Jews, Christians and the Hobby Lobby Decision
227 West 60th Street, New York, NY 10023
Touro Law Center's Jewish Law Institute presents the Fall 2014 Distinguished Lecture with
Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik
Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik is director of the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University and rabbi at Congregation Shearith Israel in Manhattan, the oldest Jewish community in America. He graduated summa cum laude from Yeshiva College, received his semikha from RIETS, and was a member of its Beren Kollel Elyon. In 2010, he received his doctorate in religion from Princeton University. Rabbi Soloveichik has lectured throughout the United States, in Europe, and in Israel to both Jewish and non-Jewish audiences on topics relating to Jewish theology, bioethics, religious freedom, wartime ethics, and Jewish-Christian relations. His essays on these subjects have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, First Things, The Weekly Standard, Mosaic, Azure, Tradition, and the Torah U- Madda Journal. Rabbi Soloveichik has testified in Congress on the subject of religious liberty and is a board member of The Becket Fund, the premier religious liberty law firm in the United States.
Refreshments will be served.
co-sponsored by Lander College for Woman-The Anna Ruth & Mark Hasten School
