A premise of this project is that the Talmud has been overlooked as an important medium for the growth and vitality of Judaism as an evolving civilization. The next important question for Jewish renewal is how to effectively place our voices into this chain of tradition. The inclusion of major events such as the holocaust, founding of the State of Israel and ingathering of exiles are prominent intentions of this project. Adding the perspective of women, contemporary science, emerging values and significant shifts in Jewish practice are also important goals. Dialogue will be audio-taped and transcribed and ultimately redacted into a sample column of commentary to be printed on an expanded Talmud page.
Participants are primarily rabbis and scholars from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware.
We are also interested in supporting similar efforts to arise in other regions. But it's because of that last clause that her other comments surprised me. Ignore me - I'm male. So I'm genuinely confused. I have to remain convinced that this is true regarding these books as well.