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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.

Yael Leibowitz

Drawing from the Timeless Wisdom of the Bible and Jewish Traditions

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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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