For five Thursdays beginning on February 2, 2012, four professors from JTS, and Rabbi Wechsler, will present a ConText series on the subject of Pesah. Each presentation will run from 7:30 pm until 9:00 pm. The speakers will be:
Robert Harris, Associate Professor of Bible at JTS, February 2: "The Cow That Laid an Egg: From Biblical Passover to Your Seder Plate"
Eliezer Diamond, the Rabbi Judah Nadich Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at JTS, February 9: "From Sacrifice to Seder: Celebrating Passover in a Post-Temple World"
Benjamin Gampel, the Dina and Eli Field Family Professor of Jewish History at JTS, February 16: "Vengeance as a Motif in the Passover Seder"
Anne Lapidus Lerner, Director of the Jewish Feminist Research Group and Assistant Professor of Jewish Literature at JTS, February 23: "Writing Women into the Haggadah"
Rabbi Harlan Wechsler, Founding Rabbi of Congregation Or Zarua, March 8: "Redemption Theology: Hope in the Haggadah"
ConText (formerly known as Me'ah) has consistently produced superb programming for the study and understanding of Jewish history and thought. The speakers for this Pesah ConText series have been selected exclusively for Congregation Or Zarua. Each speaker is a preeminent expert in his or her field of study and is also renowned as a teacher, discussion leader and writer.
The cost to attend all five sessions is $36 per person.
Register here. Select Mini-Courses, select the Or Zarua program from the drop-down menu, check the "Member of Or Zarua" box, and follow the instructions at CashNet (log in as Guest).