The Making of Midrash: Female Agents of Biblical Thought (a study group, only in person)

Course Description

In a small, intimate setting, collaborate with Yael on a creative new project in which topics in Biblical thought are fleshed out for the modern reader through imagined dialogues with Biblical characters. Become more careful readers of pshat, more inspired readers of subtext, and develop an appreciation for the potential embedded in Biblical lacuna.

Lecturer: Yael Leibowitz

About the Educator Yael Leibowitz

has her Master’s degree in Judaic Studies from Columbia University. Prior to making Aliyah, Yael taught Tanakh at the Upper School of Ramaz, and then went on to join the Judaic Studies faculty at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women where she taught advanced Bible courses. She has taught Continuing Education courses at Drisha Institute for Jewish Education and served as Resident Scholar at the Jewish Center of Manhattan. She is currently teaching at Matan Women’s Institute for Torah Learning and is a frequent lecturer in North America and Europe. Yael has a book forthcoming on Ezra-Nehemiah through Koren Press, in collaboration with the Matan Kitvuni fellowship. For more of Yael’s writing visit: yaelleibowitz.com