Speaker Profile Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich

Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich is the Editor-in-Chief of the Jewish Publication Society and Visiting Professor at Yeshiva University’s Revel Graduate School for Jewish Studies. Her first book, The Making of Jewish Universalism: From Exile to Alexandria, was published in 2016, and her second book, Discovering Second Temple Literature: The Scriptures and Stories That Shaped Early Judaism, was published with JPS in 2018 and received the 2019 AJL Judaica Reference Honor Award. Her third book, Letters From Home: The Creation of Diaspora in Jewish Antiquity, was published in June 2024. She is the author of over a hundred published articles, including pieces that have been published in journals such as the Harvard Theological Review, Sapir, the Journal for the Study of Judaism, the Jewish Review of Books, Tablet, and The Christian Century. A Council Member of President Isaac Herzog’s Voice of the People delegation, as well as a Sacks Scholar for the Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Foundation, and a past Kogod Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, Simkovich speaks regularly to audiences across North America and beyond on topics related to the Hebrew Bible, Jewish history, and contemporary Jewish-Christian relations. She served as the Crown-Ryan Chair of Jewish Studies and Director of Catholic-Jewish Studies at Catholic Theological Union from 2014–2024.

Speaker's Resources

Yom Kippur 5786: Speaking to G-d

Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich
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e-TiM: Yom Kippur Yom Iyyun 5786

Atara Kelman, Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Adler, Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, Sarah Gordon
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e-TiM: Yom Kippur 5785 Yom Iyyun

Atara Kelman, Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich, Dr. Tammy Jacobowitz, Professor Shoshana Schechter, Rabbi Adam Mintz, Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot, Rabbi Yitzchak Blau
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Catholic-Jewish Relations Today

Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich
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e-TiM: Judaism Encounters the World: A December 25th Online Yom Iyyun

Dr. David Berger, Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich, Dr. Marc Shapiro, Dr. Shai Secunda, Rabbi Dr. Alon Goshen-Gottstein, Rabbi Dr. Martin Lockshin, Rabbi Dr. Yakov Nagen
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e-TiM: Rosh Hashanah Yom Iyyun - A Day of Learning to Prepare for Rosh Hashana

Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich, Dr. Tova Ganzel, Rabbi Alex Israel, Rabbi Allen Schwartz, Rabbi Jay Kelman, Rabbi Shaul Robinson, Sara Schatz, Yoetzet Halacha Laurie Novick
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7. Second Temple Sectarianism | Dr. Malka Simkovich

Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich, J.J. Kimche
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