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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

Back in Time to 1909: The Black Jewish Relationship and The Founding of the NAACP

After a deadly riot in Springfield, Illinois, Jewish leaders joined with African American leaders to address racial injustice. W.E.B. Du ...

Healing Circle

Take a moment to think of all who are ill and pray for wellness. Healing of body and healing of ...

Virtual Tour of Jewish Iraq

Join My Jewish Learning and Jewish Telegraphic Agency for a tour of Jewish Iraq, where Jews have lived continuously for ...

Philosopher, Outsider, Rabbi: The Many Lives of Baghdad’s Saadia Gaon

Saadia Gaon, (b. 892, d. 942), made the unlikely rise from Egyptian scholar to head the of the Babylonian Jewish ...

Challenges of the Middle-Class Flight of the Arab Minority in Israel

In recent years we have witnessed the move of middle-class Arab families in Israel to Jewish cities that lack the ...

Virtual Tour of Jewish Barbados

Join the BZD and writer and historian Neal Rechtman for a fascinating tour visiting the restored Nidhe Israel synagogue (1654) ...

The Radical Responsibility of Rabbi Sacks: The Problem of Evil as Call To Action

How do we manage the dissonance between the world as it is and the world as it ought to be? ...

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