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Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard to Teach at Humboldt University in Germany
Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard, Ph.D.,
CLAL’s Director of Organizational Development, has been invited to teach and
lecture on the subject of Jewish and comparative law at Humboldt
University’s School of Law in Berlin one of the premier legal institutions
throughout Europe. Many of its students have gone on to become leaders in
German and European legal, political and social institutions.
Invited by Professor Bernhard Schlink, the pre-eminent German lawyer, judge
and jurist, who is also the author of the internationally acclaimed novel
The Reader, Rabbi Blanchard will teach a course and an advanced seminar
on the special model of pluralist legal practice that Talmudic and rabbinic
law offers to Western legal systems. Singled out as a leading authority on
Jewish law and contemporary culture, Rabbi Blanchard will give university
sponsored public talks and collaborate with Professor Schlink on an article,
while at Humboldt.
Upon returning to the U.S., Rabbi Blanchard will give lectures about his
work in Germany at Fordham and Cardozo law schools. His research will also
serve as the basis for a series of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) courses
to be offered in cooperation with Fordham and Cardozo. These courses will
enroll a significant number of American lawyers interested in Jewish law and
its implications for legal theory and jurisprudence.
“CLAL’s traditional association with pluralism finds expression in many
areas of human life, and the law is one example,” said Rabbi Blanchard. “The
genius of Jewish law lies in its ability to draw power from opposing
positions. Western legal systems can benefit from just such a model.”
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