As the COVID 19 Pandemic unfolded, OOI launched a project in collaboration with BINA: The Jewish Movement for Social Change, Judaism Unbound, 929 English, The Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, and jewishLIVE to produce original essays and videos reflecting on our unprecedented time.  

The result was the print volume Torah in a Time of Plague, which won the 2022 National jewish Book Award for Jewish thought.  And, the site the Plauges Project with 30 original videos offering further provocations and conversation on from scholars and thinkers across an array of disciplines.