LIVE WEBINAR EVENT
Tisha B’Av
WITH RABBI FOHRMAN
How do we relate to God from a place of pain and sorrow? This question applies to Tisha B’Av every year, but this year it feels a little more raw. Join Rabbi Fohrman as he searches for an answer.
TISHA B’AV AFTERNOON
August 13th
Pre-Screening of New Course: "Tisha B'Av After October 7": 12:30 PM ET
Discussion with Rabbi Fohrman: 1:30 PM ET
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About the Event
As we approach the first Tisha B'Av after October 7th, many of us are grappling with difficult questions, questions about faith, searing loss, and our relationship with God. Rabbi Fohrman’s new course this year, “Tisha B’Av After October 7”, emerged out of his own wrestling with these questions. It isn't an explicit attempt to process the events of that terrible day. Instead, it's a personal exploration of what Tisha B'Av might mean to us now in what feels like a changed world and how we might find the courage to relate to God from a place of pain and sorrow.
Please join Rabbi Fohrman Tisha B’Av afternoon to come together as a community and continue the conversation begun in the animated course. Rabbi Fohrman will be joined by the course’s producer, Tikva Hecht, as well as Aleph Beta CEO Imu Shalev.
For the richest experience, we recommend watching “Tisha B’Av After October 7” before the event. You can find it here. Or join us for a live screening on Tisha B’Av itself, right before the webinar (screening and webinar will both be in the same Zoom room).
TISHA B’AV AFTERNOON
12:30 PM ET: Pre-Screening of Animated Course
1:30 PM ET: Webinar Discussion
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Your Hosts
Rabbi David Fohrman
Author and Lead Scholar
Rabbi Fohrman is an internationally renowned lecturer on biblical themes, and the founder and principal educator at Aleph Beta. He has served as an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University, and as a lead writer and editor for ArtScroll's Talmud translation project. Rabbi Fohrman has also served as scholar for the Hoffberger Foundation for Torah Study. He is the author of The Beast That Crouches at the Door, a finalist for the 2007 National Jewish Book Award, The Queen You Thought You Knew, and The Exodus You Almost Passed Over. His most recent publication is Leviticus: A Parsha Companion, the third of a five volume set on the weekly Torah portion.
Imu Shalev
CEO
Imu Shalev is the CEO at Aleph Beta. Imu has worked on more than 30 YouTube videos that have broken 1 million views. He is passionate about bringing meaning to Jewish education through the medium of podcast, video and technology. Immanuel graduated from Fordham Law school, and Yeshiva University and attended Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh.
Tikva Hecht
Editorial Director
Tikva Hecht is the editorial director at Aleph Beta. Before moving into the editorial director position, she served as producer for the first three seasons of Rabbi Fohrman’s flagship podcast, A Book Like No Other. Tikva holds an MFA in creative writing from University of California, Riverside, an MA in philosophy from The New School for Social Research, and a BA in Judaic studies from Yeshiva University. Her first poetry collection, Tashlikh, is forthcoming this fall from Ben Yehuda Press.
