# Day 40: Dr. Malka Simkovich: How Jerusalem Held the Jewish World Together
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Day 40 | Shekalim
What held the Jewish people together when so many lived far from the Land of Israel?
Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich is the Editor-in-Chief of the Jewish Publication Society, Visiting Professor at Yeshiva University’s Revel Graduate School for Jewish Studies, and a Council Member of President Isaac Herzog’s Voice of the People delegation.She is the author of Letters From Home: The Creation of Diaspora in Jewish Antiquity (2024), Discovering Second Temple Literature: The Scriptures and Stories That Shaped Early Judaism (2018), and The Making of Jewish Universalism: From Exile to Alexandria (2016).Simkovich’s articles have been published in journals such as the Harvard Theological Review, Sapir, the Journal for the Study of Judaism, the Jewish Review of Books, Tablet, and Tradition. She is currently working on a book about the concept of divine providence, and speaks regularly to audiences across North America and beyond on topics related to the Tanakh and Jewish history.
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