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The Halakhic Process: Jewish Worldbuilding Beyond Empire with Rabbi Avigayil Halpern
7-8:30 EDT on Thursdays via Zoom. Classes will be recorded for asynchronous learning.
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4/16/26: What is Halakhah? “Law” as a Colonial Framework
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4/23/26: Resource Redistribution: Tzedakah as a Halakhic Case Study
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4/30/26: Can Rules Help Us Get Free? Normativity and Anti-Normativity
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5/7/26: Governance Without A State: Building Community Beyond Empire
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