When Judaism Began: Understanding Ezra and Nehemiah
Hosted By: Valley Beit Midrash
Valley Beit Midrash hosts a session on the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah, which tell the story of the return to Jerusalem from the first exile in ancient Babylonia and contain foundational ideas for the modern sense of Jewish identity. The public reading of the Torah begins with Ezra reading from the scroll before the community in Jerusalem, and these books introduce the first people to think of themselves as Jews. Jewish holidays and the Jewish calendar also take shape during this period, with Ezra and Nehemiah the first biblical books to use month names like Elul and Kislev.
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