BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN
TZID:America/New_York
X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:3464@tbzbrookline.org
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230321T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230321T120000
DTSTAMP:20230103T162733Z
URL:https://www.tbzbrookline.org/events/gender-symbolism-in-bible-talmud-m
 idrash-kabbalah-and-hasidism-2023-03-21/
SUMMARY:Gender Symbolism in Bible\, Talmud & Midrash\, Kabbalah and Hasidis
 m (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Rabbi Nehemia Polen\, Ph.D.  \n\nProfessor of Jew
 ish Thought at Hebrew College \n\nDates: 5 Tuesdays\, 2/7\, 2/14\, 2/21\,
  2/28\, and 3/14\; make-up 3/21.\n\nTime: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm\n\nCost: $19
 0\, generous financial aid is available\n\nLocation: Zoom\n\nHosted by: Te
 mple Beth Zion\, Brookline\n\nThis seminar introduces biblical and rabbini
 c sources for gender in the divine realm and androgyny\; the symbolism of 
 sun and moon\; Malkhut and receptivity\; masculine and feminine potencies 
 and the drama of divine unification\; carnal knowledge and the body of eng
 enderment\; Shekhinah's liminality\, exile\, and exaltation\; and the symb
 olism of daughter/wife/mother. As we read primary texts (in translation)\,
  we will also consider the views of contemporary scholars such as Arthur G
 reen\, Moshe Idel\, Tsippi Kauffman\, Charles Mopsik\, Biti Roi\, and Elli
 ot Wolfson on the significance of gender imaging of the divine.\n\nNehemia
  Polen is a leading expert in Hasidism and Jewish thought. A widely publis
 hed author\, his books include The Holy Fire: The Teachings of Rabbi Kalon
 ymus Kalman Shapira\, the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto\; a translation of Ma
 lkah Shapiro’s The Rebbe’s Daughter: Memoir of a Hasidic Childhood\, a
  project that originated in Polen’s research as a National Endowment for
  the Humanities fellow and recipient of a National Jewish Book Award\; Fil
 ling Words With Light: Hasidic and Mystical Reflections on Jewish Prayer\;
  and From Tiberias\, With Love: A Collection of Tiberian Hasidism\, Volume
  I: Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk. Polen holds a doctorate from Boston 
 University\, where he studied with and served as a teaching fellow for Nob
 el Laureate Elie Wiesel. Prior to his career in Jewish academia\, Polen se
 rved for 23 years as a congregational rabbi.\n\nRegister HERE.
CATEGORIES:Adult Learning
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20230312T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
END:VCALENDAR