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Articles by My Jewish Learning
Burnout: Torah for the Tired
While it is exhilarating to feel “lit up” and inspired, the truth is that many of us find ourselves burnt ...
The Jews of Yemen and a Journey on the Magic Carpet
Join the BZD and guide Gavriella Bigio Dahan on a tour of the Jews of Yemen. The Jewish community in ...
The Diaspora Sessions
Tracing a journey through ancient Jewish texts & histories through to contemporary co-liberation struggles, these sessions will delve into this ...
A Reading and Conversation with Joy Ladin
Join The Jewish Theological Seminary online to hear from poet and literary scholar, Joy Ladin, in conversation with Jessica Jacobs, ...
Jews of Color Monthly Mindfulness Sit
Slowing down and resting are one of the ways that we move ourselves to greater liberation. Join us in a ...
Origins of Antisemitism in Visual Art
Jews have been depicted as monsters, subhuman, animals or demons in almost every type of visual art form over the ...
The Second Temple Period as a Cultural Bridge: The Apocrypha and Early Jewish Identity
The books of the Apocrypha represent a tiny fraction of the literature that Jews produced over the course of the ...
The Second Temple Period as a Cultural Bridge: The Apocrypha and Early Jewish Identity
The books of the Apocrypha represent a tiny fraction of the literature that Jews produced over the course of the ...
Herzl’s Budapest with Howard Lupovitch
Theodore Herzl was born and grew up in Budapest in a rapidly growing Jewish community situated in a rapidly emerging ...
Between the Lines: Israel and American Jews, Then and Now
In We Are Not One, historian Eric Alterman traces the debate about the fate of the state of Israel, and the ...