Authors Posts by Miriam Gedwiser
Miriam Gedwiser
The Waters of Consolation: Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai and His Students
Miriam Gedwiser explores the time Rabban Yohanan ben Zakai's students sought to comfort their teacher.
If Your Wife Is Short, Bend Down and Hear Her Whisper: Rereading Tanur shel...
Miriam Gedwiser
Sometimes, returning to a familiar text uncovers something new. In this essay, I hope to reexamine the story of the Oven of Akhnai...
He Sent Out the Raven
Miriam Gedwiser explores the raven's role in parashat Noah
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A Question of Perpsective
Miriam Gedwiser
Chaim Saiman’s argues that the number of “gedolim” associated with a community - in this case, the modern and liberal Orthodox...
A Question of Perpsective
Miriam Gedwiser
Chaim Saiman’s argues that the number of “gedolim” associated with a community - in this case, the modern and liberal Orthodox communities - is...