Rabba Wendy Amsellem visits our community
The Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA) Australia is hosting another in-person event in Melbourne with well-known scholar of Jewish text, Rabba Wendy Amsellem.
Visiting from New York, Rabba Amsellem will be giving a comprehensive shiur on the history of women’s Torah learning.
Rabba Amsellem – who teaches halachah at Yeshivat Maharat and directs the Beit Midrash Program, a joint project of Maharat and Yeshivat Chovevei Torah – is visiting Australia for the first time as a guest of the Zionist Federation of Australia’s Educators’ Conference.
“JOFA Australia is excited to host Rabba Wendy Amsellem in Melbourne and hear from her during her first ever visit to Australia,” said JOFA Australia president, Nomi Kaltmann. “Australian women are lucky to be able to have to learn from her and hear her Torah, which is sought out by people around the world.”
Rabba Amsellem’s talk will address some of the historical challenges that women have had accessing Torah and textual study because, traditionally, most women were excluded from Torah study. In the past 100 years, women have begun to study Torah enthusiastically, and over the past 50 years there has been a revolutionary shift in women’s learning. This shift has been welcomed by some and vigorously opposed by others.
“Any student who is lucky enough to learn with Rabba Wendy remembers her brilliance, erudition, and clarity in delivering complex halachic information in a clear and concise manner. We are certain that Australian women will enjoy this opportunity,” said Kaltmann, adding, “We welcome the community, both men and women, to come this shiur which will no doubt be interesting and informative.”
The event will be hosted in a private home in Caulfield on Tuesday, August 16 at 7pm. Tickets are free. Bookings: trybooking.com/CBHGJ
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