Avivah Zornberg
This is Avivah Zornberg's website. To contact her write to zornberg@netvision.net.il. Order her new DVDs from http://www.imjl.com/ You will find here her teaching schedules in Israel and abroad, book reviews, videos
To order Avivah's new book THE MURMURING DEEP: Reflections on the Biblical Unconscious
see http://www.amazon.com/Murmuring-Deep-Reflections-Biblical-Unconscious/dp/0805242473
Avivah Zornberg's next lecture tour will be in May 2011.
See BOOK REVIEWS page for reviews of Avivah's first two books on Genesis and Exodus.
:The Beginning of Desire: Reflections on Genesis, (JPS-Doubleday)
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
New book March 2009 Schocken
Avivah’s teaching schedule in Jerusalem after Succoth 2010
Avivah will teach 10 weeks on the Book of Numbers (Bamidbar) starting October 4 until December 16 omitting Hanukah week.
Mondays 7:30pm Israel Center 22 Keren HaYesod
Wednesdays 9am Israel Center 22 Keren HaYesod
Thursdays 10:15am Matan 30 Rashbag Street tel 5944555.
Thursdays 2.15 pm at the Conservative Yeshiva (this may not be open to public)
Classes are 90 minutes.
April-May 2010 Lecture Tour topics
1. '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?
2. 'And I did not know:' the secret of prayer
Jacob wakes from his dream with a conviction of ignorance. This encounter with God and with himself initiates him into a new way of understanding his role. Exile brings him into his 'dark night of the soul:' two dark nights - the dream of the ladder and his unwitting marriage to Leah - complicate and transfigure his world. We will call on midrashic and hassidic sources, as well as psychoanalytic perspectives, to illuminate our exploration.
3. Why did Sarah laugh?
We will discuss the theme of feasting and laughter in the narrative of Abraham and Sarah. Are their responses to the promise of miraculous birth essentially different? Material from midrashic, literary and psychoanalytic sources will enrich our exploration.
4. 'She was what he had missed:' On the Loss of Women
The account of Jacob's return home after 22 years away covers many episodes, several of them tragic. We will discuss the repressed midrashic theme of delay and its psychological expression in Jacob's relationship to the women in his life: Rachel, Deborah, Dinah and – most significantly – Rebekah.
5. 'Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world:' Esther's prayer
God's name is absent from the text of the book of Esther. We will discuss the radical implications of this absence, and the nature of the miracle of Purim. Esther and her prayer - also absent from the text - throw into poignant relief the paradox of exile.
6. 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?
7. 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.
Avivah will teach 10 weeks on the Book of Numbers (Bamidbar) starting October 4 until December 16 omitting Hanukah week.
Mondays 7:30pm Israel Center 22 Keren HaYesod
Wednesdays 9am Israel Center 22 Keren HaYesod
Thursdays 10:15am Matan 30 Rashbag Street tel 5944555.
Thursdays 2.15 pm at the Conservative Yeshiva (this may not be open to public)
Classes are 90 minutes.
April-May 2010 Lecture Tour topics
1. '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?
2. 'And I did not know:' the secret of prayer
Jacob wakes from his dream with a conviction of ignorance. This encounter with God and with himself initiates him into a new way of understanding his role. Exile brings him into his 'dark night of the soul:' two dark nights - the dream of the ladder and his unwitting marriage to Leah - complicate and transfigure his world. We will call on midrashic and hassidic sources, as well as psychoanalytic perspectives, to illuminate our exploration.
3. Why did Sarah laugh?
We will discuss the theme of feasting and laughter in the narrative of Abraham and Sarah. Are their responses to the promise of miraculous birth essentially different? Material from midrashic, literary and psychoanalytic sources will enrich our exploration.
4. 'She was what he had missed:' On the Loss of Women
The account of Jacob's return home after 22 years away covers many episodes, several of them tragic. We will discuss the repressed midrashic theme of delay and its psychological expression in Jacob's relationship to the women in his life: Rachel, Deborah, Dinah and – most significantly – Rebekah.
5. 'Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world:' Esther's prayer
God's name is absent from the text of the book of Esther. We will discuss the radical implications of this absence, and the nature of the miracle of Purim. Esther and her prayer - also absent from the text - throw into poignant relief the paradox of exile.
6. 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?
7. 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.
Granddaughter Zohar Leviah on Purim
Videos:
Eisendrath Bearer of Light Award from the Union for Reform Judaism for outstanding service to the Jewish world.
http://blogs.rj.org/reform/2009/11/honoring-an-inspirational-scho.html
A number of shorts by Avivah:
http://www.jinsider.com/videos/serie/518-avivah-zornberg.html
Audio: Speaking of Faith radio on the subject of the Exodus:
http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/exodus/
Eisendrath Bearer of Light Award from the Union for Reform Judaism for outstanding service to the Jewish world.
http://blogs.rj.org/reform/2009/11/honoring-an-inspirational-scho.html
A number of shorts by Avivah:
http://www.jinsider.com/videos/serie/518-avivah-zornberg.html
Audio: Speaking of Faith radio on the subject of the Exodus:
http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/exodus/
DVDs of 5 of Avivah's lectures will shortly be available from
Infomedia Judaica, Ltd http://www.imjl.com/
For information and orders, send e-mail to lectures@imjl.comor 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://imjl.com/ImJL%20Zornberg%20DVDs%20Order%20Form%202009-10-30.pdf >
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.
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.
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.
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.
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