Eliyahu Stern
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies (at the time of the event) and author of The Genius: Elijah of Vilna and the Making of Modern Judaism, known for scholarship on Jewish intellectual history and the Vilna Gaon.
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Mar 22, 2026 • 1h 2min
The Vilna Gaon and the Making of Modern Judaism
Eliyahu Stern, scholar of Jewish intellectual history and author of The Genius, explores Elijah of Vilna, an 18th-century rabbinic prodigy. He traces Vilna’s rise in an Eastern European milieu. Short segments cover the cult of genius, the Gaon’s terse textual method, his clash with Hasidism, and how his legacy shaped modern Jewish movements.
