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 Shalom Hartman Institute announced a new podcast, “TEXTing” with Elana Stein Hain, which looks at Jewish as guides for people’s concerns and issue. To listen to the podcast, click here.

The Jewish Theological Seminary will hold the four-part virtual course “On the Blood Libel (and Other Lies about Jews)” on Wednesdays, March 27-April 17, from 7-8:15 pm. The cost to attend is $120. The cost will explore the history of anti-Jewish conspiracies over the centuries. For more information or to register, click here.

JewBelong will hold a virtual JewBlong Briefing on Monday, March 11, at noon. The organization will discuss its response to the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel. To register for the event, click here.

Recustom offers a series of free Shabbat booklets to download here. Selections include “Shabbat How-To Guides” and “Alternative Shabbat Ceremonies.” 

Aleph will hold two virtual programs in February: Rabbi Shefa Gold will discuss her new app, Flavors of Praise, which offers more than 60 melodies, on Tuesday, February 13, at 8 pm (available here); and the book launch for “Toward a Holy Ecology: Reading the Song of Songs in the Age of Climate Crisis” with Rabbi Ellen Bernstein and Rabbi Rami Shapiro on Wednesday, February 21, at 8 pm (available here).

The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute will hold several virtual Sandra Seltzer Silberman HBI Conversations events: Talia Carner, “The Boy with the Star Tattoo,” on Wednesday, February 28, at 7 pm (available here); Orit Avishai, “Queer Judaism: LGBT Activism and the Remaking of Jewish Orthodoxy in Israel,” on Wednesday, March 13, at 12:30 pm (available here); Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, “The Wolf Hunt,” on Wednesday, Apr 17, at 12:30 pm (available here); and Shulamit Reinharz and Barbara Vinick, Editors, “100 Jewish Brides: Stories from Around the World,” on Wednesday, May 22, at 7 pm (available here).

Uri L’Tzedek will hold the virtual program “Preparing for Pesach: On Liberation & Justice!” with Rabbi Dr. Yitz Greenberg on Sunday, April 7, at 1 pm. The cost to attend is $18. To register for the event, click here. 

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will hold a three-part webinar series, “The Origins and Ideology of Hamas,” with historian Jeffrey Herf on three Mondays: “Hamas and the Origins of Islamic Antisemitism” on Monday, February 26, at 1 pm (available here); “Colonialism, Racism, and the Arab Israeli War of 1948” on Monday, March 25, at 1 pm (available here); and and “Responses to October 7th” on Tuesday, April 16, at 1 pm (available here). 

The Roundtable by the 92nd Street Y will hold the virtual class “The Remarkable Story of the Venice Ghetto” on Tuesdays, March 26-April 9, from 2-3 pm. The cost to attend is $132. “Based on Harry Freedman’s new book, ‘Shylock’s Venice,’ this course will look at the origins of the ghetto and its stories.” For more information or to register, click here.

Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion will offer a series of hybrid library event, including “The High Priest’s Garments of Splendor: An Exploration of Biblical Text and Textile” on Thursday, February 15, at 12:30 pm; and “All Things Large and Small: The Child and the (Children’s) Story in ‘The Kerchief’ and Other Stories for Children by S.Y. Agnon” on Tuesday, April 9. at 12:30 am. For more information or to register, click here.

The Forward will hold the virtual event “Jewish Deli and Yiddish Cooking in a TikTok World” on Tuesday, February 27, at 1 pm. For more information or to register, click here.

The Shalom Hartman Institute will hold two virtual programs in February: “Israel and the Threat of Jewish Fundamentalism” on Wednesday, February 21, from noon-1:15 pm (available here); and “Genocide on Trial: Law and Politics in 1948 and Today” on Wednesday, February 28, from 7:30-8:30 pm (available here).

Ritualwell will hold the virtual course “Finding Our Place in the Stories of the Hebrew Matriarch: Sarah” on Thursdays, February 29-March 21, from noon-1:30 pm. The cost to attend is $180. The course seek to help attendees “reclaim the stories of Sarah and the Hebrew matriarchs through poetic writing – and access the gifts of wisdom, healing, and joy that are our universal birthright.” For more information or to register, click here.

My Jewish Learning is offering the course “The Well of Dreams: Jewish Dream Wisdom Across Time” with Rabbi Jill Hammer. The cost to view the course is $120. The class includes instructional videos, guided audio meditations, access to a private discussion group on Facebook and downloadable PDFs with source material. For more information or to register, click here.

Jewish Together will hold the virtual program “Jewish Disability Advocacy Day” on Wednesday, February 28, from 1-2:30 pm. The program seeks to “help advance policies and empower millions of people with disabilities to lead more independent and fulfilling lives while fully and meaningfully participating in their communities.” For more information or to register, click here.

The American Jewish University will hold the virtual program “Teaching the Holocaust on Fortnite and Through Gaming Platforms” on Wednesday, March 13, at noon. Luc Bernard, a game designer, will talk about the opportunities the virtual world has to offer for Holocaust education.” For more information or to register, click here.

For additional resources, see our Current Issues, Archived Issues, or Jewish Online Resources pages.