Shira Schechter has a BA in Judaic Studies from Stern College, Master’s degrees in both Jewish Education and Bible from Yeshiva University, and is a graduate of Yeshiva University’s Graduate Program for Women in Advanced Talmudic Studies (GPATS). She taught Tanach in high school for eight years before making aliyah with her husband and children in 2013. Since making aliyah, Shira has been writing and editing Torah articles in her role as a content editor, as well as giving and organizing community shiurim. Shira lives in the Neve Shamir neighborhood of Ramat Beit Shemesh and is very excited to join the Midreshet Lev staff!
