“SY Agnon: The Days of Awe”
As we begin the month of Elul, we enter a time set aside on the Jewish calendar for deep introspection. This month will prepare us for the Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and the other holidays of Tishrei. Shmuel Yosef (Shai) Agnon was one of the most beautiful and illuminating writers of the modern era. The only Hebrew language novelist to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, Agnon’s stories always touch profoundly on the agonies and the triumphs of the Jewish spirit.
In this three session mini course, we will focus on four Agnon stories that explore the themes of the Jewish High Holiday season.
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Shmuel Yosef Agnon, “The Orchestra and Another Tallit”
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Shmuel Yosef Agnon, “Hemdat The Cantor”
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Shmuel Yosef Agnon, “The Etrog”
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Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo
Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo has taught Jewish philosophy and law at Yeshiva University. He holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MA from Hebrew University in Jerusalem in Jewish Philosophy. He has also studied at Machon Shlomo, Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh, Heichal HaTorah B’Tzion, and Beit Ariel Jerusalem. He has published widely on Jewish themes, and he lectures internationally. He was the Director of Education for Meor NYU, and before returning to the U.S. he was on the faculty of Michlalah Jerusalem College and Yeshivat Ohr Yerushalyim for ten years. His book Learning to Grow is published by Kodesh Press.
