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Monday, December 23 • 10:40 - 11:40
The shrew, femme fatale, prima donna, and whore: four Talmudic heroines (1 of 4)

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Yalta, the Shrew – Why are shrews always so vicious? How did the ancient world view the male/female body? And what possessed Yalta to smash 400 bottles of her husband's wine? The comic tale of Yalta, read through Aristotle, Shakespeare, Congreve, Brontë, Jean Rhys, Adrienne Rich, and R. Kook.
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Gila Fine

Koren Publishers Jerusalem
Gila Fine is the editor-in-chief of Maggid Books (Koren Publishers Jerusalem). She’s a teacher of talmudic narrative, and has taught at the Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University, and the Hartman Institute. Gila is the former editor of 'Azure: Ideas for the Jewish Nation', and the... Read More →

Monday December 23, 2013 10:40 - 11:40 GMT
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