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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
How to Write Trauma Without Retraumatizing Yourself
Writing about trauma can help organize thoughts, regulate emotions, encourage us to reach out for support, and enable us to ...
Melton Meets the Moment: Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State
Many thought that Jewish and democratic values were one and the same; however, current events in Israel and throughout the ...
Rosh Chodesh Racial Justice Book Review
For the following three weeks, the Rosh Chodesh Racial Justice Book Review group will explore select psalms and their messages ...
Redemptive Hope and Fulfillment: Inspiration for Your Passover Seder
The Exodus is Judaism’s master story of redemptive hope. This session will explore the question of who fulfills those hopes. ...
Grief, Anger and Unresolved Feelings: Dealing with the Death of Someone who Hurt Us
Join for a discussion about the grief, anger, and unresolved feelings we may have as we deal with the death ...
Super Seder Evening
Insightful and practical bitesize ideas to infuse your Seder with understanding and meaning. With LSJS President Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim ...
American Premiere of Pleytem Tsuzamen: Refugees Together
National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene presents the American premiere of a new Yiddish theatrical concert from creator Josh Waletzky and director ...
A Jewish Doctor in Auschwitz: Gisella Perl
Dr. Gisella Perl was a Hungarian Jewish gynecologist who was imprisoned at Auschwitz. While there, she acted to address the ...
Navigating the Center for Jewish History Catalog
“Navigating the Center for Jewish History Catalog” will be presented online by Moriah Amit, senior reference services librarian and genealogy ...
Into the Arms of Strangers
This prizewinning film tells the touching and heartwarming stories of Jewish children from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia saved in England ...