Alumni Conference: "Resilience: Jewish Wisdom Meets the Moment"

Sun Nov 2, 2025 11:00 a.m.—8:00 p.m.
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The Yale Program in Jewish Studies and the Yale Jewish Alumni Association cordially invite you to attend an alumni conference: “Resilience: Jewish Wisdom Meets the Moment.” Join us for a day that will bring together Yale faculty, students, and alumni to address how Jews have overcome political adversity, social discrimination, and intellectual challenges over time and space.

Location: Humanities Quadrangle, 320 York Street, New Haven, CT

Come support Jewish knowledge, culture, and life at Yale!

Schedule

Time Event
11:00 am  Brunch
12:00 pm  Welcome
Eliyahu Stern
12:30 pm “Jewish Political Agency in the Modern World”
David Sorkin
1:20 pm  Student Research Panel
Moderated by Paul Franks
Featuring:
• Joshua Danziger
• Shira Eliassian
• Anya Giest
• Joshua Leifer
2:30 pm Coffee Break
3:30 pm “The Dreyfus Affair and Jewish Identity”
Maurice Samuels
4:00 pm Panel Discussion: “Teaching and Researching about Judaism and Israel”
Moderated by Edieal Pinker
Featuring:
• Peter Cole
• Sarit Kattan Gribetz
• Shiri Goren
• Jacqueline Vayntrub
5:15 pm Cocktails 
6:00 pm Buffet Dinner
7:00 pm  “Jews and Publishing Today: A Conversation with Joshua Cohen and Ruth Franklin”
Moderated by Samuel Moyn

Daylight Savings Time

Please note that the clocks will change for the end of Daylight Saving Time on the day of our event, Nov. 2.

This event is made possible by the David A. Oestreich Fund and sponsored by The Program in Jewish Studies at Yale and the Yale Jewish Alumni Association.