Melila Hellner-Eshed
Melila Hellner-Eshed, Ph.D., is a Research Fellow of the Kogod Research Center at Shalom Hartman Institute and the Director of Maskilot, an intensive two-year program for female doctoral candidates, now opening its fourth cohort. She also founded and co-directs the Rabbinical Students Seminar, a interdenominational program for rabbinic students spending a year in Israel. She has been a professor of Jewish mysticism and Zohar in the Department of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University in
Spiritual Sustenance in a Time of Crisis
Living in the unknown challenges us deeply. How can we gain strength and nourishment during this time? In this session, Melila Hellner-Eshed explores Jewish tradition for what it means to find faith while sitting in the darkness.
NOTE: This lecture was part of our Hartman Summer 2020 month-long celebration of Jewish ideas, All Together Now.
