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… present "The Rabbinic Story through Modern Eyes" This scholar-in-resi- dence event will feature the teaching of Jeffrey Rubenstein, professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at New York University. The community is…
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…metro The Rabbinic Story Through Modern Eyes Stories about rabbinic sages like Hillel, Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai are among the most well known in the Talmud. They are used by scholars…
… to con- struct the history of the Talmudic age. However, current research is develop- ing new methods to interpret these 111 stories. Congregation Jeffrey Beth Ahm and Adat Rubenstein Shalom Synagogue…
… veterans. Everyone who attends will receive a booklet with the names and service of all veterans who call and provide the infor- mation by 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 10. There will be a formal veterans' proces…
…-in-residence activities con- tinue on Saturday, Nov. 22, at Beth Ahm. Professor Rubenstein will present "Aggadah 101: How to Read Rabbinic Stories" at 8:45 a.m. He will explore the literary features of stories while learn…
…- ing how to interpret stories as a source of Jewish values, ethics and culture. At 1 p.m„ he will present "Between Israel and Babylon: Stories as Carriers of Cultural Values," focusing on the…
… similarities and differences of the same story in the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds. Professor Rubenstein was born in South Africa and grew up in Chicago. He has received degrees from Oberlin College, the…
… program in the small chapel immediately fol- lowing lunch. Tamar Freeman, who is a member of the Canadian Armed Forces and who fought in Afghanistan, will speak about her experience as a Jewish woman…