November 24, 2024 The Triumph of Life: Book Launch with Rabbi Yitz Greenberg & Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld

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Join us for Rabbi Yitz Greenberg and Hebrew College President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld in conversation on Sunday, November 24 in person at Hebrew College.

In his new book, The Triumph of Life: A Narrative Theology of Judaism, Rabbi Yitz Greenberg tells the story of God’s relationship with humanity, and illuminates the Jewish vision of God as a force of life and love. He explores how the covenant, this partnership between us and God, empowers us to prioritize repair and work towards a world in which every person lives with dignity.

In conversation with Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, Rabbi Greenberg will explore the ways in which this ethic of powerful and triumphant life can be directed towards the challenges of our times, and the role of mindful Jewish living in this mission.

Rabbi Yitz Greenberg
Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg is a preeminent Jewish thinker, theologian, activist, president of the J.J. Greenberg Institute for the Advancement of Jewish Life, and Senior Scholar in Residence at Hadar. He was ordained by Beth Joseph Rabbinical Seminary of Brooklyn, New York; has a doctorate in history from Harvard University; and is the author of five books, including For the Sake of Heaven and Earth: The New Encounter between Judaism and Christianity and The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays.

Rabbi Sharon Cohen-Anisfeld
Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld has been president of Hebrew College since 2018. She came to Hebrew College in 2005 and served first as Dean of Students for one year and then as Dean of the Rabbinical School for 11 years, from 2006-2017. Rabbi Anisfeld graduated from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 1990 and subsequently spent 15 years working in pluralistic settings as a Hillel rabbi at Tufts University, Yale University, and Harvard University. She has been a regular summer faculty member for the Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel since 1993. She is co-editor of two volumes of women’s writings on Passover, The Women’s Seder Sourcebook: Rituals and Readings for Use at the Passover Seder and The Women’s Passover Companion: Women’s Reflections on the Festival of Freedom. From 2011-2013, Rabbi Anisfeld was named to Newsweek‘s list of the Top 50 Influential Rabbis in America and, in 2015, one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world by The Jerusalem Post. She writes and teaches widely, weaving together Torah, rabbinic commentary, and contemporary poetry and literature in her wise and compassionate approach to the complexities of the human experience and the search for healing and hope in a beautiful but fractured world.