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 will hold the virtual webinar “Who are the Jews-and Who Can We Become? What has changed since October 7?” with Donniel Hartman and Abigail Pogrebin on Sunday, January 21, from noon-1 pm. For more information or to register, click here.

Uri L’Tzedek will hold a virtual class called “Organizing the Jewish community to protect Democracy” with the executive director of A More Perfect Union, Aaron Dorfman, Tuesday, January 16, at noon. The cost to attend is $18. The class will address “the dire need for the Jewish community to organize and protect our democracy.” For more information or to register, click here.

The Jewish Grandparents Network will hold “How to Bring Shabbat to Life with Grandchildren” on Tuesday, January 16, from 7-8 pm. The program is for children ages 3-8. A link to a Shabbat Discovery Kit, available to download for free, will be provided by Friday, January 5. For more information or to register, click here. 

The Roundtable at the 92nd Street Y will hold the four-part “Global Jewish Book Club – Winter 2024” with Ilan Stavans discussing Jewish themed writings. Dates for the book club are “Regarding the Pain of Others” by Susan Sontag on Wednesday, February 7, from 12:30-2 pm; “Mr. Mani” by A. B. Yehoshua on Wednesday, March 6 from 12:30-2 pm; “Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number” by Jacobo Timerman on Wednesday, April 3, from 12:30-2 pm; and “The Book of Job” on Wednesday, May 1, from 12:30-2 pm. For more information or to register, click here.

CASJE (Collaborative for Applied Studies in Jewish Education) is offering a free research digest. The first issue focuses on “Campus Antisemitism: A Study of Campus Climate Before and After the Hamas Terrorist Attacks.” To read the issue, click here.

Hadassh Magazine will hold the virtual roundtable “Safeguarding Jewish Students on Campus” on Thursday, January 18, at 7 pm. Lisa Hostein and a group of panelists will discuss the antisemitic, anti-Israel abuse Jewish university students are experiencing. For more information or to register, click here.

Melton will hold the virtual program “Israel on the American College Campus” on Monday, January 22, from 8-9 pm. Dr. Joy Getnick, executive director of Hillel at University of Rochester, will discuss what is happening on American university campuses. For more information or to register, click here.

Uri L’Tzedek will hold the virtual program “The complexity of Ransoming Captives” with Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy on Tuesday, January 9, at 11 am. The cost to attend is $18. Hammer-Kossoy will address “the ongoing conflict in Israel as Israeli hostages are being used as ransoming tools.” For more information or to register, click here.

The American Jewish University announced two upcoming classes: “Israeli Art Comes to You: Healing From October 7” on Tuesday, January 23, from 8-9 pm, the cost to attend is $21 (available here); and “What Do Jews Think of God? A Class in Jewish Theology” on Tuesdays, February 6, 13, 20 and 27, and March 5, 12, 19 and 26, from 3-4 pm, the cost to attend is $280 (available here).

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency is offering a Teen Journalism Fellowship. The fellows (15-18 years old) will be reporting the news of their community through a Jewish teen lens. Applications are due by Wednesday, January 10. For more information, click here.

Ayin Press offers digital columns, including “Moabet,” a column on Sephardi culture, history, and thought, edited by Devin Naar; “Speaking from Experience,” on emergent spiritualities, edited by Madison Margolin; “Teiku,” on Jewish texts and thought, edited by Shaul Magid; and “Otiyot,” a literary column, featuring a range of editors including Reut Ben-Yaacov and Moriel Zecher-Rothman.

Melton will hold the following virtual lectures: “The Jewish Value of Giving in the New Year” on Monday, January 8, from 7-8:30 pm (available here); “Emma Lazarus: Beyond the Statue of Liberty” on Wednesday, January 10, from 1-2 pm (available here); “The Book Banning Brouhaha” on Tuesday, January 23, from 7-8:15 pm (available here); and “Jewcology, Israel, and Tu B’Shvat” on Wednesday, January 24;from 7:30-8:30 pm (available here). There is a cost of $18 to attend the lectures. 

The Yiddish Book Center will hold several virtual events: “‘Two Tribes’: The Story behind the Graphic Novel” with Emily Cohen on Thursday, January 18, at 7pm (avavilable here); “Inside the Peretz Salon: The Engine Room of Modern Yiddish Culture” with David Mazower on Thursday, February 8, at 7 pm (available here); and “A Revolution in Type: Gender and the Making of the American Yiddish Press” with Ayelet Brinn on Thursday, February 22, at 7 pm (available here).

The Jewish Grandparents Network will hold the virtual program “Finding Ways to Reconnect with Estranged Children and Grandchildren” on Tuesday, February 6, from 7-8 pm. For more information or to register, click here.

Melton will hold several classes during the winter. There is a sliding scale cost to attend beginning at $59. Classes include “Thought Process: Jewish Law and Mental Health” on Tuesdays, January 9-30, from 1-2:30 pm (available here); “Jewish Ghost Stories” on Thursdays, January 11-February 1, from 8-9:15 pm (available here); “Images of Women in Israeli Cinema” on every other Wednesday, January 17-February 28, from 1-2:30 pm (available here); “Evolving Tradition: Deepening Our Understanding of Orthodox Judaism” on Mondays, January 29-February 12, from 8-9:30 pm (available here); and “The Human Body in Jewish Law” on Thursdays, February 8-29, from 1-2:30 pm (available here). 

The American Jewish University will hold the four-session course “The Seven Questions You’re Asked in Heaven” with Dr. Ron Wolfson on Mondays, January 22-February 12 from 3-4 pm. For more information or to register, click here. 

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