In this two-part series, we’ll explore Jewish universalism and particularism through the lens of Matan Torah. Studying texts from the Torah itself, Second Temple literature, and rabbinic thought, we’ll trace divergent perspectives on the nature of Torah and for whom it was intended.
Miriam Zami is a PhD candidate in Talmud and Ancient Judaism at Yeshiva University, where she is writing her dissertation on comedy in rabbinic literature. She teaches Jewish education widely in academic and communal settings. Miriam is a member of the Sefaria Word-by-Word Fellowship and was the inaugural Emerging Scholar Fellow by Ma’ayan in the greater Boston area. She previously served as an editor at the Lehrhaus, an online publication of Jewish thought. Miriam lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their daughter.
