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About the Book

For the first time, read­ers can take a tour of the entire Torah through the medi­um of a sin­gle instruc­tive, irrev­er­ent, involv­ing con­ver­sa­tion. Over a two-year peri­od, an Ortho­dox rab­bi and Reform jour­nal­ist talked through the Five Books of Moses with can­dor, humor, emo­tion, per­son­al rev­e­la­tion, and schol­ar­ship.

Pogre­bin and Linz­er engaged in these short dia­logues — ten min­utes per par­sha — on a pod­cast for Tablet Mag­a­zine, and these live­ly exchanges have now been col­lect­ed and edit­ed by Fig Tree Books. Dov is a renowned expert in Torah, whose val­ues run egal­i­tar­i­an, but who has clear para­me­ters about what is cor­rect and com­fort­able when it comes to Jew­ish law. Abby is the relat­able every Jew in Amer­i­ca — immersed in Jew­ish life, but less through obser­vance and prayer; more through study, report­ing, syn­a­gogue, and com­mu­ni­ty.

This book is for any­one look­ing to access and absorb the entire Torah in bite-size, relat­able nuggets. It Takes Two to Torah is not just an edu­ca­tion, it is an invi­ta­tion — to join the old­est book club in the world.

About the Authors

Abi­gail Pogre­bin is the author of My Jew­ish Year: 18 Hol­i­days, One Won­der­ing Jew which was a final­ist for a 2017 JBC Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award and Stars of David: Promi­nent Jews Talk About Being Jew­ish. She has writ­ten for The Atlantic, The For­ward, and Tablet, and mod­er­ates con­ver­sa­tions for The Stre­ick­er Cen­ter and Jew­ish Broad­cast­ing Service.

Rab­bi Dov Linz­er is the Pres­i­dent and Rab­binic Head of YCT Rab­bini­cal School of Yeshi­v­at Chovevei Torah. He has writ­ten for The For­ward, Tablet, and The New York Times and pub­lished over 100 teshu­vot (respon­sa) and schol­ar­ly articles.

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