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Come and Hear: What I saw in my seven-and-a-half-year journey through the Talmud

October 13, 2021 @ 6:30 pm

- FREE

A SECULAR TALMUDIC:

RECONNECTING WITH JEWISH TRADITION

Imagine reading a page of Talmud every single day for more than seven years. Not just reading it, the way you skim quickly through a mystery novel. Studying it, deciphering it, searching for hidden meanings.

Then imagine doing all that if you are unabashedly secular.

Poet and literary critic Adam Kirsch did just that, taking on the challenge of the Daf Yomi, the study regimen that tens of thousands of religious Jews follow to delve into Talmud for 2,711 consecutive days.

Why did Kirsch join them? He wanted a deeper understanding of Jewish literature and history — and realized that he could master neither without knowing what wisdom and strangeness the Talmud offers.

Kirsch joins us to discuss his long journey and new book, Come and Hear, a travelogue about what he found and why it matters.

Adam Kirsch is the author of three collections of poetry, five books of criticism and two biographies. Long the poetry critic at the New Republic, he now is an editor of The Wall Street Journal’s Weekend Review section and a contributing editor at Tablet.

Details

Date:
October 13, 2021
Time:
6:30 pm
Cost:
FREE
Website:
https://streicker.nyc/current-season/adam-kirsch

Venue

Virtual

Organizer

Streicker Center | Temple Emanu-El
View Organizer Website

Details

Date:
October 13, 2021
Time:
6:30 pm
Cost:
FREE
Website:
https://streicker.nyc/current-season/adam-kirsch

Venue

Virtual

Organizer

Streicker Center | Temple Emanu-El
View Organizer Website