{"id":2622,"date":"2020-04-13T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/women\/?page_id=2622"},"modified":"2020-05-19T16:40:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T16:40:58","slug":"dr-ora-wiskind","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/archived_women\/counting-toward-sinai-podcast\/counting-toward-sinai-tefillah-series-speakers\/dr-ora-wiskind\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Ora Wiskind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW119236154 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119236154 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2505 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/women\/files\/2020\/04\/Wiskind-Ora-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/archived_women\/files\/2020\/04\/Wiskind-Ora-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/archived_women\/files\/2020\/04\/Wiskind-Ora-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><em>Dr. Ora\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/span><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW119236154 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW119236154 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">Wiskind<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW119236154 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119236154 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">\u00a0received her B.A. from Northwestern University in Comparative Literature, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Hebrew Literature. Her research interests include Jewish\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW119236154 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119236154 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">T<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW119236154 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119236154 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">hought and literary studies, Hasidism, and the interface between scriptural exegesis, culture, and hermeneutics. Drawing from a range of disciplines, she seeks to integrate two approaches that are often held to be mutually exclusive: critical treatment of traditional Jewish texts, aided by the relevant academic scholarship, along with sustained attentiveness to the spiritual and experiential dimensions of the topics in question. Her latest book,\u00a0Hasidic Commentary on the Torah\u00a0(Littman Library of Jewish Civilization-Liverpool University Press, 2018), a National Jewish Book Award finalist, is a wide-ranging study comprehending 200 years of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW119236154 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW119236154 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">hasidic<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW119236154 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119236154 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">\u00a0homiletics (1749-1943). It draws creatively on modern thought, literary theory, and cultural history to demonstrate the contribution of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW119236154 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW119236154 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">hasidic<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW119236154 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119236154 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">\u00a0teaching to the Jewish hermeneutical\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW119236154 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW119236154 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">tradition.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW119236154 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW119236154 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">Ora<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW119236154 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119236154 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">\u00a0is associate professor and head of the graduate program in Jewish Studies at\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW119236154 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW119236154 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">Michlalah<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW119236154 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119236154 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">\u00a0College, Jerusalem. As an educator and as a scholar, beyond the task of transmitting knowledge, she is committed to engaging with topics that bear immediate relevance to learners \u2013 issues that impact on our historical consciousness, personal identity, and religious experience. In research and in teaching, her work is animated by the desire to combine serious discussion of Jewish sources with a mode of inquiry that can enrich the lives of individuals and the community.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW119236154 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\" data-wac-het=\"1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/outorah.org\/p\/69530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Listen to Ora&#8217;s shiur, Mussaf Shalosh Regalim<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Ora\u00a0Wiskind\u00a0received her B.A. from Northwestern University in Comparative Literature, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Hebrew Literature. 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