Special Event
July 24-30
White Fire: Special Topics in Midrash
Presented by: Elat Chayyim & The Institute for Contemporary Midrash
The Zohar says that the Torah is written with black fire on white fire - the black is the letters of the received text; the white is midrash, the time-honored process of interpretation that gives voice to silence, reconciles contradiction, and expresses contemporary values.
Rabbi Lawrence Kushner has said, ICM and the creation of modern midrash which it nurtures, perhaps more than any other discipline, will ensure the renewal of the Jewish people.
This year, ICM presents ten half-day courses in the literary, performing and visual arts. Some are experiential; others give you new skills or refine old ones. Some are gateways for those exploring; others support advanced students. Join a community of readers and dancers, artists and group leaders, teachers and writers...people who want to encounter sacred text - and themselves - in new ways.
This week, evening programs and Shabbat are dedicated to midrashic inquiry and expression through Bibliodrama, multidisciplinary creativity, workshops, services, and faculty and student presentations.
Regardless of which courses you choose, you will surely say, I'll never read the Torah the same way again!
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