Panel 3

The international conference “‘Revealing of Secrets’: Hasidism and Haskalah in the Ukrainian Lands”, organized by the Ukrainian Association for Jewish Studies, took place in hybrid format at the Center for Urban History (Lviv, 6 Bohomoltsia St.) on August 31 – September 1, 2021. Scholars from eight countries (Israel, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom, USA, and Russia) participated in the two-day event.

Panel 3
00:21 Chair: Vitaly Chernoivanenko (Ukrainian Association for Jewish Studies, Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine)
01:31 Benjamin Brown (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Topic: The Ostroh Conflict: A New Perspective on the Circle of the Besht
50:25 Elly Moseson (Boston University, USA)
Topic: The Besht as Ba ͑al Shem: Magic in the Life and Legacy of Israel Ba ͑al Shem Tov

About the conference:

The program can be found here:

The event was sponsored by the European Association for Jewish Studies and supported by Lviv Convention Bureau and co-financed by Programme “Support package for development of conference industry in Lviv”.