Chai Society Jewish Culture Lecture Event
Fall 2016

"The Hidden Pluralism of the Haredi Jewish World"

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

at 8:00 p.m.

in the Manzulli Boardroom of Foundation Hall

led by guest speaker:

Rabbi Avi Shafran
Director of Public Affairs for the 
Haredi National Organization Agudath Israel of America

Rabbi Avi Shafran serves as the Director of Public Affairs for the Haredi National Organization Agudath Israel of America.  He writes a weekly column for Hamodia, contributes regularly to Haaretz and Forward, and is the author of five books, including a collection of essays entitled "It's all in the Angle" (Judaica Press).

Ordained by the late Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman of the Ner Israel Rabbinical College in Baltimore and a student of the late Rabbi Yaakov Weinberg, Rabbi Shafran served as a high school teacher and principal for nearly 20 years before joining Agudath Israel in 1994.