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Tuesday, December 24 • 21:10 - 22:20
Magic cave - between the old world and the new (1 of 2)

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S.Y. Agnon's Nobel-winning literature is obsessed with questions of the viability of tradition in the modern world. A close read and unraveling of sources will help us explore this theme in his well-known short story 'The Fable of the Goat'. What did it mean when he wrote it in 1925? What does it mean for us today?
Presenters
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Jeffrey Saks

Director, ATID & WebYeshiva.org
Jeffrey, founder of ATID and its WebYeshiva.org programme, edited 'Wisdom From All My Teachers'; 'To Mourn a Child: Jewish Responses to Childhood Death'; and authored 'Spiritualizing Halakhic Education'. He is associate editor of 'Tradition' journal, and editor of 'The Agnon Library... Read More →

Tuesday December 24, 2013 21:10 - 22:20 GMT
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