Registration is now open for the Society of Jewish Ethics 2025 Conference

We are beginning a new Jewish year, and are well into the academic year, at a very intense time for our country and the world. The ongoing war in the Middle East is taking up a lot of space in our minds and hearts; and also on our campuses and with our students. We are also in the final days of an election campaign which has elevated and intensified all the partisan divisions in our country. This is the perfect time to think about gathering with people to talk about the most important issues across differences, over meals and coffee, and in an air of friendship and deep civility. 

In that spirit I am excited to announce that registration is open for the Society of Jewish Ethics’ 2025 conference, to be held January 9-12 in Chicago, IL.

This year’s meeting will again be hosted in conjunction with the Society of Christian Ethics and the Society for the Study of Muslim Ethics. During the conference, the three societies will participate in a panel on “Responsibility for Democracy.” Additionally, we will be engaging with the work of Lewis Newman who was one of the founders of the society; thinking about the war in Gaza, trans identity, abortion, technology and aesthetics; and discussing issues in Jewish political thought and ethics. All the details are here. 

(The SJE has a COVID committee, and we will determine COVID precautions closer to our meeting in response to conditions on the ground at the time.)

The great work of the Society is powered both by the intellectual work and the financial resources of you, our members. Please renew your membership now here. While you are on the website take a look around, check out some pictures from last year’s conference, and register for the 2025 conference.