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 Museum of Jewish Heritage will hold several virtual book talks: “Sisters in Science” on Tuesday, March 25, at 7 pm (https://mjhnyc.org/events/sisters-in-science-book-talk/); “The Pope at War” on Tuesday, April 1, at 7 pm (available here); “Stories Survive: ‘The Cello Still Sings’” on Tuesday, April 8, at 7 pm (available here); and “Stories Survive: “Hidden in Plain Sight’” on Monday, May 12, at 7 pm (available here). There is a requested donation of $10 for each talk.

The Museum at Eldridge Street will hold the virtual tour “Historic Jewish Harlem” on Monday, March 31, at 6 pm. The cost is pay-what-you-wish. Bradley Shaw will talk about “Harlem’s origins as a community for the very rich through its days as one of the three major world centers of Judaism.” For more information or to register, click here.

The Nosher will hold a virtual Global Jewish Food Festival on Sunday, March 16, from noon-5 pm. The cost to attend is $54. There will be chefs and food experts who will offer cooking classes, demonstrations and discussions. Sessions will be taped and can be accessed after the event. For more information or to register, click here. 

ALEPH will hold the virtual lecture “Finding Our Way in Troubled Times: Spiritual Guidance from Perek Shira (Nature’s Song)” by Rabbi Dr. Laura Duhan Kaplan on Thursday, March 20, at 7pm. To register for the lecture, click here.

The Jewish Grandparents Network will hold the virtual program “Improvise Your Seder: How Games and Play Can Make Passover Memorable for Grandchildren and Families” on Wednesday, April 2, from 7-8:15 pm. This will be an interactive webinar with games and activities to bring the seder to life for grandchildren and families. For more information or to register, click here.

Melton will hold several virtual classes and lectures. The cost to attend is a sliding scale: “Tales from the Talmud: A Living Source of Wisdom” Tuesday, March 18, from 1-2 pm (available here); “For Such a Time as This: Rising to the Moment, Shaping the Jewish Future” on Thursday, March 20, from 1-2 pm (available here); and “Breaking News, Breaking Truth: The Munich Massacre and the Ethics of Media” on Monday, March 24, from 7-8 pm (available here).

The Center for Jewish History will hold the hybrid lecture “DNA of the Ottoman Empire: Crossroads of the Jewish People” on Sunday, March 23, at 2 pm. “Adam Brown and Michael Waas will “showcase how the genetic markers reveal common ancestry and connections that trace back to the Ottoman Empire, where many Jewish communities  flourished.” For more information or to register, click here.

The Jewish Theological Seminary will hold the virtual program “The Jewish Holiday Table” on Tuesday, March 25, at 7 pm. Dr. David Kraemer and Devra Ferst, editorial director of the Jewish Food Society, will hold a conversation about “The Jewish Holiday Table: A World of Recipes, Traditions and Stories to Celebrate All Year Long” by Naama Shefi, a collection of 135 recipes. For more information or to register, click here|

My Jewish Learning will hold the virtual “Off the Daf: A Talmud Book Club” on Tuesday, March 18, from noon-1 pm. The club will meet every other month. The first book is “Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic” by Gila Fine, which is a winner of the National Jewish Book Award and the Rabbi Sacks Book Prize. Fine will join the discussion live. For more information or to register, click here, 

Uri L’Tzedek will hold the virtual talk “Shamayim-Jewish Ethics: The Basics with Rabbi Geoffrey Claussen” on Thursday, April 3, at 2:30 pm. Claussen will discuss his new book about Jewish ethics, “Jewish Ethics: The Basics.” For more information or to register, click here.

Literary Modiin will hold a virtual authors event on Sunday, April 27, at 1 pm, featuring authors Lisa Barr (“The Goddess of Warsaw”), Brooke Randel (“Also Here”) and Julie Brill (“Hidden in Plain Sight”). For more information or to register, click here.

Roundtable will hold the virtual class “Borges and the Kabbalah: Mysticism, Tradition, and Writing” on Mondays, April 28-May 19, from 10-11 am. The cost to attend is $176. The class explores “the writings of Jorge Luis Borges, his interest in the Kabbalah, his attraction to the Judaic, and the imaginative depictions these inspired.” For more information or to register, click here.

The American Jewish University’s Maas Center has launched The Origin Story, a new online platform designed to help individuals understand their Jewish ancestry. “The program provides educational materials and insights into Jewish culture, with the intention to support individuals at all stages of their Jewish journeys, from initial curiosity to deeper spirituality.”

Fairfield University will hold a hybrid version of its “Annual Lecture in Jewish/Christian Engagement” on Wednesday, March 19, at 7 pm. Catholic theologian Massimo Faggioli, Ph.D., will speak on “Catholics and Antisemitism: Reading Nostra Aetate in 2025.” For more information or to register, click here.

My Jewish Learning will hold the virtual class “Jewish Bestsellers: Explore the Biggest Books of the Past 75 Years” on Wednesdays, March 26-April 16, at 6 pm. The cost to attend is $60. Andrew Silow-Carroll will “discuss some of the most popular Jewish books written since World War II and ask why they had such an enormous cultural impact on the decades in which they were published.” For more information or to register, click here.

The American Jewish University will hold the webinar “Reviving a Yiddish Masterpiece: A Conversation on Chaim Grade’s ‘Sons and Daughters’” on Thursday, March 27, at 3 pm. Rose Waldman and AJU’s Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson will “Sons and Daughters,” now available in an English translation. For more information or to register, click here.

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