The Missing Half of the Jewish Bookshelf: Midrashim Written by Women
 
A Shabbat Drasha and Kiddush
Workshop with Tamar Biala
Shabbat morning, Saturday, January 3, 2015
Services begin at 9:30 am
 
 
Tamar Biala, a veteran Israeli educator, religious feminist and emerging voice in Jewish Studies, 
is a Scholar-in-Residence at Brandeis University whose research focuses on Midrashim 
written by women. Tamar co-edited Dirshuni, the first ever collection of Midrashim written by 
contemporary Israeli women, adding a female perspective to classical Midrashim.