By Reporter staff

A variety of Jewish groups are offering educational and recreational online resources. Below is a sampling of those. The Reporter will publish additional listings as they become available. 

The Yiddish Book Center will hold the virtual program “Traces of a Jewish Artist: The Lost Life and Work of Rahel Szalit” with Kerry Wallach on Thursday, May 30, from 7-8 pm. The program will look at the work of graphic artist, illustrator, painter and cartoonist Rahel Szalit (1888-1942) who was among the best-known Jewish women artists in Weimar Berlin, but who died in the Holocaust. For more information or to register, click here. 

The Jewish Book Council will hold the virtual conversation “The Heart of the Matter: Two Rabbis Discuss Love in the Jewish Tradition” on Thursday, May 16, from 6-7 pm. Rabbi Sharon Brous and Rabbi Shai Held will discuss “love as the core of the Jewish tradition: how to show up for each other in times of joy and struggle, and how we can use Judaism as a lens to help us approach life’s great matters.” For more information or to register, click here.

Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History is holding the virtual lecture series “Jews and the University: Antisemitism, Admissions, Academic Freedom.” Lectures include “Campus Free Speech After October 7” with Sigal Ben-Porath on Tuesday, February 27, at noon; and “Antisemitism in Elite College Admission: A Brief History” on Thursday, March 14, at 4 pm. For more information or to register, click here.

The Yiddish Book Center will hold the hybrid 2024 Melinda Rosenblatt Lecture, “Rohkl Auerbach’s Warsaw Testament” with Samuel Kassow on Sunday, May 5, from 2-3 pm. Kassow will deliver his speech to coincide with the publication of his translation of Rohkl Auerbach’s Warsaw Testament (White Goat Press). For more information or to register, click here.

The Jewish Grandparents Network will hold the virtual series “Why the Jews? Understanding Antisemitism” on Wednesdays, March 27 and April 3, from 7-8 pm. The fee to attend both sessions is $50 per family. Educator and historian Brendan Murphy will offer a multimedia introduction to the roots of antisemitism from the development of Christian anti-Judaism to modern antisemitism. The program is appropriate for children over the age of 15. For more information or to register, click here.

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency is offering “The Nightingale of Iran,” a documentary podcast series by Danielle Dardashti and Galeet Dardashti. The sisters look at the mystery of why their family had to leave Iran. For more information or to listen to the podcast, click here.

Uri L’Tzedek will hold the virtual program “Bearing Witness and the Cost of Indifference” with Rabba Sara Hurwitz on Wednesday, March 13, at noon. The cost to attend is $18. The class will look at whether “we have a religious obligation to witness tragedy, and if so, what is our obligation once we see and know?” For information or to register, click here.

Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life is offering four different scholarships for college students. For more information on the scholarships and how to apply, click here.

The American Jewish University will hold its classes in the series “Planning for Peace of Mind”: “Embracing End-of-Life Conversations” on Tuesday, April 16, from 3-3:45 pm (available here); “Feel Empowered with Advance Directives” on Wednesday, May 22, from 3-3:45 pm (available here); and “The Mitzvah of Crafting Your Ethical Will” on Tuesday, June 4, from 3:35 pm (available here). 

Roundtable at the 92nd Street Y will hold the virtual class “The Russian-Ukrainian War and the Jews of Ukraine” on Thursday, March 14, from 6-7:20 pm. The cost to attend is $44. The class will offer “an examination of the history of Jews in Ukraine, their influence on the nation over the last millennium, and how Ukrainian Jews have contributed to Ukrainian military, social and cultural resistance.” For more information or to register, click here.

The Orthodox Union announced that its “OU Guide to Passover 2024/5784” is available. The cost is $3.50 per copy plus shipping and handling. The maximum order is 25 copies. For more information or to order the guide, click here.

JIMENA is offering a “A Sephardi and Mizrahi Education Toolkit” that offers “a compendium of recommendations, strategies, and resources to help educators learn about Sephardi and Mizrahi heritage and shape inclusive school environments.” For more information or access the material, click here.

Lilith magazine and Savor: A Sephardic Music and Food Experience will hold the virtual event “Savor Sundays: Purim” on Sunday, March 10, from 1-2:30 pm. The cost to attend is $18. It will explore Sephardic holiday traditions and food from Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, Iraq and more through music, cooking demonstrations and conversations. For more information or to register, click here. 

Kosher-ADHD will hold the Purim Workshop “Thriving with Children on Purim” on Sunday, March 10, at 9 am. The workshop is designed to help families navigate the challenges of Purim when dealing with children who have ADHD. For more information or to register, click here.

Uri L’Tzedek will hold the virtual program “Public Shaming (The Deposing of Rabban Gamliel)” with Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe on Tuesday, March 5, at 11 am. The cost to attend is $18. For more information or to register, click here.

The Qesher Book Club will offer two discussions in March: “Stranger in the Desert – A Family Story” on Tuesday, March 12, at 4 pm, with Jordan Salama discussing his quest to learn about his family history (available here); and “Across So Many Seas” on Tuesday, March 26, at 4 pm, with Ruth Behar discussing her novel about four girls from different generations of a Jewish family (available here).

Hadassah Magazine will hold a book discussion of “Henrietta Szold’s Zionist Dream” by Francine Klagsbrun on Thursday, March 21, at 7 pm. Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein interviews Klagsbrun about her new biography. For more information or to register, click here,

Roundtable at the 92nd Street Y will hold the five-session virtual class “Jewish American Writers of the 1960s” on Thursdays, March 14-April 11, from 11 am-12:15 pm. The cost to attend is $220. The class will look at works by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, Arthur Miller and Philip Roth. For more information or to register, click here.

The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History will hold the virtual talk “Unpacking the Link Between Conspiracies and Antisemitism” on Monday, March 4, at 7 pm. Dr. Jacob S. Lewis will present “exploratory experimental research designed to tease out the causal pathways between conspiracy beliefs and antisemitism.” For more information or to register, click here.

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