Town Hall

Is the Constitution Judeo-Christian?

November 21, 2016

Professors Menachem Lorberbaum of Penn’s Katz Center and Tel Aviv University, Michael Moreland of Villanova's Charles Widger School of Law, and Suzanne Last Stone of the Cardozo School of Law discuss the development and context of the Constitution to explore its relationship to the Jewish and Christian traditions.

Professors Menachem Lorberbaum of Penn’s Katz Center and Tel Aviv University, Michael Moreland of Villanova’s Charles Widger School of Law, and Suzanne Last Stone of the Cardozo School of Law discuss the development and context of the Constitution to explore its relationship to the Jewish and Christian traditions.

Michael Gerhardt, National Constitution Center scholar-in-residence, moderated the event in Philadelphia on November 21, 2016.

This program was presented in partnership with the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, where Lorberbaum is the Ellie and Herbert D. Katz Distinguished Fellow, and Stone and Gerhardt are affiliated scholars, for the 2016-2017 academic year exploring Jewish political thought.

You can watch the event replay at the following link or in the player below: https://youtu.be/Exl2UfdOmrM

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