Grief, Poetry, and God Wrestling: Preparing for Yizkor with Rabbi Dr. Wendy Zierler
Tuesday, April 7 • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Join us for learning with Rabbi Dr. Wendy Zierler, whose new memoir, Going Out with Knots, was just shortlisted for a National Jewish Book Award.
Rabbi Dr. Zierler will share with us about this project, which illuminates her literary and personal Jewish mourning journey in the aftermath of the deaths of both her parents in one year, the challenges she faced as a woman saying Kaddish in an Orthodox synagogue; and her decision to teach a weekly class on modern Hebrew poems that addressed grief, prayer, and God wrestling.
Rabbi Zierler will reflect on how immersion in modern Hebrew poetry can respond deeply to both communal as well as personal losses, offering a new form of theology and Torah.
This program is sponsored by our CRS Caring Council.
Join us for learning with Rabbi Dr. Wendy Zierler, whose new memoir, Going Out with Knots, was just shortlisted for a National Jewish Book Award.
Rabbi Dr. Zierler will share with us about this project, which illuminates her literary and personal Jewish mourning journey in the aftermath of the deaths of both her parents in one year, the challenges she faced as a woman saying Kaddish in an Orthodox synagogue; and her decision to teach a weekly class on modern Hebrew poems that addressed grief, prayer, and God wrestling.
Rabbi Zierler will reflect on how immersion in modern Hebrew poetry can respond deeply to both communal as well as personal losses, offering a new form of theology and Torah.
This program is sponsored by our CRS Caring Council.
