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Yakir Englander Yakir1212englander@Gmail.Com Academic Address: Shalom Hartman Institute EDUCATION Curriculum Vitae Yakir Englander [email protected] Academic Address: Shalom Hartman Institute EDUCATION 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, Jerusalem1. 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 1st-8th 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 20th 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
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