Mara Benjamin: Judaism Unbound Episode 251 - Judaism...Just *How* Unbound?

Written By Lex Rofes

Mara Benjamin, Chair of Jewish Studies at Mount Holyoke College, joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for a conversation about her book The Obligated Self: Maternal Subjectivity and Jewish Thought. They look through a Jewish lens at questions of obligation, choice, and (wait for it...) BOUNDedness -- along with how those questions intersect with the topic of motherhood.

[1] Learn more about Mara Benjamin at MaraBenjamin.com, and purchase The Obligated Self by clicking here.

[2] At one point in the episode, Benjamin took a moment to consider what our “Unbound” language means. In doing so, she visited a web-page of ours that describes what Judaism Unbound is seeking to do. Check it out here!

[3] For another episode that re-thinks contemporary notions of self and other, see Episode 145: Studying Jews Differently - Tobin Belzer.

[4] Lex refers to two figures from the Talmud, Rava and Abaye. Learn more about the two of them by clicking here.

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