September 8, 2026

Remembering and Forgetting the Akedah

Channa Lockshin Bob

Channa Lockshin Bob

Channa Lockshin Bob is the CEO of Drisha. Her background includes leadership roles in schools and nonprofits, including principal of Edu-Together, an online school, member of the leadership team of Yachad, a large mixed secular-religious school in Israel, and head of organizational assessment and program evaluation for TALI, an educational nonprofit.

She began her career in the classroom and has over twenty years of experience teaching Talmud and other Jewish texts. Her experience across educational leadership, program development, and strategic planning will help guide Drisha as it builds on its strengths and enters its next chapter.

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The Akedah is the biblical story that appears most often in the High Holiday liturgy. But which parts of the story do we remember, and which do we choose to forget? By exploring several versions of the Akedah in our prayers, we’ll see not only how our foundational stories shape our lives, but also how our lives shape the way we tell our foundational stories.

Sources also include: https://voices.sefaria.org/sheets/744674?lang=bi

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