Dr. Yedida Eisenstat

Born and raised in Toronto, Dr. Yedida Eisenstat is a scholar, writer, and editor, currently based out of Washington, DC, where she lives with her family. She holds a PhD in Midrash and Scriptural Interpretation from the Jewish Theological Seminary, where she wrote about Rashi’s use of midrash in his Torah commentary, better understood as a medieval midrashic anthology. At Sefaria, she works as a project manager in the Learning Department, before which she served as an editor at the Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization. She has also taught religion, history, and Jewish studies at Colgate University and York University. She also served briefly as an interim clergy person at Ohev Sholom and is the Maharat scholar at Congregation Beth Shalom Congregation in Potomac, Maryland.

She is passionate about Jewish tradition and history — its richness and complexity — and helping others to understand, know, and appreciate it in all its depth.