Yael Leibowitz

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1. Ezra- Nehemiah's Revolutionary Strategies Towards Jewish Continuity

   Yael Leibowitz | 55 minutes

   This class will look at the creative ways in which the leaders of the Shivat Zion movement faced the unprecedented challenges of their times, and the relevance of their ingenuity for today. 

2. Identity Formation in Ancient Israel and What It means for Us Today

   Yael Leibowitz | Hour

   The process of Israel’s identity formation is both fascinating and nuanced. Through a careful look at those ways in which Tanakh perceives the “Other,” we can begin to understand the multiple layers of differentiation, acceptance, and imagination required to develop a national sense of self that is both unique and humane.

3. Where is God's place in Biblical Thought?

   Yael Leibowitz

   תאריך פרסום: 2022 | | Hour and 5 minutes

   For centuries, Israel’s prophets chastised, begged, and cajoled Israel to stop worshipping foreign gods, to no avail. And yet, upon their return from Babylon, a short seventy years after the destruction of the first temple, the returnees to Judea were exclusive monotheists, as were, with rare exceptions, all subsequent generations of Jews. What accounts for that sudden, long-awaited shift in thinking and practice? Come explore those ways in which Biblical theology evolved in the context of, and in reaction to, the historical and cultural realities that Israel faced throughout the first temple and early post-exilic period.

    

    

   Dedicated in memory of Rosina, Pardo Korda, Shoshana Baat Saadi, who learned, loved, celebrated, and performed Torah and Mitzvot with all of her heart and soul

4. Humanity, Nature, and Their Symbiosis: The Environmental Crisis in Biblical Thought

   Yael Leibowitz

   תאריך פרסום: 2023 | | 50 minutes

   This lecture will examine the ways in which the relationship between humanity and nature, as presented in Tanakh, can have a profound impact on our understanding of our responsibilities towards the physical world we inhabit. From hurting and killing animals to how we should be treating the land and nature around us.