Jun 22, 2017 By: yunews
Dr. Michelle Levine, associate professor of Bible at , recently delivered a number of lectures to various communities in New York.
In March, she spoke at the Young Israel of Oceanside for their annual Tanach be-Shanah Series on the topic, 鈥淩ecording Nature鈥檚 Song in Sefer Tehillim.鈥 She also spoke at Congregation Ohab Zedek, Belle Harbor, for Rosh Chodesh Adar, as well as in her own community in Kew Gardens Hills before Purim on 鈥淩evealing and Concealing: The Symbolic Role of Clothing in Megillat Esther.鈥
On the Shabbat before Pesach, she delivered a lecture in Kew Gardens Hills at Congregation Ohel Yizhak on 鈥淢egillat Shir Hashirim鈥擳he Eternal Bond between Hashem and Am Yisrael.鈥 She was hosted in the Monsey community in May, where she spoke on Shabbat at Congregation Kehillas Bais Yehudah on 鈥淧erpetuating the Sinai Experience: The Message of the Mishkan鈥 and on Sunday, for Congregations Bais Torah and Community Synagogue, as part of a Yom Iyun: Reflections on Shavuot and Beyond, on the topic, 鈥淭he Nexus between Torah and Creation.鈥
In June, Levine presented a lecture on Shavuot in Kew Gardens Hills on 鈥淥ur Matriarch Leah, Tamar, and Ruth: Mothers of Royalty.鈥 She also delivered a lecture series in May and June to a women鈥檚 group in Holliswood on Song of Songs. Levine completed 17 consecutive years of learning with a women鈥檚 group in Kew Gardens Hills; this year, she taught a weekly series on the Books of Exodus and Numbers, focusing on the Wilderness Narratives.
In addition, Levine was a guest lecturer for the Graduate Program in Advanced Talmudic Study this past semester, delivering four lectures on medieval biblical exegesis, including the commentaries of Rashi, Rashbam, Ramban, and Malbim.
