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
The Object of Jewish Literature: A Material History
With the rise of digital media, the “death of the book” has been widely discussed. But the physical object of ...
East European Jews between Renaissance and Futurelessness
In this talk, Kenneth Moss will explore how Jewish intellectuals, poets, and ordinary people confronted the sense that their communal ...
The American Way: Nazi Escape, Superman, and Marilyn Monroe
Family lore had it that late one night in Midtown Manhattan in 1954, Bonnie Siegler’s grandfather crossed paths with Marilyn ...
To Paint the Earth in Concert
To Paint the Earth is the Richard Rodgers’ Award-winning musical that tells the story of the Jewish Underground in the ...
Monsters and Miracles: Horror, Heroes and the Holocaust
Author Ira Kitmacher discusses his book Monsters and Miracles. Al Kitmacher and Pearl Harris were heroes. In WWII, Al led ...
Jewish Amsterdam: A Small Community with a Giant History
Nachshon, one of the few original Portuguese Jews left in Amsterdam will describe what Jewish Amsterdam was like in the ...
The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History Kickoff Concert: Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars
Join the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History or via livestream as Frank London’s Klezmer Brass All Stars and ...
A Global Literary Conversation: On Artists in Captivity with Simon Parkin and Susan Wider
Join the inaugural event of the Global Jewish Literary Alliance, with a conversation between authors Simon Parkin and Susan Wider, ...
The Essence of Exploration: Unraveling Journeys and Their Impact
Delve into the captivating stories of three ancient travelers who bridged cultures, religions, and geography through their intrepid journeys. Herodotus ...
Jesus the Jew, Part 1: Jesus Didn’t Have A New Testament
What story do the narratives with which Jesus would have been familiar tell about humanity, where it had gone astray, ...