Online Jewish Learning: Exploring the Collaborative Interpretation of Jewish Texts through Online Platforms

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While Jewish text study is an old tradition in Jewish culture and Jewish pedagogy, this dissertation illustrates that online tools can be used to promote this practice while also providing new opportunities. In this dissertation, I discuss and present findings from a comparative case study of two digital platforms for online collaborative Jewish text learning. The first case study discusses a digital havruta (paired-couple) learning platform called Project Zug. The second case study focuses on Sefaria, a digital library of Jewish texts. I frame Jewish learning broadly and then focus on adult learners, exploring the collaborative aspects of their online participation. Taken together, this dissertation illustrates how learners use Jewish ancient texts to learn not only about the texts but also about themselves and others through shared interpretation and discussion.