Events

The Book of Ruth: Paradise Gained and Lost

with Rabbi Benjamin Segal, Wednesdays 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm Israel time (12:00 pm EST, 11:00 am CST, 9:00 am PDT), 4 zoom classes, starting April 21 2021

Dates: (mm/dd/yyyy)
Wednesday, 21/04/2021 | 19:00 - 20:15
Wednesday, 28/04/2021
Wednesday, 05/05/2021
Wednesday, 12/05/2021
Location:
ZOOM
Phone:
074-7800673

A new interpretation of the Book of Ruth (to be published before Shavuot), a text study of the book as a dream of what might be, presented as an exploration of what might have been.

Rabbi Benjamin J. Segal is an author and lecturer, living in Jerusalem. He is past president both of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies and of Melitz, the Centers for Jewish and Zionist Education.

He has written on biblical, Talmudic, Zionist and educational issues. His books include: A New Psalm: The Psalms as Literature; Kohelet’s Pursuit of Truth: A New Reading of Ecclesiastes; The Song of Songs: A Woman in Love; Returning: The Land of Israel as Focus in Jewish History; Midrash: The Search for a Contemporary Past. His newest work on the Book of Esther is due to be published soon.


Tuition: $80/ILS 260 for 4 zoom classes

The weekly zoom link will be sent via email to all registered students

For further information

The Book of Ruth: Paradise Gained and Lost



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