For the first time, in a single volume (It Takes Two to Torah: An Orthodox Rabbi and Reform Journalist Discuss and Debate Their Way Through the Five Books of Moses), readers can take a tour of the entire Torah through the medium of one challenging, instructive, irreverent, animated conversation. Rabbi Dov Linzer, an Orthodox rabbi, and Abigail Pogrebin, a Reform journalist and former producer for 60 Minutes, talk their way through the Five Books of Moses with candor, humor, emotion, personal revelation, and scholarship.
“Rigorous and readable, it’s a stimulating addition to modern-day Torah scholarship.” —Publishers Weekly
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About the Authors:
Rabbi Dov Linzer is the President and Rosh HaYeshiva (Rabbinic Head) of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT), an Orthodox rabbinical school and Torah center which promotes a more open and inclusive Orthodoxy. A leading Torah voice in the Modern Orthodox community, Rabbi Linzer serves as religious mentor to YCT's students and its over 200 rabbis in the United States and Israel. He has written for The Forward, Tablet and The New York Times, has published hundreds of teshuvot (responsa) and scholarly Torah articles, and hosted a number of highly popular Torah podcasts.
Abigail Pogrebin is the author of "Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish" and "My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew" which was published by Fig Tree Books LLC and was a finalist for a National Jewish Book Award. She has written for The Atlantic, New York Magazine, Tablet, and The Forward, and moderated public conversations for The Streicker Center, the Shalom Hartman Institute, the JCC in Manhattan, and Jewish Broadcasting Service. She is a past president of Central Synagogue in New York.
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