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. 

Melton will hold the virtual class “Tisha B’Av as a Healing Journey Through Grief” on Monday, August 12, from 2-3 pm. There is a sliding scale cost to attend. Rabbi Deborah Silver will explore multiple dimensions of Tisha B’Av. For more information or to register, click here.

The Qesher Book Club will discuss “The Loving Life: Memoirs of an Iranian-Jewish Woman” by Ilana Ebrahim Kahen on Tuesday, August 20, at 3 pm. Kahen will discuss the impact of the 1979 Islamic Revolution on Iran’s Jewish minority. For more information or to register, click here.

Uri L’Tzedek will hold the virtual program “Should we publicly advocate that Hasidic children receive a secular education?” on Monday, July 29, at noon. The cost to attend is $18. Beatrice Weber will discuss the principle “every Jew is responsible for one another” in context of advocating for Hasidic children to receive a basic education. For more information or to register, click here.

Tikvah is offering “Faith and the Founders: The Hebrew Bible and American Independence,” a limited series podcast with Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik. For more information or to register for links to the podcast, click here.

The American Jewish University will hold the virtual event “Memoirs of a Jewish Immigrant: Jake Marmer – AJU’s 2024 Word Grant Winner” on Monday, August 5, at 3 pm. Jake Marmer will discuss the intersection of personal history, the immigrant experience and creative expression. For more information or to register, click here.

Melton will hold the virtual class “The Ketubah: What’s Love Got to Do with It?” on Monday, August 19, from 7-8 pm. There is a sliding scale cost to attend. Rabbi Mark Cohn will explore the origins and development of this time-honored Jewish wedding document. For more information or to register, click here.

The Museum at Eldridge Street will hold the virtual program “The Jewish J.P Morgan: A Virtual Seminar on Banker, Philanthropist and Humanitarian Jacob Schiff” on Wednesday, August 21, from 6-7 pm. The cost to attend is pay what you wish. For more information or to register, click here.

ALEPH will hold the four-part class “An Elul Journey: Navigating Powerful Emotions with R.A.I.N.” on Wednesdays, September 4-25, from 8-9:15 pm. The cost to attend is $72. Dr. Tara Brach will teach the R.A.I.N. process for navigating powerful emotions. For more information or to register, click here.

Uri L’Tzedek will hold the virtual program “Stigma in the Jewish Community – What’s the big secret about addiction?” on Monday, August 5, at noon. The cost to attend is $18. Rabbi Chaim Tureff will use the Torah as a guide on how to help those struggling with addiction. For more information or to register, click here.

Melton will hold the six-part virtual class “Jewish Answers to Life’s Most Challenging Questions” on Tuesdays, August 20-September 24, from 1-2:30 pm. The cost to attend is $179. The course will explore multiple understandings of these timeless questions through the eyes of the rabbinic sages as well as those of modern thinkers. For more information or to register, click here. 

One Book, One Hadassah will hold a virtual discussion about “The Boy with the Star Tattoo” with author Talia Carner on Monday, July 29, at 7 pm. Carner will be in conversation with Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein to discuss her latest novel, “The Boy with the Star Tattoo.” For more information or to register, click here.

The American Jewish University will hold the virtual talk “Generations of Shanda with Letty Cottin Pogrebin and Robin Pogrebin” on Thursday, August 15, at 3 pm. They will discuss Letty’s memoir “Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy.” For more information or to register, click here.

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has launched the virtual exhibit “Yitskhok Rudashevski: A Teenager’s Account of Life and Death in the Vilna Ghetto,” the second exhibition of the digitally native YIVO Bruce and Francesca Cernia Slovin Online Museum. It can be found here. 

The Center for Jewish History will hold the virtual program “Family History Today: Researching your Jewish Ancestors in Greater Hungary” on Thursday, August 8, at 5 pm. The cost to attend is “pay what you wish.” Jordan Auslander, a forensic genealogist, will offer information about resources that are available online and in European archives for tracing a family history in Hungary and former Hungarian. For more information or to register, click here.

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