DISCOVER THE TEFILLOT UNIQUE TO CHODESH ELUL THROUGH EREV YOM KIPPUR WITH 32 WOMEN FROM AROUND THE GLOBE
Mrs. Lynn Kraft
Maftir Yonah Mrs. Lynn Kraft serves as Tanach Department Chair, Israel Guidance Counselor, and Mechanechet at Ida Crown Jewish Academy in Skokie, IL. She was formerly the director of NILI: Chicago Institute of Women's Learning, which offers shiurim and programs for girls and women of all ages in the Chicago community. She is a kallah teacher as well, teaching one-on-one classes and relaying women's anonymous and confidential questions to rabbis through NILI's Taharat Hamishpacha Hotline. At the OU Women's Initiative, Lynn taught Sefer Melachim I to over 4,000 women worldwide as part of the Torat Imecha Nach Yomi Program, presented Rosh Chodesh shiurim, served as a Counting Toward Sinai Scholar-in-Residence and presented a recording on tefillah as part of the Counting Toward Sinai Tefillah Series. Lynn previously taught at Ma'ayanot Yeshiva High School in NJ, Michlelet Mevaseret Yerushalayim and Sha'alvim for Women in Yerushalayim, 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, Adira, Tani, Eli, Avi, and Akiva.
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