Sh’ma: Listen! Speakers Series Presents Avivah Zornberg
Location:
Event 1: Moses Veiled and Unveiled: The Golden Calf
Tuesday, May 8 | 7:00 pm
Bais Abraham Congregation
6910 Delmar Blvd., 63130
The narrative of revelation at Mount Sinai is immediately followed by the catastrophic episode of the Golden Calf. We will explore Moses’ role in this episode. Why does his face radiate light at the end of the narrative?
Event 2: “And I Am a Stranger:” Becoming Ruth
Wednesday, May 9 | 7:00 pm
Traditional Congregation
12437 Ladue Rd., 63141
Ruth is a stranger in more senses than one. Who is this unknown woman who is destined to become mother of royalty? What is the process by which she finds her way into a foreign and unwelcoming culture and religious tradition? How does destiny come about?
RSVP to Shirley Wise at SWise@JFedSTL.org or 314-442-3765. For additional information, contact Cyndee Levy at CLevy@JFedSTL.org or 314-442-3754.
About the Speaker
Dr. Zornberg is a Jerusalem-based educator, scholar and philosopher. Her lectures and books are a sophisticated mix of traditional Jewish exegesis, Hassidic texts, Western philosophy, psychoanalytic literature, poetry and more. She is the author of Moses: A Human Life, Bewilderments: Reflections on the Book of Numbers, The Murmuring Deep: Reflections on the Biblical Unconscious, The Particulars of Rapture: Reflections on Exodus and Genesis: The Beginning of Desire.
This program is sponsored by the Center for Jewish Learning, Bais Abraham Congregation, Torah MiTzion Kollel, Traditional Congregation, The St. Louis Women’s Orthodox Torah Scholar Speakers Initiative, Young Israel and the Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library.
Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series is generously funded by the Lubin-Green Foundation, a Supporting Foundation of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, and Hank Webber and Chris Jacobs.
Sh’ma: Listen! Advisory Committee Chair
Rabbi Jeffrey Stiffman
Staff
Rabbi Tracy Nathan, Senior Educator, Center for Jewish Learning
Cyndee Levy, Director, Center for Jewish Learning
Jewish Federation of St. Louis
Gerald P. Greiman, Board Chair
Andrew Rehfeld, President & CEO