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14. Yiddish Literature | Dr. Ruth Wisse

J.J. Kimche, Ruth Wisse

J.J. and Dr. Ruth Wisse unpack the world or modern Yiddish literature from its beginnings with Rav Nachman of Breslov through Chaim Grade and the contemporary state of Yiddish studies. Ruth R. Wisse is professor emerita of Yiddish literature and…
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10. Medieval Hebrew Poetry | Peter Cole

J.J. Kimche, Peter Cole

In this episode J.J. and Peter Cole discuss Jewish poetry, aesthetics, and why Samuel ibn Naghrillah would probably make an excellent rapper.   Born in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1957, Peter Cole is the author of six books of poems—most recently…
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8. The Guide to the Perplexed | Dr. Lenn Goodman

J.J. Kimche, Lenn Goodman

In this episode J.J. and Dr. Lenn Goodman discuss Maimonides’ Guide to the Perplexed, and the challenges of a brand new translation. Also: What Strauss, Pines, and the UChicago school of interpretation got wrong.   Lenn E. Goodman is Professor…
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e-TiM: Rabbi Yosef Karo and the Making of the Shulhan Arukh

Rabbi Yosie Levine

Rabbi Yosef Karo and the Making of the Shulhan Arukh Rabbi Yosie Levine Wednesdays, February 1 - 22 1:00pm Eastern Who was Rabbi Yosef Karo? What did he set out to accomplish with the publication of his halakhic works? And how did the Shulhan Arukh…
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The People In, Of, and Around the Book (Part 3)

Michelle Margolis Chesner

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The People In, Of, and Around the Book: How Jewish Books Tell the Story of the Jews (Part 2) - Reading Deeper in Manuscript and Print: Paratexts and the Jewish Past

Michelle Margolis Chesner

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The People In, Of, and Around the Book: How Jewish Books Tell the Story of the Jews (Part 1)

Michelle Margolis Chesner

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e-TiM: The People In, Of, and Around the Book: How Jewish Books Tell the Story of the Jews

Michelle Margolis Chesner

This three-part series will take place on Tuesdays at 8:30 pm Eastern from May 3-18. What does it mean to be the People of the Book? Texts have been essential to the Jewish people  for millennia. The material, books, and scrolls in which these…
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e-TiM: Megillat Rut: Recognition and Redemption

Simi Peters

This six-part series will take place on Mondays at 1:00pm Eastern (8:00pm in Israel) from April 25 to May 30. In this series, we will do a close reading of Megillat Rut, exploring the major themes of the book and its connections to the rest of…
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The Sassoon Treasures of Judaica

Sharon Liberman Mintz

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