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. 

Uri L’Tzedek will hold a virtual discussion about “Collective allyship during hard times” with Angela Hughey, the president of LGBTQ+ organization ONE Community, on Thursday, December 21, at noon. The cost to attend is $18. For more information or to register, click here.

The American Jewish University will hold the virtual program “Nakam: The Holocaust Survivors Who Sought Full-Scale Revenge” on Wednesday, December 20, from 3-3:45 pm. Professor Dina Porat and AJU’s Michael Berenbaum will discuss Porat’s new book, “Nakam” (Hebrew for “vengeance”). The book tells the story of “the Avengers” (Nokmim), a group of young Holocaust survivors who sought revenge against Germany following the crimes of the Holocaust. For more information or to register, click here.

The Biblical Archeology Society’s Scholars Series with William Schniedewind will take place on Wednesday, March 6, from 1-2 pm. Schniedewind will discuss “Who Really Wrote the Bible? The Story of Scribal Communities.” The cost to attend is $10. For more information or to register, click here.

The Biblical Archeology Society will hold the February Bible and Archaeology Fest 2024 from February 24-25. Speakers will include Gary Rendsburg. The cost to attend is $149. For complete information or to register, click here.

The American Jewish University will hold the four-week virtual course “Do Jews believe in Heaven? The Afterlife in Judaism” on Mondays, February 5-26, at 4 pm. Rabbi Pinchas Giller will discuss Jew views of the afterlife. For more information or to register, click here.

The Yiddish Book Center will hold the book talk “Murder in Manchuria: The True Story of a Jewish Virtuoso, Russian Fascists, a French Diplomat, and a Japanese Spy in Occupied China” with author Scott Seligman on Thursday, January 4, at 7 pm. Seligman’s book “explores an unsolved murder set amid the chaos that reigned in China in the run-up to World War II.” For more information or to register, click here.

The Streicker Center will hold the hybrid program “Lior Lev Sercarz on ‘A Middle Eastern Pantry’” on Wednesday, January 17, at 7 pm. There is no cost to attend, but the book “A Middle Eastern Pantry: Essential Ingredients for Classic and Contemporary Recipes” may be purchased for $30 ($35 if shipped). Sercarz will discuss what he’s learned during this travels from Israel to Tunisia, Yemen, Turkey and beyond. For more information or to register, click here.

The Museum at Eldridge Street will hold the virtual program “Aging Well: Wise Aging” on Wednesday, December 20, at 11 am. The cost is “pay-as-you-wish.” Rabbi Paula Drill will provide the spiritual approach to aging by analyzing Jewish texts and values to provide “an uplifting perspective rather than a declinist view on aging.” For more information or to register, click here.

The 2024 YIVO-Bard Winter Program on Ashkenazi Civilization will be held online this winter from January 9-26. The program will delve into the literature, history and culture of East European Jewry, and offers a diverse lineup of international presenters. For more information or to register for individual classes, click here.

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will hold the virtual program “Holocaust Distortion in Poland and Beyond” on Monday, January 8, at 1 pm. For more information or to register, click here.

ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal will hold the virtual “A Jewish Renewal New Year’s Eve,” hosted by Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael and friends, on Sunday, December 31, at 8 pm. The cost to attend is “pay-what-you-can” ($18 donation suggested, but not required). For more information or to register, click here.

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Jewish Women’s Archive will hold “January 2024 Book Talks”: on Thursday, January 11, at 8 pm, Jennifer Rosner’s “Once We Were Home”; on Thursday, January 18, at 8 pm, Julia Watts Belser’s “Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole”; and on Thursday, January 25, at 8 pm, Susan Kahn’s “Canine Pioneer: The Extraordinary Life of Rudolphina Menzel.” For more information or to register, click here.

The Israel Law and Liberty Forum and the Institute for Jewish Ethics will present the virtual program “Israel vs. Hamas: The Ethics of War,” which will compare military and talmudic perspectives, on Thursday, December 21, from noon-2 pm. The webinar is eligible for CLE credit in New York. The cost is $49 if attending with CLE credit, or $10 for general attendance. For more information or to register, click here.

The Museum of Jewish Heritage will hold the hybrid program “A Community Reading of Elie Wiesel’s ‘Night’” on Sunday, January 28, at 1 pm. The book will be read in its entirety throughout the day, accompanied by music and speeches. For more information or to register, click here.

The virtual YIVO-Bard Winter Program on Ashkenazi Civilization will take place January 9-26. The registration deadline is Friday, December 29. For a complete list of courses and to register, click here.

The American Jewish University will hold the five-part virtual class “How to Argue Like a Jew” from Tuesday, January 16-February 13, at 3 pm. Students will “study Jewish text and reveal the ways in which Jewish wisdom guides us through difficult conversations and strengthens the culture of constructive disagreement today.” For more information or to register, click here.

For additional resources, see previous issues of The Reporter or our other Jewish Online Resources here.