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 Grandparents Network will hold a virtual “Learning Fest 2026” on Tuesday, January 27, from 3-6:30 pm. Registration must be made by Monday, January 19. The keynote speaker Dr. Becky Kennedy will discuss “What Parents Want Grandparents to Know About Raising Kids Today.” For more information or to register, click here.

Roundtable will hold the virtual course “Forgotten Holocaust Fiction” on Wednesdays, December 3-17, from 4-5 pm. The cost to attend is $132. Professor Anna Katsnelson will discuss “The Oppermans (1933) by Lion Feuchtwanger and “Scrap of Time”(1987) by Ida Fink. For more information or to register, click here.

The Yiddish Book Center will hold the virtual course “Speak the World! A Tour of Global Jewish Languages” on Tuesdays, January 13, 20 and 27, and February 3, from 7-8:30 pm. The course will explore the more than 20 distinctively Jewish vernaculars with scholars, activists and artists who are using them today. For more information or to register, click here.

The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute will hold the hybrid talk “‘The Lesbian Feminists Are the Bridge’: Anglo-American Feminists and the Rise of Lesbian Activism in Israel (1971-1987)” with Dotan Brom on Monday, December 8, at 12:30 pm. For more information or to register, click here.

The Maas Center will hold the virtual program “Illuminating Our Story: The Meaning of Chanukah” on Sunday, December 7, from 8-9:30 pm. The cost to attend is $18. The program will offer the opportunity to “explore the ancient and modern tales of Chanukah while reconnecting with its blessings and rituals.” For more information or to register, click here.

Uri L’Tzedek will hold the virtual talk “Workers Rights and Paying On Time” with Rabbi Mike Moskowitz on Thursday, December 11, at 4 pm. The cost to attend is $18. The talk will be a text based analysis of the biblical obligations to pay works in a timely fashion and explore the ethical and mystical implications of the obligation. For more information or to register, click here.

Tikvah Ideas is holding the online nine-part series “The Wisdom of Jewish Literature” with Professor Ruth R. Wisse. She will discuss “the masterpieces of modern Jewish literature.” For more information or to register, click here.

Roundtable will hold the virtual course “The Generations of Tevye: Reading the Stories of Sholem Aleichem” on Thursdays, December 11-January 15, from 11 am-noon. The cost to attend is $176. “Scholar Saul Noam Zaritt discusses the original stories and several of its adaptations from the 1930s to today.” For more information or to register, click here.

Ritualwell and the Institute of Jewish Spirituality will hold the virtual course “The Hidden Light of Hanukkah: A Journey in Poetry and Presence” on Tuesdays, December 2, 9 and 16, from 1-2:30 pm. The cost to attend is $154. The program will use mindfulness, poetry and generative writing to deepen attendees connection to the holiday. For more information or to register, click here.

The Jewish Women’s Archives will hold the virtual program “Women’s Anger As a Creative Force: A Writing Workshop for and by Jewish Women of Color” on Thursday, December 4, at 8 pm. Marcella White Campbell, writer, educator and director of JWA’s Pomegranate Writing Fellowship for Jewish Women of Color, will discuss how to use anger as a creative force. For more information or to register, click here.

The Nosher will hold the virtual class “The Nosher’s Latke Master Class” on Monday, December 8, from 7-8 pm. The cost to attend is $21.05. Shannon Sarna, founding editor of The Nosher and author of “Modern Jewish Baker” and “Modern Jewish Comfort Food,” will teach the class. For more information or to register, click here.

Roundtable will hold the virtual course “The Ancient Jewish Diaspora: Egypt, Syria, Italy, and Beyond” on Thursday, December 4-18, from 10-11 am. The cost to attend is $132. The class will look at the “ancient Jewish diaspora and about how Jews once interacted with their surroundings and neighbors in Egypt, Syria and Italy.” For more information or to register, click here.

The Yiddish Book Center will hold the virtual book launch “Yiddish: A Global Culture: Bold Stories, Boundless Creativity,” with David Mazower in conversation with Lisa Newman, on Thursday, December 4, at 7 pm. Mazower will talk about the newly released catalog of the Yiddish Book Center’s permanent exhibition. For more information or to register, click here.

The Institute for Jewish Spirituality will hold the virtual book talk “Seeing into the Life of Things” with author Rodger Kamenetz in conversation with Rabbi Josh Feigelson on Wednesday, December 3, from 8- 9pm. For more information or to register, click here.

The New York Jewish Week will hold the virtual program “Behind the Laughter: David Margolick Shines a Light on the Rise and Fall of Sid Caesar” on Wednesday, December 3, at 6 pm. Margolick will discuss his new book, “When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy,” with Andrew Silow-Carroll. For more information or to register, click here.

The Jewish Grandparents Network is holding a “Hanukkah Book Giveaway 2025” featuring eight different book bundle prizes, each containing two books. Those interested must enter by noon on Friday, December 5, to be part of the drawing. Books will be mailed on Monday, December 8. For more information or to enter, click here.

The 2026 YIVO-Bard Winter Program on Ashkenazi Civilization will take place online via Zoom from January 6-23. The program look into the literature, history and culture of East European Jewry. To learn more about the program and related events, click here.

For additional resources, see our Jewish Online Resources pages.