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A Workshop at the University of Toronto
November 20, 2025

Goldring Student Centre - Regents Room (206)
Victoria University in the University of Toronto
150 Charles St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1K5

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PROGRAM

• 9:30-9:45 Greetings
  Michael Rosenthal
• 9:45-10:45 Session 1
  Chair: Sol Goldberg (University of Toronto)
  Speaker: Leora Batnizky (Princeton University)
  Title: Buber and Winnicott: Rethinking Buber’s Biblical Theology Through the Lens of “the Good Enough Mother”
• 10:45-11:00 Break
• 11:00-12:00 Session 2
  Chair: Robert Gibbs (University of Toronto)
  Speaker: Ilana Pardes (Hebrew University and University of Toronto)
  Title: The David Story and Buber's “Biblical Leadership”
• 12-1:30 Lunch (Kosher. All attendees and participants are invited)
• 1:30-2:30 Session 3
  Chair: Willi Goetschel (University of Toronto)
  Speaker: Michael Rosenthal (University of Toronto)
  Title: The Idea of Faith and the Problem of Conscience in Buber’s Kingship of God and The Prophetic Faith
• 2:30-2:45 Break
• 2:45-3:45 Session 4
  Chair: Oren Yirmiya (University of Toronto)
  Speaker: Vivian Liska (University of Antwerp and Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
  Title: Woman as World in Buber’s Dialogic and Biblical Writings
• 3:45-4:00 Break
• 4:00-5:00 Session 5
  Chair: Karen Weisman (University of Toronto)
  Speaker: Ynon Wygoda (Hebrew University)
  Title: Buber’s Deuteronomy: Translating the Entrance into the Land
• 7:00 Conference Dinner (by invitation only)
  

We are grateful to the following for their support for the conference:

• The Grafstein Chair in Jewish Philosophy
• The Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies
• The Department of Philosophy