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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
The Offenbach Suite: The Displacement and Repatriation of Rare Jewish Texts
Join this virtual workshop featuring rare books from both the Jewish Public Library’s Michael D. Paul Rare Books Initiative and ...
The History of Jewish New England: 1700s to Today
Join this presentation from Professor Michael Hoberman which will highlight the consistent patterns and the dynamic exceptions that have defined ...
Antisemitism in Admissions in Higher Education
The place of American Jews in higher education is a complicated story. It is at once a story that is ...
The Neo-Hasidic Renewal of Judaism: Learning from the Hasidic Masters
Across the Jewish world, in every denomination, there is a revival of the spiritual teachings of the 18th and 19th ...
So You’re Hosting A Passover Seder
Are you leading a Passover seder this year? Whether you’re leading a small seder or a large one, you should ...
A Diplomatic History of Turkish-Israeli Relations, 1996-2022
The Schusterman Center for Israel Studies invites you to join us for the next Schusterman Seminar, “A Diplomatic History of ...
Why Is It Always the Jews?
Antisemitism is alive and well in many places. What is it about Jews – and Judaism – that arouses so ...
Have I Got a Story for You
The “Forward,” founded in 1897, is the most renowned Yiddish newspaper in the world, and it published some of the ...
Tour Global Jewish Life: Thessaloniki, Greece
As Sephardi Jews settled in the Ottoman Empire, Thessaloniki, Greece became one of the most important centers of Jewish life. ...
Preservation of Jewish Heritage and Debating Egypt’s Past and Present
This year, the Sephardi Modernities Seminar will exploring the relationship between our narratives about the past and the future to ...