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. 

Roundtable will hold the virtual four-part “Global Jewish Book Club: Four Modern Jewish Philosophers” with Ilan Stavans on Wednesday, September 3, October 1, November 5 and December 3, from 12:30-2 pm. The cost to attend is $176. The philosophers to be discussed will be Martin Buber, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Emmanuel Levinas and Monsieur Chouchani. For more information or to register, click here.

Jewbelong offers a free booklet with information about Rosh Hashanah that can be read online, downloaded or printed at this link.

Moment magazine will hold the virtual program “How a Palestinian and an Israeli Became Partners in Peace” with Aziz Abu Sarah, Maoz Inon, Kalid Loul and Vered Guttman on Tuesday, September 9, at 1 pm. Sarah and Inon will talk about the growing movement of Israelis and Palestinians advocating for justice, peace and equality. For more information or to register, click here.

Roundtable will hold the virtual class “Ancient Synagogues in the Land of Israel”on Friday, September 12, from 11 am-noon. The cost to attend is $44. The cost will explore “the art and architecture of ancient synagogues in the land of Israel, from their earliest beginnings to the seventh century.” For more information or to register, click here.

Jewish Women’s Archive will hold the virtual course “Belles and Butches: Jewish Women in the American South” on Thursdays, September 4-25, at 8 pm. The lectures include Shari Rabin on “Jewish Women in the Civil War and Reconstruction,” Rachel Cockerell on “The Galveston Movement and Its Legacy,” Rachel Gelfand on “Queer, Jewish, Southern” and Marcie Cohen Ferris on “The Edible Jewish South.” For more information or to register, click here.

Ritual Well will hold the virtual class “Women of the Bible: A Retelling” on Wednesday, September 10, from noon-1:30 pm. The cost to attend is $18. The class will “engage biblical text, midrash, poetry, and art through a feminist, justice-centered lens that reclaims and reimagines these women’s lives.” For more information or to register, click here.

The Yiddish Book Center will offer several virtual programs: “The Tourist’s Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City” with Henry H. Sapoznik on Thursday, September 18, at 7 pm (available here); “Letters from the Afterlife: The Post-Holocaust Correspondence of Chava Rosenfarb and Zenia Larsson” with Goldie Morgentaler on Thursday, September 25, at 7 pm (available here); and “Displays of Belonging: Polish Jewish Collecting and Museums, 1891-1941” with Sarah Zarrow on Thursday, October 23, at 7 pm (available here). 

The Institute for Jewish Spirituality will hold the virtual course “The Shofar Project: Getting Real (Again) for the New Year” Wednesdays, August 27-September 17, from 8-9 pm. The seasons will “include Jewish mindfulness practices, questions for reflection and journaling, and supplemental materials such as poetry and music.” For more information or to register, click here.

Roundtable will hold the three-part virtual course “Prague and Beyond: Jewish Life in the Bohemian Lands” on Thursdays, September 4-18, from 2-3 pm. The cost to attend is $132. Historian Hillel Kieval will explore Jewish Prague from the early modern world to contemporary times. For more information or to register, click here.

The Center for Israel Education has launched a reimagined resource hub. “The platform features more than 3,000 curated and searchable documents, maps, videos, timelines and lesson plans. The content is available in multiple languages and built for educators, students, journalists, clergy, and anyone seeking credible, classroom-ready resources.”

Ritual Well is offering the five-part e-mail learning series “Writing Jewish Rituals.” The series seeks to “guide you step-by-step through the process of crafting a personalized ritual rooted in Jewish wisdom and creativity.” To register for the e-mails, click here.

Modern Jewess offers a free snail mail envelope each month with “personal essays, inspirational Jewish wisdom, kernels of Jewish history and maybe even a recipe, a word game, or something else a little unexpected.” To sign up for the envelope, click here.

The Institute for Jewish Spirituality and the Jewish Studio Project will hold the virtual class “Fire and Flow: Creativity and Mindfulness” Learning session dates will be Tuesdays, September 2, September 30, October 28, December 2, January 6, January 27, February 24, March 24, April 28, May 26, June 23 and July 21, from 3:30-5 pm. Studio session dates will be Sundays, September 14, October 19, November 9 and December 21, from 1-2:30 pm. Additional dates will be announced quarterly. The cost to attend is $199. For more information or to register, click here.

Hebrew Union College will hold the hybrid program “In Dialogue with David: Remembering Rabbi Ellenson’s Transformative Leadership” on Monday, September 8, from 7:30-9 pm. A panel will discuss Ellenson’s scholarly and spiritual legacy. For more information or to register, click here.

The Jewish Book Council will hold the hybrid program “Sarah Hurwitz in Conversation with Dara Horn, Dan Senor and Abigail Pogrebin” on Wednesday, September 10, from 6:30-8:30 pm. Hurwitz will speak about her new book, “As a Jew: Reclaiming Our Story From Those Who Blame, Shame, and Try to Erase Us,”” which won the summer 2025 Natan Notable Book Award. For more information or to register, click here.

The Jewish Heritage Alliance will hold the virtual course “From Persecution to Renewal: The Sephardic Legacy and Foundations of Freedom” on Sundays, September 14, October 19 and November 16, from 1-2:30 pm. There is a sliding scale cost. One may sign on for one class or all three. The course”explores how the Sephardic Jewish experience – from forced conversion and exile to commercial ingenuity and constitutional ideals – shaped Jewish law, identity, and modern legal thought. For more information and to register, click here.

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