Meet the teenaged girl who read the Talmud in two-and-a-half years
Though women have been historically forbidden or discouraged from learning the Talmud, Elke Bentley's family has always supported her pursuit of Torah study.
Elke Bentley, 18, completed reading the Babylonian Talmud in just two-and-a-half years.(photo credit: Courtesy Elke Bentley)ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
