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. 

High Holiday Resources

Hadassah Magazine will hold the virtual event “‘Happy New Years’ from Master of Israeli Fiction Maya Arad” on Thursday, September 18, at 7 pm. Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein will speak with Israeli-born author and playwright Maya Arad about her new book, “Happy New Years,” as well as the experiences of Israeli expatriates in America today. For more information or to register, click here.

The Blue Dove Foundation, which addresses “mental illness and addiction in the Jewish community and beyond,” offers resources for the High Holidays. For more information, click here. 

The Kveller website is offering a free booklet “Kveller’s Guide to Hosting Rosh Hashanah.” To request a copy, click here.

The Jewish Theological Seminary is offering “To Be More Fully Human: Reflections on Hope for the Days of Awe 5786,” essays written by JTS faculty, leadership and students, at no cost on its website. For more information or access to the essays, click here.

Non-holiday specific resources

The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute will hold the virtual talk “The Jewish Women of Medieval England: What Good is Gender?” by Adrienne Williams Boyarin, Ph.D., on Wednesday, Sepember 17, at 12:30 pm. Boyarin will discuss the lives of Jewish women from medieval England as they appear in English national records. For more information or to register, click here.

Qesher will hold the virtual tour “History, Synagogues and Swiss Chocolate: A Journey Through Jewish Switzerland” on Sunday, September 28, at 3 pm. General admission is $18. “This talk explores the long and often overlooked story of Judaism in Switzerland, beginning in the Middle Ages.” For more information or to register, click here.

The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute will hold an event in the Sandra Seltzer Silberman HBI Conversations Series, featuring Tracy Slater, author of “Together in Manzanar: The True Story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp” on Thursday, September 18, at 12:30 pm. The book focuses on the story of Elaine Buchman Yoneda, a Jewish American woman; Karl Yoneda, her Japanese American husband; and their 3-year-old son, Tommy, who were held in detention camps by the U.S. government during World War II. For more information or to register, click here.

Qesher will hold the virtual tour “A Historic Tour of Jewish Los Angeles: From Alta California to the Continuing Allure of Hollywood” on Thursday, October 9, at 3 pm. General admission is $18. The talk will offer information on “building the second-largest Jewish community in the United States and the fourth-largest in the world.” For more information or to register, click here.

The Museum of Jewish Heritage will hold a variety of programs in September, including “Soundtrack of the Jewish People: Great Songs that Reshaped America” with Joe Levy in conversation with Nadine Epstein on Tuesday, September 16, at 7 pm, with a suggested donation of $10 (available here); “Virtual Walking Tour: Tel Aviv, Israel” on Wednesday, September 17, at 11 am, $25 charge for non-members (available here); “‘Warsaw Testament’ Book Talk” on Thursday, September 18, at 7 pm with suggested donation of $10 (available here); “‘The Last Million’ Book Talk” on Thursday, September 25, at 7 pm with a $10 suggested donation (available here); “Albert Marquès and Ampl!fy Voices Present: ‘Mir Zaynen Do,’ featuring Millie Baran,” a collaboration with 99-year-old Holocaust survivor on Sunday, September 28, at 2 pm (available here); “‘Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig’s Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend’ Book Talk” on Monday, September 29, at 7 pm (available here); and “Stories Survive: Marion Novack” on Tuesday, September 30, at 7 pm with a $10 suggested donation (available here).

Hillel International is offering “The 2025 Hillel Magazine,” a free digital guide to Jewish college life, featuring the top 60 schools that Jewish students choose. To receive a link to the magazine, click here. A free print copy will be available in September. 

Uri L’Tzedek will hold two programs in September: “Antisemitism in Australia” with Rabbanit Nomi Kaltmann on Wednesday, September 17, at 7 pm (available here); and “Going Out with Knots: My Two Kaddish Years with Hebrew Poetry,” a book talk with Rabbi Dr. Wendy Zierler on Tuesday, September 30, at 6 pm (available here). The cost to attend each class is $18.

Dayenu will hold the virtual program “Bringing Jewish tradition to Sun Day” on Monday, September 15, at 8 pm. Rabbi Laura Bellows will help attendees “brainstorm and share ideas for how to bring Jewish tradition, ritual, art, and song to our Sun Day events.” Sun Day will take place on Sunday, September 21. For more information or to register, click here.

My Jewish Learning is offering a year-long e-mail series “A Year of Zohar: Kabbalah for Everyone” beginning on September 21. The e-mails will comment on the Zohar’s central teachings, while seeking to empower readers “to engage directly with the text and to appreciate the Zohar’s unusual poetic style.” For more information or to register, click here.

The Nosher will hold the virtual “Brisket Master Class” on Monday, September 15, from 7-8 pm. The cost to attend is $18. Award-winning chef Brad Mahlof will guide those attending through the process of making “mouth-watering” brisket. All registrants, including those who are not able to attend the class live, will receive a recording of the class and the recipes used. For more information or to register, click here.

Wisdom Without Walls will offer several programs this fall: “Unapologetically Jewish” with Vanessa Hidary on Wednesday, September 17, from 7-8:30 pm (available here); “Inviting God In: A Guide to Jewish Prayer,” a book interview with Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin and Rabbi Menachem Creditor on Wednesday, November 5, from 7:30-8:30 pm (available here); and “Forbidden: A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig” with Professor Jordan D. Rosenblum on Wednesday, November 19, from 7-8:30 pm (available here). Wisdom Without Walls offers an Annual Membership, which allows members the ability to attend all of its conversations and have access to recordings for those who were unable to attend. 

My Jewish Learning community will hold an online “Day of Learning” on Sunday, October 5, beginning at 10 am, to remember those killed since October 7, 2023, and pray for those still in captivity and danger. The sessions will be a half-hour; the full schedule and the link will be e-mailed after registration. For more information or to register, click here.

Yetzirah will hold its October reading series featuring Ayelet Amittay, Leslie Contreras Schwartz and David Lehman on Sunday, October 5, from 5-6:30 pm. For more information, click here.

The Hey Alma website offers a “Guide to Antisemitism,” which can be found here. The guide offers “the history of antisemitic tropes and stereotypes, and how and when they still spring up to this day.” 

The Yiddish Book Center will hold several virtual programs: “The Tourist’s Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City” with Henry H. Sapoznik on Thursday, September 18, from 7-8 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); “Displays of Belonging,” with Sarah Zarrow on Thursday, October 23, at 7 pm (available here); and “Book Launch: ‘Adventures of Max Spitzkopf: The Yiddish Sherlock Holmes,’” with Mikhl Yashinsky on Monday, October 27, at 6:30 pm (available here).

For additional resources, see our Jewish Online Resources pages.