Jul

7 2022

CSP: The Bruria Affair: The Truth Behind the Infamous Talmudic Inciden

10:00AM - 11:00AM  

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Contact Arie Katz
(949) 682-4040
akatz@occsp.org
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4-Part program: ""The Bruria Affair: The Truth Behind the Infamous Talmudic Incident"" with Gila Fine

July 7, 14, 21, 28, 2022

She is the poster woman for Jewish feminism and women’s Torah study. Schools have been named for her, responsa written against her. She’s been hailed as a heroine and denounced as an adulteress, held up as exemplar and as cautionary tale. But who was she, Bruria the Tannaite, the only female sage of the Talmud? How do we come to have such conflicting accounts of her? And why does her story end so tragically? Join us as we explore the truth behind the Bruria affair, through the Tosefta and Talmud, Greek tragedy and medieval commentary, Homer and Shakespeare and Virginia Woolf.

Sponsor: Community Scholar Program (CSP)