Jessica Spencer

Co-founder of @AzaraUK. Scottish rabbinical student in exile, she/her

[Jessica Spencer @JessicaSpencerQ]

"Learning is essential for a healthy community."

I wrote about why the UK needs more accessible Torah learning, and why we founded @AzaraUK for the @JewishChron:

https://t.co/UqundxbEuG

[Isabel @MyNameIsNotBard]

IMAGINE THOSE SOCIETIES of just women & children & cows!!!! Is that the real utopia

[Jessica Spencer @JessicaSpencerQ]

@MyNameIsNotBard legal interpretation plays on a field of pain and death!

[Jessica Spencer @JessicaSpencerQ]

Excited to announce that I won the Whizin Prize for writing on Jewish ethics! You can read it here: https://t.co/O1nOM884xm

And congrats to my co-winner @StvenGoldstein, who's written a really interesting history of Jewish advocacy for reparations.

[Jessica Spencer @JessicaSpencerQ]

barbie meets oppenheimer summer pudding

[Jessica Spencer @JessicaSpencerQ]

exceeded all expectations!

[The Jewish Chronicle @JewishChron]

UK’s first cross-communal yeshivah ‘exceeds expectations’ https://t.co/ZymdfkKNVK

[Jessica Spencer @JessicaSpencerQ]

whimsy yeshiva

[Azara @AzaraUK]

Chodesh tov! 🌒 Our participants and teachers followed up tefillot for Rosh Chodesh Av with banana splits this morning.

#openingthebeitmidrash #roshchodesh

[The Times of Israel @TimesofIsrael]

A non-denominational yeshiva opens in Scotland, inspired by models in US and Israel https://t.co/Jh9IyGSHBf

[Jessica Spencer @JessicaSpencerQ]

Here's some of what I've been doing this summer! It's been such a joy to form this incredible community and be part of so much learning.

[Azara @AzaraUK]

“It’s inspiring to watch such committed and excited participants throw themselves into a month-long experience.”

Read about our summer programme in @JTAnews!

https://t.co/B0ZL0zTjCR

[Azara @AzaraUK]

"It's inspiring to watch such committed and excited participants throw themselves into a month-long experience."

Read about our summer programme in @eJPhil!

https://t.co/w44EuRBuzs

[Jessica Spencer @JessicaSpencerQ]

In Edinburgh tomorrow night!

[Azara @AzaraUK]

The first of our Community Beit Midrash talks kicks off tomorrow night - we're looking forward to unravelling Biblical law with R Anscelovitz and the Edinburgh community! #openingthebeitmidrash #halacha

[Azara @AzaraUK]

Day one in the Beit Midrash! Our Summer Programme students and faculty are jumping into orientation, getting to know one another, and beginning to build a learning community.

#openingthebeitmidrash #talmud #gemara #tanakh #halacha #chasidut

[Jessica Spencer @JessicaSpencerQ]

I love this city and am so excited for its first ever yeshiva to start tomorrow!

[Ari Lamm @AriLamm]

Dependency can become poisonous when it's one-directional. Down that road leads totalitarianism—the sin of Babel.

But mutual dependency? When two people acknowledge they need each other? That's not a sign of weakness. It's a sign of strength. 41
https://t.co/ZwibYmc4IT

[Azara @AzaraUK]

We're delighted to announce our full schedule of summer courses! Spanning Talmud study, biblical texts, language skills, Chasidic thought, and sacred anarchism, there's something for everyone. More info + booking here: https://t.co/v83zGCiFME
#talmud #openingthebeitmidrash

[Jessica Spencer @JessicaSpencerQ]

this is too niche a tweet, anyway if you want to talk about talmud pedagogy hmu

[Jessica Spencer @JessicaSpencerQ]

Everyone needs two pockets, in one is the 7 steps for analyzing a Talmudic topic from Professor Shamma Friedman, and in the other is "SVARA says know the text 80%"

[David/Dovid Bashevkin @DBashIdeas]

💡 The 7 steps for analyzing a Talmudic topic from Professor Shamma Friedman

[Jessica Spencer @JessicaSpencerQ]

We have just a couple of extra spaces! Come and spend a month learning in Edinburgh and being part of a really special community: https://t.co/2DzRKoqcFF

[Azara @AzaraUK]

Want to be part of our first-ever Summer Yeshiva Programme? You're in luck - additional spaces now available!
This is an unprecedented chance to immerse in Jewish texts, deepen your relationship with Judaism, and learn how to shape your own tradition.

[Jessica Spencer @JessicaSpencerQ]

@pruzhaner for ayins try seeing if you've already mentioned R' Akiva in the doc. If not then maybe R' Eliezer?

[Jessica Spencer @JessicaSpencerQ]

is this academia

[Jessica Spencer @JessicaSpencerQ]

@pruzhaner or just keep the google tab open and copy-paste the little demonstration one

[Isabel @MyNameIsNotBard]

just to REITERATE, we DO NOT DO IDOLS HERE. DO NOT DO AN IDOL. God will be VERY UNHAPPY and there will be NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES for YOU.