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Ilana Kurshan
Expanding the Palace of Torah
Two new books explore the pain of self-acceptance.
Setting the Table
“How will women’s proficiency in learning change family dynamics? . . . How will their sons view a woman’s capacity for rigorous study? Will women want a different sort of husband—one who is not threatened or intimated by an educated woman?”
Containing God’s Presence
The Torah reading cycle provides the structure not just for the Jewish year but also for countless volumes of commentary on the biblical text.