JTS in the Berkshires Summer 2024—Session III
Date: Aug 23, 2024
Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Sponsor: JTS Learning in Your Community
Location: Massachusetts
Category: Community Courses JTS in the Berkshires
Session III: What if the Torah is Forgotten? On the History of an Idea and the Legacy of the Rabbis
Friday, August 23, 2024
11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Shakespeare & Company
Elayne P. Bernstein Theater
70 Kemble Street
Lenox, Massachusetts
With Dr. Yitz Landes, Assistant Professor of Rabbinic Literatures and Cultures, JTS
The concept of Torah is surely one of the most central ideas in Judaism. And yet, how exactly has this concept been defined over the course of Jewish history? By looking closely at how the rabbis of antiquity defined Torah and attended to its preservation, we will be able to better reflect on the meaning of Torah and the Jewish tradition in contemporary times. We will also think about how, on a personal level, we decide what to preserve and pass on to the next generation.
Tickets: $15 per session
Questions: Contact Alisa Braun at (212) 678-8819 or sabraun@jtsa.edu
Presented in partnership with Knesset Israel and in cooperation with the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires.
Session I is July 12: The first session of JTS in the Berkshires 2024 is Nine Months Later: New Frameworks for Confronting Contemporary Antisemitism with Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Chancellor and Irving Lehrman Research Professor of American Jewish History, JTS
Session II is August 9: The second session of JTS in the Berkshires 2024 is Living With Uncertainty: Truth and Doubt in Rabbinic Literature with Dr. Sarah Wolf, Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
