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And Esther Was Taken

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“And Esther was Taken” (Esther 2:8): Sexuality, Consent Culture and Trafficking

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The first of a three part series about Megillat Esther and Purim will be taught by Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy. For more information and registration, visit www.pardes.org.il/Purim2019, or contact 02 673 5210 / ce@pardes.org.il. All lectures took place at Pardes, 29 Pierre Koenig, Jerusalem.

February 27: And Esther was Taken
March 4: From Shushan to Tel Aviv
March 13: The Vanishing Jew

The Purim 5779 Lecture series is Sponsored in Memory of Brondell Pomrenze by Huti and Jay Pomrenze

Please note: We apologize for the level of the recording. It is not ideal, but due to the importance of this topic, we have decided to post it.

 

Meesh Hammer-Kossoy

Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy is Director of the Year Program and Rosh Beit Midrash at Pardes, where she has taught since 1999. Originally from Washington, D.C., Meesh is a Pardes alumna herself, attending the Year Program in 1991-1992. Meesh holds degrees from Brandeis University and New York University, and received Orthodox ordination from Beit Midrash Har’el in 2015.

Meesh previously taught at NYU, Drisha, and Midreshet Lindenbaum. She has received multiple fellowships, including from ATID, the Memorial Foundation, and the National Foundation for Jewish Culture. Despite having written her doctoral dissertation about criminal punishment in the Talmudic period, Meesh is known by her husband and three children as a lover of mercy and kindness.

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