Ben Harris

Ben Harris is a senior editor at My Jewish Learning's parent company 70 Faces Media.

Articles by Ben Harris

Talmud

Tractate Kiddushin

Kiddushin 23

Against the slave's interest.

Tractate Kiddushin

Kiddushin 16

Mitigating the worst.

White seashell on a sunny tropical beach. Outdoor photo

Recharge

Life’s a Beach

I can choose to live anywhere I wish, but would I want to?

Tractate Nedarim

Nedarim 52

Forbidden foods.

Caucasian father and daughter walking on dirt path by corn field

Recharge

The Journey Home

For Jews, home is elusive. And that might be precisely the point. 

Tractate Yevamot

Yevamot 95

Cuts both ways.

Tractate Yevamot

Yevamot 50

Doing it twice.

Tractate Yevamot

Yevamot 40

Back where we started.

BLACK ROCK DESERT, UNITED STATES: A "Burning Man" participant holds up his arms as the wooden man effigy is burned at the conclusion of the week-long "Burning Man Festival" 06 September in the Black Rock Desert in the northwestern part of the state of Nevada. More than 15,000 people congregated at this man-made town in the desert to celebrate radical, creative self-expression. AFP PHOTO Mike NELSON/mn (Photo credit should read MIKE NELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Recharge

Making the Invisible Visible

It isn't easy living with an invisible God.

Tractate Megillah

Megillah 27

Torah for sale.