David Zvi Kalman
Dr. David Zvi Kalman is Scholar in Residence and Director of New Media at Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, where he was also a member of the inaugural cohort of North American David Hartman Center Fellows. David Zvi leads the Kogod Research Center’s research seminar on Judaism and the Natural World. David Zvi holds a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from the University of Toronto. His research touches on Jewish
Sometimes you need the help of others to see yourself clearly. In this session, David Zvi Kalman looks at a medieval Muslim scholar’s attempt to explain Jewish law to other Muslims. In the process, we learn some of the basics of Islamic law and try to appreciate the difficulties that arise when one culture makes an honest attempt to understand another.
This program was recorded during our interfaith symposium on Truth, Difference and Loyalty in February 2021.
