Dr. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, noted Torah scholar, author, and speaker, was awarded a Maurice N. Eisendrath Bearer of Light Award — the highest honor bestowed by the Reform Movement.
For the past 25 years, Dr. Zornberg has taught Torah in Jerusalem at Matan, Pardes and the Jerusalem College for Adults and travels widely, lecturing in Jewish, academic and psychoanalytic settings. The author of multiple publications and three books, her most recent is The Murmuring Deep: Reflections on the Biblical Unconscious.
Watch this video of the award presentation, and heartfelt testimonies of Reform rabbis who have been influenced and inspired by her work.
I was blessed to hear Dr Zornberg talk at the Psycholanalytic Society in Cape Town, South Africa, on her new book, The Murmuring Deep, which I am now privileged to be reading. It is one of my life’s wishes to study under her. Thank you.