Jeffrey Saks - S.Y. Agnon Anthology [podcast]

Abstract

Join Rabbi Jeffrey Saks, three time graduate of Yeshiva University and Director of ATID – Academy for Torah Initiatives and Directions as he speaks with Dr. Stu Halpern, senior advisor to the provost about his connection to Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Nobel Prize Laureate, and what drove Saks to translate many of his works into English. Saks speaks of how Agnon became Israel’s founding novelist because of the profound impact he has had on Hebrew Literature by eloquently covering a wide variety of topics.