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25th Annual Bunny and Leo Horvitz Scholar-in-Residence Program

Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center
Houston, TX

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The Undisclosed Country: The Talmud and Modern Life
Dr. Rabbi Jeffrey Woolf, Bar-Ilan University
January 20 - February 6, 2014

Opening Night Lecture: Meet the Talmud
Monday, January 20 7:30 PM

Mid-Residence Lecture: What does Tikkun Olam Really Mean?
Sunday, January 26 2:00 PM

Closing Lecture: The App Question: Will the Internet Transform (or Replace) the Talmud?
Thursday, February 6 7:30 PM

Series #1: Great American Talmudists: Leaders of Talmudic Study Across the Denominations
Wednesdays, January 22, 29, February 5 7:30 PM

Series #2: On the Shoulders of Giants: Rashi and Rambam's Talmudic Legacy
Thursdays, January 23 & 30 7:30 PM

Series #3: One Talmud or Two? Understanding the Sephardic and Ashkenazi Divide
Mondays, January 27 & February 3 7:30 PM

$10 Member / $15 Public (per Lecture)
$36 Member / $50 Public (all-inclusive pass)

For more information, contact Nomi Barancik at nbarancik@erjcchouston.org or 713.729.3200 ext. 3288.

These lectures are made possible in part by a grant from Humanities Texas, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.