• 7:00-8:00 PM - Abigail Pogrebin and Rabbi Dov Linzer in Conversation with Rabbi Conover
• 8:00-8:30 PM - Book Signing

It Takes Two To Torah: An Orthodox Rabbi and Reform Journalist Discuss and Debate Their Way Through the Five Books of Moses - By Abigail Pogrebin and Rabbi Dov Linzer - Foreword by Mayim Bialik

This book is the product of two people literally meeting in the middle to bring us their most honest intellectual and relevant understanding of the Torah. Pogrebin and Linzer engaged in short dialogues on a podcast for Tablet Magazine, and they have now been collected and edited so that the full, fascinating exploration can be found in one place.

This book is a Torah conversation – starter for families on Shabbat, for religious school instructors with students of all ages, for individuals who have never found a way to read the entire Torah in bite-size, relatable nuggets, and for young clergy looking for some sermon ideas if they’re stuck! Most of all, it is a snapshot of what Torah study is meant to be: a real-time, candid, instructive, challenging exchange of responses to ancient text. It Takes Two To Torah is not just an education, it’s an invitation – to join the oldest Book Club in the world.

About The Authors:

Rabbi Dov Linzer is the President and Rabbinic Head of YCT Rabbinical School of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT), whose curriculum and pedagogy he helped shape with its founder, Rabbi Avi Weiss and in his former capacity as the seminary’s Rosh HaYeshiva. He has written for The Forward, Tablet and The New York Times, has published over 100 teshuvot (responsa) and scholarly Torah articles, and hosted a number of highly popular Torah podcasts.

Abigail Pogrebin is the author of “Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish” and “My
Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew” which was published by Fig Tree Books LLC and was a finalist for a National Jewish Book Award. She has written for The Atlantic, New York Magazine, Tablet, and The Forward, and moderated public conversations for The Streicker Center, the Shalom Hartman Institute, the JCC in Manhattan, and Jewish Broadcasting Service. She is a past president of Central Synagogue in New York.