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3rd-9th May 2018 Melbourne Jewish Book Week
‘We love to talk books in a
city that loves to read them’
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Melbourne Jewish Book Week
‘We love to talk books in a
city that loves to read them’
  • ABOUT:
  • AUTHORS:
  • EVENTS:
    • Special Events
    • Sunday Program
    • Monday Program
  • SUPPORTERS:
3rd-9th May 2018
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Nathan Wolski

Nathan Wolski is lecturer in Jewish Studies at the ACJC , Monash University, where he teaches comparative mysticism and medieval religious thought. He is the translator of The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, vols. 10 and 12, Stanford University Press, and author of A Journey Into the Zohar, SUNY Press, as well as many studies on diverse aspects of the Zohar, the major work of the classical Kabbalah, and numerous studies on the Yiddish mystical poet Aaron Zeitlin.

Sessions :
Mon 07th May
1:30pm
Oy, What a Read!
Venue: Ngargee Room, St Kilda Town Hall
“Oy, what a read!” or “Best-kvellers: the Yiddish books that shaped our lives”. A lively panel of acclaimed Yiddish writers, scholars, and teachers introduce their favourite Yiddish books, and discuss the ways these best-kvellers influenced and shaped their lives. A session guaranteed to stimulate and surprise you, with guests Arnold Zable, Michael Gawenda, Dvora Zylberman and Nathan Wolski. Chaired by Hinde Ena Burstin. Non-Yiddish speakers welcome!   Free event but please book. Book Now >