My Jewish Learning

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

Unpack­ing the Book: Escap­ing the Holo­caust

Join Jonathan Freed­land and Weina Dai Ran­del in a con­ver­sa­tion about the sto­ries we know and tell about escap­ing the ...

The “Normalization” of Antisemitism

Antisemitism is nothing new but the number of incidents throughout the country continues to rise at an alarming rate. With ...

Solomon on Trial: A Royal Courtroom Drama

Was he Israel’s greatest king or a misguided monarch who foolishly misused his God-given wisdom? Should King Solomon’s epitaph be ...

Critical Conversations: Combating Antisemitism

Critical Conversations is an annual Spertus Institute program that brings together high-profile experts and activists to address the most critical ...

Ne’emanut: Placing Relationships at the Center

How should American Jews approach their relationship with Israel? Ne’emanut is an ethical orientation proposed by Shalom Hartman Institute Scholar ...

Curating Between Hope and Despair: Creating the Museum of the History of Polish Jews

POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews aspires to be an agent of transformation that can move an entire ...

The Voices of the Second Generation: Children of Survivors Writing Their Stories

Many in the second generation have chosen to write about their experiences as the children of Holocaust survivors. The products ...

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