Emmanuel Bloch received his PhD in Jewish philosophy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with a dissertation titled “Modesty: Halakhah, Meta-Halakhah, and Historical Development in the Twentieth Century.” He previously served as the Gruss Scholar-in-Residence at NYU Law School and as a fellow at the Katz Center at the University of Pennsylvania. His areas of expertise and research are the philosophy of halakhah (Jewish law) and modern Jewish philosophy. His mother tongue is French.