It is now seven years since the untimely death of our dear friend Alan Mintz, a longtime member of Ansche Chesed and Minyan M’at. Alan was one of the preeminent scholars of modern Hebrew literature and taught for many years at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Since the time of his death Minyan M’at has scheduled an annual teaching session in his memory, inviting friends and colleagues of Alan’s to teach something appropriate to Alan’s many scholarly and personal interests.

Teaching the session this year will be Alan’s friend and fellow Agnon scholar Dr. Anne Golomb Hoffman, Professor Emerita of English and Comparative Literature/Fordham University and a member of AC and M’at.

Anne invites us to consider the ways in which we connected with Alan and continue to feel his presence in our lives. With Alan’s work in mind, she will share thoughts about an Agnon story, האדונית והרוכל (The Lady and the Peddler) and draw on Freud’s conception of melancholia to explore loss and connection as facets of literary experience.

You can read the story in Hebrew and in English. We encourage everyone to read the story in advance, but it is not required to attend and participate!

This session will be held on Zoom.