Drisha Institute.

Serious learning. Commited lives.

 

Upcoming Courses

Courses
Seeking God, Seeking Ourselves: Teshuva in the Thought of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein
September 5 - September 30, 2024 (Monday)
Key themes in the Teshuva scholarship of R. Aharon Lichtenstein ZT"L
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Teshuva and/versus Self-Acceptance
September 9 - September 23, 2024 (Monday)
Transforming into someone new? Or returning to who we truly are?
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Teshuvah and Modernity: Themes in Rav Soloveitchik’s Discussions of Teshuvah
September 10 - September 24, 2024 (Tuesday)
Key ideas about repentance in the theology of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik ZT"L
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The Haftarot of the High Holidays as Intertexts
September 11 - September 25, 2024 (Wednesday)
How the haftarot of the Yamim Noraim interpret the Torah readings they follow
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Mishnah In-Depth: Bava Metzia
September 15 - November 3, 2024 (Sunday)
Join Dr. Rachel Furst for Mishnah In-Depth every Sunday!
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Zeh Dor Dor’shav: Reflections on Psalms on Repentance
September 15 - September 29, 2024 (Sunday)
Reflecting on several chapters of Psalms which are associated with Yamim Noraim season. Third session is this year's Rudoff Memorial Lecture.
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Prayers of Renewal: Biblical Inspirations in the Liturgy of Yamim Noraim
September 18 - September 25, 2024 (Wednesday)
Two-part class on the biblical backgrounds to L'David Hashem Ori & lines from Nehemiah featured in Selichot
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A Dramatic Day in Dramatic Times: Extraordinary Yom Kippur Observances Throughout Jewish History
September 18 - September 25, 2024 (Wednesday)
Aggada and halakha about historical Yom Kippurs - from biblical and rabbinic times, through cholera outbreak, and up to the Yom Kippur war
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Reliving the Yom Kippur Temple Service Today
September 24 - October 8, 2024 (Tuesday)
Exploring different ways that Avodat Yom ha-Kippurim is re-lived today through rituals and liturgies
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Psalms of Repentance: The 2024 Judith & Stanley Rudoff Memorial Lecture
September 29 - September 29, 2024 (Sunday)
This year's Judith and Stanley Rudoff Memorial Lecture caps off Rabbi David Silber's Elul series on Psalms of repentance.
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Recollections of Yom Kippurs Past: Exploring a Sephardic Yom Kippur Piyyut
October 9 - October 9, 2024 (Wednesday)
A hauntingly beautiful piyyut for Yom Kippur evokes the tragedy underlying this holiest of days
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Exodus: Marching to Sinai
October 27 - December 15, 2024 (Sunday)
The story of Exodus as the narrative leads to the Revelation at Sinai

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. We also provide weekly courses as well as events, shorter intensives and an annual lecture series.

Immersive Programs

Drisha offers immersive programs for every stage of life.
June 25 - July 5, 2024
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 25 - July 25, 2024
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.
July 2 - July 21, 2024
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.