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Ordering Early Modern Marriage
· Elisheva Baumgarten, Bar Ilan University, IsraelJewish Marriage in Christian Eyes
· Yaacov Deutsch, Hebrew University, IsraelPinkas Shamash Altona
· Elisheva Carlebach, Queens College, CUNY, New York, USAHow Family Wealth and Power Are Organized
· Moshe Rosman, Bar-Ilan University, IsraelMarriage and Networkbuilding
· Claudia Ulbrich, Freie Universität Berlin, GermanyFamily Ties & Political Structure in Pisa and Livorno
· Bernard Cooperman, University of Maryland, USACommunal Decision of June 8, 1606 in Pisa
Petition of Jewish Merchants of Pisa to Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo II
Petition of Jewish Merchants of Pisa to Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo II
An Early 17th Century Ketubah from Sefer Tikun Sofrim by Rabbi Itzhak Zabakh
· Ruth Lamdan, Tel Aviv University, IsraelKeynote Address: Marriage and the Family in Early Modern Europe
· Merry Weisner-Hanks, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USAUnequal Opportunities
· Adam Teller, University of Haifa, IsraelJewish Women and Economic Encounters with Christians
· Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University, USAThe Woodstruck Deed
· David Malkiel, Bar-Ilan University, IsraelIsaac’s Fear
Minutes Book of the Council of the Jewish Community of Padua 1577-1603
Responsa of Rabbi Azriel Diena
Woodstruck Deed
Minutes Book of the Council of the Jewish Community of Padua 1577-1603
Responsa of Rabbi Azriel Diena
Woodstruck Deed
“The first duty of nature is to preserve life”
· Lois Dubin, Smith College, USAThe Role of Marriage and Marital Sexuality in Lurianic Kabbalah
· Lawrence Fine, Mount Holyoke College, USAReasons for the Commandments concerning “Be Fruitful and Multiply”
The Gate of [Contemplative] Intentions, Concerning Sabbath Eve
The Gate of [Contemplative] Intentions, Concerning Sabbath Eve