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Articles by My Jewish Learning
The Audacity of Faith
Faith by definition is required at the very moment when we are in doubt, unable to see our way forward. ...
The Audacity of Faith
Faith by definition is required at the very moment when we are in doubt, unable to see our way forward. ...
The Audacity of Faith
Faith by definition is required at the very moment when we are in doubt, unable to see our way forward. ...
Turning Inward: A Path to A Peaceful Heart: Workshop Series
This series is a journey through the four gates of inner understanding as taught by the famous spiritual scholar, Yemima ...
The Growing Threat of Christian Nationalism
The United States was founded on the notion of freedom of religion, and yet today, a growing number of people ...
Differing Schools of Thought: Education in the US and Israel
For Teacher Appreciation Day. Presented by Hadassah, the Zionist Women’s Organization of America. Take a deep dive into the differences ...
Jealousy and Gender in Ancient Jewish Law
How many of us have heard that women are more sensitive than men? Or been told that men are more ...
Worlds Apart: The Journeys of A Jewish Family in 20th-Century Europe
Two brothers grow up on the Jewish streets of Warsaw. At the turn of the twentieth century, Adolphe leaves to ...
The Voices of Descendants: The Continued Impact of the Holocaust
Emanuel Rosen, author of If Anyone Calls, Tell Them I Died, and Noah Lederman, author of A World Erased: A ...
People of the Word: Fifty Words That Shaped Jewish Thinking
A growing body of research suggests that language does more than communicate our perception of reality; it creates it. As ...