Midrash are interpretive stories that explore the blank spaces in Torah, often offering answers to questions of meaning, character, and inner life. We’ll read some classical midrash and explore what driving questions fueled the sages. Then with guided writing exercises, creative prompts, and gentle feedback, we’ll also write and share our own midrashic responses to […]
Midrash are interpretive stories that explore the blank spaces in Torah, often offering answers to questions of meaning, character, and inner life. We’ll read some classical midrash and explore what driving questions fueled the sages. Then with guided writing exercises, creative prompts, and gentle feedback, we’ll also write and share our own midrashic responses to […]
Midrash are interpretive stories that explore the blank spaces in Torah, often offering answers to questions of meaning, character, and inner life. We’ll read some classical midrash and explore what driving questions fueled the sages. Then with guided writing exercises, creative prompts, and gentle feedback, we’ll also write and share our own midrashic responses to […]
Our upcoming February meeting of the CBI Book Club is an extra special one: Aaron Tillman, the author of the short stories we'll be discussing, will be joining us over Zoom! We'll be discussing three of Tillman's engaging and provocative stories (chosen by him), along with Malamud's The Jewbird, which the group read in 2022 […]
Please join us on Zoom on Wednesday, February 22 at 4pm (EST) for "Reckoning with Loss: Moroccan Jews Return in Literature and Film," an informative and fascinating presentation on the accounting of Morocco's emigrated Jewish population. Our speaker will be Indigenous Amazigh scholar, Dr. Brahim El Guabli, Assistant Professor of Arabic Studies and Comparative Literature […]
Midrash are interpretive stories that explore the blank spaces in Torah, often offering answers to questions of meaning, character, and inner life. We’ll read some classical midrash and explore what driving questions fueled the sages. Then with guided writing exercises, creative prompts, and gentle feedback, we’ll also write and share our own midrashic responses to […]
Midrash are interpretive stories that explore the blank spaces in Torah, often offering answers to questions of meaning, character, and inner life. We’ll read some classical midrash and explore what driving questions fueled the sages. Then with guided writing exercises, creative prompts, and gentle feedback, we’ll also write and share our own midrashic responses to […]
Please join us on Sunday, March 12 at 1pm (EDT) over Zoom for a fascinating and culturally insightful presentation on the history of the Jews of India, given by Dr. John Grayzel, PhD. An anthropologist with over 40 years of worldwide multicultural experience, his international career spans the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Philippines, India, […]
Midrash are interpretive stories that explore the blank spaces in Torah, often offering answers to questions of meaning, character, and inner life. We’ll read some classical midrash and explore what driving questions fueled the sages. Then with guided writing exercises, creative prompts, and gentle feedback, we’ll also write and share our own midrashic responses to […]
Our March meeting of the CBI Book Club will take place over Zoom on Wednesday, March 22 at 7:30pm to discuss Michael Frank's One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World (2022). One of The Wall Street Journal's Ten Best Books of the Year, One Hundred Saturdays tells the remarkable story […]
Our April meeting of the CBI Book Club will take place over Zoom on Thursday, April 27 at 7:30pm (EDT) to discuss David Grossman's magnificent new novel, More Than I Love My Life. As many of you may know, Grossman is Israel's most prominent fiction writer and this book is currently long-listed for the International […]
Please note that this event has been canceled — we apologize for any inconvenience. Back by popular demand! In this meditative sound bath experience led by Chaya Schneider (Sound Healing Academy Level I certified), crystal bowls, koshi chimes, and the sound of the gong will help reduce stress, facilitate deep relaxation, and promote physical, emotional, […]
