Three Biblical books - called megillot (scrolls) - are traditionally read during the Spring festivals: Esther (Purim), Song of Songs (Passover) and Ruth (Shavuot). Each has a unique theme: the interplay of the revealed and the unrevealed, the exposed and the disguised, the comic and the tragic (Esther); unrequited love and the interplay of intimacy and remoteness (Song of Songs); and the interplay between the virtue of mercy and the virtue of Justice (Ruth).

Join Irit Koren, doctoral candidate in Gender Studies at Bar-Ilan University and Director of Alma NY, and video artist Ofri Cnaani, in examining these themes and how they relate to our lives through the lens of classic Jewish text and moden works of video-art, installation and photography.

4 Thursdays, February 8th - March 1, 7-8:30 pm

($60-members/$75-non-members).

Register online at www.jccmanhattan.org or call the JCC at 646-505-5708.
The course code is JLSBIB00W7.
The JCC is located at 334 Amsterdam Avenue (at 76th street).

Irit Koren - Director of Alma NY (at the JCC)
334 Amsterdam Avenue, 8th floor New York, ny 10023
Tel. 646-505-4414 Fax. 646-505-4448