http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/texts/limmud-ny-2010-the-quintessential-limmud-experience/ Mixed Multitudes Mon, 23 May 2011 06:56:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/texts/limmud-ny-2010-the-quintessential-limmud-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-2138 Limmud NY: The power of an idea | Jewschool Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:27:26 +0000 http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/texts/limmud-ny-2010-the-quintessential-limmud-experience/#comment-2138 [...] And Tamar Fox, friend of Jewschool and writer for My Jewish Learning had this to say: In any normal weekend (or week, for that matter) how many times do you hear or see something that leaves you awe-inspired? I don’t mean in a particularly religious way, I just mean, in the way where you learn something that is so smart that you’re left gobsmacked. In my regular life, I’d say that happens, at most, twice a month. At Limmud, it happens at least once a day, and if you choose your sessions well, it can happen five or six times a day.… [...] [...] And Tamar Fox, friend of Jewschool and writer for My Jewish Learning had this to say: In any normal weekend (or week, for that matter) how many times do you hear or see something that leaves you awe-inspired? I don’t mean in a particularly religious way, I just mean, in the way where you learn something that is so smart that you’re left gobsmacked. In my regular life, I’d say that happens, at most, twice a month. At Limmud, it happens at least once a day, and if you choose your sessions well, it can happen five or six times a day.… [...]

]]> http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/texts/limmud-ny-2010-the-quintessential-limmud-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-2136 Meredith Kesner Lewis Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:44:59 +0000 http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/texts/limmud-ny-2010-the-quintessential-limmud-experience/#comment-2136 Her new book, Subversive Sequals, http://www.jewishpub.org/product.php?id=330, just won a National Jewish Book Award and was definitely a mind-blowing biblical read. Her new book, Subversive Sequals, http://www.jewishpub.org/product.php?id=330, just won a National Jewish Book Award and was definitely a mind-blowing biblical read.

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