibleModel for Inter Religious Fraternity
11:00–11:30: Coffee Break
11:30–13:00 : Session 3 : Religious Ties, Gender, Economy
Art-Sociology Building 2309
Chair: Prof. Norman A. Stillman, University of Oklahoma
Prof. Phillip Lieberman, Princeton University
Formalism and Informalism in the Economic Institutions of Medieval Islam Seen through the Documents of the Cairo Geniza
Prof. Brannon Wheeler, United States Naval Academy
The Quran and Muslim-Jewish Exegesis as a Source for the Bible & Ancient Israel
Dr. Hadas Hirsch, Oranim Academic College & University of Haifa
Adorning the Bodies of Muslim Women: A Discourse on Gender and Sexuality
13:00–14:00 : Lunch Break Art-Sociology Building 2309
14:00–15:30 : Session 4 : Religious Relations, Rituals and Halachah
Chair: Prof. Marshall J. Breger, The Catholic University of America
Art-Sociology Building 2309
Prof. Shlomo Z. Havlin, Bar-Ilan University
Influence and Conflict between Jewish Law and the Law of the Land
Dr. Shimon Shtober, Bar-Ilan University
Islam and Sabbatianism in the Chronicle Sefer Divrey Yosef
Dr. Avraham Ofir Shemesh, Ariel University Center of Samaria
Medical Relationships between Jews and non-Jewsin the Ottoman Empire in Medieval and Modern Times according to Rabbinic Literature: Halachah and Reality
15:30–15:45 : Coffee Break
15:45–17:30 : Session 5:Music
Chair: Prof. Hayim Lapin, University of Maryland
Art-Sociology Building 2309
Prof. Eitan Avitsur, Bar-Ilan University
Musical Lore in Israel – Origins and Art
Dr. Avraham Eilam Amzallag, University of Haifa
The Ghrnati – Modal System in Moroccan Jewish Music
Prof. Edwin Seroussi, The Hebrew University Of Jerusalem
The Maqamization of the Jewish Liturgy
18:00: Dinner Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
20:00 : ConcertClarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
09:00–10:45 : Session 6 : The Ottoman Empire and the Modern Era
Chair: Prof. Zvi Arie Steinfeld, Bar-Ilan University
Art-Sociology Building 2309
Dr. Yaron Harel, Bar-Ilan University
The Rabbi and the Mufti Join Hands against the Priest: Gaza 1908
Dr. Yaron Ben-Naeh, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Inter-Ethnic Encounter in the Ottoman City and its Cultural Manifestations
Dr. Aharon Gaimani, Bar-Ilan University
Chief Rabbi Yihya Yitzhak Halevi and his Contacts with Imam Yihye
Ms. Jessica M. Marglin, Harvard University
Poverty and Charity in the Jewish Community of Meknes, Morocco, 1700-1830
10:45–11:00 : Coffee Break
11:00–13:00 : Session 7 : Jews and Muslims: The Political Sphere
Chair: Yehuda Ben-Meir, Bar-Ilan University
Art-Sociology Building 2309
Prof. Mohammed Kenbib, University of Rabat
Muslims and Jews in 19th-Century Morocco: Between Change and Continuity
Prof. Suzanne Rutland, University of Sydney
Jews and Muslims ‘Downunder’: Emerging Dialogue and Challenges
Dr. Bat-Zion Eraqi Klorman, The Open University of Israel
The Imams of Yemen and Jewish Emigration: Political, Social and Economic Considerations
Dr. Yigal Bin-Nun, Université de Paris VIII
The Disputes Regarding Jewish Immigration from Morocco after 1956
Dr. Tsilla Hershco, Bar-Ilan University
Jews and Muslims in France in Light of France's Middle East Policy: 2000-2006
13:00–14:15 : Lunch Break Art-Sociology Building 2309
Chair:Prof. Madeline Zilfi, University of Maryland
Guest Speaker: Prof. Shibley Telhami, University of Maryland
The Jews of Muslim Lands as Reflected in Arab Public Opinion
14:15 –15:45 : Session 8 : Art and Culture
Chair: Prof. Bernard Cooperman, University of Maryland
Art-Sociology Building 2309
Prof. David Cassuto, Ariel University Center of Samaria
Jewish and Muslim Prayer Sites-Mutual Influences
Dr. Hana Taragan, Tel-Aviv University
The "Gate of Heaven"(Sha’ar Hashamayim) Synagogue in Cairo (1898-1905): Contextualizing Jewish Communal Architecture in a Muslim Environment
Dr. Aomar Boum, Portland State University
'Jews' at the 'Moroccan' Museum: Post-Independence Politics of Historical Amnesia and Memory
15:45–16:00 : Coffee Break
16:00–17:45 : Session 9 : Literature and Language
Chair: Prof. Peter Wien, University of Maryland
Art-Sociology Building 2309
Prof. Yossef Tobi, University of Haifa
Medieval Hebrew Culture in Spain: Between Islam and Christianity
Prof. Juliette Hassine, Bar-Ilan University
Jews and Muslims in 19th-Century Morocco Based on the Judeo-Arabic Manuscripts about Sol Hachuel
Dr. Yehudit Ronen, Bar-Ilan University
Jewish-Muslim Coexistence in Morocco as Reflected in Moroccan Literature
Dr. Rachel Simon, Princeton University
Muslims in the Folk Literature of Libyan Jewry
17:45–18:00 :Coffee Break
18:00–19:30 : Session10 : Jews and Muslims in Israel in the Shadow of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Chair: HarryGotesdyner, Bar-Ilan University
Art-Sociology Building 2309
Dr. Yitzhak Reiter, Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Ashkelon Academic College
Current Muslim Perspectives of Peace with Israel
Dr. Esther Webman, Tel-Aviv University
The Image of the Jew in the Arab World
Dr. Shukri Abed, CIDCM-University of Maryland & Middle East Institute, Washington DC
The Galilee as a Model for Jewish-Arab Coexistence
20:30: Dinner at Beit Tefilloh Synagogue, Baltimore, hosted by Aharon and Rachel Dahan
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