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My Jewish Learning is the leading independent website and digital community for all things Jewish, from Jewish history to text to ritual to prayer to food and much more. We offer a robust website with thousands of articles answering nearly every possible question about Judaism and Jewish life, a daily newsletter guiding subscribers through interesting facts and must-read news about Jewish life and practice, a daily Talmud essay called "A Daily Dose of Talmud," a weekly Shabbat newsletter, dozens of special emails featuring insights into major Jewish topics, and a robust online community through our social media channels. Articles written with the My Jewish Learning byline are authored and edited by our staff. My Jewish Learning's staff includes leading Jewish scholars and journalists. Rachel Scheinerman, who holds a doctorate in Ancient Judaism from Yale University, is My Jewish Learning's Editor, and Ben Harris, a longtime, award-winning journalist covering Jewish topics, is Managing Editor.
Articles by My Jewish Learning
Defying All Categories: Witches in the Talmud
This session explored the story of Rav Nachman’s daughters and examine their transformation from daughters and wives to witches. Taken ...
Resurrecting the Jew: Nationalism, Philosemitism, and Poland’s Jewish Revival
Since the early 2000s, Poland has experienced a remarkable Jewish revival, largely driven by non-Jewish Poles with a passionate new ...
Jewish Parenting, Jewish Values
Jewish tradition teaches us that parents have an obligation to help children grow into successful and independent adults. But parenting ...
NYC’s Great Art Deco Synagogue
Once you’ve seen one house of worship, you’ve seen ’em all, right? Not quite! It’s time to peek inside a ...
Guide to Non-Standard Havdalah Ceremonies
The ritual marking the end of Shabbat is also performed in modified version at the close of Jewish holidays.
Discovering Kazimierz, Krakow’s Historic Jewish Quarter
Kazimierz, the historic Jewish quarter in Krakow, Poland, is home to significant sites, such as the Tempel Synagogue, the oldest ...
The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew – Three Women Search for Understanding
Please join temple members Jane Drucker and David Glickman at The Book Circle on April 29th on zoom at 4:00 ...
Inside the Mind of God: Plato, Christians, and Jews
Ancient Jewish and Christian admirers of Plato struggled to reconcile the philosopher’s concept of creation with Genesis 1. This class ...
Family History Today: Jewish Genealogy and American Jewish Religion
Since its organizational beginnings in the 1970s, Jewish genealogy has offered countless Americans of Jewish descent an opportunity to connect ...