**This Sunday: Menasseh ben Israel vs. The Rabbis**## **SEPHARDIC WORLD MEETING WITH STEVEN NADLER**Do you think conflicts within Jewish communities are something new? It is possible that the re-admission of Jews to England was a consequence of a squabble between Amsterdam's leading rabbis.With the merger of the three original Amsterdam Sephardic communities, the city found itself with four rabbis. All of them were strong characters. Inevitably, there were disputes over who had religious authority and who should be paid the most.It is possible that Menasseh's trip to London, and the establishment of a Jewish community there, partly had its roots in his differences with Saul Levi Morteira, Isaac Aboab, David Pardo.Our expert speaker this week, *Steven Nadler*, is Professor of Philosophy and of Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on philosophy in the seventeenth century. He has written extensively on Descartes and Cartesianism, Spinoza, and Leibniz. He also works on medieval and early modern Jewish philosophy. His publications include biographies of Spinoza and Menasseh ben Israel.Topic: Menasseh ben Israel vs. The RabbisTime: Nov 8, 2020. 2pm NYC, 7pm London, 8pm Amsterdam/Paris, 9pm Jerusalem.Join Zoom Meeting[https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82928694528](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F82928694528%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1Vz0UncuTZzqS1XzQDWqBmIPORD-QdTzvPIDFXaezz51OicKr_Xhkwtjc&h=AT2FDap-4xA7pKZji3lR1-uZaABd_AweQoL4g-iAMunTbOH9JHayGgvfAb4rXXXPo932y_OswwPx02Fn4KSht9f9NdSI7plSgxMO2VrueM_YRYhHeCOJiGEkJ3s4AN4HUJT4KwjrD8L5NkcWPg&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT0LGTAaXd_Fbd3t7bwbaXApu1xSeWsFpr9MlinE-EEh_FLB_3ek7PyiPhv4NYQIXL4G9hWvv2O_GkG4xFHtQXVTDWvYl6EGlzJYwltwn4FVyRqUiyqyvBtj3kW24a1MNFzwrVtVldfyvTyip9Ix1gWSRHm3UEKuUfo)Can you help us? Our supporters on Patreon contribute towards covering our costs. If you can make a small monthly donation, it would be much appreciated.[https://www.patreon.com/sephardi](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.patreon.com%2Fsephardi%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3RQjTJZDvk98qsmgJD7BSgOXzpddF_tCfVgXVjlwnScuHk3Y-MlAEeaGM&h=AT1D8ernvp5mNCF2_1qN1JsqdsU87Wml91-tY-ptcSa-dGlJz0C2ct1HloEQtNAyPGwfs65Qm7768mNK-36cJfP5iQ_6i7lLNoZYxdcUEaw4ifG_DEZtg9_1GkuYLGR_EJn702bqSr676e-RtQ&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT0LGTAaXd_Fbd3t7bwbaXApu1xSeWsFpr9MlinE-EEh_FLB_3ek7PyiPhv4NYQIXL4G9hWvv2O_GkG4xFHtQXVTDWvYl6EGlzJYwltwn4FVyRqUiyqyvBtj3kW24a1MNFzwrVtVldfyvTyip9Ix1gWSRHm3UEKuUfo)If you can't get into the Zoom meeting, there is an overflow on Facebook. We can't broadcast live on YouTube until we have 1,000 subscribers.Please help us by clicking here: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpz6pgNSg_KWP-4KbErjU2g](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpz6pgNSg_KWP-4KbErjU2g?fbclid=IwAR1xH5tsFrsnk48LxQXAMFxbqUmhSQg_8iEzFz54TBDHt9342nhx_kUOf6U). It costs you nothing!Best wishes,Ton Tielen and David Mendoza***Sephardic World***Left to right: *Menasseh ben Israel*, by Salom Italia; *Isaac Aboab,* by Aernout Naghtegael; alleged portrait of *Saul Levi Morteira*, by Rembrandt📷📷11