Hanukkah, the Household, and the Making of Jewish Culture with Deena Aranoff
Tuesday, December 16, 2025 • 26 Kislev 5786
8:00 PM - 9:30 PMSalzberg Library and ZoomIn this study session, Deena Aranoff will guide us through Talmudic and Hasidic discussions of Hanukkah candle-lighting and how they create a framework for insight and illumination. Her talk will draw from the themes of her new book, Mother's Milk, Essays on Child-Rearing, the Household and the Making of Jewish Culture. See below for a link to order this book at a discount.
Deena Aranoff is Faculty Director of the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. She teaches rabbinic literature, medieval patterns of Jewish thought, and the broader question of continuity and change in Jewish history.
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87930622227?pwd=8RlHUDPJDmqwq5CbCzSKazvai4Ybmj.1
To receive a discount code to order Mother's Milk, Essays on Child-Rearing, the Household and the Making of Jewish Culture, visit the author's website: https://deenaaranoff.com/book/.
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