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It Takes Two to Torah: A Modern, Lively Discussion about the Five Books of Moses

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

It Takes Two to Torah: A Modern, Lively Discussion about the Five Books of Moses

Contributors:

By (Author) Abigail Pogrebin
By (author) Rabbi Dov Linzer
Foreword by Mayim Bialik

ISBN:

9781941493342

Publisher:

Fig Tree Books

Imprint:

Fig Tree Books

Publication Date:

2nd January 2025

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Theology

Dewey:

222.106

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

320

Dimensions:

Width 152mm, Height 228mm, Spine 25mm

Description

For the first time, in a single volume, readers can take a tour of the entire Torah through the medium of one challenging, instructive, irreverent, animated conversation. Rabbi Dov Linzer, an Orthodox rabbi, and Abigail Pogrebin, a Reform journalist talk their way through the Five Books of Moses with candor, humor, emotion, personal revelation, and scholarship.

Rabbi Linzer is President and Rabbinic Head of YCT Rabbinical School (a Modern Orthodox seminary,) and Abigail Pogrebin is a veteran journalist, author of My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew and former producer for 60 Minutes.

Dov is a renowned expert in Torah and Talmud, whose personal values run liberal and egalitarian, but who also has clear parameters about what is halachically correct and comfortable when it comes to Jewish law and tradition. Abby is our relatable every-Jew in America, deeply engaged in Jewish life, but less through strict observance and prayer as through study, reporting, synagogue, and community.

This book is the product of two people literally meeting in the middle to bring us their most honest intellectual and relevant understanding of the Torah.Pogrebin and Linzer engaged in short dialogues on a podcast for Tablet Magazine, and they have now been collected and edited so that the full, fascinating exploration can be found in one place.

This book is a Torah conversation-starter for families on Shabbat, for religious school instructors with students of all ages, for individuals who have never found a way to read the entire Torah in bite-size, relatable nuggets, and for young clergy looking for some sermon ideas if theyre stuck! Most of all, it is a snapshot of what Torah study is meant to be: a real-time, candid, instructive, challenging exchange of responses to ancient text. It Takes Two to Torah is not just an education, its an invitation to join the oldest Book Club in the world.

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