Ma’ayan’s 5783 Emerging Scholar Fellow: Miriam Zami

Miriam Zami is a PhD student in Talmud and Ancient Jewish History at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies (Yeshiva University). After studying at Midreshet Lindenbaum for a year, Miriam graduated with her BA from Stern College for Women, and then served as the Springboard Jewish Education Fellow for the Hillel at Baruch, City, and John Jay Colleges. She is currently an editor at The Lehrhaus, an online publication for Jewish thought and scholarship. Miriam lives in Brooklyn with her husband.

Miriam is passionate about Jewish adult education and hopes to incorporate her academic work into her classes. She is excited to develop skills and a pedagogical approach through the teaching opportunities and mentor relationships offered by the Fellowship. Miriam is interested in teaching within the Modern Orthodox community generally, with a particular focus on teaching and mentoring women within her own Syrian community.

When the Rabbis Laugh: Humor and Laughter in Rabbinic Literature with Miriam Zami

Sunday, November 6 — Young Israel of Brookline (recording)

Sunday, December 11 — Beit Sasson: Sephardic Congregation of Newton (recording)

Sunday, February 5 — Congregation Beth El-Athereth of Newton (recording)

Sunday, March 12 — Young Israel of Sharon (recording)

Ma’ayan’s 5784 Emerging Scholar Fellow: Neti Linzer Penstein

Neti Linzer Penstein is pursuing a Masters degree in Talmud and Jewish Law at Yeshiva University’s Graduate Program for Advanced Talmudic Studies (GPATS) as well as a Masters degree in Jewish Philosophy at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies. After studying for a year at the Migdal Oz Beit Midrash for Women, Neti earned a BA in philosophy at Princeton University. She worked for two summers as the Rosh Beit Midrash in Camp Stone, as a teaching fellow at Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School and at Maimonides School, and was part of Yeshiva University’s Sacks Scholars Graduate Fellowship in Ethics and Entrepreneurship.

Neti sees a teaching career as a natural outgrowth of her love of learning. She is excited to receive the mentorship in pedagogy and classroom skills provided by this Fellowship, and to teach the adult learners of Ma’ayan, which will help her lay the foundation for a future as a teacher of Torah.

Spiritual and Philosophical Secrets in Sefer Vayikra with Neti Linzer Penstein

Sunday, October 24 — Maimonides Kehillah (recording)

Sunday, February 4 — Young Israel of Sharon (recording)

Motsei Shabbat, March 16 — Private home in Newton (recording)

Sunday, May 19– Beit Sasson: Sephardic Congregation of Newton (recording)