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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
Isaac Bashevis Singer’s “Simple Gimpl”
Isaac Bashevis Singer’s “Gimpl tam” was published on March 30, 1945, in the obscure Yiddish-language journal Idisher kempfer, about a ...
Crossroads of Culture: A Virtual Visit to the New Eastern Mediterranean Gallery at the Penn Museum
Like Judaism today, the religion’s founding and development cannot be separated from the larger context in which it exists. There ...
Sephardi Musical Modernities: Listening to the Past in the Future
Join the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies to learn about the past and present of Sephardi music.
Modern Occultism in Yiddish Popular Culture
The occult was a fixture of Yiddish popular culture in early twentieth-century Eastern Europe. Yiddish-speaking Jews in Eastern Europe held ...
Remember Baghdad
In 2015 Edwin Shuker was asked if he had any film footage of Baghdad for a documentary that was being ...
Zionism and the Challenge of Power
Israel did not only establish the homeland of the Jewish people. It established the Jewish people as a people of ...
Tour of Jewish Uzbekistan
Join My Jewish Learning and Jewish Telegraphic Agency to discover the fascinating legacy and history of the Jews of Uzbekistan. ...