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Symposium Welcome & Introduction

Full program notes: Teachers College Welcome: Thomas Bailey, President Arnhold Institute Welcome: Jody Gottfried Arnhold (M.A. ‘73) Arnhold Institute Symposium Introduction: Barbara Bashaw, Ed.D>>>

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The Blasphemer in Leviticus: A Marginal Figure

With Dr. Alan Cooper, Elaine Ravich Professor of Jewish Studies, JTS  The Bible abounds with characters who transgress boundaries, for better and for worse. One of these characters who comes to a bad>>>

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Defying All Categories: Witches in the Talmud

With Dr. Marjorie Lehman, Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS This session explored the story of Rav Nachman’s daughters and examine their transformation from daughters and wives to witches. Taken>>>

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Between the Lines: The Kabbalistic Tree

The Kabbalistic Tree, by J.H. Chajes, is the first book to explore the esoteric artifacts at the heart of Jewish mystical practice for the past 700 years: ilanot (trees). Melding maps, mandalas, and>>>

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JTS Library – The Corfu Haggadah

The JTS Library houses one of the largest collections of rare Judaica in the world. This series highlights some of these beautiful and unique works. In this episode, Dr. David Kraemer explores the>>>

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Gender Identity in Rabbinic Literature

Part of the series, The Space in Between: Thresholds and Borders in Jewish Life and Thought  With Dr. Marcus Mordecai Schwartz, Assistant Professor, Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS  Great fans of>>>

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The Tent of Meeting: Central or Marginal?

With Dr. Benjamin Sommer, professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, JTS Part the series, The Space In Between: Thresholds and Borders in Jewish Life and Thought The Tent of Meeting is>>>

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Between the Lines: We are Not One

WE ARE NOT ONE: THE HISTORY OF AMERICA’S FIGHT OVER ISRAEL In We Are Not One, historian Eric Alterman traces the debate about the fate of the state of Israel, and the Zionist movement that gave>>>

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