Triumphing Tragedy: Jewish Resilience from Biblical Narrative to Contemporary Israeli Music

Course Description

This course will explore how the Jewish experience, marked by adversity and triumph, serves as a source of inspiration and strength in navigating modern-day challenges of human experience and national crisis. The course will provide a journey from the timeless wisdom embedded in ancient biblical narratives to modern Israeli music,  that acts as a contemporary commentary to our current historical moment. Weaving biblical and Rabbinic wisdom with modern philosophy and psychology, the course promises to cultivate meaning and provide insight from a tradition and people whose unwavering faith, courage and resilience have produced the greatest story of triumph humanity has ever known.

Lecturer: Dr. Tanya White

About the Educator Dr. Tanya White

Dr. Tanya White is an international lecturer, writer and educator with a focus on Tanach and Contemporary Jewish Thought. She is Senior lecturer at Matan Institute for Torah Studies and a guest lecturer at other institutes including Pardes and LSJS. Tanya holds a doctorate in Jewish Philosophy from Bar Ilan University and is the recipient of Schupf Fellowship for outstanding students. A collection of her articles, blogs and published material can be viewed on her blog-page: www.contemplatingtorah.wordpress.com