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Purim 2013
Purim 2013 begins at sunset on Saturday, February 23, and ends on Sunday, February 24.
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Purim 2012
Purim 2012 begins at sunset on Wednesday, March 7.
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Hanukkah 2012
Hanukkah 2012 begins at sunset on Saturday, December 8, 2012, and ends on Sunday, December 16, 2012.
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Hanukkah 2011
Dates, times, and what you need to know about the Festival of Lights.
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Holocaust Survivors
Six million Jews were killed in the atrocities of the Holocaust, but about 3.5 million survived.
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Election Day
The importance of voting.
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Global Day of Jewish Learning
During the Global Day of Jewish Learning, communities around the world will share Jewish dialogue and exploration, celebrating all that unites us.
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How to Wear Tallit (video)
A tallit, the Jewish prayer shawl, is an integral part of the morning prayer service, and a commandment in the Bible. How do you do it? Find out right here, with Rabbi Steven Exler.
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How Jews Mourn: A Video
Death, mourning, and grieving are parts of Jewish life.
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Chai Riders
The Chai Riders Motorcycle Club participates in New York City's annual Israel Day Parade.
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Jerusalem
Jerusalem is the "City of Gold," a holy place to Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike.
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Hanukkah Song
A Hanukkah music video about lighting candles, spreading the fire, learning Torah and celebrating the festival of Hanukkah.
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Queering the Bible in London
London is one of the most exciting Jewish cities in the world.
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Rosh Hashanah 2011
Everything you need to know to celebrate the holiday.
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Yom Kippur 2011
Everything you need to know to celebrate the holiday.
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Sukkot 2011
Everything you need to know to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
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Purim 2011
Everything you need to know to celebrate the holiday.
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What Is a Sukkah?
What is a Sukkah? The designers of the Sukkah City competition explain the ancient Jewish hut.
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What Is a Shofar?
How to blow the shofar, the ram's horn, for Rosh Hashanah.
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Tisha B'Av 2011
Everything you need to know to commemorate the holiday.
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Truth About Summer Camp
It is a mistake to not go to Jewish summer camp.
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Hagbah and Gelilah (video)
Learn how to lift up a Torah scroll during services on Shabbat and weekdays, and how to tie up a Torah. Rabbi Steven Exler and Tamar Fox teach us how it's done.
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Sweden
The Radical Jewish Traveler celebrates secularism at the 60th parallel.
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How to Have an Aliyah
Getting called up to the Torah doesn't have to mean getting frazzled. Here's how.
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Best Seder Ever Contest
Enter My Jewish Learning's Best Seder Ever contest, and you could win free matzah for a year.
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HIV/AIDS
Despite the richness of Jewish sources which speak to stigma and illness, the history of Jewish community's reaction to HIV/AIDS has been rocky.
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Bronfman Papers
Five of the essays that were written for The Bronfman Vision Forum's "Judaism as Civilizations: Belonging in Age of Multiple Identities," a project of The Samuel Bronfman Foundation, along with responses
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Jewish News
Jewish current events in your area
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month
This month take some time to educate yourself about breast cancer issues, including the very high occurrence of breast cancer among Ashkenazi Jewish women, the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, recent medical developments, and organizations that can provide support
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Polish-Jewish Relations
Zydki figurines represent another chapter in Polish-Jewish relations.
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10 Days to a Better You
Being a better person can be a daunting task. Here at MyJewishLearning we put together 10 easy things you can do right away that will help you do better and feel better as you get ready for the Day of Atonement.
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What Is a Cantor?
Jeremiah Lockwood tells (and demonstrates) the duty and power of a cantor during the synagogue service.
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What Is Jewish Music?
Jeremiah Lockwood of the Sway Machinery explains the history and confusion behind Jewish music.
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21st Century Shofar
During the month of Elul we blow the shofar to awaken our souls and prepare them for the High Holidays. MyJewishLearning staff picked some contemporary songs that have acted as personal shofars this year.
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Judaism
Judaism is the religion of the Jews, the first monotheistic religion.
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Intro to Judaism
Read My Jewish Learning's 101 articles to start learning the basics of Judaism.
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Jeremiah Lockwood Sings Hineni
Hineni, from the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services, is one of the most meaningful and humbling prayers that can be prayed by a human being.
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Author Blog Index
A guide to the contemporary Jewish authors featured on MyJewishLearning and the Jewish Book Council's blog series.
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Bad Poetry 2009 Winners
The best bad Jewish poems of 2009.
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Matchmakers
Tu B'Av, (the 15th of Av), a Jewish day for matchmaking and love.
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Jews in the Revolutionary War
Like other colonial Americans, Jews' loyalties were divided, with a sizeable majority favoring the Patriot vision of an independent America. While some Jews fought, others suffered at the hands of the British.
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Jewish Gangsters
A little-known chapter of Jewish American history concerns the Jewish gangsters of the 1920s and 1930s.
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Video: How Jews Pray
"How Jews Pray" checks out what we talk (and think) about when we pray, what it means when we do, and whether anyone's on the receiving end.
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Bad Poetry Contest
My Jewish Learning's Bad Poetry Contest seeks the worst Jewish-themed poem ever to bestow massive prizes upon.
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Gifts for Grads
Here are some gift ideas for all kinds of graduates and all kinds of budgets. Skip the fountain pen and the briefcase--we've got you covered.
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Summer Books
Book reviews of American Jewish literature.
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Star Trek
A look at how Star Trek was shaped by Jewish ideals.
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Video: How Jews Eat
How Jews Eat, a film about four Jewish people discussing their eating habits, cuisine, tastes, favorite food and other thoughts.
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Ordination of Women as Rabbis
Women rabbis in history and in the news.
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Slavery Today
A look at modern day slavery.
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Video: How Jews Look
Four Jews talk about what it means to look Jewish and wear Jewish.
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April Fool's
The "Nudist Bar Mitzvah," for families with a free loving lifestyle, allows children to enter the adult Jewish world in their birthday suits.
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April Fool's
The Dead Sea Scrolls aren't the only scrolls on the block anymore.
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Women's History Month
Organizations that help celebrate Jewish Women's History Month
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Eco-Judaism
Making our lives more green.
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Shmuley Boteach
Shmuley Boteach, the "sex rabbi," interviews about relationships, sex, and his new book, The Kosher Sutra.
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Years in Review
MJL reviews the past four years of Jewish life.
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Genetic Diseases
Jewish genetic diseases resources and testing
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Jewish American Heritage Month
During Jewish American Heritage Month, we celebrate the vital contributions of Jewish Americans to our Nation
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Jewish Genealogy
A Five-minute Guide to Jewish Genealogical Research.
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