{"title": "Swimming in the Sea of Talmud with Rabbi Dave Levy", "start": "2026-11-04T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T13:00:00-05:00", "place": "Sutton Place Synagogue", "address": "East 51st Street 225, 10022", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/jewish/talmud"], "description": "Swimming in the Sea of Talmud with Rabbi Dave Levy is a weekly study session held in person at Sutton Place Synagogue. Rabbi Dave Levy leads an exploration of the Talmud using the book \"Swimming in the Sea of Talmud\" by Rabbis Gershon Schwartz z\"l and Michael Katz, examining its ethical, moral, and legal teachings. The series takes place Wednesdays at noon, beginning October 7. 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It offers another chance to hear him speak following his well-received initial talk.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/2nd-appearance-of-super-ai-expert-daniel-gross-56254/", "official_url": "https://www.spsnyc.org/events/8gtlw7pqwae0045ml81wubxufgzfvb", "image": ""}, {"title": "The Book of Genesis in the Context of the Ancient Near East: Poetic Readings in Biblical Beginnings with Rabbi David Whiman", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-05T20:00:00-05:00", "place": "Sutton Place Synagogue", "address": "East 51st Street 225, 10022", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/jewish/torah", "literature/poetry"], "description": "An in-person evening class series on the Book of Genesis, read through poetics—the study of a literature's conventions and techniques. It is led by Rabbi David Whiman and hosted by Sutton Place Synagogue. The course explores how Genesis was shaped by Ancient Near Eastern literature yet took that inheritance in a new, revolutionary direction, reading the Torah without 2000 years of Rabbinic commentary. No knowledge of Hebrew is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-book-of-genesis-in-the-context-of-the-ancient-near-east-56242/", "official_url": "https://www.spsnyc.org/events/poea54ie4k36g3lc6gq7p0twtvoeyf-st2tg-bp235", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5f0452643f9b80516968f87ad9c37ca5d652d59f9b8131d2ed86c81fec215e4d-1200.webp"}]}