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Midrash Track

Friday, 17:30 - 18:45 (Early Evening)
Spirituality and Politics: King David, the Maccabees and Contemporary Society
Chananel Rosen


Friday, 21:00 - 22:00 (Late Evening)
The Women Warriors of Chanukah: Judith and Hannah
Daniella Kolodny


Sunday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Mid-Morning)
Not in Heaven (1 of 3)
Joe Wolfson


Sunday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Love, Lust, Betrayal: the Secret Lives of Biblical Women
Alicia Jo Rabins


Sunday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
The Book of Jubilees and Rebecca
Rachel Montagu


Sunday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Rembrandt: a Philosopher?
Barbara Spectre


Sunday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Myth and Symbol in the Torah (1 of 2)
Herzl Hefter


Monday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
From Madoff to Strauss-Kahn: Why People Sin - the Biology (1 of 2)
Daniel Goldfarb


Monday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Is Judaism Just Another Fundamentalism?
William Kolbrener


Monday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Bintel Brief (1 of 3)
Liana Finck


Monday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Melchizedek As a Prototype for Ancient Jews and Christians
Joshua Garroway


Monday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Scandals of the Talmud: the Stories They Wouldn't Teach You in Cheder (1 of 4)
Yaffa Epstein


Monday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Not in Heaven (2 of 3)
Joe Wolfson


Monday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Parallel Traditions in the Works of Flavius Josephus and Rabbinic Literature - New Insights
Tal Ilan


Monday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Did They Tell You About Dura Europos?
Albert Ringer


Monday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
More Stories of Women in Torah You Probably Didn't Learn in Hebrew School
Alicia Jo Rabins


Monday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
Bringing Text to Life: Midrashic Storytelling
Cindy Rivka Marshall


Monday, 19:10 - 20:20 (Dinner Hour II)
The Prophet Elisha, His Companion Gehazi and the World to Come
Margaret Jacobi


Tuesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Two Exemplary Women - Huldah in the Bible and Beruriah in Rabbinic Literature
Tal Ilan


Tuesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Bintel Brief (2 of 3)
Liana Finck


Tuesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Not in Heaven (3 of 3)
Joe Wolfson


Tuesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
The Jedi, the Rabbi and the Dark Side - Elisha Ben Abuyah Skywalker a.k.a. Darth Vader Acher
Paul Freedman


Tuesday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
What Sarah Saw: Ishmael vs Isaac? Myths and Possibilities - Text Study of Genesis 21
David J Zucker


Tuesday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Come and Lie with Me Love
Joel Grishaver, Sybil Sheridan


Tuesday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Voices Between the Lines: Midrashic Stories of Biblical Characters
Cindy Rivka Marshall


Tuesday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Girls in Trouble Concert
Girls In Trouble


Wednesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Bintel Brief (3 of 3)
Liana Finck


Wednesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Animating Joshua (2 of 2)
Sarah Lefton


Wednesday, 15:30 - 16:40 (Mid Afternoon)
Kubrick's Midrash: the Shining
Nathan Abrams


Wednesday, 15:30 - 16:40 (Mid Afternoon)
Trouble-Making Judaism
Elizabeth Sarah


Wednesday, 19:00 - 20:10 (Dinner Hour II)
Et Sha'arei Ratson: How a Mother's Love Changes Everything
Rachel Montagu


Thursday, 10:00 - 11:10 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Rebuilding Noah's Ark: Does the Story of the Flood Really Hold Water?
Raphael Zarum


Thursday, 11:30 - 12:40 (Morning Intensive)
From Madoff to Strauss-Kahn: Why People Sin - the Psychology (2 of 2)
Daniel Goldfarb


Thursday, 11:30 - 12:40 (Morning Intensive)
Symbolic Reading of the Torah (2 of 2)
Herzl Hefter