One Year Later: Forging a Biblical Alliance on Campus

Date: Monday, September 30, 2024

Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EST

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Join distinguished scholars of war and morality in discussing traditional and contemporary Judeo-Christian sources and the emerging alliance of the Bible and the West both abroad and domestically. This conversation will feature our esteemed guests, Rabbi Shlomo Brody and Marc LiVecche, introduced by Luke Moon, and moderated by Jonathan Silver. Please note that this event is on 9/30, NOT 10/7 itself.

This event is in partnership with Philos Project.

Marc LiVecche

Dr. Marc LiVecche is the McDonald Distinguished Scholar of Ethics, War, and Public Life at Providence. He is also a non-resident research fellow at the US Naval War College, in the College of Leadership and Ethics. LiVecche earned his Ph.D. in religious ethics at the University of Chicago Divinity School. In the past Marc has led educational travel trips through Central Europe, primarily through the former Nazi concentration camps in Oswiecim (Auschwitz) Poland, exploring the history and theological implications of the holocaust and evil more generally.

Rabbi Shlomo Brody

Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Brody is the executive director of Ematai and the Jewish Law Live columnist for the Jerusalem Post. He previously served as the founding director of the Tikvah Overseas Student Institute and co-dean of Tikvah Online Academy, a senior instructor at Yeshivat Hakotel, and as a junior research fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute. Rabbi Brody’s career has focused on making Jewish texts accessible to broader audiences while applying them to contemporary social and ethical dilemmas. His writings have been cited in Israeli Supreme Court decisions and have appeared in Mosaic, First Things, Tradition, The Federalist, Tablet, Tzohar, The Forward, Hakirah, Jewish Review of Books, and other popular publications. His first book, A Guide to the Complex: Contemporary Halakhic Debates (Maggid), received a National Jewish Book Award. His next book, Judaism Confronts War: Jewish Military Ethics for the 21st Century, is scheduled to be published in both Hebrew and English in early 2024. A summa cum laude graduate of Harvard College, he received rabbinic ordination from the Israeli Chief Rabbinate, an MA in Jewish philosophy at the Hebrew University, and his PhD from Bar Ilan University Law School, where he continues to serve as a post-doctoral fellow. Rabbi Brody has been an invited scholar-in-residence at over 40 distinguished congregations and campuses in the United States, Canada, England, and Israel.

Luke Moon

Luke Moon is the Executive Director of the Philos Project. Prior to that, Luke served as business manager for the Institute on Religion and Democracy, and, before that, as a missionary with Youth with a Mission for 12 years. Luke has lived, worked, and taught in over 46 countries, and has advocated on a number of human rights issues along the way. He holds a BA in Biblical Studies from the University of the Nations and an MA in Global Politics from Regent University. Luke is also an ordained Southern Baptist minister.

Jonathan Silver

Dr. Jonathan Silver is the Chief Programming Officer of Tikvah, the editor of Mosaic, and the Warren R. Stern Senior Fellow of Jewish Civilization. As the host of the Tikvah Podcast, he has hosted hundreds of writers, rabbis, educators, military officers, artists, and political figures, including members of Israel’s Knesset, the U.S. Senate, and the prime minister of Israel.

Tikvah-Beren Collegiate Forum

One Year Later: Forging a Biblical Alliance on Campus

Marc LiVecche

Rabbi Shlomo Brody

Luke Moon

Jonathan Silver

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