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People think of Hasidism as a movement that was mostly a movement of men; men left their families behind and went to be with the Rebbe, and the audience for whom the Rebbe wrote was an all-male audience. Women were really left out of Hasidism. But Nehemia has made a case for the fact that women were often very powerful in these Hasidic dynasties. Rabbi Arthur Green

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In this episode of Speaking Torah, Rabbi Nehemia Polen shares with us his lyrical and beautiful reflections on the experience of translating Malkah Shapiros The Rebbes Daughter, and the challenges and lessons learned along the way.

Rabbi Polen is professor of Jewish thought at Hebrew College, a leading expert in Hasidism and Jewish thought, and a widely published author and translator. And reading his essay we have another authority in the field of translation from Hebrew into English, Rabbi Arthur Art Green, one of the worlds preeminent authorities on Hasidism, Jewish thought, spirituality and neo-Hasidism.

Listen in this episode to discover the insights that Rabbi Polen uncovered during the process of his understanding and translation of Malkah Shapiros memoir and the challenges of separating himself from the work while remaining an integral vehicle in its delivery.

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Rabbi Nehemia Polen (writer) is professor of Jewish thought at Hebrew College. He is a leading expert in Hasidism and Jewish thought and a widely published author. Among his books are The Holy Fire: The Teachings ofRabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, The Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto and The Rebbes Daughter, for which he received the National Jewish Book Award. It is his experience working this last bookwhen he was a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowwhich served as the inspiration for the essay we will hear today. Rabbi Polen holds a doctorate from Boston University, where he studied with and served as a teaching fellow for Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel.

Rabbi Arthur Green (reader)isthe founding dean and current rector of theRabbinical School of Hebrew College and Irving Brudnick Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Religion at Hebrew College. He is professor emeritus at Brandeis University, where he occupied the distinguished Philip W. Lown Professorship of Jewish Thought. He is both a historian of Jewish religion and a theologian; his work seeks to form a bridge between these two distinct fields of endeavor.

Rabbi Jeffrey Summit, Ph.D.(host), is director of theHebrew College Innovation Lab. He is research professor in the department of music and Judaic studies at Tufts University and senior consultant for Hillel International. The author of several books, among his many awards are a 2018 Hebrew College honorary degree, a Grammy nomination for his album Abayudaya: Music from the Jewish People of Uganda, the Edgar M. Bronfman Award for Lifetime Accomplishment in Hillel Professional Leadership and the Tufts Hosea Ballou Medal.

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