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The prophet Jeremiah sits down on a vacant chair at the Israeli Parliament, and hears Dr. Ruth Calderon\u2019s opening remarks when she is installed as a member of the Knesset. Dr. Calderon opens a page of the Talmud and teaches a class instead of a boring introduction to her own biography. The Haredi member of the Shas ultra-Orthodox party drops his jaw. A woman?\u00a0 So much erudition in Talmudic discourse! Prophet Jeremiah doesn\u2019t know what the Talmud is (it was written after his death) so he decides to take a Torah class instead. He attends a class at the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem, and is delighted to hear some discussion on the Book of Genesis. The voice of the teacher is soft, her knowledge is measureless, her name is Dr. Avivah Zornberg, she reads excerpts from her published book, \u201cThe Beginning of Desire.\u201d The prophet is confused, who is Kant and what is this philosopher doing in this Book of Genesis?<\/span><\/p>\n

Perplexed by Dr. Zornberg\u2019s scholarship and sophistication, Jeremiah decides to take a walk. It\u2019s a beautiful summer morning and the people of Jerusalem are celebrating the beginning of a new month. It\u2019s Rosh Hodesh Elul. When the prophet arrives at the Western Wall he joins in the singing of Hallel, that special joyous prayer. He is mesmerized by the voices of the Women of the Wall and he starts singing and dancing, joining them in prayer, trying to focus in the spirit of the moment instead of the disturbing verbal aggression and intolerance that surround them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeremiah is puzzled by the scene, then he does a reality check. He opens his book to chapter 31, verse 17:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere is hope for your future-declares the Lord, Your sons shall return to their Land.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeremiah learns what we habitually forget\u2014that the locus of possibility expands when the unimaginable is imagined and then made real through systematic effort. The sons have returned to the Land, after two thousand years of exile, the romanticized utopian vision becomes a reality. After all, it is part of the nature of humankind to start with romance and build actuality. The fact is that the sons have a place in the State of Israel, but, what about the daughters? Are the imaginations of women less vivid than men? Should their minds be denied the privilege of contemplating the countless orbs of argent light? Should women\u2019s voices and teachings be silenced?<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeremiah is ecstatic to know that there is something he can do about his writings. He adds just one word to the verse: <\/span>Your sons and daughters shall return to their Land.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Jeremiah is pleased, then he opens Yochi Brandes\u2019 book,<\/span> The Secret Book of Kings <\/span><\/i>and enjoys its reading.<\/span><\/p>\n

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