Movements Archives - Dr. Tamar R. Marvin

Wissenschaft

Wissenschaft des Judentums – “The science of Judaism” – was a 19th-century movement in Central Europe towards the scientific, critical study of Jewish texts and subjects, which coalesced into academic Jewish studies taking place in secular Western universities alongside the study of other languages and cultures. Editions of texts as well as research produced by…

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Gemara After finishing up the story (and its variants) about Rabban Yochanan and the sages of Yavneh (not all sources say Yavneh), we started learning the story of Titus and the mosquito within the cycle of churban aggadot in Gittin. ×0
Practical rabbinics We started a new kind of unit: responses from Jewish institutions to Covid closures and what they might look like going forward. ×0
Hilkhot niddah – harchakot We’ve started the topic of harchakot, and already I am learning so much from going back to the sources. Some challenges, but also affirming surprises. ×0