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.
Articles by My Jewish Learning
Uncertain Empire: Jews, Palestine, and the Fate of British Imperialism
Though Jews in all modern empires grappled variously with imperial policies and burgeoning nationalisms, Jews in the British Empire after ...
Four Winters
“All I owned was my camera, leopard coat, rifle and a grenade in case I’m captured…the pillow was the rifle, ...
Rav Kook’s Universalism
Rav Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935) was a highly complex individual: legalist and philosopher, mystic and poet. In his role of ...
Navigating Complex Identities: Arab Citizens in Israeli Society
Between Palestinian and Israeli Identity – with Ahamad Mounir Explore the distinctions between Arabs with Israeli citizenship and Palestinians, as ...
Beyond the Gender Binary
For 50+ years, feminist and trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer thinkers have unsettled one of the foundational beliefs of modern mainstream ...
Travel to Spain: Sephardic Jewish Heritage Tour
Jewish History of Spain is one of the most glorious and most tragic passages in the history of Jewish People. ...
The Newly-Uncovered Story of the Heroic Railway Workers of Lille, France
On September 11, 1942, a spontaneous rescue action occurred in Lille, France. On that day, the Jews of Lille were ...
Encountering Gender at Creation
Join My Jewish Learning and Lexi Kohanski for a text study examining the ways we encounter gender in the creation ...
Judaism for a Changing World with Rabbi Andy Kahn
Join Rabbi Andrue Kahn and My Jewish Learning to explore the wisdom in his new book, The Sacred Earth: Jewish ...
Jewish Themes in The Last Unicorn
Join Jewish fantasy specialist Michael Weingrad to dive into the Jewish themes in Peter S. Beagle’s beloved fantasy novella The ...