Catedra Ben Adret for Contemporary Jewish Thought invites leading thinkers from around the Jewish world to address crucial questions and challenges facing Jewish society and culture in our time.

The Catedra sessions will be conducted with the participation of a dedicated study group at the Beit Midrash for Jewish Thought of Barcelona as well as a webinar format for registered participants.

Themes 2023-2025:

• The Idea of Sefarad - On Sephardic Identities, Heritage and futures.

• Jewish Europe - Challenges and vocations of Jewish Culture in (pan)European society.

• Jews in the Anthropocene - a cultural response to the environmental crisis.

• Israel Political Theology - the state of Israel and the Jewish world.

• In a different voice - Gender and the futures of Jewish thought.