Nov 9, 2018 By: stwersky
Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel, E. Billi Ivry University Professor of Jewish History, Literature and Law, published two articles in the most recent volume of Dine Israel: Studies in Halakhah and Jewish Law (jointly sponsored by the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and the Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University): 鈥淩estoring Spanish Torah Study to Its Formal Glory: On the Goals and Intended Audiences of Sefer ha-Hinnukh鈥 and 鈥淭he Adjudication of Fines in Ashkenaz during the Medieval and Early Modern Periods and the Preservation of Communal Decorum.鈥
In addition, Dr. Kanarfogel authored two chapters in the prestigious international reference work, The Cambridge History of the Jewish People (The Middle Ages: Christian Europe), on 鈥淪chools and Education鈥 and 鈥淭almudic Studies.鈥 And he has been invited to lecture in November at two distinguished American universities: Duke University, on the topic of 鈥淒iffering Perceptions of Church Garments and Worship Implements in the Writings and of the Tosafists,鈥 and Yale University, where he will speak about 鈥淭he (Non-) Reception of Maimonides鈥 Mishneh Torah in Medieval Ashkenaz.鈥
