Join us at CBS for an evening talk with Gila Fine, a lecturer of rabbinic literature at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, co-sponsored by Kavana. No registration required.

The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic: Rereading the Women of the Talmud Book Talk

How does the Talmud portray its heroines? Why are they never as they first seem? And what does this tell us about the rabbis’ views of marriage, sex, childbirth, and what it means to be a woman in the world? Gila Fine discusses her new book on the six named heroines of the Talmud.

Beth Shalom will have 30 copies of the book available for purchase on a first come, first served basis the night of the event. Check only. 

About: Gila Fine is a lecturer of rabbinic literature at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, exploring the tales of the Talmud through philosophy, literary criticism, psychoanalysis, and pop-culture. She serves on the faculties of the Nachshon Project, Amudim Seminary, the Tikvah Scholars Program, and the London School of Jewish Studies, and has taught thousands of students at conferences, campuses, and communities across the Jewish world. As editor in chief of Maggid Books, Gila edited and published over a hundred titles of contemporary Jewish thought, including several bestsellers and eight National Jewish Book Award winners. Her work has been featured in the BBC, Haaretz, The Jerusalem Post, The Jerusalem Report, Tradition Journal, Jewish News, and The Jewish Chronicle (which selected her as one of the ten most influential Brits in Israel). Haaretz has called Gila “a young woman on her way to becoming one of the more outstanding Jewish thinkers of the next generation.”