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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
Yiddish Publishing Around the World
Over the past 150 years, Yiddish books, newspapers, and magazines have been published on every continent (except for Antarctica!). International ...
One Day Hebrew Writing Crash Course
With the National Jewish Outreach Program, learn how to write Hebrew words and improve your reading skills and vocabulary.
Introduction to the Book of Daniel
Filled with fantastic visions and miraculous escapes, Daniel is concerned with foreign persecution and the end of days.
3Genealogy: Uncovering our Family Histories
Join this discussion on genealogy research and family history. Panelists include journalist Jennifer Mendelsohn, Jewish Genealogy Society of Maryland board ...
“I’ll Have What She’s Having”: The Jewish Deli
Join the BZD and New-York Historical Society to examine how Jewish immigrants, mostly from Central and Eastern Europe, imported and ...
Jewish Amsterdam: A Small Community with a Giant History
Join the BZD and tour guide Nachshon Rodrigues Pereira, one of the few original Portuguese Jews left in Amsterdam. On ...
From Catastrophe to Hope: The Book of Joel
The account of Joel’s words is short but it packs a wallop: it’s vivid and colorful, even scary. While some ...
A Yemenite Jerusalem Power Couple: The Story of Rabbi and Rabbanit Kapach
A link to the film, Two Legacies, will be available three days before the program for participants to watch at ...
Discovering Kabbalah and the Zohar
Kabbalah was a mainstream philosophy of Judaism for 400 years and the Zohar has been a core to understanding the ...
Discovering Kabbalah and the Zohar
Kabbalah was a mainstream philosophy of Judaism for 400 years and the Zohar has been a core to understanding the ...