Meredith Kesner Lewis
Meredith Lewis is the Director of Operations at MyJewishLearning.com. Meredith holds an MA in Hebrew and Judaic studies and an MPA in non-profit finance from New York University. She also received a BS in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Meredith has served as an advisor for United Synagogue Youth in the Westchester and Rockland Counties area as well as an education consultant.
Articles by Meredith Kesner Lewis
Windmueller on the Election
This week’s homepage features an article by Prof. Steven Windmueller on the changing Jewish American vote. However, the piece was ...
The Joshua Generation
My favorite moment from CNN last night had nothing to do with holographic reporters. Just after the polls closed in ...
A Voting Prayer
Had you asked me a few months ago about new Jewish rituals, I would have told you that those “touchy ...
Friday the 31st
It’s Halloween. Its Shabbas. What’s a good Jew to do?Hand out challah rolls? Dress as the Sabbath bride?JTA has an ...
You Can Fill My Pool With That Anytime.
Our newest section, Magic & the Supernatural, has articles about all types of amulets and other magical objects. We’ve been ...
WIN $500!
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a pop-up?? Okay, yes it’s a pop-up on our homepage. But it’s for ...
A Different Kind of “From the Academy”
Recently a group of more than 250 Jewish studies scholars endorsed Barack Obama. At first I was a little confused ...
Happy 1940
MJL’s latest biography tells the story of Eliezer Ben Yehuda, the father of Modern Hebrew. So determined to bring Hebrew ...
Anne Frank in Cambodia
Reincarnators aren’t the only people interested in Anne Frank. The Diary of Anne Frank was recently translated in the Khmer, ...
Decorating A Sukkah
Now having lived in our house for just about a year, my husband and I are building our first sukkah. ...