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Strangers in a Strange Text: Non-Jews in (and around) the Talmud
February 4, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm MST
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ABOUT THIS EVENT: In this event, will examine how the Talmud has been a site for tensions and relationships among Jews and non-Jews throughout the centuries. Our session will combine a historical overview with text study.
ABOUT THIS SPEAKER: Rabbi Dr. Mira Wasserman’s work as a rabbi and scholar bridges Talmud study, community building, and the pursuit of social justice. Her recent book, Jews, Gentiles, and other Animals: The Talmud after the Humanities (Penn Press, 2017), is an exploration of what it means to be human according to the talmud; it was awarded the Salo Baron prize for the best first book in Jewish studies published in 2017. Her current writing projects focus on how the Talmud can serve as a model for contemporary ethical deliberation. Mira is a go-to speaker on Jewish ethics and the #MeToo movement. As director of The Center for Jewish Ethics, Mira initiated a collaborative effort to deploy Jewish text study in the prevention of abuse.
Mira is Rabbi Emerita of Congregation Beth Shalom in Bloomington, Indiana, where she served for over a decade. Her doctorate in Jewish Studies is from the University of California at Berkeley, her rabbinic ordination is from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, and she is an alumna of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Hebrew Literature from the Jewish Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies from Barnard College.
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