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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.


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Articles by My Jewish Learning

Bad Theology: Terrible Explanations of Why the Righteous Suffer

This is one class in a 16-class series called Access Judaism, intentionally designed by Rabbi Heather Miller. Taken together, classes ...

Before You Die, Consider These Rabbinic Thoughts

What are the most important things to think about in life? What will we be held accountable for later? How ...

Reform Renovations of the Prayerbook

Home renovation shows feature flippers stripping old, outdated homes down to the bare bones only to rework them into beautiful ...

Catholic Teaching About and Relations with Jews since World War II

After the horrifying events of the Shoah, the Catholic and many other Christian communities felt morally compelled to ask whether ...

Hebrew Reading Crash Course Level One

Designed for Jews who have little or no background in Hebrew, this course focuses on teaching the Hebrew alphabet and ...

How to Look at a Beautiful Woman: Freud and Buber Read the Talmud Together

The Talmudic tradition states that God must be blessed after witnessing beauty – that he must be shown gratitude with ...

Weekly Torah Study

A weekly discussion of the lessons from this week’s Torah Portion.

Weekly Torah Study

A weekly discussion of the lessons from this week’s Torah Portion.

Weekly Torah Study

A weekly discussion of the lessons from this week’s Torah Portion.

Weekly Torah Study

A weekly discussion of the lessons from this week’s Torah Portion.

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