Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich is the Editor-in-Chief and Director of the Jewish Publication Society and Visiting Professor at Yeshiva University’s Revel Graduate School for Jewish Studies. Her most recent book, Letters From Home: The Creation of Diaspora in Jewish Antiquity, was published in June 2024.

Rabbanit Michelle Cohen Farber is the founder and program director of Hadran: Advancing Talmud Study for Women and Daf Yomi for Women, the first woman’s online shiur on the daf yomi. Michelle spearheaded the first international Siyum HaShas for Women and has continued to inspire and empower thousands of women (and men!) through Talmudic wisdom. Michelle studied Talmud at Bar Ilan and in Midreshet Lindenbaum’s scholar’s program. She has taught Gemara and Halacha in Pelech Jerusalem, Midreshet Lindenbaum and Matan HaSharon. Michelle and her husband, Seth, founded and lead Kehillat Netivot in Ra’anana where they live with their five children.