This year’s Elm City Kallah speaker is Rachel Korazim, an educator who has created a global community of learners who study Israeli poetry online.

Dr. Korazim will speak at BEKI (after services and Kiddush lunch) about the Mizrachi (Sephardic) voice in Israeli literature. Through such poets as Balfour Hakak, Shimon Adaf, and Roni Somek, she will explore the long journey of Jews from Moslem countries from early marginalization to empowerment.

Previously the Academic Director of distance learning programs at The Jewish Agency for Israel, Department of Education, Dr. Korazim teaches at Israel’s well known learning centers such as Pardes and the Shalom Hartman Institute.

Born in Israel, she is a graduate of Haifa University with a PhD in Jewish education. With a vast experience in Jewish education both in Israel and worldwide, she opens a window into Israeli society through stories, poems, and songs of the best of Israel’s writers. Her website, https://www.rachelkorazim.com, offers free recordings of hundreds of her lectures, in English or in Hebrew.

A collaboration of the three congregations to bring exceptional Jewish programming to New Haven, Elm City Kallah is in its 6th year. Past Kallah speakers were Rabbi Tamar Elad Appelbaum, Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, Rabbi Ethan Tucker, Rabbi Noam Zion, and Aviva Zornberg.

Elm City Kallah is made possible by a generous grant from the James M. Shure Educational Fund.

Reservations are not required.