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Contemporary ArtJewish Culture & Ideas

In The Case: Havruta in Contemporary Art—Nathaniel Deutsch on Havruta

In the Case: Havruta in Contemporary Art is an ongoing series of collaborations based on the Talmudic study principle of havruta—the study of religious text by people in pairs.

Nathaniel Deutsch, professor of literature and history and co-director of the Center for Jewish Studies at UC Santa Cruz, introduces the practice of havruta.

Filmed on Thursday, October 23, 2014.

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