Scholar in Residence: Dr. Shai Secunda
Saturday, February 11, 2017 • 15 Shevat 5777
All DayOn Shabbat Beshalach/Tu B'Shevat, February 10-11, we welcome our next Shabbat Scholar, Dr. Shai Secunda, Jacob Neusner Associate Professor of Judaism at Bard College.
Please join us over Shabbat for a fascinating series of talks and discussions on both Tu B'Shevat in it's historical context, and contemporary Modern Orthodoxy (see schedule below). And please join us as well on Friday night for a delicious and social Community Shabbat Dinner.
Reservations for the dinner should be made by Tuesday, February 7th.
Student: $18 | Dinner: $36 | Sponsor: $180
Speaking Schedule & Topics
Talking Trees? Rabbis, Manichaeans, and Other Strange Birds
Lecture: Friday Night - 8:00 PM
כי האדם עץ השדה - Each Person a Tree: A Short History of a Tall Metaphor
Sermon: Saturday Morning - 10:30 AM
Eastern Orthodox: A Discussion of 21st Century Modern Orthodoxy
in Israel and North America
Seuda Shelishit Discussion - 5:15 PM
About Dr. Secunda
Shai Secunda is Jacob Neusner Associate Professor of Judaism at Bard College, where he teaches in the Department of Religion. He earned his PhD at Yeshiva University, and then held posts at Yale and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research focuses on classical Judaism and its interactions with other traditions and on the Talmud's Iranian context, (his book The Iranian Talmud, has recently been released in paperback). He writes regularly on Jewish scholarship and popular culture for the Jewish Review of Books.
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