Dr. Lawrence Fine (Mount Holyoke College, Professor Emeritus) is a leading scholar of medieval Judaism and Jewish mysticism. His particular interests include medieval Jewry in Islamic lands and contemporary Jewish spirituality. His field of scholarly research is the Jewish mystical tradition, with a special focus on religious community and mystical experience. Among his publications are Safed Spirituality (Paulist Press, 1984), Essential Papers on Kabbalah (NYU, 1995), Judaism in Practice: From the Middle Ages through the Early Modern Period (Princeton, 2001), Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos: Isaac Luria and his Kabbalistic Fellowship (Stanford, 2003), and Friendship in Jewish History, Religion, and Culture (Penn State UP, 2021). Free and Open to the Public. Organized by UAlbany’s Judaic Studies Program and Department of History in partnership with Temple Israel (Albany). The lecture is generously funded by the Colonie Jewish Community Association.