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Mira
Beth
Wasserman

Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

Bio

Rabbi Mira Wasserman, PhD, is director of the Center for Jewish Ethics and assistant professor of rabbinic literature at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Her book, Jews, Gentiles, and Other Animals, is a study of how the Talmud describes what makes Jews different from others.

Fellowship

2017–2018
Nature between Science and Religion: Jewish Culture and the Natural World

Posing new questions about the theories, institutions, and paradigms shaping the study of nature, and about the cultural and religious consequences that emerge from such study.

Events

Is the Talmud Racist?
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Is the Talmud Racist?
Featuring: Mira Beth Wasserman, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College; Steven Weitzman, University of Pennsylvania
Science and Religion: Nature in Jewish Culture
Monday, September 18, 2017
Science and Religion: Nature in Jewish Culture
Featuring: David Shyovitz, Northwestern University; Mira Beth Wasserman, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College; Debra Glasberg Gail, New York University

Blog Posts

Jews, Race, and Religion to be Discussed in Online Lecture Series
January 12, 2021
Jews, Race, and Religion to be Discussed in Online Lecture Series
by Mira Beth Wasserman, Steven Weitzman

The series will use the prism of Jewish experience to examine intersections of race and religion, drawing lessons from the history of antisemitism, examining the role of Jews in the racialized culture of the United States, and exploring the impact of race on Jewish experience.