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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 Rosenstrasse Protest: Commemorating the 80th Anniversary
The Rosenstrasse Protest of 1943 was held against the incarceration and potential deportation of roughly 2,000 people who were arrested ...
Culture in the Shadow of Futurelessness: Yiddishist Poetry in the 1930s
How did Yiddishist writers and poets look to culture and poetry to aid their community in the 1930s, and how ...
ShabbAsana
Experience Shabbat with ShabbAsana! Through a unique yoga practice, nourish bodies, minds, hearts, and souls. Discover the wisdom of your ...
Confronting Antisemitism in the Entertainment Industry
Kanye, Kyrie, Dave Chappelle… it seems that every day there is a new public figure in the entertainment industry that ...
Polish Jews in the USSR During WWII
When the “Ribbentrop – Molotov pact” divided Poland between the Soviet Union and Germany in 1939, the Polish territories annexed ...
Spotlight on Mahloket (Principled Debate) In Judaism
Mahloket—that is, dispute or principled debate—has long been celebrated as a Jewish ideal, not only within Jewish texts (where sages ...
Adar Mini-Retreat
As we celebrate the new moon of Adar, we will gather together to learn about the spiritual opportunities and challenges ...
The Real Jews of Hogan’s Heroes with Walter J. Podrazik and Harry Castleman
Who knew they were Jewish? Following the recent death of Robert Clary, the last surviving original cast member of the ...
Reclaim and Renew God Consciousness
This is the option to sample the first class in an eight-session course. The Baal Shem Tov explains that spiritually, ...
North American Synagogue Architecture
The presentation will examine the evolution of the synagogue in North America through the lens of architectural design, and delve ...