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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

Yiddish Publishing after the Holocaust: I.L. Peretz and the Legacy of Polish Jewry

Yiddish publishers in the postwar period sought to collect, codify, and (re)produce Yiddish literature as a preservative measure against cultural ...

Mel Brooks: Disobedient Jew

Mel Brooks, born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn in 1926, is one of the great comic voices of the twentieth century ...

Jew, American, Athlete, Spy: The Many Sides of Moe Berg with Howard Lupovitch

Delve into the captivating world of Jewish espionage, examining the lives and legacies of four notable Jewish spies. The series ...

From Destruction to Revival: Jewish History Between Masada and Tzipori

Masada and Tzipori are two archeological sites in Israel that at first glance seem unrelated. The story of the massacre ...

Judaism Disrupted: A Discussion with Rabbi Michael Strassfeld.

The Jewish Study Center will join the Speaker’s Series of Fabrangen Havurah for an on-line discussion with Rabbi Michael Strassfeld, ...

The Pre-Nuptial Agreement in Jewish Law

In the USA, the Pre-Nuptial Agreement of the Beth Din of America is held up as the solution to the ...

Quieting the Silence: Jewish Responses to Traumatic Death

What can we possibly say to a person who is grieving a traumatic death? We know too many examples of ...

When Did Judaism and Christianity Part Ways?

The development of the two religions: Christianity and Judaism, is a topic of much debate. Whereas Judaism and Christianity are ...

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