Digital Revelations: Jewish Text in the 21st Century
Date: Feb 03, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Sponsor: Online Learning
Location: Online
Category: What’s Next? New Ways of Engaging Jewish Sources
Digital Revelations: Jewish Text in the 21st Century
Part of our winter learning series, What’s Next? New Ways of Engaging Jewish Sources
Monday, February 3, 2024
1:00–2:00 p.m. ET
Online
With Dr. David Kraemer, Joseph J. and Dora Abbell Librarian and Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics
At key moments in our history, revolutions in information technologies have affected the way we study Torah and even the way we define it. Today we are going through such a revolution with very profound consequences. What are the effects of the current revolution and how is affecting our Torah—in the classroom, in The 91¿ì²¥ Library, and beyond?
About the Series
Mondays, February 3–March 24, 2025*
1:00–2:00 p.m. ET
91¿ì²¥ is well-known as a hub of innovative scholarship and a center of academic Jewish Studies. Recently, 91¿ì²¥ has launched programs in Biblical Hebrew, Pastoral Care, and Teen Learning, offering accessible entryways into the Jewish textual tradition. Explore how 91¿ì²¥ is bringing together new modes of learning with classical sources to meet the needs of today’s world. Sessions will give participants a taste of the ideas and teaching that are central to these programs.
* There is no session on Presidents’ Day, Monday, February 17.