Literature
Wed 7 Jul 2010
2010
July 2010
Wednesday 7 July 2010
Wed 7 Jul, 7-9 pm. 126 High Street, Boston, 02110. Executive Director, 617-457-8500, info@cjp.org. Combined Jewish Philanthropies - [events]
Poetry and Tragedy: Midrashic Themes of Tisha b’Av with Rabbi Reuven Cohn Wednesday, July 07, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Presented by: Ma'ayan: Torah Studies Initiative for Women Congregation Shaarei Tefillah 35 Morseland Ave Newtonville, MA 02459 Cost: $65.00 General Admission, $32.50 Full-time Student or Teacher, $48.75 Chavrutah Discount Instructor: Rabbi Reuven Z. CohnNo prior text-study experience required. Many of the piyutim (liturgical poems) that we recite on Tisha b'Av were written in Israel over a thousand years ago. Despite the stature of the paytanim (pious religious poets), their creations often strike the modern ear