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Tuesday December 14, 2010
7:30PM - 9:00PM
Author Rodger Kamenetz: Burnt Books
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Authors Out Loud at the DCJCC presents:
Rodger Kamenetz, Burnt Books: Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav and Franz Kafka
Tues, Dec 14 | 7:30 pm
Tickets: $11/$9
Washington DCJCC
1529 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Metro: Dupont Circle
Rodger Kamenetz, National Jewish Book Award winner and acclaimed author of The Jew in the Lotus, has long been fascinated by the mystical tales of the Hasidic master Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav, and for many years he has taught a course in Prague on Franz Kafka.
The more he thought about their lives and writings, the more aware he became of unexpected connections between them. Both invented new forms of storytelling that explore the search for meaning in an illogical, unjust world. And both left strict instructions at the end of their lives that their unpublished books be burnt.
Kamenetz travels to Kafka’s birthplace in Prague and participates in the pilgrimage to the burial site of Rabbi Nachman. He discusses the hallucinatory intensity of their visions and offers analysis of Nachman’s and Kafka’s major works, revealing uncanny similarities in the inner lives of these two troubled and beloved figures, whose creative and religious struggles have much to teach us about the significant role imagination plays in the Jewish spiritual experience.
“Here is a whole new slant on Kafka, a unique and affecting portrait of a creative holy man, and a radiant inquiry in celebration of how both sacred texts and great literature are open to ‘infinite interpretation’.” —Booklist
ASL and other interpretation available upon request.
For tickets and more information:
washingtondcjcc.org/authorsoutloud
Questions or tickets:
[email protected]
202-777-3251
Rodger Kamenetz, Burnt Books: Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav and Franz Kafka
Tues, Dec 14 | 7:30 pm
Tickets: $11/$9
Washington DCJCC
1529 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Metro: Dupont Circle
Rodger Kamenetz, National Jewish Book Award winner and acclaimed author of The Jew in the Lotus, has long been fascinated by the mystical tales of the Hasidic master Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav, and for many years he has taught a course in Prague on Franz Kafka.
The more he thought about their lives and writings, the more aware he became of unexpected connections between them. Both invented new forms of storytelling that explore the search for meaning in an illogical, unjust world. And both left strict instructions at the end of their lives that their unpublished books be burnt.
Kamenetz travels to Kafka’s birthplace in Prague and participates in the pilgrimage to the burial site of Rabbi Nachman. He discusses the hallucinatory intensity of their visions and offers analysis of Nachman’s and Kafka’s major works, revealing uncanny similarities in the inner lives of these two troubled and beloved figures, whose creative and religious struggles have much to teach us about the significant role imagination plays in the Jewish spiritual experience.
“Here is a whole new slant on Kafka, a unique and affecting portrait of a creative holy man, and a radiant inquiry in celebration of how both sacred texts and great literature are open to ‘infinite interpretation’.” —Booklist
ASL and other interpretation available upon request.
For tickets and more information:
washingtondcjcc.org/authorsoutloud
Questions or tickets:
[email protected]
202-777-3251
For More Information:
Location/Venue:
Washington DCJCC
Address:
1529 16th Street, NW
City:
Washington
Zip/Postal:
20036
Contact Name:
Halley Cohen
Phone:
202-777-3251
Email:
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