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Salon@475 Book Talk: Torah in a Time of Plague

Erin Leib Smokler spoke with Gordon Tucker about his essay from her new book that wrestles with the implications of the pandemic.
Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler is a former faculty member at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. She is also the Dean of Students and the Director of Spiritual Development at Yeshivat Maharat, where she teaches Hasidism and Pastoral Torah, and a faculty member at the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. Erin earned both her PhD and MA from the University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought, and her BA from Harvard University. She was

Gordon Tucker

Salon@475: Book Talk

Jewish tradition has held and healed the Jewish people for centuries. As we continue to live through unprecedented times, there is wisdom in locating ourselves in precedent in an effort to meaningfully find our way through.

Erin Leib Smokler spoke with Gordon Tucker about his essay from her new book that wrestles with the implications of the pandemic, Torah in a Time of Plague: Historical and Contemporary Jewish Responses. Her collection won the 2021 National Jewish Book Award in Modern Jewish Thought and Experience.

Recorded on February 24, 2022

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