Fierce Women of Torah: Girls in Trouble Unbound
with Alicia Jo Rabins
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When
Wednesdays - 8 Weeks
1:30-3:00 PM ET
10:30 AM- 12:00 PM PT
Starts October 23, 2024
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The patriarchal approach to Torah study, which was the default for millennia, prioritizes a focus on the male characters. In recent years, many have begun to explore what happens when we center women characters in Torah. Come join in this process of rebalancing as we delve into the stories of eight fierce Biblical women and girls, whose messy lives are as complicated as contemporary life!
We’ll explore these stories both through traditional Jewish text study (Tanakh and rabbinic midrash) as well as more recent creative interpretations, from Romantic-era etchings to contemporary feminist paintings and song. In each class of this interactive eight-session series, we’ll meet a different Biblical woman or girl and explore a rich moment of crisis, challenge or courage in her story which relates to fundamental human questions.
We'll dive into the heartfelt prayer of Hannah (and the risks and rewards of asking for what we want); the isolation of Miriam in the desert (and what Torah we might receive only in solitude); bat Yiftach’s haunting decision to return to her father (and the tension between orienting to self or others.)
Sessions will conclude with Alicia's performance of a musical midrash from Girls in Trouble, her indie-folk song cycle about women in Torah. In addition, you’ll receive free download codes for the Girls in Trouble Curriculum study guide about these eight characters to support you in bringing these Biblical women’s stories in your own community.
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This class will be recorded and available to enrolled students to watch later.
Cost
This course is available at a sliding scale cost of $359 (the true cost), $299 or $239.
If you can afford the full price, we hope you will choose that option, which allows us to continue to offer lower rates and scholarships to those who otherwise would not be able to access this learning because of financial barriers.
If you need financial aid beyond the sliding scale, please fill out this simple form, and we will get right back to you.
with Alicia Jo Rabins
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When
Wednesdays - 8 Weeks
1:30-3:00 PM ET
10:30 AM- 12:00 PM PT
Starts October 23, 2024
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The patriarchal approach to Torah study, which was the default for millennia, prioritizes a focus on the male characters. In recent years, many have begun to explore what happens when we center women characters in Torah. Come join in this process of rebalancing as we delve into the stories of eight fierce Biblical women and girls, whose messy lives are as complicated as contemporary life!
We’ll explore these stories both through traditional Jewish text study (Tanakh and rabbinic midrash) as well as more recent creative interpretations, from Romantic-era etchings to contemporary feminist paintings and song. In each class of this interactive eight-session series, we’ll meet a different Biblical woman or girl and explore a rich moment of crisis, challenge or courage in her story which relates to fundamental human questions.
We'll dive into the heartfelt prayer of Hannah (and the risks and rewards of asking for what we want); the isolation of Miriam in the desert (and what Torah we might receive only in solitude); bat Yiftach’s haunting decision to return to her father (and the tension between orienting to self or others.)
Sessions will conclude with Alicia's performance of a musical midrash from Girls in Trouble, her indie-folk song cycle about women in Torah. In addition, you’ll receive free download codes for the Girls in Trouble Curriculum study guide about these eight characters to support you in bringing these Biblical women’s stories in your own community.
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This class will be recorded and available to enrolled students to watch later.
Cost
This course is available at a sliding scale cost of $359 (the true cost), $299 or $239.
If you can afford the full price, we hope you will choose that option, which allows us to continue to offer lower rates and scholarships to those who otherwise would not be able to access this learning because of financial barriers.
If you need financial aid beyond the sliding scale, please fill out this simple form, and we will get right back to you.
with Alicia Jo Rabins
—
When
Wednesdays - 8 Weeks
1:30-3:00 PM ET
10:30 AM- 12:00 PM PT
Starts October 23, 2024
—
The patriarchal approach to Torah study, which was the default for millennia, prioritizes a focus on the male characters. In recent years, many have begun to explore what happens when we center women characters in Torah. Come join in this process of rebalancing as we delve into the stories of eight fierce Biblical women and girls, whose messy lives are as complicated as contemporary life!
We’ll explore these stories both through traditional Jewish text study (Tanakh and rabbinic midrash) as well as more recent creative interpretations, from Romantic-era etchings to contemporary feminist paintings and song. In each class of this interactive eight-session series, we’ll meet a different Biblical woman or girl and explore a rich moment of crisis, challenge or courage in her story which relates to fundamental human questions.
We'll dive into the heartfelt prayer of Hannah (and the risks and rewards of asking for what we want); the isolation of Miriam in the desert (and what Torah we might receive only in solitude); bat Yiftach’s haunting decision to return to her father (and the tension between orienting to self or others.)
Sessions will conclude with Alicia's performance of a musical midrash from Girls in Trouble, her indie-folk song cycle about women in Torah. In addition, you’ll receive free download codes for the Girls in Trouble Curriculum study guide about these eight characters to support you in bringing these Biblical women’s stories in your own community.
—
This class will be recorded and available to enrolled students to watch later.
Cost
This course is available at a sliding scale cost of $359 (the true cost), $299 or $239.
If you can afford the full price, we hope you will choose that option, which allows us to continue to offer lower rates and scholarships to those who otherwise would not be able to access this learning because of financial barriers.
If you need financial aid beyond the sliding scale, please fill out this simple form, and we will get right back to you.
Meet Alicia
Alicia Jo Rabins (she/her) is a writer, musician, composer, performer and Torah teacher. She combines words, music, ritual and performance to create works of experimental beauty exploring the intersection of ancient wisdom texts, feminism, and everyday life. Rabins tours internationally as a musician and performer; her work has appeared at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, and Joe’s Pub.
Rabins’ debut collection of poetry, Divinity School, won the APR/Honickman First Book Prize; her second poetry collection, Fruit Geode, was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. She is also the author of Even God Had Bad Parenting Days, a collection of short personal essays about early parenthood and Jewish spirituality. As a musician and performer, she is the creator and performer of Girls in Trouble, an indie-folk song cycle about the complicated lives of Biblical women with accompanying curriculum, and A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff, which began as a one-woman chamber-rock opera and was adapted into an award-winning independent feature film.
A Jewish educator, DIY bar/bat/b’nai mitzvah tutor, culture-bearer and ritualist for over twenty years, Rabins is passionate about progressive Jewish education. She tours internationally as a violinist, singer, lecturer and performer from her home base in Portland, Oregon, where she lives with her husband, two kids, and too many houseplants.
