Envisioning the Future
Social Vision Conference 2021
January 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, and February 1st
The Social Vision Conferences are a series of discussions featuring world-renowned scholars and practitioners coming together to examine what the indigenous wisdom of Jewish Mysticism can bring to bear on modern day problems and the future of society as a whole. The conferences are predicated on Professor Philip Wexler’s breakthrough volume: Social Vision: The Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Transformative Paradigm for the World.
Social Vision Conference 2021's Schedule
Monday, January 25th
Monday, January 25th
Monday, January 25th
Monday, January 25th
Monday, January 25th
Tuesday, January 26th
Tuesday, January 26th
Spiritual
Environmentalism
Monday, January 25th
“The Future of Planet Earth”
- Sandra Lubarsky, Ph.D. (Flagstaff College)
- Jon Erickson, Ph.D. (University of Vermont)
- Steve Brenner, Ph.D. (Bar Ilan University)
“Earth, Wind & Fire: The Dawning of a New Day”
- Erik Peckar (Vineyard Power)
- Bill McKibben (350.org, Middlebury College)
- Rebecca Martusewicz, Ph.D. (Eastern Michigan
University)
“Spiritual Ecology”
- Ariel Evan Mayse, Ph.D. (Stanford University)
- Ellen Bernstein (Founder of Shomrei Adamah)
- Janna Siller (Adamah, Hazon)
- Adam Berman (Urban Adamah)
Learning Workshop: “What Does Chassidus have to say about
Environmentalism?”
- Co-hosted by Rena Yehuda Newman from New Voices
Magazine
Diversity in
Practice
Tuesday, January 26th
“Diversity and the Future”
- Charles Howard, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania)
- David L. Cohen (Comcast Corporation)
“Race & Racism: An Interview with Kathy and Kenyon”
- Kathy Humphrey, Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh)
- Kenyon Bonner, Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh)
- Liel Leibovitz, Ph.D. (Tablet Magazine)
2:00
“Hasidic Feminism: In Theory & Practice”
- Chava Green (Emory College)
- Tali Loewenthal, Ph.D. (University College London)
- Michal Etzion (Bar-Ilan University)
Social Justice and Spirituality
Wednesday, January 27th
“A Paradigm Shift in Warehousing Human Beings”
- Sholom Lipskar (Aleph Institute)
- Sam Burstyn (Criminal Defense Attorney)
“Living Hasidism in the ‘Real’ World”
- Rachel Werczberger, Ph.D. (Ramat Gana Academic
College)
- Sam Berrin Shonkoff, Ph.D. (Graduate Theological Union)
- Estelle Frankel (Psychotherapist, Author)
4:15
“Socio-Mystical Justice and Incarceration”
- Roxanne E. Formey (Juvenile Court of Catham County)
- Michael Lerner (Tikkun Magazine)
- Elaine Leeder, M.S.W., M.P.H., Ph.D. (Sonoma State
University)
Education
“Reimagining Education”
- Yotam Hotam, Ph.D. (University of Haifa)
- Peter McLaren, Ph.D. (Chapman University)
“Paths to Utopia Today: Social Vision and Economic
Questions”
- Catherine Casey (Loughborough University)
- Heinz Sünker (University of Wuppertal)
“Higher Education: Elevating Transformational Learning &
Personal Development”
- Benjamin Selznick, Ph.D. (James Madison University)
- Tricia Seifert, Ph.D. (Montana State University)
- Claire Robbins, Ph.D. (Virginia Tech)
- Seán McCarthy, Ph.D. (James Madison University)
Keynote Lecture: “In The Footsteps of the Footsteps: Retrieving
the Future in Anticipating the Past”
- Introduction by Eli Rubin
- Elliot Wolfson, Ph.D. (U.C. Santa Barbara)
Thursday, January 28th
Looking Forward
Monday, February 1st
“Deliberation on the Future of Jewish Education”
- Led by Barry Chazan, Ph.D.
- Featuring teachings from:
o Zohar Raviv, Ph.D. (V.P. of Taglit-Birthright)
o Erica Brown, Ph.D. (Professor of Education at
George Washington University)
“Theory and Application of the Rebbe's Social Philosophy”
- Richard Sugarman, Ph.D. (University of Vermont)
- Binyamin Murray (Chabad of Middlebury)
“The Power of Moral Imagination”
- Joseph Telushkin (Author)
