Teachers working in Jewish settings often find it easiest—and motivating to their students—to tie lessons on Jewish literature and culture to the Jewish holiday calendar. This free virtual seminar will examine Shvues (Shavuot) and discuss how the Sinaitic revelation and the Book of Ruth have been discussed in modern Jewish writing, including texts by Yankev Glatshteyn, Cynthia Ozick, Itsik Manger, Marge Piercy, and others. We will ask questions about what it means to witness or to experience revelation, what it means to wander and to find a home, and the relationship modern Jewish writers have with ancient and more recent pasts. Free to attend; registration is required.