Drisha Institute.

Serious learning. Commited lives.

 

Upcoming Courses

Courses
Mishnah In-Depth: Zevachim
July 20 - August 31, 2025 (Sunday)
Join Rabbi Avie Walfish for Mishnah In-Depth every Sunday!
Courses
Approaching the New Year with the Sfas Emes
August 26 - September 2, 2025 (Tuesday)
Exploring how the Sfas Emes weaves together different texts and concepts in order to understand the Days of Awe.
Courses
Encounters with Maimonides’ Laws of Repentance
September 3 - September 17, 2025 (Wednesday)
A three-part exploration of Hilchot Teshuvah, Maimonides’ powerful and wide-ranging account of repentance.
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Three Themes of Teshuva in Ursula K. LeGuin’s A Wizard of Earthsea
September 4 - September 18, 2025 (Thursday)
Using passages from the novel, paired and contrasted with rabbinic texts, to explore themes in the process of teshuva.
Courses
Investigations in The Book of Jonah
September 7 - September 21, 2025 (Sunday)
A close reading of the book of Jonah.
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Mishnah In-Depth: Menachot
September 7 - October 19, 2025 (Sunday)
Join Dr. Rabbi Joshua Kulp for Mishnah In-Depth!
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Daf Shevui: Bava Metzia
September 7 - September 6, 2026 (Sunday)
Join a community of students learning Talmud year-round! Two options: email-only, or emails-plus-live-classes.
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New Fruit and 100 Blasts: On Some Curious Customs of Rosh Hashanah
September 8 - September 15, 2025 (Monday)
Why do we hear 100 blasts of the shofar? What’s the story behind the “new fruit” on the second night of Rosh Hashanah?
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Halakha in Action: She’eilot U-Teshuvot of the High Holiday Period
September 14 - September 28, 2025 (Sunday)
Exploring common (and not so common) halakhic questions that arise during Elul, Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur.
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“Heavens Give Me Patience”: R. Yishmael, King Lear, and the Divine Tragedy
September 21 - September 21, 2025 (Sunday)
Exploring the omnipotence and vulnerability of God, through the talmudic tale of Rabbi Yishmael and the story of King Lear.

About us.

The Drisha Institute for Jewish Education is an international, multigenerational learning community committed to providing the highest quality Jewish education for all. Our model of deep and honest learning, alongside our commitment to action, provides women and men of all demographics with the opportunity to encounter texts in an intellectually rigorous, spiritually meaningful and inclusive manner.

Through our immersive programs, we offer students the opportunity to study alongside a cohort of dedicated individuals in an intensive setting. In addition to our in-person summer camp programs for middle school and high school girls, we also present an ongoing curriculum of weekly online courses, shorter intensives, and an annual lecture series.

Immersive Programs

Drisha offers immersive programs for every stage of life.
June 23 - July 18, 2025
Online
Summer Kollel
The Drisha Summer Kollel is an immersive, multi-week Torah learning and cohort building experience for undergraduate and graduate students, including rabbinical and cantorial students, and draws participants from across the spectrum of Jewish life.
Year-round
Israel
Beit Midrash in Israel
The Drisha Beit Midrash's signature program is an intensive, two week summer program of Torah study, prayer, and exploration for young Israelis, ages 22-30. Throughout the year, join us for several programs including a weekly Friday open Beit Midrash for chevruta learning and year-round courses.
June 24 - July 24, 2025
West Milford, NJ
Dr. Beth Samuels Summer High School Program for Girls
A summer program for girls from across the world, with five weeks of immersive and intensive textual study centered around classical Talmud study, combined with fun camp activities like bonfires, swimming, arts and field trips.
June 25 - July 16, 2025
West Milford, NJ
Summer Middle School Program for Girls
An intensive three-week program for girls allows students the opportunity to engage in serious study of Jewish texts beyond the scope of a middle school classroom. The program emphasizes hands-on and creative opportunities for learning, mixed in with camp fun and friendships formed for life.

Yeshivat Drisha.

Yeshivat Drisha enables women to achieve the highest levels of Torah learning by fostering their development as talmidot chakhamim and cultivating intellectual, religious, and personal depth. Applications are open every winter for our Shana Alef program, where highly motivated, post-high school women join the Yeshiva for a tailor-made one-year program. We also accept applications from those looking to pursue learning beyond shana alef.