It Takes Two to Torah

It Takes Two to Torah
Thursday, December 5 at 12pm PT/ 3pm ET

Overwhelmed by the thought of reading all 79,976 words in the Torah or decoding its 5,844 often complex passages? In It Takes Two to Torah, an Orthodox rabbi and a Reform journalist embark on that daunting journey and debate their way through the Five Books of Moses with candor, humor, and deep scholarship. Abigail Pogrebin and Rabbi Dov Linzer will be in conversation with AJU’s Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson as they bring their lively discussions on the Torah’s teachings on love, survival, and humanity’s relationship with God to this AJU Open webinar. Buy the book here.

Abigail Pogrebin is the author of the National Jewish Book Award finalist My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew and Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish. She’s written for The Atlantic, the Forward, and Tablet, and moderates public conversations for The Streicker Center and the Jewish Broadcasting Service.  

Rabbi Dov Linzer is the President and Rosh HaYeshiva (Rabbinic Head) of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, an Orthodox rabbinical school and Torah center, which promotes a more open and inclusive Orthodoxy. He has written for the Forward, Tablet, and The New York Times, and hosted highly popular Torah podcasts. 

Rabbi Dr Bradley Shavit Artson (www.bradartson.com) holds the Abner and Roslyn Goldstine Dean’s Chair of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies and is Vice President of American Jewish University in Los Angeles.