Spiritual Sustenance in a Time of Crisis

Rabbi Amy Bernstein discusses a Hartman Institute talk by Melila Hellner-Eshed which explored Jewish tradition for what it means to find faith while sitting in the darkness.

Melila Hellner-Eshed, Ph.D., is a Research Fellow of the Kogod Research Center at Shalom Hartman Institute and the Director of Maskilot, an intensive two-year program for female doctoral candidates. She has been a professor of Jewish mysticism and Zohar in the Department of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem for over two decades.

Rabbi Bernstein's conducted the discussion via Zoom on August 18, 2020.

Links:

• Video of Melila Hellner-Eshed's Talk
• Source sheet