September 30, 2014
Responsibility and Reprieve in the Book of Jonah
Rabba Wendy Amsellem
Rabba Wendy Amsellem teaches Talmud and Halakha at Yeshivat Maharat and directs The Beit Midrash Program, a joint project of Maharat and Yeshivat Chovevei Torah. She also teaches regularly at Drisha, Pardes, and the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center. Rabba Wendy received semikha from Yeshivat Maharat and is an alumna of the Drisha Scholars Circle. She has a BA in History and Literature from Harvard University.
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We will study the Book of Jonah, the Haftarah of Yom Kippur, looking at the themes of taking responsibility and not taking responsibility.