This is Avivah Zornberg's website. To contact her or invite her to speak, write to zornberg@netvision.net.il.
Her next lecture tour will be in May 2014.
DVDs of 5 of Avivah's lectures are now available from
Infomedia Judaica, Ltd http://www.imjl.com/
See http://www.youtube.com/user/InfomediaJudaica for Previews on YouTube
For advance order 20% discount until June 15, see
http://imjl.com/ImJL%20Zornberg%20DVDs%20Order%20Form%202013.06.15.pdf
You will find here her teaching schedules in Israel and abroad, book reviews, videos and audios.
To order Avivah's new book THE MURMURING DEEP: Reflections on the Biblical Unconscious (Schocken) Now in paperback:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/murmuring-deep-avivah-gottlieb-zornberg/1100312840?ean=9780805212068
http://www.amazon.com/Murmuring-Deep-Reflections-Biblical-Unconscious/dp/080521206X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1316319716&sr=1-1
See all her books:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/avivah-zornberg?keyword=avivah+zornberg&store=book
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_6?field-keywords=avivah+zornberg&url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&sprefix=Avivah
Her next book, on the Book of Numbers, will be published by Schocken in 2014.
See BOOK REVIEWS page (click above) for reviews of Avivah's first two books on Genesis and Exodus.
:The Beginning of Desire: Reflections on Genesis, (Schocken)
http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Desire-Avivah-Gottlieb-Zornberg/dp/0385483376
The Particulars of Rapture: Reflections on Exodus (Schocken)
http://www.amazon.com/Particulars-Rapture-Reflections-Exodus/dp/0385491530/ref=pd_sim_b_1
Avivah's last book Murmuring Deep will be coming out in Hebrew. We do not know exactly when. Perhaps in the Autumn.
See her BIO page for a list of further publications.
New book March 2009 Schocken, now available in paperback
Avivah’s teaching schedule:
In Israel:
Except for some special lectures, Avivah will not be teaching in Jerusalem until after Succoth 2013.
Lecture at the Magid Institute of the Hebrew University:
She will speak on June 9 20:00-21:30 on the topic "'To be
or not to be?' A tale of five sisters". The lecture will be held at the lecture
hall of the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens.
Spring 2013 Lecture Tour April 9 to May 11
See below for lecture topics
April 11, New York Manhattan JCC #5 7pm
334 Amsterdam Avenue at 76th Street 646.505.5749 registration@jccmanhattan.org
http://www.jccmanhattan.org/featured-programs?page=catcontent&progID=27133#/JJLAVI00W3
April 12 New Haven Yale University Yale Institute of Sacred Music 2:30pm, #3, Marquand Chapel, 409 Prospect St.
Friday evening, after 7pm dinner at the Joseph Slifka Center, 80 Wall St.
http://www.yale.edu/ism/events/AvivahZornberg.html
April 15 Chicago Northbrook #2 7:30pm
Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel, 933 Skokie Blvd, Northbrook.
Sponsored by:
Torah Learning Center of Northbrook tel 847-2727255
Ali Rosenthal [alirosenthal@yahoo.com]
April 17-18 Minneapolis
April 17 #3 College of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, MN
4:15pm at Gorecki 204,
April 18 #4 7:30pm ADATH JESHURUN CONGREGATION
10500 Hillside Lane West, Minnetonka MN 55305
952.545.2913 http://www.adathjeshurun.org/
NinaS@adath.net Nina Samuels, Adult Learning Director
952.215.3904
April 19-20 Adath Israel, San Francisco #4 #5
Shabbat morning 11:30 #4
Motsei Shabbat 9:15pm #5 ($10 admission)
1851 Noriega St. San Francisco,
415.564.5665 azvisit@adathisraelsf.org
April 21 Berkeley
April 21 JCC of the East Bay #5 10:30am
1414 Walnut Street Ph 510-848-0237
April 21 GTU #2 7pm
Please join us for a kosher vegetarian reception after Avivah Zornberg’s talk.
Co-sponsored by the Women’s Studies in Religion Program at GTU
MUDD 100, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Ave., Berkeley
April 22 Vancouver, Canada 7:30pm #3
Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, Wosk Auditorium,
950 West 41st Ave. , 604-257-5111
http://www.cnrs.ubc.ca/evening-avivah-zornberg
April 23 Los Angeles UCLA Hillel #2 7:30pm light dinner at 6pm
574 Hilgard Ave. 1 310-208-3081
April 26-30 Atlanta
April 26-27 , Young Israel of Toco Hills 2074 LaVista Road NE. #4
Atlanta, GA 30329-3928
www.yith.org 404.315.1417 (Office)
Sunday April 28 Coffee at 9:30am. Lecture 10:00am –11:30 + discussion. #1
Ahavath Achim Synagogue Rabbi Neil Sandler
www.AASynagogue.org
600 Peachtree Battle Avenue, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia
Phone: 404.355.5222 ext. 230 Fax: 404.352.2831
Sunday April 28 7:15 p.m. #5 Congregation Etz Chaim http://www.etzchaim.net/index.aspx
1190 Indian Hills Pkwy NE Marietta +1 770-973-0137 Rabbi Paul Kerbel
Monday April 29, 7:00 p.m. #7 The Temple (co-sponsored with the Marcus Jewish Community Center)
1589 Peachtree St NE Atlanta, GA +1 404-873-1731 http://www.the-temple.org/
Tuesday April 30 #3 Temple Sinai 7:30 p.m. 5645 Dupree Dr NW Atlanta, GA
+1 404-252-3073 Rabbi Elana Perry http://www.templesinaiatlanta.org/
May 1 Florida, Palm Beach Synagogue 7pm #3
120 North County Road office@palmbeachsynagogue.com
Palm Beach, Florida 33480 (561) 838-9002
May 4 HIR Riverdale, Bronx #3
May 6-7 Boston
May 6 Ma'ayan #1
8 PM at Congregation Beth El-Atereth Israel
561 Ward Street Newton Centre, +1 617-244-7233
May 7 CJP sponsored
May 7 11am #3Temple Beth Elohim
10 Bethel Rd Wellesley, MA +1 781-235-8419
May 7 Dinner 6:30, lecture 7:30 pm #5 Young Israel of Brookline, 62 Green St Brookline,
May 8 New York 7:30pm White Institute #5
Together with Philip M. Bromberg
LOCATION:
Congregation Bnai Jeshrun, 257 West 88th St,
Between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
ADMISSION: $25 /$30 at the door; Students $15/$20 at the door. RSVP to reserve a space by emailing Diane Amato, d.amato@wawhite.org,(212) 873-0725, ext. 20
May 9 NYC Skirball 8pm #6
Temple Emmanuel 10 east 66th or 1 east 65th the buildings are connected
text prep will begin at 7pm.
May 10-11 NYC Congregation Shearith Israel
The Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue 8 West 70th Street
www.shearithisrael.org smorris@shearithisrael.org
Avivah’s cell phone 347 366 0769
April-May 2013 Lecture Tour Topics:
1. 'Jonah: Submission or Surrender?'
What is Jonah’s motivation in fleeing from God? In this brief, fraught text, a profoundly human tension reveals itself, culminating in the enigmatic final chapter. What would it mean for Jonah to be found by God? Submission or surrender?
2. 'She was what he had missed:' On the Loss of Women
We will discuss Jacob's relations to the women in his life: Rachel, Deborah, Dinah and – most significantly – Rebekah. Tragedy befalls all of them, soon after Jacob returns home after a long absence. The midrash detects a repressed theme of delay underlying these narratives. Jacob's wish for peace or wholeness may constitute a wish rather than a reality in his inner world.
3. Letter from an Unknown Woman: Joseph's Dream
Joseph dreams provocative dreams; his brothers' hatred grows because of them; Jacob apparently dismisses them. But according to Freud, all dreams contain a 'navel,' a spot that defies understanding, that 'reaches into the unknown.' In the midrash, that unfathomable element in the lives of Jacob and Joseph is represented by Rachel, the 'unknown woman' in their narrative. Literature, film, and psychoanalytic thought will enrich our study.
4. The Murmuring Deep
We will discuss Moses’ speech inhibition as a pivotal issue in the Exodus narrative. What is the nature of this ‘impediment’? We will look at midrashic and hassidic sources, as well as philosophical and psychoanalytic thinking on the role of voice in communication.
5. Bewilderments: 'The Sin of the Spies.'
The turning point of the Israelites' wilderness journey is the narrative of the Spies. When the people declare their intention to return to Egypt, is it fear that drives them? Or is it deeper issues of love and hate, trust and skepticism? We will explore this central narrative through the prism of midrashic, literary, and psychoanalytic materials.
6. 'To be or not to be:' a tale of five sisters
The five daughters of Zelofchad figure in a unique brief narrative which throws them into a relation of some tension with Moses. We will study this intriguing narrative, with the help of midrashic and hassidic sources. In what sense can this be considered a feminist narrative?
7. 'And I am a stranger:' Becoming Ruth
Ruth is a stranger in more senses than one. Who is this unknown woman who is
destined to become mother of royalty? What is the process by which she finds
her way into a foreign and unwelcoming culture and religious tradition?How does
destiny come about?
In Israel:
Except for some special lectures, Avivah will not be teaching in Jerusalem until after Succoth 2013.
Lecture at the Magid Institute of the Hebrew University:
She will speak on June 9 20:00-21:30 on the topic "'To be
or not to be?' A tale of five sisters". The lecture will be held at the lecture
hall of the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens.
Spring 2013 Lecture Tour April 9 to May 11
See below for lecture topics
April 11, New York Manhattan JCC #5 7pm
334 Amsterdam Avenue at 76th Street 646.505.5749 registration@jccmanhattan.org
http://www.jccmanhattan.org/featured-programs?page=catcontent&progID=27133#/JJLAVI00W3
April 12 New Haven Yale University Yale Institute of Sacred Music 2:30pm, #3, Marquand Chapel, 409 Prospect St.
Friday evening, after 7pm dinner at the Joseph Slifka Center, 80 Wall St.
http://www.yale.edu/ism/events/AvivahZornberg.html
April 15 Chicago Northbrook #2 7:30pm
Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel, 933 Skokie Blvd, Northbrook.
Sponsored by:
Torah Learning Center of Northbrook tel 847-2727255
Ali Rosenthal [alirosenthal@yahoo.com]
April 17-18 Minneapolis
April 17 #3 College of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, MN
4:15pm at Gorecki 204,
April 18 #4 7:30pm ADATH JESHURUN CONGREGATION
10500 Hillside Lane West, Minnetonka MN 55305
952.545.2913 http://www.adathjeshurun.org/
NinaS@adath.net Nina Samuels, Adult Learning Director
952.215.3904
April 19-20 Adath Israel, San Francisco #4 #5
Shabbat morning 11:30 #4
Motsei Shabbat 9:15pm #5 ($10 admission)
1851 Noriega St. San Francisco,
415.564.5665 azvisit@adathisraelsf.org
April 21 Berkeley
April 21 JCC of the East Bay #5 10:30am
1414 Walnut Street Ph 510-848-0237
April 21 GTU #2 7pm
Please join us for a kosher vegetarian reception after Avivah Zornberg’s talk.
Co-sponsored by the Women’s Studies in Religion Program at GTU
MUDD 100, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Ave., Berkeley
April 22 Vancouver, Canada 7:30pm #3
Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, Wosk Auditorium,
950 West 41st Ave. , 604-257-5111
http://www.cnrs.ubc.ca/evening-avivah-zornberg
April 23 Los Angeles UCLA Hillel #2 7:30pm light dinner at 6pm
574 Hilgard Ave. 1 310-208-3081
April 26-30 Atlanta
April 26-27 , Young Israel of Toco Hills 2074 LaVista Road NE. #4
Atlanta, GA 30329-3928
www.yith.org 404.315.1417 (Office)
Sunday April 28 Coffee at 9:30am. Lecture 10:00am –11:30 + discussion. #1
Ahavath Achim Synagogue Rabbi Neil Sandler
www.AASynagogue.org
600 Peachtree Battle Avenue, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia
Phone: 404.355.5222 ext. 230 Fax: 404.352.2831
Sunday April 28 7:15 p.m. #5 Congregation Etz Chaim http://www.etzchaim.net/index.aspx
1190 Indian Hills Pkwy NE Marietta +1 770-973-0137 Rabbi Paul Kerbel
Monday April 29, 7:00 p.m. #7 The Temple (co-sponsored with the Marcus Jewish Community Center)
1589 Peachtree St NE Atlanta, GA +1 404-873-1731 http://www.the-temple.org/
Tuesday April 30 #3 Temple Sinai 7:30 p.m. 5645 Dupree Dr NW Atlanta, GA
+1 404-252-3073 Rabbi Elana Perry http://www.templesinaiatlanta.org/
May 1 Florida, Palm Beach Synagogue 7pm #3
120 North County Road office@palmbeachsynagogue.com
Palm Beach, Florida 33480 (561) 838-9002
May 4 HIR Riverdale, Bronx #3
May 6-7 Boston
May 6 Ma'ayan #1
8 PM at Congregation Beth El-Atereth Israel
561 Ward Street Newton Centre, +1 617-244-7233
May 7 CJP sponsored
May 7 11am #3Temple Beth Elohim
10 Bethel Rd Wellesley, MA +1 781-235-8419
May 7 Dinner 6:30, lecture 7:30 pm #5 Young Israel of Brookline, 62 Green St Brookline,
May 8 New York 7:30pm White Institute #5
Together with Philip M. Bromberg
LOCATION:
Congregation Bnai Jeshrun, 257 West 88th St,
Between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
ADMISSION: $25 /$30 at the door; Students $15/$20 at the door. RSVP to reserve a space by emailing Diane Amato, d.amato@wawhite.org,(212) 873-0725, ext. 20
May 9 NYC Skirball 8pm #6
Temple Emmanuel 10 east 66th or 1 east 65th the buildings are connected
text prep will begin at 7pm.
May 10-11 NYC Congregation Shearith Israel
The Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue 8 West 70th Street
www.shearithisrael.org smorris@shearithisrael.org
Avivah’s cell phone 347 366 0769
April-May 2013 Lecture Tour Topics:
1. 'Jonah: Submission or Surrender?'
What is Jonah’s motivation in fleeing from God? In this brief, fraught text, a profoundly human tension reveals itself, culminating in the enigmatic final chapter. What would it mean for Jonah to be found by God? Submission or surrender?
2. 'She was what he had missed:' On the Loss of Women
We will discuss Jacob's relations to the women in his life: Rachel, Deborah, Dinah and – most significantly – Rebekah. Tragedy befalls all of them, soon after Jacob returns home after a long absence. The midrash detects a repressed theme of delay underlying these narratives. Jacob's wish for peace or wholeness may constitute a wish rather than a reality in his inner world.
3. Letter from an Unknown Woman: Joseph's Dream
Joseph dreams provocative dreams; his brothers' hatred grows because of them; Jacob apparently dismisses them. But according to Freud, all dreams contain a 'navel,' a spot that defies understanding, that 'reaches into the unknown.' In the midrash, that unfathomable element in the lives of Jacob and Joseph is represented by Rachel, the 'unknown woman' in their narrative. Literature, film, and psychoanalytic thought will enrich our study.
4. The Murmuring Deep
We will discuss Moses’ speech inhibition as a pivotal issue in the Exodus narrative. What is the nature of this ‘impediment’? We will look at midrashic and hassidic sources, as well as philosophical and psychoanalytic thinking on the role of voice in communication.
5. Bewilderments: 'The Sin of the Spies.'
The turning point of the Israelites' wilderness journey is the narrative of the Spies. When the people declare their intention to return to Egypt, is it fear that drives them? Or is it deeper issues of love and hate, trust and skepticism? We will explore this central narrative through the prism of midrashic, literary, and psychoanalytic materials.
6. 'To be or not to be:' a tale of five sisters
The five daughters of Zelofchad figure in a unique brief narrative which throws them into a relation of some tension with Moses. We will study this intriguing narrative, with the help of midrashic and hassidic sources. In what sense can this be considered a feminist narrative?
7. 'And I am a stranger:' Becoming Ruth
Ruth is a stranger in more senses than one. Who is this unknown woman who is
destined to become mother of royalty? What is the process by which she finds
her way into a foreign and unwelcoming culture and religious tradition?How does
destiny come about?
Granddaughter Zohar Leviah on Purim
Avivah in Moscow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpYOTCRjJmI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMeP93QURiA&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpYOTCRjJmI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMeP93QURiA&feature=relmfu
DVDs of 5 of Avivah's lectures are available from
Infomedia Judaica, Ltd http://www.imjl.com/
Previews on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUjfAnIwtVE&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf2ohnHG5Pw&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAg694tMVVA&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPgC_MiDkTE&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts1pTMmmjRU&feature=relmfu
For information and orders, send e-mail to lectures@imjl.com or call 248.354.6415 (in the U.S. and Canada call toll-free: 866-303-3365)
or you may fax your order form to 248.352.2665
order form: http://www.imjl.com/
Videos and Podcasts
http://www.lsjs.ac.uk/tribute-to-chief-rabbi-sacks-draws-record-crowds/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8QqEIRhIco
http://www.jinsider.com/videos/serie/518-avivah-zornberg.html
http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2011/genesis-of-desire/
http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2010/reflections-on-the-bibilical-unconscious.php
http://podcast.occsp.org/wp/category/zornberg_dr_avivah/
http://podcasts.jccsf.org/2010/04/avivah-gottlieb-zornberg-2/
http://podcasts.jccsf.org/2009/05/avivah-gottlieb-zornberg/
http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2009/exodus/
http://www.podfeed.net/episode/Avivah+Zornberg+unedited+interview/3175125
http://blogs.forward.com/bintel-blog/119152/orthodox-zornberg-receives-coveted-reform-award/
http://blip.tv/union-for-reform-judaism/biennial-live-2880471
Granddaughters Miriam and Aluma
http://podcasts.jccsf.org/2012/08/aviva-zornberg/
Reviews of The Murmuring Deep:
The Forward
Interview with Jake Marmur: http://www.forward.com/articles/104035/
Review by Ilana M. Blumberg The Other Side of Silence: Listening Into the Bible http://www.forward.com/articles/104049/ See BOOK REVIEWS page.
See also http://blogs.forward.com/the-arty-semite/144626/
Tikkun
Review by David Shasha PLUMBING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPTHS OF HUMANITY
http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/nov_dec_09_shasha
Jewish Journal
Zornberg Shines Light on Biblical Silences by Rabbi David Wolpe
http://www.jewishjournal.com/books/article/zornberg_shines_light_on_biblical_silences_20091208/
Jerusalem Post feature article about Avivah
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=1&cid=1245184865773&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
JBOOKS by Jill Hammer
http://www.jbooks.com/nonfiction/index/NF_Hammer_Zornberg.htm
See BOOK REVIEWS page by clicking at the top of this page.
Reviews of The Murmuring Deep:
The Forward
Interview with Jake Marmur: http://www.forward.com/articles/104035/
Review by Ilana M. Blumberg The Other Side of Silence: Listening Into the Bible http://www.forward.com/articles/104049/ See BOOK REVIEWS page.
See also http://blogs.forward.com/the-arty-semite/144626/
Tikkun
Review by David Shasha PLUMBING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPTHS OF HUMANITY
http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/nov_dec_09_shasha
Jewish Journal
Zornberg Shines Light on Biblical Silences by Rabbi David Wolpe
http://www.jewishjournal.com/books/article/zornberg_shines_light_on_biblical_silences_20091208/
Jerusalem Post feature article about Avivah
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=1&cid=1245184865773&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
JBOOKS by Jill Hammer
http://www.jbooks.com/nonfiction/index/NF_Hammer_Zornberg.htm
See BOOK REVIEWS page by clicking at the top of this page.
Daughter Bracha with her niece Shuvi
Bracha with miracle daughter Yasmin
