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 the “Virtual Walking Tour: Tarnów, Poland” on Wednesday, July 30, at 11 am. The cost to attend is $25. For more information or to register, click here.
The Museum of Jewish Heritage will hold several virtual book talks: “The Art Spy” on Monday, August 18, at 7 pm (available here); Stories Survive: “From Generation to Generation” on Tuesday, August 26, at 7pm (available here); and “Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig’s Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend” on Monday, September 29, at 7pm (available here).
Uri L’Tzedek will hold the virtual book talk “Going Out with Knots: My Two Kaddish Years with Hebrew Poetry” on Tuesday, September 30, at 6 pm. The cost to attend is $18. Rabbi Dr. Wendy Zierler will speak about her new book, which looks at her literary and personal Jewish mourning journey in the aftermath of familial loss. For more information or to register, click here.
In conjunction with the Museum at Eldridge Street’s current exhibition, “Lower East Side, 1975: Portrait of a Changing Jewish Neighborhood,” photographer and photography professor Sarah Barsness will to explore the cultural history of photography on Monday, August 18, at 6 pm. There is sliding scale cost to attend. For more information or to register, click here.
The Community Scholar Program will hold the virtual talk “Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Massacre in Palestine That Ignited the Arab-Israeli Conflict” with Yardena Schwartz, on Sunday July 27, from 7-9 pm. For more information or to register, click here.
The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbienne is streaming the video series “Pearls of Yiddish” with Zalmen Mlotek, who will explore Yiddish music and welcome guest performers. To view the series, click here.
Tikvah is holding the online series “Living Through History: Learning from the ‘12-Day War.’” Jonathan Silver will be in discussion with Victor Davis Hanson, Ambassador Yechiel Leiter, Rabbi Meir Soloveichik and Hussein Aboubakr Mansour. For more information or to watch, click here.
The Center for Jewish History will hold the hybrid program “Family History Today: Genetic Census of the Jewish People” on Sunday, August 3, at 2 pm. The program will discuss the Genetic Census of the Jewish People project. For more information or to register, click here.
The Jewish Heritage Alliance will hold the virtual course “Sefarad: The Untold Story that Changed the World” on Thursdays, August 21-28 and September 4, from noon-1:30 pm. The cost to attend is $75. For more information or to register, click here.
My Jewish Learning will hold the online class “Ancient Literature of the Jews of Iran: Mystical Epics, Poetry and Hidden Gems” on Wednesdays, August 6-27, at 7 pm. The cost to attend is $60. For more information or to register, click here.
Uri L’Tzedek will hold the virtual program “Beyond Tikkun Olam: A Jewish Case for Social Justice” on Wednesday, July 30, at 7 pm. The cost to attend is $18. Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez will discuss “texts that provide nuance and depth to the Jewish imperative for social justice.” For more information or to register, click here.
My Jewish Learning is offering a new e-mail series “Jewish Views on Contemporary Issues.” The eight-part series explores “each issue to gain understanding through a Jewish lens.” For more information or to register, click here.
Family Resources
The Jewish Grandparents Network will hold the virtual talk “Connecting with Your Teen Grandchild in the Age of Social Media” on Wednesday, August 6, from 7-8 pm. Erica Hruby and Rivkah Schack from the Jewish Education Project will discuss “digital literacy fundamentals (understanding the platforms, language, and cultural norms of teen online spaces) and will address common challenges grandparents face” (available here).
The Blue Dove Foundation website has a section for caregivers called “Hineni | Caring for the Caregiver.” To view the resources, click here.
The Jewish Grandparents Network will hold the virtual program “Grandparenting with Grace: Organizing Your Home and Heart for the Jewish New Year” on Wednesday, September 10, from 7-8 pm. The event will help attendees “explore how to prepare our homes and hearts for the New Year with purpose by embracing Jewish values like chesed (loving-kindness), hachnasat orchim (hospitality) and kavanah (intention/presence).” For more information or to register, click here.
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