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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

Aramaic as a Living Language

From ancient times to the Renaissance period, Jews everywhere from Berlin to Baghdad used Aramaic to record texts and translate ...

What is Purim Katan?

Not to be confused with regular Purim, this minor holiday brings joy in late winter on Jewish leap years.

How the Lion of Judah Became a Jewish Symbol

From menorahs to tombstones, how and why the majestic lion represents the Jewish people.

Is Lab-Grown Meat Kosher?

Cultured or cultivated meat poses a number of novel Jewish legal questions.

Is Abracadabra a Jewish word?

Widely believed to derive from Aramaic, the phrase appears nowhere in classical Jewish sources.

Advanced Level I Hebrew Reading

Designed for those who know their letters and vowels, who can decode and form words or are graduates of the ...

Jews and the Jazz Revolution

Join this melodic exploration of a rich and diverse tradition that has not only reflected the Jewish-American experience but has ...

Jews of Argentina: “They sowed seeds and harvested doctors”

Join a virtual tour of Jewish Argentina, the 6th largest Jewish Community in the world. Argentina has always been a ...

Inseparable: How A Set of Twins Survived the Holocaust Together with Michael Berenbaum and Marion Ein Lewin

Marion Ein Lewin and her twin brother Steven Hess were just six years old when they were taken to Bergen-Belsen ...

Kindness During The Holocaust: Untold Stories From Cuba, Corsica, Malta, And Calabria

Travel with BZD and Irene Shaland to Cuba, Malta, Corsica, and Calabria, a trip that she calls “the Islands and ...

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