Dr. Michelle Levine is a tenured Associate Professor of Bible in the Rebecca Ivry Department of Jewish Studies at Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, where she teaches courses in Tanach and medieval commentaries. She is also a faculty member of the GPATS Master’s program, Tanach Track. She holds a Master’s degree in Bible from the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies and a PhD degree in medieval biblical exegesis and medieval Jewish history from New York University. Dr. Levine is the author of “Nahmanides on Genesis: The Art of Biblical Portraiture” (Brown University Press, 2009), and she has published numerous articles on topics of Tanach and medieval Jewish exegesis. Dr. Levine lectures widely to Jewish communities in the U.S., Israel, and Canada. She has also been teaching an ongoing weekly adult Tanach series in her Queens, New York, community for the past twenty-four years.

Yael Davidowitz is a passionate educator to audiences across the life-span. Enthusiastic about sharing Torah values with the broad Jewish community, Yael has worked on projects for NCSY, Aish HaTorah, Emet Outreach and is the director of project Last Kindness for NASCK, the National Association of Chevra Kadisha. For the OU Women’s Initiative, Yael created and recorded the content for Tehilim 150 – a Tehillim program for adolescent girls,  Bitachon for Our Times, a chizzuk series post October 7th, and Three Weeks, One Heart – A Journey to Deepen Ahavas Yisrael. Yael is a certified adult-geriatric nurse practitioner and seasoned fitness professional with over two decades of experience teaching fitness to both children and adults and the founder of Thrive Studio. Yael earned a BA in Judaic studies from Stern College for Women, BSN from Columbia University and MSN from Rutgers University. She lives in Cherry Hill, NJ with her family. Yael can be reached at ydavidowitz@gmail.com.

Professor Adina Broder

ADINA BRODER, MS, JD, is the author of Meaningful Kinnos: Kinnos for Tisha B’Av with Explanations, which is available on Amazon.com, Feldheim.com and Jewish bookstores. She has also written Meaningful Viduy and Viduy Booklet for Kids. Professor Broder is a frequent presenter for the OU Women’s Initiative, and also gives shiurim in her community. She is a professor at Touro Graduate School of Education and a Judaic Studies teacher at Shulamith High School for Girls. In addition, she conducts workshops in Jewish day schools on various pedagogical topics.