Shabbat Scholar in Residence Series
Schwartz Scholar-in Residence: Gila Fine
Friday-Saturday, November 21 & 22Gila Fine is the author of The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic: Rereading the Women of the Talmud, winner of the 74th National Jewish Book Award and the 2024 Rabbi Sacks Book Prize. She is a lecturer of rabbinic literature, exploring the tales of the Talmud through philosophy, literary criticism, psychoanalysis, and pop-culture. Gila serves on the faculties of Shalem College, the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, the Tikvah Scholars Program, the Nachshon Project, and Amudim Seminary. She is also the editor in chief of Maggid Books.
Shabbat morning sermon: “The Festival of Darkness”
Class during Kiddush: “The Madwoman in the Rabbi's Attic”
Class after Mincha: “Honi the Supersleeper and the Utopian Fantasy”
Sponsored by Nathan and Louise Schwartz (z"l) of Wilmington, N.C.
Schwartz Scholar-in Residence: Rabbi Yoni RosensweigFriday-Saturday, February 6 & 7
Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig is the rabbi of the Netzach Menashe community in Beit Shemesh and a leading voice in the intersection of Jewish law and mental health. He is the author of several books, including Nafshi BeShe’elati, a groundbreaking halachic work on mental health. He co-founded Maaglei Nefesh, a center dedicated to training Jewish community leaders, supporting those facing mental health challenges, and reducing stigma within the community.
Sponsored by Nathan and Louise Schwartz, z"l, of Wilmington, NC.
Rabbi Ysoscher Katz is Chair of the Talmud Department at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah. He studied at the Satmar, Brisk, and Beit Yosef Navaradok yeshivot, received semikha shortly after high school, and has taught Talmud and halakhah at a wide array of institutions. He has directed the Lindenbaum Center for Halakhic Studies, composed responsa on vital contemporary halakhic issues, and writes extensively on matters pertaining to Jewish society.
Dr. Sharon Flatto is a Professor of Judaic Studies at Brooklyn College and the Deputy Director of its Graduate Program. Specializing in early modern Jewish history and Kabbalah, Professor Flatto has taught at a broad range of educational institutions: Yale, Queens College, Brown, and numerous adult education programs. She is the author of The Kabbalistic Culture of Eighteenth-Century Prague: Ezekiel Landau (the ‘Noda Biyehudah’) and his Contemporaries, and various scholarly articles.
Shabbat morning sermon: “The Festival of Darkness”
Class during Kiddush: “The Madwoman in the Rabbi's Attic”
Class after Mincha: “Honi the Supersleeper and the Utopian Fantasy”
Sponsored by Nathan and Louise Schwartz (z"l) of Wilmington, N.C.
Schwartz Scholar-in Residence: Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig
Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig is the rabbi of the Netzach Menashe community in Beit Shemesh and a leading voice in the intersection of Jewish law and mental health. He is the author of several books, including Nafshi BeShe’elati, a groundbreaking halachic work on mental health. He co-founded Maaglei Nefesh, a center dedicated to training Jewish community leaders, supporting those facing mental health challenges, and reducing stigma within the community.
Sponsored by Nathan and Louise Schwartz, z"l, of Wilmington, NC.
Scholar-in Residence: Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein
Friday-Saturday, March 13 & 14
Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein, formerly the Rabbi of the Beth Israel Synagogue in Halifax, Canada, serves as Director of North America of Tzohar and Rabbi of the Beth Garden Shul in Efrat. An experienced rabbi, writer and popular lecturer around the world, he is the author of Daven Your Age, Beyond Routine, Musings of a Minyaner, and co-editor of Machzor Vechai Bahem.
Sermon: "Israel's Jewish Revival and the Post-war Future”
Kiddush Class: "Who Said You're Jewish? Proving Your Judaism in 2026"
Class after Mincha:"When Jewish Life Meets Israeli Reality: Offering Jewish Services to the Non-affiliated Israeli”
Rabbi Ysoscher Katz and Dr. Sharon Flatto
Shavuot, May 21-23Rabbi Ysoscher Katz is Chair of the Talmud Department at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah. He studied at the Satmar, Brisk, and Beit Yosef Navaradok yeshivot, received semikha shortly after high school, and has taught Talmud and halakhah at a wide array of institutions. He has directed the Lindenbaum Center for Halakhic Studies, composed responsa on vital contemporary halakhic issues, and writes extensively on matters pertaining to Jewish society.
Dr. Sharon Flatto is a Professor of Judaic Studies at Brooklyn College and the Deputy Director of its Graduate Program. Specializing in early modern Jewish history and Kabbalah, Professor Flatto has taught at a broad range of educational institutions: Yale, Queens College, Brown, and numerous adult education programs. She is the author of The Kabbalistic Culture of Eighteenth-Century Prague: Ezekiel Landau (the ‘Noda Biyehudah’) and his Contemporaries, and various scholarly articles.
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