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 Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy will hold the virtual tour “The Village – Sites, Stories, and Synagogues” on Wednesday, October 9, from 7-9 pm. The cost to attend is $15. The tour will focus on the 200-year Jewish history of Greenwich Village. For more information or to register, click here. 

The Israel American Council offers a free online library, which offers “tools to combat antisemitism, guidance for college preparation, engaging Jewish holiday activity kits, or insights into Israel” that can be accessed here.

Hey Alma’s Deputy Managing Editor Vanessa Friedman will host the newsletter’s first ever “Jewish Journaling Class” on Wednesday, October 9, at 6 pm. Friedman will offer ice breaker exercises, journaling prompts and tips from her own 30-year journaling practice. For more information or to register, click here.

Melton will hold the virtual program “The Yom Kippur Avodah: Anatomy of a Temple Service” on Wednesday, October 9, f rom 7:30-8:30 pm. The cost to attend is $18. The class “will explore the symbolism, historical significance, and depth woven into the historical reality of what occurred in the Beit HaMikdash (Holy Temple) each year.” For more information or to register, click here.

The Yetzirah Book Club will hold two events: “On Sunday, October 27, “I Am of the Tribe of Judah: Poems from Jewish Latin America,” a reading and conversation with Stephen Sadow, Ilan Stavans and Marjorie Agosin; and Sunday, November 17, “Peter Cole, Draw Me After,” a reading and conversation with Peter Cole. Both are hosted by Rick Chess and run from noon-1:30 pm. There is an $18 cost to attend each event. For more information about the book club or to register, click here.

The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy will hold the virtual lecture “A History of Jewish Life in New York City – Colonial and Early American Jews in NYC, 1654-1825” (part 1 of 3) on Monday, October 28, from 7-9 pm. The cost for the one lecture is $15. For more information or to register, click here.

The Yiddish Book Center will hold the virtual program “They Called Me Mayer: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland before the Holocaust” with Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett on Thursday, November 21, at 7 pm. Kirshenblatt-Gimblett will discuss her father’s legacy and recent exhibitions of his work, including the current exhibition at the POLIN Museum. For more information or to register, click here.

Melton will hold the virtual class “A More Perfect Union: Jewish Values and American Democracy” on Thursday, October 10, from 1-2:15 pm. The cost to attend is $18. The class “will look at sacred Jewish and American texts designed to inspire the next generation to embrace their inheritance as engaged participants in our democracy.” For more information or to register, click here.

The 2024 Jewish Writers’ Conference, sponsored by the Jewish Book Council, will be held virtually on Sunday, November 17, from 10 am-5 pm. The conference will offer discussions, workshops and panels discussing Jewish book publishing and writing by agents, editors and authors. The cost to attend is $250. For more information or to register, click here.

ALEPH will hold the five-part virtual course “Kabbalah Wellness” on Sundays, November 13 and 20, and December 4, 11 and 18, at 2 pm. The cost to attend is $50. The course designed “to support you in creating transformation in your life while delving into some of the core teachings of Kabbalah.” To register for the course, click here.

Roundtable will hold the virtual book club discussion of “Simple Gimpl” by Isaac Bashevis Singer led by Ilan Stavans on Wednesday, October 9, from 12:30-2 pm. The cost to attend is $45. For more information or to register, click here. 

Hillel International offers a new website, Campus4All.org, which it calls “a one-stop-shop for identifying and reporting antisemitism, knowing and understanding their rights on campus, and finding voices that Jewish college students can trust to help separate fact from fiction about Israel.”

Tablet is offering the mini-series podcast “Re-Form: Examining the Challenges and Choices of America’s Largest Jewish Movement” with Josh Kross and Rabbi Diana Fersko, who will talk about the movement’s big decisions. Among the topics featured are patrilineal descent, Zionism and intermarriage. For more information or to listen to the podcast, click here.

Jewish Fiction has updated its website so readers can search for stories by theme, original language or author. The latest issue and some past stories are available to all readers. To be able to view all stories, the site offers subscriptions: $5.99/month or for a limited time $18/year (normally $36/year). 

The Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies will offer a virtual “Reflective Gathering Marking the Anniversary of October 7th” on Tuesday, October 8, from 2-3 pm. The gathering seeks to help people “process the impact of the past year and to offer support.... Participants will create a personal Storybook to reflect on thoughts, feelings, and reactions to this ongoing traumatic event and to cultivate renewed strength and hope.” Those attending are asked to have an 8×11 sheet of paper and pencils/markers/crayons available. After the activity, there will be time to share/process the experience through breakout groups. For more information or to register, click here,

HUC-JIR Jewish Language Project and HUC Connect is offering the new bi-weekly podcast “Heritage Words: Exploring Jewish Ancestral Languages” with Sarah Benor, Ph.D., who will explore “the rich tapestry of Jewish languages.” It will look at “the words we inherit and the meaning they bring to our lives.” For more information, click here.

Roundtable will hold the virtual class “Hebron in 1929: The Turning Point in a Holy War” on Thursday, October 10, from 7-8 pm. Journalist and author Yardena Schwartz discusses the 1929 massacre in Palestine that ignited the Arab-Israeli conflict. For more information or to register, click here.

The Jewish Agency for Israel will hold a virtual event on the anniversary of the October 7 attacks on Monday, October 7, at 2 pm. Amir Tibon, an Israeli journalist for Haaretz and the author of the newly released book “The Gates of Gaza,” will speak. For more information or to register, click here.

Chabad.org will release a “reimagined” translation of Tanya, which will be sent to subscribers in weekly segments. The authors plan to “bring its lessons into real life with colorful anecdotes and practical applications.” For more information or to sign up for the e-mails, click here.

ALEPH will hold a virtual “Tribute to Jewish Renewal Luinaries: Rabbi Hannah Tiferet Siegel and Rabbi Ya’acov Jack Gabriel” on Sunday, November 17, at 4 pm. For more information or to register, click here.

The Jewish Grandparents Network will hold the virtual program “Let There Be Play: Bringing the Torah to Life with Grandchildren” on Tuesday, October 15, from 7-8 pm. The program will teach how to use play, creativity and hands-on exploration to connect with grandchildren through Torah stories. For more information or to register, click here.

My Jewish Learning will hold the virtual course “Spells, Demons and Dybbuks: Magic in Judaism” on Tuesdays, October 22-November 5, at 7 pm. The cost to attend is $36. Rabbi Geoffrey Dennis will discuss the basics of Jewish magic, “from dybbuks (soul possessors) to golems (creatures made out of clay, often to defend Jews from antisemitic attacks) to Jewish grimoires (books of spells, charms and amulet-making instructions).” For more information or to register, click here.

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