Mother’s Milk Book Talk NYC
How has Jewish culture endured for thousands of years, across continents, upheavals, and dramatic change? In her bold new book, Mother’s Milk: Essays on Child-Rearing, the Household, and the Making of Jewish Culture, Deena Aranoff proposes an intimate answer: look to the everyday life of the household. In conversation with Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses, Deena Aranoff explores how parenting, feminism, ritual, and daily practice shape Jewish memory, identity, and culture. Together, they examine how the ordinary becomes sacred: how milk, meals, and small acts of care sustain Jewish life and continuity. This conversation highlights the spiritual and cultural power of everyday household practices, often overlooked in traditional narratives, and invites reflection on how care, attention, and domestic labor carry meaning across generations.
Deena Aranoff is Faculty Director of the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA, teaching rabbinic literature, medieval Jewish thought, and Jewish cultural continuity.
Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses is Director of Lifelong Learning at Romemu in NYC and an educator, scholar-in-residence, and speaker on Torah, Jewish values, family life, inclusion, and Jewish culture.
Venue Info
Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, West 76th Street, New York, NY, USA
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