The Akedah is the biblical story that appears most often in the High Holiday liturgy. But which parts of the story do we remember, and which do we choose to forget? By exploring several versions of the Akedah in our prayers, we’ll see not only how our foundational stories shape our lives, but also how our lives shape the way we tell our foundational stories.
Channa Lockshin Bob is the CEO of Drisha. Her background includes leadership roles in schools and nonprofits, including principal of Edu-Together, an online school, member of the leadership team of Yachad, a large mixed secular-religious school in Israel, and head of organizational assessment and program evaluation for TALI, an educational nonprofit.
She began her career in the classroom and has over twenty years of experience teaching Talmud and other Jewish texts. Her experience across educational leadership, program development, and strategic planning will help guide Drisha as it builds on its strengths and enters its next chapter.
Alongside her professional experience, Channa has a longstanding and deeply personal connection to Drisha, where she first began studying in the summer of 1998. She later went on to graduate from Drisha’s Scholars Circle, a program of intensive Talmud and Jewish Law, and to teach across a wide range of Drisha’s offerings in the US, including full-time programs, adult education, summer programs, and online courses.
