March 22: The Torah in the Tarot with Stav Appel
CBI Library, In-person only.
Led by Stav Appel.

The Torah in the Tarot presents the provocative thesis that one of the oldest known decks of Tarot contains secret depictions of Hebrew letters, Torah stories, Judaic ritual objects, and Jewish holy days. The cards' hidden Judaica suggests the Tarot originally served as a tool for secret Jewish education during the centuries of the Inquisition.

Stab Appel is a data scientist and a lifelong student of Torah. Earlier in his career, he was the director of the Israeli-Palestinian coexistence organization Nitzanei Shalom, and the director of International Service Programs for American Jewish World Service. He holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management and has studied Biblical Hebrew at Hebrew University and Yale Divinity School. After a chance encounter with an old deck of Tarot cards, Stav began to explore the origins and meaning of the biblical reference he recognized in its images. He is now a frequent speaker and popular writer on the Torah in the Tarot, the lost and forgotten Judaic origins of the mysterious Tarot de Marseille. He currently resides in New Salem, NY. Find Stav on Instagram @torah.tarot.