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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
Dangerous Beauty: Esther and the Righteous Temptresses of the Bible
Why does the Bible always affect redemption through sexual transgression? Who are the women who seduce and redeem? And how ...
Stories from Curaçao’s Jewish History
The island of Curaçao is considered the cradle of Judaism in the Americas. The almost 400 years of Jewish presence ...
Virtual Walking Tour: From Paupers to Prime Ministers in Jewish Whitechapel
Whitechapel, the old Jewish quarter of London, was a 19th and early 20th-century center of London’s Jewish community. The tour ...
A Protest to the World: The Dramatic Story of Szmul Artur Zygielbojm
Szmul Artur Zygielbojm was a Polish Jewish socialist politician and member of the Polish Government-in-Exile in London during World War ...
From Odessa With Love
Join the Weitzman one year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, to reflect on the past year through the lens of ...
The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Gemara (Ancient Rabbinical Analysis)
Get a backstage view of Gemara in these three sessions with Rabbanit Leah Sarna. No background required.
An Ancient Queen in the Modern Era
The 1st-century Jewish historian Josephus Flavius tells the story of an ancient Mesopotamian queen, Helena of Adiabene, who converted to ...
The Significance of Wine on Purim
ACRe is pleased to host Talmudic scholar and renowned Jewish genealogist Arthur Kurzweil for an online Purim class. Special guest ...
2023 Max Ticktin Memorial Latkes-Hamentashen Debate
Watch a humorous moderator and distinguished panelists conduct a scholarly, but absurdist symposium that addresses the eternal conundrum: “Which are ...
Shabbat-Themed Hebrew One Day Review
Shabbat Across America and Canada will take place on Friday night, March 3, 2023, and Florence Wiener, NJOP’s Hebrew Reading ...