Book Cover: The Torah is an Open Book

For too long, conservative or literalist voices have used the Bible to exclude, shame, and silence, leading many of us to disregard the text altogether. But the Bible is still speaking to us, if we know where to look. In The Torah Is an Open Book, Rabbi Caryn Broitman offers a powerful alternative: a return to the ancient Jewish tradition of midrash--a creative, questioning, and often radical form of interpretation--to show that Scripture isn't meant to be read literally or rigidly. It's meant to be wrestled with.

Author: Rabbi Caryn Broitman

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rabbi Caryn Broitman has served as rabbi of the Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center since 2003. She is a graduate of Harvard University in the Comparative Study of Religion, and received her Rabbinical Ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. She has been a Senior Educators Fellow at the Melton Centre of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and a Daniel Jeremy Silver Fellow at the Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University. She is a regular contributor to Moment Magazine and a sought-after speaker on multi-faith topics, and her work has been featured on NPR and WMVY Radio. She lives on Martha's Vineyard.