{"id":2869,"date":"2020-04-30T16:41:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T16:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/women\/?page_id=2869"},"modified":"2020-05-05T02:20:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T02:20:26","slug":"mrs-lynn-kraft","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/archived_women\/counting-toward-sinai-podcast\/counting-toward-sinai-tefillah-series-speakers\/mrs-lynn-kraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs. Lynn Kraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1136 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/women\/files\/2019\/07\/lynn-kraft-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/archived_women\/files\/2019\/07\/lynn-kraft-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/archived_women\/files\/2019\/07\/lynn-kraft-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Mrs. Lynn Kraft serves as\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">Tanach<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\"> Department Chair, Israel Guidance Counselor, and <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">Mechanechet<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">\u00a0at Ida Crown Jewish Academy in Skokie, IL. She was formerly the director of NILI: Chicago Institute of Women\u2019s Learning, which offers shiurim and programs for girls and women of all ages in the Chicago community. She is a\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">kallah<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\"> teacher as well, teaching one-on-one classes and relaying women\u2019s anonymous and confidential questions to rabbis through NILI\u2019s Ta<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">harat<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">Hamishpacha<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\"> Hotline. Lynn previously taught at <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">Ma\u2019ayanot<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">\u00a0Yeshiva High School in NJ<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">,<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\"> Michlelet Mevaseret Yerushalayim and <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">Sha\u2019alvim<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\"> for Women in Yerushalayim, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">and Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls in NY. She earned her BA in Judaic studies and psychology from Stern College for Women and her MA in Bible from Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies. She lives in Lincolnwood, IL with her husband, Rabbi Aaron Kraft, and their five children, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">Adira<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">, Tani, Eli,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">Avi<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">, and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">Akiva<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-wac-het=\"1\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW195761059 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\" data-wac-het=\"1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/outorah.org\/p\/68706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Listen to Lynn&#8217;s shiur, Avot<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mrs. Lynn Kraft serves as\u00a0Tanach Department Chair, Israel Guidance Counselor, and Mechanechet\u00a0at Ida Crown Jewish Academy in Skokie, IL. 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