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Online Session with Author, Gila Fine: The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic: Rereading the Women of the Talmud
February 2 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
| In Gila Fine’s own words: “I’m a lecturer of rabbinic literature at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, exploring the tales of the Talmud through philosophy, literary criticism, psychoanalysis, and pop-culture. My new book, exploring the six named heroines of the Talmud (Yalta the shrew, Homa the femme fatale, Marta the prima donna, Heruta the madonna/whore, Beruria the overreacherix, and Ima Shalom the angel in the house), just won the 2024 Rabbi Sacks Book Prize. I’m obsessed with stories in general, and rabbinic stories in particular, and read the tales of the Talmud in light of similar narratives from other literary traditions – from myth to folklore to fiction to film. The rabbis, I believe, were the greatest storytellers of all time; their stories are brilliant and beautiful and ingeniously deceptive, in a way that forces us to look beneath the surface and uncover the deeper truth that lies hidden between the lines.” Gila Fine will be joining us from Israel for a discussion of her fascinating new book. |
All are welcome.
Online only.