EDUCATION Curriculum Vitae Yakir Englander Yakir1212englander@gmail.com Academic Address: Shalom Hartman Institute 2012: Ph.D. (May 2012) from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jewish Philosophy in conjunction with Gender Studies. "The Perception of the Male Body in Lithuanian Ultra Orthodox Society during the Last Sixty Years, and its Ramifications for Understanding the Human Subject and the World" Supervisors: Dr. Avinoan Rosenak (Jewish Philosophy Department); Dr. Orit Kamir (Law Department and Gender Studies) 2005: M.A. from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Jewish Thought in Conjunction with Gender Studies. Thesis: The Perception of Women's Sexuality in the Rabbinical Courts and its Influence on its Verdicts. Summa Cum Laude. Supervisors: Dr. Avinoan Rosenak (Jewish Philosophy Department); Dr. Orit Kamir (Law Department and Gender Studies) 2003: B.A. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Departments of Psychology and Jewish Thought. Magna Cum Laude 1995-1998: Ultra Orthodox Yeshiva "Tiferet Abraham": Religious studies FELLOWSHIPS 2016 2015 (September): Shalom Hartman Institute, Kids4Peace International 2015 2014 (September): A visiting Scholar in Women s Studies Program in the Divinity School, Harvard University 2014-2012 (September(: Postdoctoral Fellow in Israel Studies and Visiting Assistant Professor in Religious Studies at Northwestern University 2014-2012 (September): Fulbright - Rabin Scholar 2014-2012 (September): Faculty at Shalom Hartman Institute in North America
2012-2010: Scholion Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2012-2008: Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem 1. 2011-2008: The Presidential Fellowship for Ph.D. Students at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2016 2015 (September): Shalom Hartman Scholar 2016 2015 (September): Director of Dialogue to Action in Kids4Peace International 2015 2014: Instructor at Harvard University (Divinity School). Courses entitled: Gender and Sexuality in Jewish Mysticism and Theology 2014-2012: Shalom Hartman North America Scholar. 2014-2012(September): Instructor at Northwestern University (Religious Studies and Jewish Studies). Courses entitled: From Diaspora Body to Zionist Body, and Back Again; A Journey with the Images of the Jewish Body in the Twentieth Century (Winter 2013); Gender Theory and Jewish Life (Spring 2013), Struggling with God Creating the Self in Modern Jewish Theology (Fall 2013) 2012-2011: Instructor at the Hebrew University (Jewish Philosophy and Gender Studies). Course entitled "The Halakhic Body: Critical Thinking". 2012-2011: Instructor at the Hebrew University (Jewish Philosophy and Gender Studies). Course entitled "Contemporary Research on Jewish Culture from a Sociological Perspective: Gender and the Jewish Body". 2012 2006: A Research Assistant for Professor Avi Sagi and Professor Zvi Zohar. 2011-2007: Instructor at the Hebrew University (Jewish Philosophy and Gender Studies). Course entitled A Critical Reading of Halakhic Literature from a Feminist Perspective" 2012-2010: Scholion Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2009-2007: Teacher in Eastern Europe (Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Hungary and Bulgaria): Jewish Philosophy, Talmud, and Gender Studies. 2006-2004: Hebrew University: Teacher's Assistant (TA) for Professor Avi Ravitsky, Introductory Course in Jewish Thought 2004-2001: Group Leader in "Gesher" Organization: Moderating secular-religious 1 http://www.hartmaninstitute.com/fellows_view_eng.asp?fellows_id=22
encounters, building Jewish identity at secular high schools and leading Jewish Diaspora seminars on the subject of Jewish identity. 2006-2001: Taught 1 st -8 th grade, Hashmonaim School (Ultra Orthodox) VOLUNTARY SOCIAL ACTIVITIES 2015 2012: Vice President of Kids4Peace International 2013-2002: Leader of Jewish Prayer Services for the High Holidays in Holland 2007-2012: Director of Kids4Peace Jerusalem An Interfaith Educational Program for Jewish, Muslim and Christian Children in Jerusalem, Jaffa, Ramallah, Bethlehem and the surrounding areas. 2003-2012: Hillel Organization: Mentor to Ultra-Orthodox Jews who choose to leave the Haredi world 2009-2005: Member of Volunteer Editorial Team for the journal "Deot". 2006-2005: Volunteer work with Advocate Susan Weiss, Chairperson, The Center of Justice for Woman (her book on Jewish women denied divorce) ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS (Peer Reviewed) Books: 2015-2012: The Male Body in Lithuanian Ultra-Orthodoxy: Images from the Musar Literature and Hagiography, Magnes Press The Hebrew University of Jrusalem, 2016 (In Hebrew) 2015-2014: Sexuality and the Body in the New Religious Zionist Discourse (with Professor Avi Sagi), Academy Press, 2015 (In English) 2013-2010: Sexuality and the Body in the New Religious Zionist Discourse (with Professor Avi Sagi), Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem 2013 (in Hebrew) Editorial Works:
2013-2012: Co-Editor for the book: Jewish Philosophy and Zionist Thought: Writings of Yoske Achituv, Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem 2013 (in Hebrew) 2013 2011: Assistant Editor for the book: Faith: Jewish Perspectives (Avi Sagi and Dov Schwartz Ed.), Academic Studies Press, Boston 2013 (in English) 2008: Assistant Editor for the book: Eliezer Goldman: Judaism without Illusion, Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem 2009 (in Hebrew) Articles: 2015-2014: A Critical Reading of American Jewish Engagement with the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict, Explorations in Jewish Religious and Philosophical Ethics (Forthcoming) (In English) 2015-2014: Expressional-Judaism and Tensional-Judaism: A Critical Thinking on Contemporary Jewish Life (Submitted for Publication) (In English) 2015-2014: The Death of Humanity and the Need for a Glory Culture - The Existential Project of Elie Wiesel (Submitted for Publication) (In English) 2014: The 'Jewish Knight' of Slobodka: Honor Culture and the Image of the Body in an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Context, Religion 45.4 (2015) (In English) 2014: An Ultra-Orthodox Duel: The Image of Slobodka s Yeshiva in the European Culture, (Forthcoming) (In Hebrew) 2014-2013: The Halakhic Body: A Phenomenological Perspective on the Halakhic Body, (In Hebrew) (Forthcoming) 2013-2012: The Image of the Male Body in Lithuanian Ultra-Orthodox Thought in Israel and Corresponding Strategies for Forging an A-Feminine Public sphere, Journal of Contemporary Religion 29:3 (2014): 457-470 (In English) 2013: The Term Israel in Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices, Vol. 4: 153 165 (In English) 2013-2012: Changing Concepts of the Ultra-Orthodox Body: Rabbi Avigdor Miller as a Test Case, American Academy Journal of Religion 82:3 (2014): 771 810 (In
English) 2011: Halakha as Praxis: The Body of the Zaddik in 20 th Hasidic Stories, Mechkarei Yerusalim be-safrut Ivrit 27 (2014): 103 132 (In Hebrew) 2011: Body and Shame in the World of Tanaim and Amoraim (Ancient Jewish Sages) (with Dr. Orit Kamir), Jewish Studies 49 (2013): 57 101. (In Hebrew) 2011: "We Believe in Peace: Religion as a Tool for Forging Dialogue in Jerusalem", Responsibilities and Actions of the Youth in Cultural Inheritance, Innovation and Development, University of Beijing, Beijing (2011): 193-197 (In English) 2010: Secular Influence on Haredi Thought The Philosophy of Rabbi Avigdor Miller as Test Case, Daat 71 (2011): 133 165. (In Hebrew) 2010: The Representation of the Female Body and its Sexuality in the Israeli Rabbinical Courts: An Analysis, Iyunim Bitkumat Israel: Studies in Israeli and Modern Jewish Society 21 (2011): 280 316. (In Hebrew) 2009: From Halakhic to Pastoral Discourse in Religious-Zionist Halakha: Masturbation as a Test Case (With Prof. Avi Sagi), Democratic Culture Journal 13 (2012): 269 324. (In English) 2009: The Conception of the Human Being and its Halakhic Function in the Writing of the Hazon Ish in: Hadarin: Hartman Institute Academic Journal 2 (2010): 183 214. http://reshit.hartman.org.il/ (in Hebrew) 2009: From Halakhic to Pastoral Discourse in Religious-Zionist Halakha: Masturbation as a Test Case (With Professor Avi Sagi) Democratic Culture Journal 13 (2011): 213 257. (In Hebrew) 2008: Design of the Body in The Light Burn, a Novel by Aharon Appelfeld, 24 Readings in Appelfeld s Writings (Avi Lipsker and Avi Sagi Ed.), Bar-Ilan University Press (2012): 57 84 (In Hebrew) 2008: Homosexuality and Dignity in the U.S. Conservative Movement's Halakha Take Out in USA (With Dr. Amalya Ziv), Conservative Judaism: Thought, Culture and Sociology, (Professor Aviezer Ravitzky and Dr. Avinoam Rosenak Ed.) (In Hebrew) (Forthcoming) 2007: The Perception of Homosexuality in the U.S. Reform Movement's Halakha A Critical Reading in Reform Judaism: Thought, Culture and Sociology (Dr. Avinoam Rosenak Ed.), Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem 2014: 228 260 (In
Hebrew) 2007: Ideology in the Rabbinical Courts: An examination of the Israeli Rabbinical Courts Rulings on the Topic of Violence as a Rationalization for the Claim of Disinterest, In Halakha and Ideology (Dr. Rosenak Ed.), Van Leer and Magnes, Jerusalem, 2012: 60 77 (In Hebrew) CONFERENCE PAPERS 2015 (June): Dignity vs. Honor: Gender in Post-Holocaust Ultra-Orthodox Theology, Seminar Lecture, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge MA 2015 (April 27): The Secrets of the Haredi World, Jewish Studies Program, Princeton University, New Jersey. 2015 (April 16): The Desire to Touch the Holy: Between Law and Prayer, HDS Dean's Leadership Forum, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA. 2015 (April 2): Credibility and Vulnerability of Peace leaders, Seminar, St. Michael College, Burlington, Vermont. 2015 (April 1): Breaking Barriers, The Way to Peace in Israel/Palestine, A Panel Discussion, St. Michael College, Burlington, Vermont. 2015 (March 4): American Judaism, Israeli Judaism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Seminar Class, Brandies University, Boston, MA. 2015 (Feb 25): Religion and Approaches to Nonviolent Conflict Transformation in Israel and Palestine", Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA. 2015 (Jan): God and Intimacy in the Talmud, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge. 2014 (November 19): Ultra-Orthodox Theology and Sexuality, Religious Studies Seminar, University of Chapel Hill, NC. 2014 (November 18): The Role of Religion in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: How Does Interfaith Dialogue Promote Peace?, Open Lecture, Duke University, NC 2014 (November 18): Zionist-Orthodoxy, Media and Sexuality, Seminar, University of Chapel Hill, NC. 2014 (November 18): Ultra-Orthodox Intimacy, Seminar, Duke University, NC 2014 (July 1-26): A seminar for scholars from all over the world with focus on religion and conflict regions, to be held at Columbia University, JTS and Union Theological Seminary, NYC.
2014 (June 2): The Death of Humanity and the Image of God New Reading in the Theology of Elie Wiesel, Faculty Seminar, Jewish Studies, Northwestern University, Chicago 2014 (May 27): New Paths in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Politics, Actions, Dialogue and Theology - Buffett Center, Northwestern University, Chicago 2014 (May 2): Judaism or Judaisms How Understandings of Jewish Identity Influence the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Buffett Center, Northwestern University, Chicago 2014 (April 7): The New Religious-Zionist Discourse on Body and Sexuality - Seminar for Jewish Ethics, Schwalb Center for Israel and Jewish Studies, Omaha University, Nebraska 2014 (April 5): The Role of Theology in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Kids4Peace - Interfaith in Jerusalem - Opening Lecture at Community Engagement Center, Omaha University, Nebraska 2014 (March 13): Conflict, Politics and Interfaith Dialogue - Culture Studies Seminar, University of Toronto, Canada 2014 (March 12): Sexuality and Contemporary Jewish Theology - Religious Studies, Sudbury University, Canada 2014 (March 11): The Role of Religion in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Religious Studies, Sudbury University, Canada 2013 (November 2): Theology and Politics - Bradley University, Illinois 2013 (November 1): Changes in the Image of God in Jewish Theology and Philosophy - Faculty Seminar, Religion and Philosophy Department, Bradley University, Illinois 2013 (June 23): From Human to Divine and Back Again: Religion as Instrument for Self-Critique and Self-esteem, Sacred Texts, Rochester College (In English) 2013 (April 24): The Body and Sexuality in the Zionist-Orthodoxy Discourse, a Faculty Seminar at Northwestern University (In English) 2013 (April 20): "Can We Believe in Peace: A Theology of Peace, Goucher College, Baltimore (In English) 2013 (April 19): The Image of the Israeli Soldier in Poetry and Cinema, Goucher College Baltimore 2013 (April 13-14): The Public and Private Ultra-Orthodox Sphere, Minorities, Media and Democratization in the Contemporary Middle East, University of Nebraska at Omaha
2013 (April 6): Return to the Other : The Imperative of a New Jewish Theology of Return, the Right of Return, Boston University (In English) 2013 (March 25):"Phenomenology of the Body? Theory and Theology", Yale University 2013: (February 20): The Image of the Ultra-Orthodox body in Musar Theology, University of Chicago 2013: (January) When Orthodox Jewish Theology meets Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology: the Image of the Jewish Body (a Research Faculty Seminar), Bradley University 2013: (January): Contemporary Ultra-Orthodoxy Theology, Bradley University 2012: Strategies for Dealing with the Problem of the Body in Contemporary Ultra-Orthodox Thought in America, and their Consequences for the Formulation of the Public Sphere as an a-femininity Sphere, Ultra-Orthodoxy in America, Northwestern University 2012: Contemporary Ultra-Orthodoxy in America, Ultra-Orthodoxy in USA, Northwestern University 2012: The Defended Haredi Body: The City of God and the City of Man, Scholion Institute, The Hebrew University 2011: "The Practical Academy: 'We Believe In Peace': Religion As Tool For Creating Dialogue In Jerusalem", University in Beijing, China, at the Beijing Academic Forum 2011: "The Jewish Knight Slabodka's Yeshiva and the Honorable Ultra Orthodox Jew", Van Leer Institute and Max Planck Institute, Berlin 2011: "Using Phenomenology Research Tools to Read Ultra Orthodox Texts", Hebrew University, Jerusalem. 2010: "The Tension Around the Status of the Zadik's Body in the 'Event' and 'Halakhah': A Reading of the Stories of Rabbi Israel from Viznitz", in: Halakhah as an 'Event' Conference, Hebrew University and Van Leer Institute. 2009: "The Conservative Movement's Attitude towards Gay Sex: A Critical Analysis, Van Leer Instiute, Jerusalem. 2009 : Gender and Sexuality from an Orthodox Perspective, Departmental Seminar for Gender Studies, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva. 2008: Homosexuality and Lesbianism in Reform Halacha (CCAR), Van Leer
Institute, Jerusalem. 2 2007: Kids4Peach and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Opening of Desmond Tutu Peace Center, G.T.S., NY. 3 2007: Ideology and Halacha: The Case of the Rabbinical Courts in Israel, Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem. 4 2007: Violence and Get in the Rabbinical Courts of Israel, Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem. LANGUAGES Hebrew, mother tongue; English, fluent; Aramaic, fluent; Yiddish good understanding skills; French, good reading skills. AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS 2015-2014: Ephraim Urbach Post-Doctoral Fellowship Grant, Memorial Foundation 2012: Fulbright Rabin 2011: The Israel Council of Higher Education (CHE) Berlinsky-Sheinfeld Award for Change in Israeli Society For volunteer work as Director of Kids4Peace Jerusalem 2011 Representing the Hebrew University: "The Practical Academy: 'We Believe In Peace': Religion As Tool For Creating Dialogue In Jerusalem", University in Beijing, China, at The Beijing Academic Forum (In English) 2011-2012: Guggenheim Scholarship at the Hebrew University for Jewish Studies and Ethics. 2008-2011: Presidential (Nasi) Scholarship at the Hebrew University. 2008-2011: Hoffman Scholarship for Volunteers in the Community, Hebrew University. 2007: Layfer Scholarship for Gender Studies. 2005-2007: Mandel Scholarship for Jewish Studies. 2005-2006: Lakritz Scholarship. 2004: Hillel Organization Scholarship for Voluntary Social Activities 2 http://www.vanleer.org.il/heb/videoshow.asp?id=414 3 http://www.episcopalatlanta.org/dfc/newsdetail_2/921 4 http://www.vanleer.org.il/heb/videoshow.asp?id=342
References: Professor Ann Broude, Divinity School, Harvard University abraude@hds.harvard.edu Professor Jonathan Garb, Jewish Philosophy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem jgarb@mscc.huji.ac.il Dr. Avinoam Rosenak, Head of Jewish Philosophy Department, Hebrew University of Jerusalem avinoam.rosenak@mail.huji.ac.il Professor Avi Sagi, Head of the Hermeneutics and Culture Studies Graduate Program and the Department of Philosophy Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan Avi.sagi.biu@gmail.com