On 3/15/12 2:42 PM, "Martin Cohen"
<martin.cohen@bc.edu<mailto:martin.cohen@bc.edu>> wrote:
please forward to faculty and students
You are invited to the Harvard Humanities Center to attend a meeting
of the Philosophy, Poetry and Religion Seminar.
A Conversation about Kalonymus Shapiro
Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto
Catherine Chalier
Professor of Moral Theology and Jewish Thought
University of Paris
Monday, March 19, 2012
7:30 pm
Barker 211
Dr Chalier will answer questions, and engage in informal conversation, about her book
R.Kalonymus Shapiro, Rabbin au Ghetto de Varsovie.
R. Shapiro was a Hassidic Rebbe who is most known for the sermons he wrote while the
Warsaw Ghetto was under siege. Dr. Chalier's book addresses R. Shapiro's
interpretations of what is happening around him, the new meanings he finds in the Torah,
and the evolution of his theology of evil. When it became apparent to him that the end of
the ghetto and all its inhabitants was near, he buried his discourses in a container. This
container was found by a construction worker after the end of the war. The book compiled
from these writings was published in Israel in 1960 under the title Esh Kodesh. Before the
war, R. Shapiro founded a hassidic yeshiva, and wrote books, mainly for his pupils.
Jewish education was a key word for him, especially in a secular society.
Harvard University
12 Quincy St. (where Quincy St, Harvard St and Mass Ave converge near
the Harvard Book Store) Cambridge, MA. 02138
For information: 617-495-0738
Free parking available at the Broadway St. Garage. Enter from Felton St,
off of Cambridge St.
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