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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
LGBTQ+ Monthly Mindfulness Sits
Join Rabbi Myriam Klotz, IJS Senior Core Faculty, and guest leaders for a monthly Jewish mindfulness sit offered by and ...
Making it in Maine: Stories of Jewish Life in Small-town America
Jews have a long history in Maine, with thriving communities across the state. They came to Maine for the same ...
From Ancient Customs to Modern Charm in Jaffa
The port city of Jaffa’s old Jewish quarter dates back over 4,000 years. Jaffa is claimed to be the oldest ...
Jesus the Jew, Part 3: Here’s Spit In Your Eye
Consider the historical works of the Jewish general and eventually traitor to Rome, Flavius Josephus, and later rabbinic documents to ...
Covenant & Continuity – Sefer Bamidbar, the Book of Numbers
Join hundreds of people from around the world for a weekly exploration into the ideas of Rabbi Sacks on the ...
Jerusalem Jubilee
Celebrate the 50th Yom Yerushalayim through art, music and text. Make some new memories and perhaps share some old ones.
Babylon: Ghetto, Renaissance, and Modern Oblivion
Babylon: Ghetto, Renaissance, and Modern Oblivion considers the resonance of Psalm 137 (By the Waters of Babylon) through the music ...
The Marriage Box: Old World Traditions Meet New World Desires
Casey Cohen, a Middle Eastern Jew, is a sixteen-year-old in New Orleans in the 1970s when she starts hanging out ...
The History of Antisemitism: The Prisoner and the Writer
In the new book The Prisoner and the Writer, Heather Camlot and Sophie Casson tell the intertwined stories of Alfred ...
Max Weinreich and the Meaning of Yiddish
Max Weinreich spent the entirety of his adult life building YIVO and the field of Yiddish Studies. A ‘convert’ to ...