Podcast: Jon Levenson on the Moral Force of the Book of Ruth: Jon Levenson and Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, June 3, 2022 — Beginning Saturday night [this year, Thur. night], the Jewish people will celebrate the holiday of Shavuot. During the festival, Jews traditionally study the book of Ruth, the biblical text that tells the story of a non-Jewish widow who becomes the great-grandmother of King David.
Exploring the Meaning and History of Shavuot: Yoram Ettinger, Algemeiner, May 22, 2023 – Shavuot is one of the three liberty-oriented Jewish pilgrimages to Jerusalem: Passover, Shavuot (Pentecost), and Sukkot (Tabernacles), which constitute game-changing milestones in the formation of Jewish history, documenting the 4,000-year-old Jewish roots in the Land of Israel, and the unique linkage between the Land of Israel, Judaism, and the Jewish people.
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Land or Torah: What Binds Israel as a Nation?: Dr. Tzvi Novick, The Torah.com, May 27, 2020
Shavuot: Between Revelation and Revolution – Comment: Eli Kavon, Jerusalem Post, May 31, 2022
After Passover, Shavuot Comes Along and Shakes the Foundations of Existence: Shaul Magid, Times of Israel, May 23, 2023
Continuity Requires Religion: Elliot J. Cosgrove, Sapir, Vol 3, Autumn 2021
For Further Reference:
Exploring the Meaning and History of Shavuot: Yoram Ettinger, Algemeiner, May 22, 2023 – Shavuot is one of the three liberty-oriented Jewish pilgrimages to Jerusalem: Passover, Shavuot (Pentecost), and Sukkot (Tabernacles), which constitute game-changing milestones in the formation of Jewish history, documenting the 4,000-year-old Jewish roots in the Land of Israel, and the unique linkage between the Land of Israel, Judaism, and the Jewish people.
A Tale of Two Women | A Shavuot shiur | Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: The Rabbi Sacks Legacy, YouTube, June 8, 2016 — To launch the new Koren-Sacks Shavuot machzor, Rabbi Sacks delivered a keynote shiur in London on 7 June 2016 to a packed room in Finchley United Synagogue. Co-hosted by Koren Publishers and the London School of Jewish Studies, Rabbi Sacks talked about the similarities between Ruth and Tamar, and what we can learn from their experiences about our identity as a Jewish people.
A Reading of Ruth: Evelyn Strouse, Commentary Magazine, February 1979 — Since Hebrew is not the second language of most of the educated world, the verbal virtuosity of the Scroll of Ruth is difficult to demonstrate and the average reader must take it on faith.
Forgotten Shavuot History: The 4 B.C.E Rebellion and the Therapeutae: Prof. Martin Goodman, The Torah.com, May 19, 2023 — Towards the end of the Second Temple (1st cent. C.E.), Jerusalem had turned into an exciting destination as the religious focus for Jews from all over the Mediterranean world and beyond.
