{"id":2625,"date":"2020-04-13T16:37:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T16:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/women\/?page_id=2625"},"modified":"2020-05-19T16:39:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T16:39:35","slug":"professor-shoshana-schachter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/archived_women\/counting-toward-sinai-podcast\/counting-toward-sinai-tefillah-series-speakers\/professor-shoshana-schachter\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Shoshana Schechter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1928 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/women\/files\/2019\/10\/Shoshana-Schechter-wp-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/archived_women\/files\/2019\/10\/Shoshana-Schechter-wp-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/archived_women\/files\/2019\/10\/Shoshana-Schechter-wp.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW70233995 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW70233995 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\">Professor<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\">Shoshana Schech<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\">ter is assistant professor of Bible at Stern College for Women and the director of the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW264347965 BCX0\">Mechina<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\">\u00a0program\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\">at the college.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\"> A graduate of Stern College, with a B.S. in both Judaic S<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\">tudies and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\">English<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\"> L<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\">iterature, Shoshana also teaches Tanach and English at Ateres Bais <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\">Yaakov High School in Rockland County, N<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\">Y<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW264347965 BCX0\">. 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