JTS in the Berkshires 2023-Session II
Date: Jul 21, 2023
Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Sponsor: JTS Learning in Your Community
Location: Massachusetts
Category: Community Courses JTS in the Berkshires
Session II: “In the Narrow Places”: Jeremiah and His Artistic Interpreters
Friday, July 21, 2023
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Shakespeare & Company
Elayne P. Bernstein Theater
70 Kemble Street
Lenox, Massachusetts
With Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement, JTS
The darkest time in the Jewish calendar, the three weeks leading up to the Ninth of Av, is referred to as bein hametzarim (the narrow places). Marking the final weekend of this period, we will explore some evocative passages in the Book of Jeremiah and in the Book of Eikhah (Lamentations), traditionally attributed to the prophet. We will also reflect on how Jeremiah’s later interpreters in midrash, visual art, and music (Leonard Bernstein) continued to find meaning in these texts.
Tickets: $15 per session
Shakespeare & Company Discount: Anyone who registers for JTS in the Berkshires is eligible for a 20% discount on tickets to Shakespeare & Company’s August production of Golda’s Balcony. Contact the box office and request the discount code.
Questions? Contact Lynn Feinman at (212) 678-8821 or lyfeinman@jtsa.edu
Session I is July 7: The first session of JTS in the Berkshires 2023 is Revisiting Zionist Thought: Charting a Path Forward with Prof. Arnold M. Eisen.
Session III is August 4: The third session of JTS in the Berkshires 2023 is Law in Context: Uncovering the Mother’s Perspective in Traditional Sources on Abortion with Dr. Shira Billet.
