Speaking Torah

Hebrew College

Torah is one of the most profound sources of wisdom available to us. In this podcast, Jewish leaders from around the world read essays from Hebrew College faculty and rabbinical alumni about how Torah can help us navigate the most pressing issues of our time. Together, we explore the ways Torah can help us approach the world with creativity, healing, and hope. Find out more at hebrewcollege.edu/podcast.

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Speaking Torah

Episodes (28)

Feb 2nd Reclaiming Female Presence
Feb 2nd Heart of a Stranger
Dec 8, 2025 My Legs Were Praying

Speaking Torah

Feb 2, 2026
50 minutes
46 MB

What happens when we begin reading the Talmud with an assumption of female presence rather than female absence? In this episode of Speaking Torah, Rabbi Dr. Jane Kanarek, Professor of Rabbinics and Dean of Faculty at Hebrew College, joins her longtime havruta partner Dr. Judith Kates to explore Jane's book Beyond Brutality: Reclaiming Female Presence in the Bavli Sotah. Focusing on Tractate Sotah, a text shaped by a brutal ritual that publicly humiliates women, Jane demonstrates how reading the tractate as a unified literary whole reveals something surprising: the Bavli itself pushes back against t...

Speaking Torah

Reclaiming Female Presence

Hebrew College

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