Event Listing - Museums
Thu Sep 18, 2008

Contemporary Jewish Museum presents

Google’s Talmud: The Web, Jewish Culture, and the Power of Associative Thinking


Tel. 415.655.7800
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$8 - $12
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Box Office: 415.655.7881 during regular museum hours

Location
Date and Time
The Contemporary Jewish Museum
736 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
district: Downtown/Financial District

Thu Sep 18, 2008 (7:00 PM - 8:30 PM)

Description
One of the hallmarks of Jewish culture and scholarship is an emphasis on commentary and “associative thinking,” a method essential to the creation of the Talmud and thousands of years of Biblical commentary. Udi Manber, Google’s Vice President for Engineering and best-selling technology critic Howard Rheingold will join Rabbi Lawrence Kushner in a panel discussion exploring the connections between art, technology, and Jewish culture, as seen through the new social, intellectual, and spiritual implications of the idea of “search.” This will be followed by a discussion with Dan Schifrin, the Museum’s director of public programs and writer in residence.