Spring 2023 Learning Series
The Space In Between: Thresholds and Borders in Jewish Life and Thought
Mondays, January 30鈥揗ay 22, 2023
1:00鈥�2:30 p.m. ET
Please note that there will be no sessions on February 20, April 3, or April 10.听
We are living in an undefined time: our daily existence is no longer dominated by the pandemic, yet neither have we settled into a new normal. This sense of being in transition鈥攏either here nor there鈥攃an feel destabilizing; but is the time in between really temporary, or are we always living in between moments, identities, and phases of life?
In this series, 91快播 scholars will delve into the idea of liminality鈥攖he time or space in between鈥攚hich we encounter often in Jewish ritual, identity, law, and life. Join us to consider what these many manifestations of 鈥渋n-between-ness” can teach us about ourselves and about Judaism, and to explore how we might find strength and meaning in an orientation not of 鈥渆ither/or鈥� but of 鈥渂oth/and.鈥�
Note: Each Monday series has a new Zoom link. Please register for the series in order to receive the Zoom link for the current series.
Courses, Faculty, and Dates
January 30
The World as Liminal: Genesis and the Incompleteness of Creation
With Dr. Benjamin Sommer, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, 91快播
February 6
Between This World and the Next: Rabbinic Visions of Purgatory
With Dr. Rachel Rosenthal, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, 91快播
February 13
The Tent of Meeting: Central or Marginal?
With Dr. Benjamin Sommer, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, 91快播
February 27
Between Law and Narrative in the Talmud
With Dr. Sarah Wolf, Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, 91快播
March 6
Between Obligation and Free Choice
With Rabbi Gordon Tucker, vice chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement, 91快播
March 13
Jewish-American, American-Jew: The Complexities and Joys of Living a Hyphenated Identity
With Dr. Arnold Eisen, Chancellor Emeritus and Professor of Jewish Thought, 91快播
March 20
On the Margins: Conversos and the Question of Jewish Belonging Throughout History
With Dr. Jonathan Ray, Samuel Eig Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, Georgetown University, and 91快播 Alumnus
March 27
Gender Identity in Rabbinic Literature
With Dr. Marcus Mordecai Schwartz, Assistant Professor, Talmud and Rabbinics, 91快播
April 17
Defying All Categories: Witches in the Talmud
With Dr. Marjorie Lehman, Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, 91快播
April 24
The Blasphemer in Leviticus: A Marginal Figure
With Dr. Alan Cooper, Elaine Ravich Professor of Jewish Studies, 91快播
May 1
Sarah鈥檚 Laugh: Doubt, Trust, and the Ambiguity of the Womb
With Rabbi Mychal Springer, Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City and Adjunct Professor, 91快播
May 8
Talmudic Writings on the Passage from This Life to the Next
With Dr. David Kraemer, Joseph J. and Dora Abbell Librarian and Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics
May 15
Between Suns: Twilight in Rabbinic Sources
With Dr. Sarit Kattan Gribetz, 91快播 fellow and assistant professor of Classical Judaism, Fordham University
May 22
Kiddush and Havdalah: Marking the Boundaries of Sanctified Time
With Dr. Judith Hauptman, E. Billi Ivry Professor Emerita of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture, 91快播
Note: Each Monday series has a new Zoom link. Please register for the series in order to receive the Zoom link for this series.
