Gila Fine is a lec­tur­er of rab­binic lit­er­a­ture at Pardes, explor­ing the tales of the Tal­mud through lit­er­ary crit­i­cism, psy­cho­analy­sis, and pop cul­ture. She is the recip­i­ent of the Mai­monides Award for Excel­lence in Jew­ish Edu­ca­tion, and has taught thou­sands of stu­dents in pro­grams across the Jew­ish world. ​“One of the more out­stand­ing Jew­ish thinkers of the next gen­er­a­tion” (Haaretz).