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Curriculum vitae
Prof. Ephraim Meir
Home address:
12 Sderot ha-Meiri
96107 Jerusalem
Israel
Tel.: 972-2-6522365
meirep@mail.biu.ac.il
University address:
Department of Philosophy
Bar-Ilan University
52900 Ramat-Gan
Israel
Tel.: 972-3-5318421
Education:
1967-1972 Sciences of Religion, Louvain University, BA and MA
1972-1975 Biblical Philology, Louvain University, BA and MA
1972-1975 Theology, Louvain University, BA and MA
1979 Theology, Louvain University, PhD
Positions Held:

1975-1980 Researcher, Belgian Foundation of Scientific Research
1980-1982 Theological secretary of the Ecclesiastical Province of
Holland
1984-1989 Researcher, The Academy of Hebrew Language,
Givat Ram, Jerusalem
1988-1992 Instructor, Ben Gurion University, Department of Jewish
Thought
1989-1992 Instructor, Bar-Ilan University, Department of Philosophy
1992-1994 Lecturer, Bar-Ilan University, Department of Philosophy
1994-1998 Senior Lecturer, Bar-Ilan University, Department of
Philosophy
1996-1998 Head of the Department of Philosophy, Bar-Ilan University
1998 Associate Professor, Bar-Ilan University, Department of Philosophy
Personal data:
1949 Born in Belgium
1971 Marriage (now father of five children, three daughters and two sons)
1983 Immigration to Israel
Publications:
a. Books
My Heart is in Zion: Present, Past and Future of Zionism (Dutch), Hague: Omniboek,
1983.
Star from Jacob. Life and Work of Franz Rosenzweig (Hebrew), Jerusalem: Magnes
Press, 1994.
E. Lévinas, Éthique et Infini. Dialogues avec Philippe Nemo, transl. into Hebrew by
E. Meir in cooperation with S. Re‟em, introduced and annotated by E. Meir,
Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1995 (interview with Levinas on pp. 89-97).
Modernes jüdisches Denken, Fuldatal: Atelea Verlag, 1996.
Towards an Active Memory. Man, Society and God after Auschwitz (Dutch),
Amsterdam: Amphora Books, 2003.
Jewish Existential Philosophers in Dialogue (Hebrew), Jerusalem: Magnes Press,
2004.
Letters of Love. Franz Rosenzweig‟s Spiritual Biography and Oeuvre in Light of
the Gritli Letters, New York: Peter Lang, 2006.
Towards an Active Memory. Society, Man and God after Auschwitz (Hebrew),
Tel-Aviv: Resling, 2006. (=revised and extended version of my book in Dutch).

„Jij‟ zeggen met Martin Buber. Dialogische opmerkingen bij Bubers „Ik en jij‟
(Dutch), Amsterdam: Amphora Books, 2006.
Levinas‟s Jewish Thought Between Jerusalem and Athens, Jerusalem: Magnes, in
press.
b. Edited books
Haviva Pedaya and Ephraim Meir (eds.), Judaism, Topics, Fragments, Faces,
Identities. Jubilee Volume in Honor of Rivka Horwitz, Beer-Sheva: Ben-Gurion
University, 2007, 819 pp. (Hebrew).
c. Articles
1. ”Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense 1973 “, in Louvain Studies 5,2 (1974) 192-
194.
2. “The Science of Literature Method of Prof. M. Weiss in Confrontation with Form
Criticism, exemplified on the Basis of Ps. 49”, in Bijdragen-Tijdschrift voor filosofie
en theologie 41,2 (1979) 152-167.
3. “KBD comme nom divin en éblaïte, ougaritique et hébreu”, in Revue Théologique
de Louvain 11,2 (1980) 225-228.
4. “La Sagesse psalmique et le Psaume 94”, in Bijdragen-Tijdschrift voor filosofie en
theologie 42,1 (1981) 22-45.
5. “La dimension sapientiale du Psaume 62”, in Bijdragen-Tijdschrift voor
filosofie en theologie 42,4 (1981) 350-365.
6. “Does Antizionism Equal Antisemitism ?” (Dutch), in Kosmos en oekumene
16,6 (1982) 187-199.
7. “The Role of Antisemitism in the Pre-War Rexist Movement”, in Bulletin
trimestriel de la Fondation Auschwitz no. 16, décembre 1987-février 1988, 16-
32.
8. “The Idea of Revelation in Levinas” ( Hebrew), in Daat. A Journal of Jewish
Philosophy and Kabbalah 30 (1993), 41-52.
9. “The Place of the Land of Israel and the State of Israel in the Writings of E.
Levinas” (Hebrew), in Metaphora. Philosophical Journal 3 (1993), 41-61.
10. ”Ian T. Ramsey's Theory on Religious Language: Disclosure and Moral
Behaviour”, in A. Sagi and D. Statman (eds.), Between Religion and Ethics, Ramat-
Gan: Bar-Ilan, 1993, 7-22.

11. ”The Dimension of the Feminine in Levinas‟ Philosophy”, in Iyyun. The
Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly 43 (1994), 145-152.
12. ”La presenza biblica nella cultura ebraica contemporanea: M. Buber- F.
Rosenzweig-E. Levinas”, in S.J. Sierra (ed.), La lettura ebraica delle Scritture,
Bologna: Dehoniane,1995, 465-495.
13. “Criticism of the „Myth‟ of Unio Mystica in E. Levinas” (Hebrew), in H. Pedayah
(ed.), Myth in Judaism (Eshel Beer-Sheva, 4), Beersheba: Ben-Gurion University,
1996, 393-405.
14. ”The Contributions of Modern Thought to a Psychoanalytic Phenomenology of
Groups”, in Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Thought 19,4 (1996), 563-578.
15. ”Levinas‟s Thinking on Religion as beyond the Pathetic: Reflections on the First
Part of Difficult Freedom”, in E.L. Fackenheim-R. Jospe (eds.), Jewish Philosophy
and the Academy, London: Associated University Presses, 1996, 142-164.
16. ”Philosophical Reflections on Moral Sense Perversity as a Denial of the Reality
Principle”, in J.J. Rozenberg (ed.), Sense and Nonsense. Philosophical, Clinical and
Ethical Perspectives, Jerusalem 1996, 27-42.
17. “War and Peace in the Philosophy of E. Levinas” (Hebrew), in Iyyun. The
Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly 45 (1997), 471-479.
18. “Teaching Mendelssohn's Concept of Jewish Singularity: Implications for an
Israeli Student”, in R. Jospe (ed.), Paradigms in Jewish Philosophy, London:
Associated University Presses, 1997, 147-165.
19. ”Teaching Levinas on Revelation”, in R. Jospe (ed.), Paradigms in Jewish
Philosophy, London: Associated University Presses, 1997, 257-279 (= a slightly
different version of entry nr. 8).
20. “The Talmudic Hermeneutics of E. Levinas” (Hebrew), in Revista Universidad
Hebraica 1,2 (1997), 101-110.
21. ”Die Idee der Teschuwa im Denken André Nehers", in C. Miething (ed.),
Judentum und Moderne in Frankreich und Italien (Romania Judaica 2), Tübingen:
Niemeyer, 1998, 129-143.
22. “Jewish Dialogical Philosophy and its Implications for Education” (Hebrew), in
Hagut - Jewish Educational Thought.1, Jerusalem 1998, 127-141.
23. “The Challenge of Religious Education in the Secular State of Israel”, in C.
Miething (ed.), Politik und Religion im Judentum (Romania Judaica 4), Tübingen:
Niemeyer, 1999, 173-186.
24. “Les écrits professionnels et confessionnels d'Emmanuel Lévinas”, in D. Cohen-
Lévinas and S. Trigano (eds.), Emmanuel Lévinas - Philosophie et judaïsme (Pardès
26 ), Paris: In press, 1999, 101-114.

25. ”La philosophie de Lévinas, sacrificielle et naïve? S'agit-il d'un drame? A propos
d'un ouvrage récent de Daniel Sibony”, in Revue d'histoire et de philosophie
religieuses 81,1 (2001), 63-79.
26. “The Polemic-Ideological Reading and Its Alternative” (Hebrew), in Hagut-
Jewish Educational Thought. 2, Jerusalem 2000, 19-34.
27. “Moses Mendelssohn's Jerusalem from Levinas' Perspective”, in M. New-R.
Bernasconi- R.A. Cohen (eds.), In Proximity – Emmanuel Levinas and the Eighteenth
Century, Lubbock Texas: Texas Tech University Press, 2001, 243-259.
28. “David Hartman on the Attitudes of Soloveitchik and Heschel towards
Christianity”, in J.W. Malino (ed.), Judaism and Modernity: The Religious
Philosophy of David Hartman, Jerusalem: Shalom Hartman Institute, 2001, 253-265.
29. “Verità e giustizia nella filosofia di Emmanuel Lévinas in relazione all‟io-tu e
all‟io-esso di Martin Buber”, in P.Amodio-G.Giannini-G.Lissa (eds.), Lévinas e la
cultura del XX secolo (Cultura Filosofica e Scienze Umane 3), Napoli: Giannini,
2001, pp.209-235.
30. ”Goethe‟s Place in Rosenzweig‟s Star of Redemption” (Hebrew), in Daat. A
Journal of Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah 48 (2002), 97-107.
31. ”The Unpublished Correspondence Between Franz Rosenzweig and Gritli
Rosenstock-Huessy On The Star of Redemption”, in Jewish Studies Quarterly 9
(2002), 21-70.
32. ”Buber‟s Dialogical Interpretation of the Binding of Isaac- between Kierkegaard
and Hasidism” (Hebrew), in M. Hallamish- H. Kasher- Y. Silman (eds.), The Faith of
Abraham. In the Light of Interpretation throughout the Ages, Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan,
2002, 281-293.
33. “Love and Truth in the Jewish Consciousness according to Abraham Joshua
Heschel” (Hebrew), in Hagut-Jewish Educational Thought. 3-4, Jerusalem 2002, 141-
150.
34. “Ethics, Politics and God in the Writings of E. Levinas” (Hebrew), in Democratic
Culture, vol. 6 (2002), 111-133.
35. “Les écrits professionnels et confessionnels d‟Emmanuel Lévinas”, in D.Cohen-
Lévinas and S. Trigano (eds.), Emmanuel Lévinas. Philosophie et judaïsme (Lettres
promises), Paris: In press, 2002, pp.127-143 (= item nr.24).
36. “Truth and Ethics in Levinas‟s Philosophy Compared to Buber‟s I-Thou and I-
It”(Hebrew), in Daat. A Journal of Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah 50-52 (2003),
pp.423-439 (=item nr.29).
37. “The Shoa as a Crime against Humanity: Reflections on Civilization and its
Annihilation”, in J.J. Rozenberg (ed.), Bioethical and Ethical Issues Surrounding the

Trials and Code of Nuremberg. Nuremberg Revisited (Symposium Series 74),
Lewiston NY: Edwin Mellen, 2003, pp.167-186.
38. “‟Transition‟, „Threshold‟ and „Gate‟ in Star of Redemption”, in M.Brasser (ed.),
Rosenzweig als Leser. Kontextuelle Kommentare zum “Stern der Erlösung”,
Tübingen: Niemeyer, 2004, pp.509-519.
39. “The Shoa as the Forgetting of the Law. From Lyotard till Bursztein”(Hebrew), in
Jean-Gérard Bursztein, Psychoanalysis of Nazism. Essay on the Destruction of
Civilization (Hebrew), Tel Aviv: Resling, 2004, pp.9-20.
40. “La notion de la révélation dans la „théologie des profondeurs‟ de Heschel et la
métaphysique éthique de Lévinas”, Gérard Rabinovitch (ed.), Abraham J. Heschel .
Un tsaddiq dans la cité (Collection Voix), Paris: Nadir , 2004, pp.155-186.
41. “Buber‟s and Levinas‟s Attitudes toward Judaism”, Peter Atterton, Matthew
Calarco and Maurice Friedman (eds.), Levinas and Buber. Dialogue and Difference,
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania: Duquesne University Press, 2004, pp.133-156. = “La
actitud de Buber y Levinas hacía el Judaísmo” in id., Levinas y Buber : Diálogo y
diferencias (Colección Estudios y Reflexiones), Ediciones Lilmod.
42. “The Relevance of the Gritli-Letters to the Clarification of Key Concepts and
Central Ideas in Rosenzweig‟s Star of Redemption”, Luc Anckaert , Martin Brasser
and Norbert Samuelson (eds.), The Legacy of Franz Rosenzweig . Collected Essays
(Louvain Philosophical Studies 18), Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2004, pp.3-32.
43. “Our Jewish Identity according to André Neher” (Hebrew), Yehoyada Amir (ed.),
André Neher and Jewish Thought in Post-Holocaust France, Jerusalem: Van Leer
Jerusalem Institute and Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2005, pp. 99-113.
44. “Religion and State in the Thought of Emmanuel Levinas” (Hebrew), Aviezer
Ravitzky (ed.), Religion and State in Twentieth-Century Jewish Thought, Jerusalem:
the Israel Democracy Institute, 2005, pp. 409-424.
45. “Guilt and Responsibility as Characteristics of the Answerable Man in the
Thought of Emmanuel Levinas" (Hebrew), Yehoyada Amir (ed.), The Path of the
Spirit. The Eliezer Schweid Jubilee Volume. Volume Two, Jerusalem: The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, 2005, pp.851-865.
46. “Les anthropomorphismes dans la Bible et dans la tradition juive: des images de
Dieu?”, Revue des sciences sociales 34 (2005), pp.170-175.
47. “Emmanuel Levinas‟s Thoughts on States and the State of Israel“ (Hebrew),
Iyunim bitkumat Israel. Studies in Zionism, the Yishuv and the State of Israel, 15
(2005), pp. 39-52.
48. “The Utopia of Peace and the Topic of Politics in E. Levinas‟ Œuvre” (Hebrew),
in Michael F. Mach and Yoram Jacobson (eds.), Historiosophy and The Science of
Judaism (Te„uda. The Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies Research Series),
Tel Aviv: Tel-Aviv University, 2005, pp. 215-229.

49. “Characteristics of Franz Rosenzweig‟s Gritli-Letters”, Wolfdietrich Schmied-
Kowarzik (ed.), Franz Rosenzweigs “neues Denken”. Internationaler Kongress
Kassel 2004. Band II. Erfahrene Offenbarung – in theologos, Freiburg/München: Karl
Alber, 2006, pp.1181-1194.
50. “Reinterpreting Judaism in the German Context: On German-Jewish Thinkers as
Jews and Germans”, Ben Mollov (ed.), The Legacy of the German-Jewish Religious
and Cultural Heritage: A Basis for German-Israeli Dialogue? Proceedings of an
International Conference Held at Bar-Ilan University June 1, 2005, Jerusalem: Yuval
Press 2006, pp. 25-35.
51. “Reading Buber‟s „I and You‟ as a Guide to Conflict Management and Social
Transformation”, Ben Mollov (ed.), The Legacy of the German-Jewish Religious and
Cultural Heritage: A Basis for German-Israeli Dialogue? Proceedings of an
International Conference Held at Bar-Ilan University June 1, 2005, Jerusalem: Yuval
Press 2006, pp. 119-131.
52. “Lebendiges Judentum. Levinas und der Historismus der „Wissenschaft des
Judentums‟ des 19. Jahrhunderts”, Frank Miething and Christoph von Wolzogen
(eds.), Après vous. Denkbuch für Emmanuel Levinas 1906-1995, Frankfurt a.M.: Neue
Kritik, 2006, pp.139-175.
53. “Emmanuel Levinas on Theodicy and Evil“, Haviva Pedaya and Ephraim Meir
(eds.), Judaism, Topics, Fragments, Faces, Identities. Jubilee Volume in Honor of
Rivka Horwitz, Beer-Sheva: Ben-Gurion University, 2007, pp. 31-51.
54. “Franz Rosenzweig‟s Inexpressible Joy” (together with Raphael Jospe), Haviva
Pedaya and Ephraim Meir (eds.), Judaism, Topics, Fragments, Faces, Identities.
Jubilee Volume in Honor of Rivka Horwitz, Beersheba: Ben-Gurion University, 2007,
pp. 53-68.
55. “Eroticism in Emmanuel Levinas‟s Oeuvre. Towards a Philosophy of the
Caress”(Hebrew), Benjamin Ish-Shalom (ed.), BeDarkhei Shalom. Studies in Jewish
Thought Presented to Shalom Rosenberg, Jerusalem: Beit Morasha, 2007, pp. 499-
512.
56. “How to Think Death from Time and not Time from Death”(Hebrew), in E.
Levinas, Death and Time (Hebrew), Tel Aviv: Resling, 2007, pp. 7-13.
d. Book reviews
“Keel,O./M.Kűchler/C.Uehlinger, Orte und Landschaften der Bibel, Ein Handbuch
und Studien-Reisefűhrer zum, Heiligen Land, Band 1: Geographisch-geschichtliche
Landeskunde; Band 2: Der Sűden, Mit Beiträgen von U. Staub, Zűrich, Göttingen
1984, 751 pp., 1982, 997 pp.; 1985, 751+ 998 pp.”(Dutch), Bijdragen. Tijdschrift
voor filosofie en theologie 47, 4 (1986), pp.436-437.

“Novak, D., Halakha in a Theological Dimension (Brown Judaic Studies, Nr. 69),
Chico 1985, 174 pp.”(Dutch), Bijdragen. Tijdschrift voor filosofie en theologie 47,4
(1986), pp.444-445.
“L‟Univers de la Bible, Tome X, Dictionnaire de la Bible et des 3 religions du Livre,
Turnhout 1985, 454 pp.” (Dutch), Bijdragen. Tijdschrift voor filosofie en theologie
49,2 (1988), p.207.
“Rogerson, J. , Nouvel Atlas de la Bible, traduit par Simon et Gisèle Trope, Turnhout
1985, 237 pp.” (Dutch), Bijdragen. Tijdschrift voor filosofie en theologie 49,2(1988),
pp.207-208.
“Avigad, Nahman, Hebrew Bullae from the Time of Jeremiah, Remnants of a Burnt
Archive, Jerusalem, Israel Exploration Society, 1986, 139 pp.” (Dutch), Bijdragen,.
Tijdschrift voor filosofie en theologie 49, 4 (1988), p.443.
“Pummer, R., The Samaritans (Iconography of Religions XXIII; Judaism, 5), Leiden
1987, 46 pp. +48 illustr.” (Dutch), Bijdragen. Tijdschrift voor filosofie en theologie
50,2(1989), pp.213-214.
“Sagarin, James L., Hebrew Noun Patterns (Mishqalim), Morphology, Semantics, and
Lexicon, (Scholars Press handbook series), Scholars Press 1987, 150 pp.” (Dutch),
Bijdragen. Tijdschrift voor filosofie en theologie 50 (1989), 337.
“Wilson, G.H., The Editing of the Hebrew Psalter (Society of Biblical Literature,
Dissertation Series, Nr. 76), Chico, 1985, 278 pp.” (Dutch), Bijdragen. Tijdschrift
voor filosofie en theologie 50, 2(1989), p. 210.
“Gutmann, J., The Jewish Life (Iconography of Religions, XXIII: Judaism,4), Leiden
1987, 36 pp.+48 illustr.” (Dutch), Bijdragen. Tijdschrift voor filosofie en theologie 50,
2 (1989), p.214.
“Shear-Yashuv, A., The Theology of Salomon Ludwig Steinheim (Studies in Judaism
in Modern Times 7), Leiden 1986, 116 pp.” (Dutch), Bijdragen. Tijdschrift voor
filosofie en theologie 50,4 (1989), p.446.
“Gese, Hartmut, Zur biblischen Theologie. Alttestamentlichte Vorträge, Tübingen,
1983, 239 pp.” (Dutch), Bijdragen. Tijdschrift voor filosofie en theologie 47,3 (1992),
325-326.
“Neusner, Jacob, Das pharisäische und talmudische Judentum, Neue Wege zu seinem
Verständnis. Mit einem Vorwort von Martin Hengel, hrsgg. von Hermann
Lichtenberger, (Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum 4), Tübingen 1984, 219
pp.” (Dutch), Bijdragen. Tijdschrift voor filosofie en theologie 47,3 (1992), 327-328.
“Mazar, Benjamin, The Early Biblical Period, Historical Studies, Jerusalem, Israel
Exploration Society, 1986, 266 pp.” (Dutch), Bijdragen. Tijdschrift voor filosofie en
theologie 53,4 (1992), 431.

“Hand, Seán (ed.), The Levinas Reader. Emmanuel Levinas, Oxford/Cambridge,
1989, 312 pp.” (Dutch), Bijdragen. Tijdschrift voor filosofie en theologie 53,4 (1992),
432.
“Bernasconi, R. and Wood D. (eds.), The Provocation of Levinas. Rethinking the
Other (Warwick Studies in Philosophy and Literature), London/New York, 1988, 194
pp.” (Dutch), Bijdragen. Tijdschrift voor filosofie en theologie 53,4 (1992), 432.
“Breuer, Mordechai, Jűdische Orthodoxie im Deutschen Reich 1871-1918,
Sozialgeschichte einer religiösen Minderheit (Eine Veröffentlichung des Leo Baeck
Instituts), Frankfurt a.M 1986, 525 pp.” (Dutch), Bijdragen. Tijdschrift voor filosofie
en theologie 53,4 (1992), 431-432.
“Ouaknin, M.-A., Méditations érotiques, Essai sur Emmanuel Lévinas (Collection
Métaphora), Paris 1992, 185 pp.” (Dutch), Bijdragen. Tijdschrift voor filosofie en
theologie 55, 1 (1994), p.110.
“Ouaknin, M-A., Concerto pour quatre consonnes sans voyelles. Au-delà du principe
d‟identité, Paris 1991, 371 pp.” (Dutch), Bijdragen. Tijdschrift voor filosofie en
theologie 55, 1(1994), pp.110-111.
”Prophetic Mission in the 20 th Century” (Hebrew), Da‟at 44 (1999), pp.131-134
[Review of E. Schweid, Prophets for their People and Humanity. Prophecy and
Prophets in 20 th Century Jewish Thought, Jerusalem: Magnes, 1999, 264 pp.].
“E. K. Kaplan, Holiness in Words: Abraham Joshua Heschel's Poetics of Piety,
Albany: SUNY Press, 1996, 213 pp. / E. K. Kaplan and S. H. Dresner, Abraham
Joshua Heschel: Prophetic Witness, New Haven and London: Yale University 1998,
402 pp.”, Kabbalah. Journal for the Study of Jewish Mystical Texts 5 (2000), pp. 447-
450 (Hebrew).
“T.Wrigth, The Twilight of Jewish Philosophy: Emmanuel Levinas‟ Ethical
Hermeneutic, Amsterdam, 1999, 180 pp.”, Da‟at 46 (2001), pp. 135-138 (Hebrew).
“The first Hebrew Monograph on Abraham Joshua Heschel” (Hebrew), Kabbalah.
Journal for the Study of Jewish Mystical Texts 7 ) 2002(
, pp. 327-330 [Review of A.
Even-Chen, A Voice from the Darkness. Abraham Joshua Heschel - Phenomenology
and Mysticism, Tel Aviv: Am Oved, 1999, 253 pp.].
“H. Gordon, The Heidegger-Buber Controversy. The Status of the I-Thou
(Contributions in Philosophy 81), Westport (Connecticut) and London 2001, 170 pp.”,
Revue des études juives 161,1-2 (2002), pp. 280-283.
“J. Mattern, G. Motzkin, S. Sandbank (eds), Jüdisches Denken in einer Welt ohne
Gott. Festschrift für Stéphane Mosès, Berlin 2001, 270 pp.”, Revue des études juives
161, 1-2 (2002), pp. 283-289.
“W. Schmied-Kowarzik, Rosenzweig im Gespräch mit Ehrenberg, Cohen und Buber
(Rosenzweigiana 1), Munich: Karl Alber, 2006, 253 pp.”, Modern Judaism 27,2
(2007), pp. 246-251.

e.Translation
E. Lévinas, "Nom d'un chien ou le droit naturel”, id., Difficile liberté. Essais sur le
judaïsme (Collection Présences du judaïsme), Paris 1963; biblio essais, 4019 Paris
1988, pp. 213-216. Hebrew translation in cooperation with Hanan Elstein, Da‟at 38
(1997), pp. 127-129.
E. Lévinas, “Éducation et prière”, id., Difficile liberté. Essais sur le judaïsme
(Collection Présences du judaïsme), Paris 1963; biblio essais, 4019 Paris 1988, pp.
374-379. Hebrew translation, introduced and annotated by E.Meir, in Hagut- Jewish
Educational Thought. 2, Jerusalem 2000, pp.11-17.
E. Lévinas, “Une religion d‟adultes”, id., Difficile liberté. Essais sur le judaïsme
(Collection Présences du judaïsme), Paris 1963; biblio essais, 4019 Paris 1988, pp.
24-42. Hebrew translation by E. Meir, K. Patrick and M. Meir, annotated by E.Meir,
Iyunim bitkumat Israel. Studies in Zionism, the Yishuv and the State of Israel, 15
(2005), pp. 25-37.
E. Lévinas, “Antihumanisme et éducation”, id., Difficile liberté. Essais sur le
judaïsme (Collection Présences du judaïsme), Paris 1963; biblio essais, 4019 Paris
1988, pp. 385-401. Hebrew translation by E. Meir, K. Patrick and M. Meir, annotated
by E. Meir, in Joseph David (ed.), Questioning Dignity. On Human Dignity as
Supreme Moral Value in the Modern Society, Jerusalem The Israel Democracy
Institute and Magnes Press, 2006, pp. 245-260.
.
Conference Organisation:
Organisation (with Prof. H. Heinemann) of the congress “Abraham‟s Presence
in the Three Monotheistic Religions”, Neve Ilan, April 16-18, 1996.
Organisation (with Prof. J. Rosenberg) of the congress “The Philosophical Roots
of Anti-Semitism”, Bar–Ilan University, June 20, 1996.
Organisation of the one day congress “The Song of Songs in Jewish Thinking
and in the Consciousness of Mankind”, Gabriel House, Lac of Tiberias, Tsemah,
Octobre 31, 1996.
Organisation (with Prof. H.Heinemann) of the congress "Religiöse Erziehung im
Judentum, Islam, und Christentum”, Kassel (Germany), June 30- July 3, 1997.
Organisation (avec le Prof.J. Elkouby) du Colloque International "Traduction et
herméneutique du langage biblique", Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, 26-27
juin 2001.
Organisation (with Prof. T. Schramm) of the one day “Franz Rosenzweig-
Kolloquium”, June 18, 2002, Hamburg University, Faculty of Evangelic
Theology.

Organisation (with Prof. Thomas Böning) of a two day bi-national conference “Love
in Literature, Philosophy, Theology and Psychoanalysis”, November 8/9, 2005,
Goethe Institut, Jerusalem. The conference was made possible by the Deutscher
Akademisher Austausch Dienst (DAAD).
Organisation (with Prof. Thomas Böning and Prof. Gaby Motzkin) of a three day
conference “Hellenic and Jewish in Modern European Culture: Ways of Reading
Text”, June 26-28, 2006, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. The conference was made
possible by the Deutscher Akademisher Austausch Dienst (DAAD), in co-operation
with The Van Leer Institute.
Organisation (with Prof. Haviva Pedaya) of a conference at the occasion of the
publication of the Jubilee Volume in Honor of Rivka Horwitz, Van Leer, Jerusalem,
February 27, 2007.
Lectures:
1. Participation in the workshops organized by the International Center for
University Teaching of Jewish Civilization; seminar for Jewish philosophy,
Jerusalem, 14-19.7.1991. Lecture: “Teaching Levinas on Revelation."
2. Participation in the congress of the Departments for Jewish Thought in
Israel on the subject: “Myth in Jewish Thinking”, Ben-Gurion University,
6.5.1991. Lecture: “Levinas‟s Refusal of Unio Mystica” (Hebrew).
3. Participation in the workshops organized by the International Center for
University Teaching of Jewish Civilization; seminar for Jewish philosophy,
Jerusalem, 12-17.7.1992. Lecture: “Teaching Rosenzweig to Israeli Students.”
4. Participation in the “International Conference on Guilt, Atonement,
Repentance, Apology, Reparation, Penance and Forgiveness from a Christian,
Jewish and Islamic Perspective,” Jerusalem, Hebrew University, 27.12.1992-
1.1.1993.
5. Lectures at the Universities of Kassel and Oldenburg, Germany, 17-
26.1.1993. Titles: "Die Relevanz von Rosenzweigs Gedanken über das
Verhältnis von Judentum und Christentum” and “Menschenbilder in Israel
heute. ”
6. Participation in the international congress „Sense and Nonsense in
Philosophy and Psychopathology,” Bar-Ilan University, 7-8.6.1993. Lecture:
„Philosophical Reflections on Moral Sense: Perversity as a Refusal of the
Reality Principle.”
7. Participation in the Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Association
for Jewish Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, 12-14.12.1993. Lecture:
“Success and Failure in Levinas's Approach to the Feminine”. Lecture at
Princeton University on the same subject, December 1993.
8. Participation in the “International Conference on Responses to Genocide
and Holocausts from a Theological, Historical, Philosophical, Psychological
and Literary Perspective, Approached from Judaic, Christian and Muslim
Views,” 26 December 1993 – 2 January 1994. Lecture:"The Holocaust as the
End of Theodicy: Levinas's Reflections on Evil.”

9. Participation in the congress of the Departments for Jewish Thought in
Israel, Bar-Ilan University, 31.7.1994. Lecture: “Levinas‟s „Totality and
Infinity‟ as Search for the Preconditions of Ethics” (Hebrew).
10. A series of lectures on Christian relations to Jews in the Middle Ages and
on the ways Jews organized in that period, from 30.6.1994 until 8.7.1994 at
the State University of Moscow and in the Institute for Afro-Asian Studies
there.
11. Participation in the workshops organized by the International Center for
University Teaching of Jewish Civilization, seminar for Jewish philosophy,
Jerusalem, 10-15.7.1994. Lecture: “Teaching Mendelssohn's Concept of
Jewish Singularity in an Israeli Context.”
12. Participation in the Congress of the Association for Jewish Studies,
Boston, December, 18-20, 1994. Lecture: “Appearance of B. Spinoza in H.
Cohen and F. Rosenzweig.”
13. Participation in the "International Conference on Teaching the Holocaust
in Universities and Secondary Schools from the Perspective of History,
Philosophy, Ethics, Theology, Literature, Law, Education, Psychology and
Sociology,” Jerusalem, December 25, 1994 - January 2, 1995. Lecture:
“Teaching the Holocaust to Israeli Students.”
14. A series of lectures on Jewish history and thought in the modern period, at
the State University of Moscow and in the Institute for Afro-Asian Studies
there, from 25.1.1995 until 20.2.1995.
15. Participation in the “Annual Conference of the Moscow Center for
University Teaching of Jewish Civilization 'SEFER‟,” February 5-7,1995.
Lecture: “Problems in Teaching Modern Jewish Philosophy.”
16. Participation in the Congress on “Philosophical Activity and the
Neighbor,” at the occasion of the celebration of the 75 th Birthday of Prof.
Marcel Dubois, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, 21.3.1995. Lecture: “War and
Peace in the Philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas” (Hebrew).
17. Participation in the congress “Épistémologie des études juives. Premières
Journées d‟études,” Jerusalem, 22-23.3.1995. Lecture: “Le concept de la paix
dans la philosophie juive moderne.”
18. Participation in the congress of the Association for Jewish Studies,
Boston, December 17-19,1995. Lecture: “Peace and War in E. Levinas's
Ethical Metaphysics.”
19. Evening in the Academy of Sciences, Jerusalem, on the occasion of my
Hebrew translation of Levinas‟s “Ethics and Infinity”, with participation of
Harel Fish, Shalom Rosenberg, Ze‟ev Levy and Ze‟ev Harvey, 8.12.1995.
20. Participation in the “Dritte Joseph Carlebach-Konferenz” on the theme
“Toleranz im Verhältnis von Religion und Gesellschaft,” Bar-Ilan University,
26-28.3.1996. Lecture: “Judaism as Tolerance in Levinas‟s Thinking.”
21. Participation in the International Congress “Judentum und Moderne in
Frankreich und Italien,” Münster, June, 2 – 6, 1996. Lecture: “L‟idée du retour
dans la pensée d‟André Neher.”
22. Lecture at the University of Hamburg, 7th of June 1996: “Die jüdischen
Wurzeln der Philosophie von Emmanuel Levinas.”
23. Participation in the joint congress of the Department of Philosophy and
the Law Faculty, Bar-Ilan University, on the theme: “Judaism: Law, Civil
Rule and Values,” 12-13.6.1996. Lecture: “Ethics, Religion and Politics in
Levinas‟s Thought” (Hebrew).

24. Participation in the international congress “Philosophical Roots of Anti-
Semitism,” Bar-Ilan University, 20.6.1996. Lecture: “Augustine‟s Adversus
Judaeos.”
25. Participation in the Jesselson Symposium on “Ethics, Judaism and
Technological Progress,” Technion, Haifa, October 7-10, 1996. Lecture: “E.
Levinas‟s View on Technology, Ethics and Judaism.”
26. Participation in the International Conference on “The Holocaust: Rescue,
Survival, Escape and Guilt,” Givat Ram Campus, Jerusalem, December 25,
1996 - January 4, 1997. Lecture: “The Holocaust as the Forgetting of the
Law.”
27. Participation in the congress of the Departments for Jewish Philosophy in
Israel on the subject “The Faith of Abraham,” Bar-Ilan University, 25.2.1997.
Lecture: “Buber‟s Dialogical Interpretation of the Binding of Isaac – Between
Kierkegaard and Hasidism.”
28. Participation in the congress on “Levinas‟s Philosophy,” Hebraica
University, Mexico, 16-17.6.1997. Lecture: “Levinas‟s Philosophy and Jewish
Thought Today.”
29. Lecture at Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana (UAM), Iztapalapa,
Mexico, 17.6.1997: “The Notion of Religion in Levinas‟s Thought: Difficult
Freedom, Part One.”
30. Lecture at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Fac. de
Filosofia y Letras, 18.6.1997. Lecture: “Levinas‟s Criticism of Unio Mystica.”
31. Lecture at Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA), Departamento de filosofia,
19.6.1997. Lecture: “Levinas‟s Notion of Revelation and his Relationship to
Rosenzweig‟s „Star of Redemption‟.”
32. Lecture at the University of Hamburg, 7.7.1997: “Einfluss der dialogischen
Philosophie auf die Erziehung.”
33. Participation in the Twelfth World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem,
July 29- August 5, 1997. Lecture: “Levinas‟s Talmudic Hermeneutics.”
34. Participation in a congress at the occasion of the publication of Prof.
Levy‟s Monograph on Levinas‟s philosophy, Haifa, 30.12.1997. Lecture:
“The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge in Kafka and Levinas”
(Hebrew).
35. Participation in the International Conference on Roots of the Holocaust,
Givat Ram Campus, Jerusalem, December 24, 1997 - January 5, 1998.
Lecture: “Augustine on the Jews: the Case of the Prodigal Son of Luke 15.”
36. A series of lectures on Jews and Christians, Moscow, January 2-9, 1998, in
the framework of a project of Prof. Oded Schremer.
37. Lecture: “Medizinale Ethik vom Standpunkt der Jüdischen Dialogalen
Philosophie” at the occasion of the foundation of the Cathedra “Light from
Zion,” Bar-Ilan University, 9.11.1998.
38. Participation au Colloque “Langue et Culture israéliennes entre Tradition
et Modernité”, organisé par le Département d'Études Hébraïques et Juives de
l'Université des Sciences Humaines de Strasbourg (USHS), 25-26 mars 1998.
Conférence :”La présence biblique dans la culture hebraïque contemporaine”.
39. Conférence magistrale, Strasbourg: “La Terre d'Israël dans la pensée juive
hier et aujourd'hui”, USHS, 26 mars 1998.
40. Conférence à Paris, Sorbonne, Amphithéâtre Richelieu, 26 mars 1998: “Le
concept de la paix dans la philosophie d'Emmanuel Lévinas”.

41. Participation in the international congress on “Politik und Religion im
Judentum,” organized by “Romania Judaica,” Westfälische Wilhelms-
Universität, Münster, 18-20.5.1998. Lecture: “The Challenge of Modern
Religious Education in the Secular State of Israel.”
42. In the framework of the “Jüdische Kulturwochen 1998”: a) participation
in the symposion “Das Land der Verheissung: Die Gründung des Staates Israel
aus religiöser Sicht,” May 25, 1998. Lecture: “Das Nationale und das
Religiöse im Staate Israel.” b) presentation of Bar Ilan University in the
“Österreichische Nationalbibliothek,” May 26, 1998: “Eine religiöse
Universität – eine Universität für religiöse?”
43. Participation in the International Theology Conference on the theme “No
Other Gods” in the Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem, February 22-25,
1999.
44. Participation in the congress “Eternity in Changing Times. André Neher
and Post-Holocaust Jewish Thought,” 20-21.1.1999. Lecture: “Our Jewish
Identity” (Hebrew).
45. Lecture in the famework of “Project Interchange” of the American Jewish
Congress, Jerusalem, 12.3.1999. Title: “The Land and the People: The History
and Vision of Zionism.”
46. Participation in the congress of the Departments for Jewish Thought in
Israel in Honor of Prof. Rivka Horwitz, Ben Gurion University, 16.3.1999.
Lecture; “Truth and Justice in Levinas‟s Thought”(Hebrew).
47. Lecture at the occasion of the publication of Prof. E. Schweid‟s book
“Prophets for Their People and Humanity” (Hebrew), Van Leer Institute,
Jerusalem, 26.5.1999.
48. Congress on the subject of “Jewish Responses to Modernity: Spinoza,
Rabbi Kook, Levinas,” at the occasion of the retirement of Prof. Ben Shlomo,
Tel Aviv 9.6.1999. Chair and respondent in the session on Levinas.
49. Participation in the congress “Purity, Impurity, and Race: The Ethical
Debate following the Nuremberg Trials (1945-1946) and the Nuremberg
Codex (1947),” 14-15.6.1999. Lecture: “The Crime against Humanity and
Annihilation of Civilization.”
50. Congress in Memory of Prof. Moshe Schwarz “Language and Thought –
Language and Culture. Jewish Thought and General Culture,” Bar-Ilan
University, 2-3.11.1999. Chair of the session on Moshe Schwarz as Interpreter
of Franz Rosenzweig.
51. Participation in the international congress on Johann Wolfgang von
Goethe (1749-1832), Bar-Ilan University, 14.12.1999. Lecture: “Rosenzweig
and Goethe.”
52. Participation in the Thirty-First Annual Conference of the Association for
Jewish Studies, December 19-21, 1999, Chicago. Lecture: ”Heschel and
Levinas on Revelation.” Chair and respondent of the session “The Economy of
Friendship: Beyond Buber and Levinas.”
53. Participation in the Eighth International Conference on Anti-Semitism
“Holocaust Studies at the Millennium,” December 27, 1999 - January 2, 2000,
Givat Ram Campus, Jerusalem. Lecture: ”Belgian Anti-Semitism in the
Thirties.”
54. Participation in the International Conference “Abraham Joshua Heschel
aujourd‟hui,” organized by the Centre Communautaire de Paris and La

Fondation du Judaïsme français, January, 15-17, 2000. Lecture: ”Heschel et
Lévinas.”
55. Participation in the International Conference “Levinas e la Cultura del XX
Secolo,” organized by Dipartimento di Filosofia “A. Aliotta,” Napoli, April,
10-12, 2000. Lecture: “Relation et pensée chez Buber et Lévinas.”
56. Participation in the congress of the Departments for Jewish Thought in
Israel on the subject “Mythos, History and Utopia in Jewish Thought,” Tel
Aviv University, 13.4.2000. Lecture: “The Utopia of Shalom and the Topic of
Politics in Levinas‟s Philosophy” (Hebrew).
57. Vortrag “Neuere Jüdische Religionsphilosophie im Gespräch mit dem
Christentum”, Fachgruppe Theologie/Religionspädagogik, Universität Kassel,
19. Juni 2000.
58. Conférences dans la Communauté Israélite de Strasbourg (Comité
Sepharad), “La révélation dans la tradition juive selon Lévinas” et “Pensée
juive et éducation en Israël, aujourd‟hui”, 24 juin 2000.
59. Vortrag “Emmanuel Levinas über Erziehung - zwischen Verantwortung
und Gerechtigkeit”, Fachbereich Erziehungswissenschaften, Universität
Hamburg, 26. Juni 2000.
60. Vortrag “Emmanuel Levinas- ein jüdischer Denker nach der Shoa”,
Gesellschaft für christlich-jüdische Zusammenarbeit, Hamburg, 27. Juni 2000.
61. Conférence “Lévinas: Juif et philosophe face aux défis du siècle”, 3 juillet
2000, La Maison de la Culture Juive, Bruxelles.
62. Vortrag “Gerechtigkeit nicht Rache als Aufarbeitung der Geschichte”,
Symposium ”Friede mit friedlichen Mitteln. Religionen vor neuen Ansprüchen
der Welt von Heute” anlässlich 30 Jahre Weltkonferenz der Religionen für den
Frieden, 11./12. November 2000, Festsaal der Diplomatischen Akademie,
Wien.
63. Participation au colloque “L‟eau, un enjeu du xxi-ième siècle. Proche-
Orient: sources et ressources”, organisé par la Maison de la Culture Juive en
collaboration avec le Keren Kayyemet Le-Yisrael, 26 novembre, 2000,
Bruxelles. Conférence: ”l‟eau dans les sources juives”.
64. Participation in the 32nd Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish
Studies, Boston, Mass., December 17-19, 2000. Session: “Two Thousand
Unpublished Letters of Franz Rosenzweig.” Chair and respondent to the
lecture of R. Horwitz “New Insights on Rosenzweig as Revealed in the
Collection of Unpublished Letters.”
65. Kolloquium ”Die Bedeutung der Philosophie von Emmanuel Levinas für
das heutige Bildungs-Denken”, Fachbereich Erziehungswissenschaft,
Universität Hamburg, am 8 Januar 2001. Vortrag “Unbequeme Freiheit:
jüdische Wurzeln von Levinas‟ Philosophie der Gerechtigkeit”.
66. Deux conférences “Introduction à la pensée juive moderne” et “La pensée
juive moderne au 20-ième siècle” dans La Maison de la Culture Juive,
Bruxelles, 14 janvier 2001.
67. Vortrag “Philosophie und Religion in der jüdischen Erziehung”, Die
Fachgruppe Theologie/Religionspädagogik und die Interdisziplinare
Arbeitsgruppe Philosophische Grundlagenprobleme, Universität
Gesamthochschule Kassel, 25. Januar 2001.
68. Vortrag “Die Bedeutung des Tempelberges für das Judentum heute”, die
Deutsch-Israelische Gesellschaft und die Gesellschaft für christlich-jüdische
Zusammenarbeit, Kassel, 31. Januar 2001.

69. Conférence „La méthodologie des différentes approches dans
l‟herméneutique de la Bible”, Palais Universitaire (salle Fustel de Coulanges),
mardi 3 avril 2001, Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, dans le cadre des
”journées des doctorants”.
70. Vortrag “Bubers und Rosenzweigs Verdeutschung der Schrift als ein
dialogisches Unternehmen”, Arbeitskolloquium Philosophische
Grundlagenprobleme - Philosophie des Dialogs, Universität Kassel, 08-
09.06.2001.
71. Conférence “Interprétations conflictuelles autour de la Bible”, Colloque
“Traduction et herméneutique du langage biblique”, Université Marc Bloch,
Strasbourg, 26 juin 2001.
72. Conférence “Buber et Rosenzweig, traducteurs de la Bible”, Colloque
“Traduction et herméneutique du langage biblique”, Université Marc Bloch,
Strasbourg, 27 juin 2001.
73. Conférence “Lecture et commentaire de textes de Buber, de Rosenzweig
et de Lévinas”, organisée par La Maison de la Culture Juive, Bruxelles, le 1
juillet 2001.
74. Conférence “Réflexions et interrogation sur le monde du savoir”,
Université européenne d‟automne “Apprendre et enseigner dans la société de
communication”, organisée par le Conseil de l‟Europe et le Centre des Études
Européennes de Strasbourg, 7-10 novembre 2001.
75. Participation in the congress “Religion and State in 20 th Century Jewish
Thought,” The Israeli Institute for Democracy, Jerusalem, 20-21.1.2002.
Lecture : “Religion and State in Levinas‟s Thought” (Hebrew).
76. Conférence “Les anthropomorphismes comme „images de Dieu‟”, Journée
d‟étude consacrée au thème “Anthropologie de la relation à l‟image. Du culte à
la manipulation et à la destruction”, organisée par U.F.R. des Sciences
Sociales, Pratiques Sociales et Développement de l‟Université Marc Bloch,
Palais Universitaire, Strasbourg, 26 février 2002.
77. Conférence “Humanisme européen: les leçons du passé”, Colloque
international, organisé à Besançon les 4, 5 et 6 mars 2002 à l‟occasion du
bicentenaire de Victor Hugo et intitulé “L‟humanisme européen à l‟épreuve
des réalités contemporaines”.
78. Lecture “The Unpublished Correspondence Between Franz Rosenzweig
and Gritli Rosenstock-Huessy on the Star of Redemption,” Meeting and
Workshop of the Franz Rosenzweig Society, Phoenix Arizona, April 12, 14-
15, 2002.
79. Vortrag “Rosenzweig als Ausleger der Schrift”, Franz Rosenzweig-
Kolloquium, 18. Juni, 2002, Universität Hamburg, Fachbereich Evangelische
Theologie.
80. Festvortrag aus Anlass des 67. Geburtstages und der Verabschiedung von
Prof. Joseph Dan “The Correspondence between Franz Rosenzweig and
Margrit Rosenstock-Huessy - Die Gritli – Briefe”, Mittwoch, den 10.Juli 2002,
Institut für Judaistik, Berlin.
81. Respondent to the lecture of Benjamin Harshav “The Modern Jewish
Revolution: Major Points for its Understanding” (July 16, 2002) in the
framework of the Workshop Martin Buber - Werkausgabe (in association with
the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften) “The Jewish
Renaissance in the Early 20 th Century in Comparative Perspective,” Schloss
Blankensee, July 14-17, 2002.

82. Vortrag “Die Relevanz der (gerade veröffentlichten) Gritli-Briefe von
Franz Rosenzweig für das Verständnis des Sterns der Erlösung”, Universität
Hamburg Fachbereich Evangelische Theologie, 19.7.2002.
83. Lecture at the Paideia Institute, Stockholm, May 5, 2003. Title: “The Idea
of Revelation in Levinas‟s Ethical Metaphysics.” In the evening of the same
day, open lecture with the title: “Buber‟s and Levinas‟s Attitude toward
Judaism.”
84. Public lecture in the Gustave Tuck Theatre, University College London,
organized by The Institute of Jewish Studies, University College London, May
8, 2003. Title: ”The Relevance of the Correspondence between Franz
Rosenzweig and Gritli Rosenstock-Huessy for the Understanding of the Star
of Redemption.”
85. Lecture in the London School of Jewish Studies, May 9, 2003, with the
title ”Buber‟s and Levinas‟s attitude toward Judaism.”
86. Participation in the congress on Abraham Joshua Heschel, Schechter
Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, 12.6.2003. Lecture: “Religion and
Knowledge in Heschel‟s Thought”(Hebrew).
87. Lecture in the Antwerp “Instituut voor Joodse Studies”, January 29, 2004,
“De bijdrage van het joodse dialogale denken tot het moderne denken.”
88. Lecture in Institut Martin Buber, Brussels, January 30, 2004, “L' attitude
de Martin Buber vis-à-vis du Judaïsme.”
89. Participation in the international congress on the theme “Franz-
Rosenzweigs Neues Denken,” Kassel University, 28.3 until 1.4.2003. Lecture:
“The Dialogical Dimension in Rosenzweig's 'Gritli'- Letters.”
90. Visiting scholar in the Philosophy and Religion Department Rollins
College, Florida, 20.2-28.2.2005. Participation in the Jewish Studies Lecture
Series, 23.2.2005. Title of the Lecture: “Morality and God in the 21 st Century:
Personal and Philosophical Reflections.”
91. Vorträge: “Von der Attraktivität des Judentums: Warum Christen zum
Judentum konvertieren”; “Die Rolle des Christentums aus jüdischer Sicht nach
Franz Rosenzweig und Emmanuel Lévinas”, 30. Deutscher Evangelischer
Kirchentag, Hannover, 26. Mai und 27. Mai 2005.
92. Participation in the International Conference on “The Legacy of the
German-Jewish Religious and Cultural Heritage: A Basis for German-Israeli
Dialogue,” Bar-Ilan University, June 1,2005. Lectures: “Religious German
Jewish Thinkers: Reinterpreting Judaism in the German Context” and
“Reading Buber‟s „I and Thou‟ as a Guide for Conflict Management and
Social Transformation.”
93. Participation in the Bi-national Conference on “Love in Literature,
Philosophy, Theology and Psychoanalysis,” Jerusalem, November 8 and 9,
2005. Lecture: ”Love in Franz Rosenzweig‟s The Star of Redemption.”
94. Participation in the International Conference on “A Century with
Emmanuel Levinas: Resonances of a Philosophy,” Jerusalem, January 16-20,
2006. Lecture: “Shem and Japhet in Difficult Freedom.”
95. Participation in the International Conference on “Ethique, politique,
philosophie. Emmanuel Levinas dans le siècle à venir”, Strasbourg/Freiburg,
14-18 février 2006. Lecture: “Levinas‟s Thinking on States and on the State of
Israel.”

96. Lectures at the Jewish Studies Department of Charles University, Prague.
Wednesday, April 5, 2006: “Athens and Jerusalem in Levinas‟s Thinking.”
Thursday, April 6, 2006: “Buber‟s and Levinas‟s Attitudes towards Judaism.”
97. Participation in the Conference “Levinas e a Educação – Seminário
Nacional em Homenagem ao Centenário do Nascimento do Filósofo
Emmanuel Levinas (1906 – 1995),” organized by the” Centro de Filosofia e
Educação” of the Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Brazil, April 24 th and 28 th ,
2006. Title of the lecture: “Buber‟s and Levinas‟s Attitudes towards Judaism.”
98. Participation in the 3 rd International Symposium of the Brazilian Society
for Phenomenology, June 5-9, 2006 in Porto Alegre, Brazil . Lecture:
“Hebrew and Greek in Levinas‟s writings.”
99. Participation in a small congress in honor of Dr. Shula Qeshet, Seminar
ha-qibbutsim, Tel Aviv, June 25, 2006. Lecture: “Lack of Communication,
Knowledge and Life in Franz Kafka.”
100. Participation in the International Conference “Hellenic and Jewish in
Modern European Culture: Ways of Reading Text,” Van Leer Jerusalem
Institute, Jerusalem, June 26-28, 2006. Title of the lecture: ”Greek and
Hebrew in Levinas‟s Writings.”
101. Participation au Colloque international “Un siècle avec Levinas: Levinas
en héritage”, Cluny, 19 au 25 juillet 2006. Conférence: “Levinas‟s Approach
to Judaism and Talmud versus the Historicism of the 19th Century
Wissenschaft des Judentums”.
102. Participation in a congress on Jean-Paul Sartre, Fordham University, New
York, October 27-29, 2006. Lecture: “Reflections on Jean-Paul Sartre‟s Anti-
Semite and Jew.”
103. Participation in a conference on Dialogue, November 19, 2006, Zürich.
Lecture: “Martin Bubers Dialogkonzept von „Ich und Du‟.”
104. Participation in the international congress on “Le secret de l‟hébraïsme:
Kabbale, philosophie et éducation dans la pensée de Yéhouda Léon Ashkénazi
(Manitou)”, December 21, 2006, Bar-Ilan University. Lecture: “Manitou the
Hebrew and Levinas the Jew” (Hebrew).
105. Participation in the congress of judges of the special rabbinical courts for
giur, 26-28.12.2006, Novotel, Jerusalem. Lecture, 27.12: “Giur as welcoming
otherness.”
106. Hochschule fuer Juedische Studien, Heidelberg, 6. Februar 2007.
Vorlesung: „Einige juedische Standpunkte ueber das Verhaeltnis zwischen
Gott und Geschichte im Hinblick auf die Shoa”; Seminar: „Maimonides‟
Dreizehn Prinzipien”.
107. Public Conversation with Prof. Haviva Pedaya on the subject “Dialogue:
the Manifest and the Hidden – Dialogical Philosophy and Mysticism”, Van
Leer, Jerusalem, February 27, 2007.
108. Participation in the international congress “Conference on Jewish Studies.
Christians and Muslims in Mediaeval and Contemporary Rabbinical Responsa”,
Charles University, Prague, 9-11 May 2007. Lecture, 10.5: “Rosenzweig‟s 1913
Letter to Rudolf Ehrenberg Concerning His Decision to Remain a Jew”.
109. Participation in the international congress “Neues Denken – Juedisches Denken.
Franz Rosenzweig zum 120. Geburtstag. Eine Retro-Perspektive”, Hermann-Cohen-
Akademie, Arnoldshain, June 28-July 1, 2007. Lecture, June 29: “Death and Time in
Rosenzweig and Levinas”.

Semi-Academic Articles
“Buber's Translation of the Bible”, Louvain Studies 7, 3 (1979) 212-218.
In Dictionnaire de la Bible et des religions du Livre
Judaïsme/Christianisme/Islam, Turnhout, 1985 (with editorial redaction):
Alalach, 53; Bomberg, Daniel, 106; caraïtes, 114-115; circoncision. Dans
le judaïsme, 125; coiffure dans le judaïsme, 128; Ébla, 158; Éléphantine,
papyrus d', 167; esséniens, 177; Falashas, 187; femme en Israël, 189;
geniza, 200; Halevi, Youdah, 208; haskala, 210; hassidisme, 210-211;
hébreu. Hébreu moderne, 212; Ibn Gabirol, Shlomoh, 224; Josèphe,
Flavius, 250; kabbale (Jewish-), 257-258; kashér, 259; langues juives,
263-264; lion. Dans la tradition juive, 269; marranos, 286; megillot, 288;
Melokhim Buch, 289; mezouza, 293; minhag, 296; minyan, 296; miqra'ot
gedolot, 296; mousar, 303; parasha, 327-328; Pentateuque samaritain,
340; pé'ot, 340; pharisien, 344; psaumes. Dans le judaïsme, 362; pur.
Dans le judaïsme, 364; sadducéens. Nom. Histoire. Idées, 385; Satan.
Dans la tradition juive, 391; Shmouél Buch, 399; sicaires, 400; sidra, 400;
Sion. Judaïsme, 402; tsitsit, 403; Soncino, Joshua Salomon, 404; tables de
la Loi, 409; Tanakh, 410-411; thérapeutes, 417; Tora, 422; tour de Babel.
Tradition juive, 422; zohar, 450; (Various articles in the Dictionary of the
Bible and the Religions of the Book).
“Religious Language and Pinchas Peli's New Midrash”, Jewish Spectator,
Spring (1990) 61-63.
“The Hundredth Anniversary of the Hebrew Language Committee”, Jewish
Spectator, Summer (1990) 40-41.
“Pinchas H. Peli: La Tora aujourd‟hui. La Bible vous parle (trad. de l‟anglais par J.J.
Gugenheim), Desclée de Brouwer Paris 1988”, Service International de
Documentation judéo-chrétienne xxiii, 1 (1990), pp.23-24.
“Judaism: People or Religion: Some Positions in Modern Jewish Thought”,
Service international de documentation judéo-chrétienne xxv, 1 (1992), pp. 20-25.
(= “ Le judaïsme: peuple ou religion. Quelques positions de la pensée juive
moderne”, SIDIC, éd. française, pp.19-26)
”Muss ein Jude Christ werden, um zu Gott zu kommen? Die Bedeutung Franz
Rosenzweigs für den jüdisch-christlichen Dialog,” Religio 1 (1993), pp.4-
13
“Nine views of the Relationship Between Judaism and the State of Israel”, Jewish
Spectator 58,1 (1993), pp.15-16.
“Religiőse Erziehung in Israel und bei uns…” (in collaboration with H.
Heinemann), Religio 3-4 (1993), pp. 104-111.

“Schalom. Frieden im modernen jűdischen Denken”, Bar-Ilan Universität
Zeitschrift der Repräsentanz für Deutschland, Luxemburg, Österreich und der
Schweiz 6 (1994), pp.19-24.
“Das Denken „À Dieu‟- Das Denken „zu Gott hin‟. Woran ich beim Aussprechen des
Wortes „Gott‟ denke”, in J. Ebach, H.-M. Gutmann, M.L. Frettlöh and M. Weinrich
(eds.), Gretchenfrage. Von Gott reden- aber wie? Band II, Gütersloh: Chr. Kaiser,
2002, pp. 125-134.
“Gerechtigkeit, nicht Rache als Aufarbeitung der Geschichte”, in Friede mit
friedlichen Mitteln. Neue Herausforderungen fűr die Religionen, Herausgeber:
Kontakstelle fűr Weltreligionen. Weltkonferenz der Religionen fűr den Frieden,
Innsbruck-Wien: Tyrolia, 2002, pp.134- 141.
“Love and Justice in Jewish Collective Memory”, Tel Aviv: Jerusalem Summit
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“Lernen und Lehren in der ständig sich wandelnden Welt der Kommunikation.
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