Dr. Bryna Jocheved Levy is a leader in the movement for women’s Torah studies.  She holds degrees from Barnard College, McGill University and the first doctorate in Biblical Studies awarded to a woman at Yeshiva University.  Dr. Levy is the founder and dean of the Bible Department at Matan: Women’s Institute for Torah Studies in Jerusalem, and the Joan and Shael Bellows Joint Graduate Program in Bible and Biblical Interpretation. She launched Eshkolot, an Advanced Educators Program at Matan and The Hebrew University. Bryna Jocheved Levy is the mother of six and lives in Jerusalem.