Moosnick Lectureship in Judaic Studies Presents: Mara Benjamin
Mara H. Benjamin is Irene Kaplan Leiwant Professor and Chair of Jewish Studies at Mount Holyoke College. She holds a Ph.D. in modern Jewish thought and religious studies from Stanford University. Her 2018 book, “The Obligated Self: Maternal Subjectivity and Jewish Thought,” received the 2019 American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion, Constructive-Reflective category, and was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in 2018. She is also the author of “Rosenzweig’s Bible: Reinventing Scripture for Jewish Modernity.”
Wednesday, March 22, at 7 p.m.
“Stewardship and Its Discontents: Challenging Theological Paradigms in an Age of Climate Change”
Transylvania University, Strickland Auditorium
Thursday, March 23, at 7 p.m.
“Becoming Earthbound: Jewish Thought in an Age of Climate Change”
Temple Adath Israel