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 course “Borscht Belt Culture, or Return to the Catskills” on Monday-Wednesday, August 25-27, from 11 am-noon. The cost to attend is $132. Professor Phil Brown will explore of the Jewish experience in the Borscht Belt of the Catskills. For more information or to register, click here.

The Blue Dove Foundation offers resources on "Sanctifying Social Media: Doomscrolling and Mental Health." The site says, “This resource is designed to help you find your own sense of kadosh [holiness] as you navigate staying informed and enjoying social media, while also drawing boundaries to give yourself space.”

The Institute of Jewish Spirituality will hold “Shalem: A Monthly Mindfulness Affinity Space for People with Disabilities” once a month on Wednesdays, August 20, September 17, October 22, November 19, December 17, January 21, February 18, March 25, April 15, May 20, June 17 and July 22, from 1:30-2 pm. The group is for people living with disabilities and/or chronic illness and pain. For more information or to register, click here.

Roundtable will hold the virtual course “W. G. Sebald’s ‘Austerlitz’: Time, Memory, Self” on Sundays, September 7-28, from 3-4:30 pm. The cost to attend is $176. Samantha Rose Hill will explore the novel, which looks at “time, memory and the self – and the long shadow of the Holocaust.” For more information or to register, click here.

The Qesher Book Club will discuss “Rakiya – Stories of Bulgaria” by Ellis Shuman on Tuesday, September 9, at 3 pm. Shuman “will share how he came to Bulgaria in the first place, how he grew to love the country, and how he was compelled to tell the story of Bulgarian Jewry during World War II.” For more information or to register, click here.

The Museum of Jewish Heritage will offer the virtual program “The World War II History of The Greenbrier Resort” on Wednesday, August 27, at 7 pm. A $10 donation is requested. The event will be a panel discussion about the World War II history of The Greenbrier Resort, when the resort “was used by the U.S. Government to detain Axis diplomats, including some high-ranking Nazi officials.” For more information or to register, click here. 

The Jewish Theological Seminary will hold the three-part course “Standing Together: Prayer, Presence, and the Power of Community: A JTS High Holiday Webinar Series” on Mondays, September 8, 15 and 29, from 1-2 pm. There is a suggested donation requested depending on how many classes attended. For more information or to register, click here.

Roundtable will hold the virtual course “Jewish Life in Early Modern Modena: Merchants, Mystics, and Matriarchs” on Thursdays, September 11-October 9, from 4-5 pm. The cost to attend is $176. The course will look at “the transformation of Jewish life in early modern Italy through the history of Modena’s Jewish community.” For more information or to register, click here.

Shulchan will hold the virtual course “The King is in the Field: A Journey Through Elul with Teshuvah, Tefillah, and Tzedakah” with Rabbi Charna Rosenholtz on Wednesdays, August 27 and September 3, 10 and 17, from 7:30-9 pm. The cost to attend is $108. For more information or to register, click here.

Roundtable will hold the virtual course “Britain and America: The German and Austrian Refugee Crisis in the 1930s” with Trudy Gold on Wednesdays, September 10-October 15, from 10-11 am. The cost to attend is $140. Gold, a modern Jewish historian, will examine the events in Germany and Austria during the 1930s and the British and American responses to the crisis.” For more information or to register, click here.

The Museum of Jewish Heritage will hold the book talk “The History of Antisemitism: ‘Jews vs. Rome’” on Tuesday, August 19, at 7 pm. A suggested donation of $10 is requested. Barry Strauss will talk about his book that focuses on “the two hundred years of ancient Israel’s battles against Rome that reshaped Judaism and gave rise to Christianity.” For more information or to register, click here.

The Jewish Week will hold the hybrid program “The Courage to Speak: Bearing Witness Across Generations” with Sasha Vasilyuk, the 2025 Winner Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature in conversation, with authors Gal Beckerman and Benjamin Balint on Monday, September 8, at 7 pm. The cost for tickets for the livestream of the event are $12.51. For more information or to register for the event, click here.

Roundtable will hold the virtual course “Carole King: A Modern Jewish Songwriter” on Fridays, Fri, September 19-October 3, from 11 am-noon. The cost to attend is $132. Jane Eisner, the author of the forthcoming Carole King biography through Yale’s Jewish Lives series, will discuss the life and work of King, a musician, songwriter and New York native,. For more information or to register, click here.

Melton is offering The Thread, an e-mail series for “curious Jewish minds. Each edition weaves together snippets of learning from leading Jewish thinkers, offering thought-provoking reflections, timeless wisdom, and meaningful perspectives to help you explore Jewish life, learning, and identity more deeply.” To register for the series, click here.

The Jewish Book Council will hold the virtual program “Jewish Book Month 100 One Community with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl in Conversation with Abigail Pogrebin” on Tuesday, November 18, from 1-2 pm. Buchdahl, an Asian-American, will talk about her book, “Heart of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi’s Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging,” which tells the story of her journey to become a rabbi. For more information or to register, click here.

Melton will offer the virtual class “Return and Renew: High Holiday Teachings of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks” with Rabbi Johnny Solomon on Mondays, August 11, 18 and 25, from 1-2 pm. The course is offered on a sliding scale. The class will look at Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ High Holiday teachings. For more information or to register, click here.

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