Spring 2021

New collections of women’s midrashim have been published in Israel over the last few years, and one copy of the collection, Dirshuni, has has finally arrived.  In the spring of 2021, we’ll be translating them, and we will study them during this Spring 2021 class.

Taught by Rabbi Emily Langowitz

More than the Imahot: Stories of Biblical Women (You May Not Have Read!)
We know and love Sarah, Rebecca, Leah, and Rachel as our ancestral foremothers. But beyond these imahot lies a rich world of biblical women’s stories to be explored. In this course, we will journey through Tanakh to discuss the women of the Hebrew Bible whose stories you may not know as well. Using both close reading of the biblical text and contemporary voices as our guides, we will see the ways these women’s stories offer continued insights for our own.

The Talmud teaches us how to argue from different points of view, how to consider multiple angles on any subject, and how to express values through legal language.  We will be finishing a five year journey of studying 67 Sugyot Every Jew Should Know.

Joan’s Class: Short Stories by American Jewish Women Writers.

We will study stories from Joyce Antler’s anthology, America and I: Short Stories by American Jewish Women Writers.

Jan. 4:   Seven Candles

Jan. 11: Missis Flinders

Jan. 25: Room in the World

Feb. 1:  Second Blood

Feb. 8: Old Stock

Feb. 15:  I Stand Here Ironing

Mar. 1:  Zmira

Mar. 8:  L’Olam and White Shell Woman

Mar. 15:  Sour or Suntanned

Mar. 22:  The Place

April 5:  Make-up if needed