International Conference
Back to Redemption: Rosenzweig Star 1919-2019
17.02.2019 - 20.02.2019
Panel: Is the World Redeemable?
Panel Moderator: Dr. Ynon Wygoda (Buber Society, Hebrew University)
Prof. Paul Mendes-Flohr (University of Chicago/ Hebrew University)
Dr. Julie Cooper (Tel Aviv University)
Prof. Irene Kajon (Sapienzia - Universita di Roma)
Prof. Shlomo Avineri (Hebrew University)
Franz Rosenzweig finished composing The Star of Redemption on February 16, 1919. To mark the hundredth anniversary of the book’s completion, we invite the public to an international conference reassessing the culminating concept of The Star: redemption. The conference will host one hundred internationally renowned scholars, and will be highlighted by a series of evening lectures.