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The Schemel Forum Collaborative Program - Only in America? Religion, State, and a Hasidic Town in Rural New York

Thursday, 27 April, 2023

This presentation will discuss the remarkable case of Kiryas Joel, a town in New York state comprised exclusively of Satmar Hasidic Jews. What does this town of religiously observant Jews tell us about the "wall of separation" between religion and state of which Thomas Jefferson spoke? Has that Jeffersonian ideal given way to a new vision of religious liberties as the paramount constitutional right? These are some of the key quesions at the heart of the debate over Kiryas Joel - and other strong forms of religious community - in the 21st century. 

David N. Myers, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of History, Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History, and Director of the Luskin Center for History and Policy, UCLA

Brennan Hall 228, Pearn Auditorium

7:00 p.m.

Contact:

Brooke Leonard

Phone: 570.941.4740
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Brennan Hall, Pearn Auditorium, (228)

320 Madison Avenue
 Scranton, PA 18510