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Shabbat Lecture Series: Shabbat Services, Dinner and Lecture by Caryn Tamber-Rosenau

Friday, November 1, 2024 30 Tishrei 5785

6:15 PM - 9:00 PMIn person at Brith Shalom

Service is in person in the Brith Shalom Sanctuary and on YouTube.
Dinner and Lecture are in person only.

Caryn Tamber-Rosenau will present during dinner (for those who sign up for dinner).
Dinner cost is $36.00 per person. Please register below by Wednesday, October 30 at 6:00 PM

Title: How to Get Ahead in Ancient Israel: Exploring the Book of Judith.

Description: The ancient Jewish book of Judith tells the story of a beautiful, pious widow who seduces an enemy general to his death. This talk will explore questions such as: What does Judith have to do with Hanukkah? Why didn't her book make it into the Jewish biblical canon (Tanakh)? And what is the role of Judith's womanhood in her story?                                                     

Bio: Caryn Tamber-Rosenau is assistant professor of Jewish Studies and Religious Studies at the University of Houston, where she also directs the Jewish Studies program. She is a biblical scholar with a focus on women, gender, and sexuality in the Hebrew Bible and other ancient Jewish texts. Her first book, Women in Drag: Gender and Performance in the Hebrew Bible and Early Jewish Literature, was published in 2018. She is at work on her second book, Queering History in Second Temple Judaism.

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