The Crescas Jewish Educational Center
and the University of Amsterdam

Invite you to a unique symposium on whether or not the ban on Spinoza should be lifted
Sunday, December 6, 2015
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Speakers are international scholars, leading rabbis and thinkers:

Chief Rabbi Chacham Dr. Pinchas Toledano, The Netherlands: The Cherem in Halacha

Professor Steven Nadler, USA: The Reason for the Cherem and the Experience of the Cherem

Professor Yosef Kaplan, Israel: The Social Function of the Cherem

Professor Jonathan Israel, England: Spinoza’s Rebellion against Religious Authority

Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo, Israel: For God’s Sake, Remove the Ban on Spinoza

Other Participants:

Professors Emile Schrijver, Piet Steenbakkers, Herman Philipse and Paul Cliteur,   the Netherlands