LimmudBoston 2015: Full Schedule

10:15am EST

Moses: Soul of a Leader, A Midrash Performance and Discussion

What goes through the mind of Moses as he stands on Mt. Nebo at the end of his life? What are his thoughts about his role as leader? What does he have to say to God? Actress Annette Miller will perform "And This Is the Blessing," a midrash in the voice of Moses, by poet and fiction writer Naomi Myrvaagnes. Penina Adelman will lead discussion.

Speakers

Penina Adelman

Penina is a writer who works at the intersection of creative expression and spiritual quest. In the tradition of Midrash, she is working on a fictionalized family memoir integrated with Jewish history back to the biblical story of Creation. Penina is a Resident Scholar in the Women's... Read More →

Annette Miller

Annette Liberman Miller has performed on and off Broadway, in regional theaters, with Shakespeare and Co. in Lenox, MA, and on film and TV. She will appear in Robert Brustein's "Exposed," opening in December 2015 at the Wimberly Theater in Boston. She is a Resident Scholar in the... Read More →

Naomi Myrvaagnes

Naomi Myrvaagnes is working on a novel about a rabbi and her congregation, set in the early 1990s. Her poetry, essays, and short stories have appeared in online and print publications from the Forward to the Christian Science Monitor and Harvard Review. She is a Resident Scholar in... Read More →

Sunday December 6, 2015 10:15am - 11:15am EST
Leffell Conference Room Congregation Mishkan Tefila 300 Hammond Pond Pkwy Chestnut Hill, MA 02563

Performance, Text & Thought; Performance - Film

LimmudBoston 2015

10:15am EST

Penina Adelman

Annette Miller

Naomi Myrvaagnes

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