Join Kate Feiffer, illustrator of “The Lamb Cycle” for a hands-on writing workshop in which participants will rewrite a beloved nursery rhyme. This workshop is open to everyone. Please email tthorpe@clamsnet.org to pre-register. What if “Mary Had a Little Lamb” had been written by Lord Byron, William Shakespeare, John Keats, Robert Browning or Emily Brontë? […]
In this virtual class, we will study excerpts from Dirshuni, a modern collection of Torah thoughts by Israeli women written in the style of midrash. We will study each piece as we would a classical rabbinic midrash, tracing its Torah sources and rabbinic influences, and attempting to understand the unique voice each piece introduces to […]
Jerusalem-based calligrapher Izzy Pludwinski explores both the traditional and non-traditional practice of Hebrew lettering.
In this virtual class, we will study excerpts from Dirshuni, a modern collection of Torah thoughts by Israeli women written in the style of midrash. We will study each piece as we would a classical rabbinic midrash, tracing its Torah sources and rabbinic influences, and attempting to understand the unique voice each piece introduces to […]
In this virtual class, we will study excerpts from Dirshuni, a modern collection of Torah thoughts by Israeli women written in the style of midrash. We will study each piece as we would a classical rabbinic midrash, tracing its Torah sources and rabbinic influences, and attempting to understand the unique voice each piece introduces to […]
On Thursday, July 13, at 4pm, at the West Tisbury Library, illustrator Kate Feiffer and editor Sue Berger Ramin will discuss their collaboration on the new book The Lamb Cycle: What the Great English Poets Would Have Written About Mary and Her Lamb (Had They Thought of It First). In The Lamb Cycle, poet David […]
In this virtual class, we will study excerpts from Dirshuni, a modern collection of Torah thoughts by Israeli women written in the style of midrash. We will study each piece as we would a classical rabbinic midrash, tracing its Torah sources and rabbinic influences, and attempting to understand the unique voice each piece introduces to […]
The study of Soviet Jewish culture and collective psyche presents a fascinating yet still little-known subject of inquiry. Frequently subject to quotas and varying degrees of discrimination, Soviet Jews still participated fully within the larger society. Most were secular, with Russian as their native or primary tongue, and with no or very little knowledge of […]
In this virtual class, we will study excerpts from Dirshuni, a modern collection of Torah thoughts by Israeli women written in the style of midrash. We will study each piece as we would a classical rabbinic midrash, tracing its Torah sources and rabbinic influences, and attempting to understand the unique voice each piece introduces to […]
In this virtual class, we will study excerpts from Dirshuni, a modern collection of Torah thoughts by Israeli women written in the style of midrash. We will study each piece as we would a classical rabbinic midrash, tracing its Torah sources and rabbinic influences, and attempting to understand the unique voice each piece introduces to […]
The beauty of the Diamondback Terrapin, with its stunning concentric shell rings, is a sight to behold. Did you know it's the only salt marsh turtle in North America? Join author Barbara Brennessel and delve into the unique aspects of the Terrapin's life history and the strategic conservation efforts designed to protect turtles. Order […]
Join Ellen Warner, photographer and author of The Second Half: Forty Women Reveal Life After Fifty, for a reading and book signing at the Redwood Library & Athenaeum. This event is free and open to the public and will be available to view remotely on Youtube. #image_title
Village East: Q&As with director Stephen Gyllenhaal and Dan Pallotta following the Fri 9/22 7:00 pm screening, Saturday 9/23 7:00 pm and Sunday 9/24 following the 2:30 pm screening. ABOUT Based on the book, “Uncharitable,” by Dan Pallotta, recently re-issued by Brandeis University Press. The Stanford Social Innovation Review said that the book, “deserves to […]
Village East: Q&As with director Stephen Gyllenhaal and Dan Pallotta following the Fri 9/22 7:00 pm screening, Saturday 9/23 7:00 pm and Sunday 9/24 following the 2:30 pm screening ABOUT Based on the book, “Uncharitable,” by Dan Pallotta, recently re-issued by Brandeis University Press. The Stanford Social Innovation Review said that the book, “deserves to […]
Village East: Q&As with director Stephen Gyllenhaal and Dan Pallotta following the Fri 9/22 7:00 pm screening, Saturday 9/23 7:00 pm and Sunday 9/24 following the 2:30 pm screening. ABOUT Based on the book, “Uncharitable,” by Dan Pallotta, recently re-issued by Brandeis University Press. The Stanford Social Innovation Review said that the book, “deserves to […]
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