Professor Daniel J. Lasker

Lecture Topics:

Jewish Thought and History:
     1.  How to Be a Jewish Philosopher.
     2.  The Philosophy of Maimonides.
     3.  Faith and Reason in Judaism.
     4.  Theological Responses to the Holocaust.
     5.  The Holocaust as Retributive Justice?
     6.  The Theological Problem of the State of Israel.
     7.  The Jewish People and the Land of Israel - A Biblical
          View.
     8.  Judaism and Islam: An Age-Old Conflict in Historical
          Perspective.
     9.  Who Saw What at Sinai?
     10. Jews and Non-Jews as Hardware and Software.
     11. Maimonides and Modern Israeli Politics.

Judaism and Christianity:
     1. God, Humanity, Messiah: Major Themes in the
         Jewish-Christian Debate.
     2. Why Jews and Christians Speak Past Each Other.
     3. Faith, Reason, and the Jewish-Christian Debate.
     4. Are "Jews for Jesus" a Threat?
     5. Christian Attitudes Towards the State of Israel.
     6. Jews versus Christians in the Lands of Islam.
     7. Medieval Philosophy and the Jewish-Christian Debate.

Judaism and Modern Medicine:
     1. The Rabbis Meet the Doctors: How Medical Halakhah is
         Developed.
     2. The Beginning of Life: Judaism on Modern Techniques of
         Reproduction.
     3. The End of Life: Judaism on Death and Dying.
     4. Judaism and Organ Transplants.

Judaism and Pluralism:
     1. Is there One Jewish Religion?
     2. The Who is a Jew? Controversy.
     3. Who is a Karaite and the Limits of Pluralism in
         Judaism.
     4. Religion and State in Israel.
     5. Religious Integration in Israel.
     6. Marginal Jewish Groups