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Poppys in a Field

“What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.”

(Ecclesiastes 1:9)

About Yael

Yael Leibowitz is an Israeli educator who loves learning with diverse groups of students in both formal and informal settings. 

 

Yael holds a Master’s degree in Judaic Studies from Columbia University, taught at the Upper School of Ramaz, and is a former faculty member of Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women where she taught advanced Bible courses. Yael has taught Continuing Education courses at Drisha Institute for Jewish Education and served as Resident Scholar at the Jewish Center of Manhattan.

 

She currently teaches at Matan Women’s Institute for Torah Learning and Midreshet Lindenbaum College for Women. In 2022, Yael received the Matan Kitvuni writer’s fellowship and has a book forthcoming on Ezra-Nehemiah through Koren Press. Yael lives in Modiin, Israel with her husband and their three children.

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Drawing from the Timeless Wisdom of the Bible and Jewish Traditions

Discover Yael's Writing

Hanging DIY Decorations

Oct 12, 2024

When the Patriarchs Pay a Visit

Image by David Holifield

Jun 21, 2024

Please, look now

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Jan 10, 2024

Slaying the giant

Fire Raging

Jun 27, 2023, 12:22 AM

Rage

Infertility

September 16, 2020

The Birthplace of Infertility

White Dove on Blue

Mar 28, 2023, 12:21 AM

The hidden power of inconvenient truths

Heart & Hands

Nov 3, 2022

A house divided, yet we must stand

Papercut Decorations

Oct 9, 2022

14 guests: Making Sukkot a time of heritage & wisdom

Rivers of Babylon

Aug 6, 2022

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat & wept & refused to sing

Passover

Apr 10, 2022

A Passover prayer

Big Bird

Dec 30, 2021,

Big Bird, Chaim Walder, and the power of nuance

David & Goliath

May 25, 2021

David and Goliath: On the modern state of Israel

Underdogs

May 9, 2021

The underdogs who changed Jewish history

Moses Statue in Myers Park

Mar 18, 2021

We are Moses

Empty Old City

Oct 25, 2020

Go, and know…

Image by Diana Polekhina

Jul 27, 2020

Shattered symbols

'Jael Smote Sisera, and Slew Him,' circa 1896-1902, by James Jacques Joseph Tissot. (Wikip

Feb 6, 2020

The Jewish Woman’s Bible

Old Books

Dec 25, 2019

The Books of Maccabees: A tale of two stories

Image by Fusion Medical Animation

Sep 29, 2021

Lessons From a Murderer

Mordecai Writing the First Purim Letter,' by Aert de Gelder, 167

Mar 20, 2019

Does the Book of Esther belong in the Bible?

Violin Orchestra

Jan 17, 2019

Voices to Listen for in 2019

Tamar and Judah, by Aert de Gelder, 1667. (Wikipedia)

Dec 7, 2018

Blame Tamar, the killer-wife (or not)

Star Cluster

Sep 3, 2018

Twinkle, twinkle, burnt-out star

Green Rolling Hills

Jul 15, 2018

If hills could speak

Reviews

Bravo, an excellent column which should be compulsory reading for everyone involved in education.

Beautifully written. Thanks for your words of love.

Beautiful, outstanding article!

Excellent, eloquent article.

Thank you Yael, it will be shared and read again and again, so as to illuminate the darkness of ignorance and savagery

Yael, beautifully written and your insights are profound. Please keep writing!

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