Summer Learning with JTS—A Wandering People: Jewish Journeys, Real and Imagined
Monday, July 19, 2021 • 10 Av 5781
2:00 PM - 3:30 PMAs the pandemic surged and forced us into our homes, many of us dreamed with new intensity of being elsewhere. For Jews throughout the ages, the promises and perils of travel have been central to shaping the individual and collective experience. Notions of home and homeland have been redefined by Jewish wandering.
Drawing on literary, spiritual, and historical sources and responses, JTS scholars will explore what happens when Jews—whether by force or volun-tarily, whether in reality or in the imagination—travel from one place to an-other.
JULY 19
Finding Hijar: A Scholar's Quest to Uncover the History of Her Jewish Community Through the Journey of its Books
with Dr. Marjorie Lehman And Dr. Lucia Conte Aguilar of Universitat Pom-Peu Fabra
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Upcoming Sessions
JULY 26
The Global Journey of a Jewish Stage Play: The Spectacular Story of S. Anski’s The Dybbuk and How it Trans-Formed American Jewish Theatre
with Dr. Edna Nahshon
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AUGUST 2
The Early Modern Travel Pass: Controlling the Plague and Jewish Mobility In 16th Century Tuscany
with Dr. Stefanie Siegmund
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AUGUST 9
Work-Life Balance in Ancient Times: Why the Rabbis Left Their Homes to Study Torah
with Dr. Rachel Rosenthal.
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AUGUST 16
Judah Halevi: Poet and Pilgrim
with Dr. Raymond Scheindlin
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AUGUST 23
Traveling to Babylon—For Good
with Dr. David Kraemer
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