Learning

Join us for a lively conversation on mitzvah observance in the modern era on Wednesday, February 18th at 8:00pm at the home of Oren and Rachel Kravetz. Wine, cheese, and assorted charcuterie will be served.We hope to see you there! 

Join Koleinu for pre-Shavuot learning sponsored by JOFA at Home!Rachel Kravetz will lead us in a discussion on Naomi and Ruth: Portrait of a Complex Relationship.This event is open to men and women. The shiur will be at the Skier home on Monday, May 11 at 8:30 PM.

11:00 PM — Seeing the Other: Jewish and Christian Symbolism in the Middle Ages Speaker: Jennifer Seligman 11:30 PM — Ruth and Naomi: Portrait of a Complex Relationship Speaker: Rachel Kravetz 12:00 AM — Finding Meaning in Halacha Speaker: Dylan Kurlansky 12:30 AM — Counting the Omer when Crossing the Int’l Date Line Speaker: Oren Kravetz

Join Koleinu for an engaging shiur from Dr. Malka Simkovich! Dr. Simkovich will discuss Jewish Responses to Catastrophe: From Ancient Times to a Post-October 7th World. The shiur will be on Wednesday, May 27th at 8pm in the Kurlansky home. Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich is the Editor-in-Chief of the Jewish Publication Society and Visiting Professor at Yeshiva University’s Revel Graduate School for Jewish Studies. Her first book, The Making of Jewish Universalism: From Exile to Alexandria, was published in 2016, and her second book, Discovering Second Temple Literature: The Scriptures and Stories That Shaped Early Judaism, was published with JPS in 2018 and received the 2019 AJL Judaica Reference Honor Award. Her third book, Letters From Home: The Creation of Diaspora in Jewish Antiquity, was published in June 2024. She is also the author of over a hundred published articles, including pieces that have been published in journals such as the Harvard Theological Review, the Journal for the Study of Judaism, the Jewish Review of Books, Tablet, and The Christian Century. A Leon Charney Fellow at the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies, a Sacks Scholar for the Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Foundation, and a Kogod Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, Simkovich served as the Crown-Ryan Chair of Jewish Studies at Catholic Theological Union from 2014–2024, and speaks regularly to audiences across North America and beyond on topics related to the Hebrew Bible, Jewish history, and contemporary Jewish-Christian relations.

Join Koleinu for a women's source-based discussion group sponsored by JOFA at Home!Leora Skier will lead us in a discussion on Women and Time-Bound Mitzvot: What Changed and What's Next.This event is open to women. It will be held at the Kravetz home on Tuesday, July 14 at 8:30 PM.

Join Koleinu for a women's source-based discussion group sponsored by JOFA at Home!Talia Goldman will lead us in a discussion on Women and Kiddush.This event is open to women. It will be held at the Skier home on Wednesday, August 26th at 8:30 PM.