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Teacher and author Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
will give a talk
on the meaning of redemption on May 19.

Shakespeare to Czech novelist Milan
Kundera.
Zornberg's lecture will focus on a
midrash, or Torah commentary, that
r. Avivah Gottlieb
explores redemption through the rela-
Zornberg began studying
tionship of men and women in
Torah about the time she
Exodus, for example, Moses and
started walking.
Tzippora. Tzippora, by circumcising
Today, she is considered one of the
their son as God commanded, saved
foremost female Torah scholars in the
Moses' life when she recognized that a
world and a teacher who is able to
serpent
that had swallowed her hus-
touch secular and Orthodox Jews alike
band
was
an angel sent by God to
with her expansive analyses of the bib-
remind Moses of his obligation
lical narrative. Her first book, Genesis:
(Exodus 4:24-26). Zornberg remarked
The Beginning of Desire, won the
that the story is an "enig-
National Jewish Book
ma" that "invites you to
Award for non-fiction in
enter the vortex."
1995.
She will touch on the
Zornberg, 54, will pay
dynamics
of other male-
her first visit to the Detroit
female
relationships
within
area on Tuesday, May 19, to
Exodus
as
well.
give a talk on "Through the
"The women adopt a
Looking Glass: Women in
strategy. They are trying to
the Exodus Narrative" at
inspire their husbands,
Young Israel of Southfield.
arouse their husbands, and
The 7:45 p.m. lecture is
aside from ordinary strate-
free.
gies, they hold up a mirror
Zornberg is the daughter
as a device to transcend
of the late chief rabbi of the
the limitations of their
rabbinical court in
Dr. Avivah Gottlieb
destiny (as slaves)," she
Scotland. She was a scholar Zornberg
explained.
in advanced religious studies
In a soft Scottish
at Gateshead Seminary in England,
accent, Zornberg emphasized that she
earned her Ph.D. in literature at
is neither feminist nor maverick.
Cambridge University and taught at
"I don't immediately ask of a text,
Hebrew University, Pardes Institute,
Does
it reflect women's experience?'
MaTaN, and Midreshet Lindenbaum
I'm
quite
happy to deal with men's
in Israel.
experience as human experience.
Today, the mother of three teaches
"There are women who've wanted
weekly shiurim in Jerusalem and has
to focus more on women characters
made a few appearances on the PBS
(in the Torah). I feel this is where the
series "Genesis."
heat
rises. At some point, there'd be
Currently, Zornberg is working on
artifice;
it wouldn't be real to follow an
a book about Exodus which will
agenda,
to find places where a woman c/
explore the theme of redemption.
stars.
Where
I find most excitement is
"It's not a historical analysis but an
looking into midrash and reading the
inward spiritual focus on what Egypt
words closely so they begin to
and oppression have meant and what
resound, without making them over.
freedom might mean," she explained.
"But in Exodus there is clearly a
Zornberg will rely on the Chasidic
woman's story The feminine experi-
understanding of redemption, and
ence is essential," Zornberg said.
draw on secular texts ranging from

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