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Between the Lines: Author Conversations from The Library of JTS |
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| | "SHANDA": A MEMOIR BY LETTY COTTIN POGREBIN |  ONLINE | TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1:00 P.M. ET | | In Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy, acclaimed activist and writer Letty Cottin Pogrebin tells the story of three generations of complicated, intense 20th-century Jews for whom the desire to fit in and the fear of public humiliation either drove their aspirations or crushed their spirit. | | Register now → | |
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| Discover Teen Learning at JTS |  AT JTS | SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 10:00 A.M. | | Come to our open house and discover Prozdor, JTS's inspiring, innovative center for Judaic and Hebrew studies for teens. | |
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The Space In Between: Thresholds and Borders in Jewish Life and Thought |
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Join JTS scholars for a weekly lecture series delving into the idea of liminality—the time or space in between. |
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| | THE TENT OF MEETING: HOW CENTRAL WAS IT? | | ONLINE | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1:00 P.M. ET | | The Torah describes the Tent of Meeting as the elaborate sacred tent at the center of the Israelites' wilderness encampment. But some passages describe the Tent of Meeting as a tiny structure located outside the Israelite camp. Why does the Torah include both historical memories, and how does each reflect a particular religious worldview? Dr. Benjamin Sommer explores these questions. | | Register now → | |
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| | BETWEEN LAW AND NARRATIVE IN THE TALMUD | | ONLINE | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1:00 P.M. ET | | A distinction is classically made between two genres of Talmudic text: halakhah, or law, and aggadah, narrative. Join Dr. Sarah Wolf to examine the history of the law vs. narrative distinction and how this categorization became central to how Jews think about Jewish texts and Jewish learning. She will also discuss the limits of this binary and explore the possibilities created when we transcend it. | | Register now → | |
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Deepen your understanding of Jewish texts, history, and thought in courses with our outstanding scholars. |
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| | BIBLICAL HEBREW ADVANCED SEMINAR: THE BOOK OF JONAH | | ONLINE | EIGHT WEDNESDAYS: MARCH 8, 15, 22, 29; APRIL 19, 26; MAY 3, 10, 2:00 P.M. ET | | Are you interested in reading a book of the Tanakh from start to finish in the original Hebrew? Join Dr. David Zev Moster to read the Book of Jonah in its entirety. In addition to discussing literary themes, you will focus on the most difficult passages to explore multiple options for translation and interpretation. | | Learn more and register → | |
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| | THE JEWS OF RENAISSANCE ITALY | | ONLINE | FOUR THURSDAYS: MARCH 9, 16, 23, 30; 7:30 P.M. ET | | Dr. Stefanie Siegmund explores what life was like for Jews in the Italian states from 1300–1600. Subjects include the culture of Jewish bankers as represented in their illuminated manuscripts; daily life for typical Jewish men and women, from goose-meat sausage to fist fights in synagogue; the religious and political factors that led to the imposition of Jewish ghettos in Venice, Rome, and Florence; and more. | | Register now → | |
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| | MITZVOT: OBLIGATION IN JEWISH THOUGHT | | ONLINE | FOUR MONDAYS: MARCH 13, 20, 27; APRIL 3; 7:00 P.M. ET | | What does it look like to value religious obligation in a world that privileges free choice and the rights of the individual? Join Dr. Sarah Wolf to explore classical and contemporary Jewish sources about commandedness and to consider the tensions between obligation and choice. | | Register now → | |
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| JTS Loans Rare Hebrew Manuscript | | | Students and faculty were in the Library's Rare Book Room last week to see the Rothschild Mahzor, a magnificent illuminated manuscript finished in Italy in 1490. Next week the manuscript goes on loan to the Metropolitian Museum. | |
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| | JTS AT LIMMUD E-FEST: AN ANCIENT QUEEN IN THE MODERN ERA | | ONLINE | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 12:00 P.M. ET | | Helena of Adiabene, the Mesopatamian queen who converted to Judaism, was recalled by rabbis and bishops throughout antiquity and the medieval period. Dr. Sarit Kattan Gribetz, JTS fellow and associate professor at Fordham University, shares the history of this remarkable woman and how she was remembered in the modern era. | | Register now → | |
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| Torah: Divine Boundaries | | | Parashat Yitro describes a people and a God desperate to encounter one another but also in dire need of boundaries between them, writes rabbinical student Amelia Wolf. | |
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