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Articles by My Jewish Learning
The Jews of Belarus: From the Pale of Settlement to the USSR and Beyond
Belarus’ Jewish story is rich, vital, traumatic, fascinating and barely spoken of. The territory was ruled at different times by ...
Family History Today: The Krakovsky Documents
Alex Krakovsky, a Ukrainian Jew, has unearthed & digitized elusive Jewish census records from Ukrainian archives. Join Gary Pokrassa & ...
Kaddish Circle
To experience loss is to be human. Please join Rabbi Caryn Aviv for Kaddish circle where you can find community ...
A Tribute to Israeli Author Meir Shalev
Meir Shalev, one of the great columnists and authors of modern Israeli literature died in the spring of 2023. In ...
Confessions of a Yiddish Writer: The Life and Work of Chava Rosenfarb
In this new online course, participants will learn about Chava Rosenfarb, a major Yiddish novelist, essayist, and short story writer, ...
Emma Lazarus: Beyond the Statue of Liberty
In this special session we will focus on one of the earliest and most high profile Jewish American writers, and ...
The Biblical Art of Marc Chagall
There is a museum in Nice, France devoted exclusively to paintings of Biblical scenes by the Jewish painter Marc Chagall. ...
Conflicting Visions of Israel
When the State of Israel was established in 1948, its founders envisioned a democratic, pluralistic society that would develop “for ...
Free Intro to Mussar and Kabbalah
Mussar offers a framework and a toolkit for translating the wisdom of kabbalah (specifically the sefirot of the Tree of ...
The State of Israel and Jewish Mysticism
The kabbalists declare: ‘’every place (and moment, and soul) is filled with Divine Glory.” If so, what’s the deal with ...