Chai-er Learning: York U at BT Speaker Series

Interpreting Job in Music, Literature and Film with Prof. Carl Ehrlich

Beth Tzedec Congregation is proud to collaborate with York University’s Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies to present an engaging speaker series.

“Chai-er Learning” will feature six insightful presentations by leading academics, examining how Jewish communities interact with Israeli society and with diverse cultural and social groups. Through thought-provoking discussions, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the complexities of Jewish identity in our multicultural society.

There is no charge, but registration is required. To register, click HERE.

Presented in partnership with the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies at York University

Carl S. Ehrlich (B.A. magna cum laude ‘76 in Judaic Studies/Honors, University of Massachusetts at Amherst; M.A. ‘84 and Ph.D. ‘91 in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University) has been Professor of Hebrew Bible in the Departments of History and Humanities at York University (Toronto) since 1996, where he has also served as Coordinator of Religious Studies and as Director of the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies. Among his areas of interest are synchronic, diachronic, and contextual approaches to the biblical text and Israelite civilization.

Professor Ehrlich has authored The Philistines in Transition: A History from ca. 1000-730 B.C.E. (1996), Understanding Judaism (2004, reprinted: 2010 and translated into a number of languages), and Bibel und Judentum: Beiträge aus dem christlich-jüdischen Gespräch (2004), and (co-)edited Saul in Story and Tradition (2006), From an Antique Land: An Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern Literature (2009), Purity, Holiness, and Identity in Judaism and Christianity: Essays in Memory of Susan Haber (2013), Israel and the Diaspora: Jewish Connectivity in a Changing World (2022), Premodern Jewish Studies: A Handbook (2023), Kanon, Kontext und Konfession: Die hebräische Bibel in jüdischer und christlicher Auslegung (2025).

UPCOMING SESSIONS

Thursday, April 16
Matt Reingold: Cartooning the Yoms: Yom Hashoah, Hazikaron and Atzmaut in Israeli Society

Wednesday, June 3
Rhonda Lenton: TBC