Dr Elli Stern speaks at Brasenose College Prayers

The speaker at College Prayers on Sunday 7^th February was Dr Eliyahu Stern. The service began at 6pm in the College Chapel, and was open to the public. The talk was entitled 'I'm More Than That': The Sabbath and the Economic Crisis.

Elli holds a Junior William Golding Fellowship at Brasenose College, and a Junior Research Fellowship in Modern Eastern European Jewish History at the Faculty of Oriental Studies. He writes on the emergence of traditional and secular worldviews in modernity. Specifically, his work focuses on traditionalism and enlightenment in eighteenth-century European history. He has been active in interfaith initiatives and programmes between Jews, Christians and Muslims.  Elli gained a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley and has a Master's Degree and rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University.  In autumn 2010 he will assume the position of Assistant Professor of Modern Jewish Intellectual History at Yale University.