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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
Challenges of the Middle-Class Flight of the Arab Minority in Israel
In recent years we have witnessed the move of middle-class Arab families in Israel to Jewish cities that lack the ...
Virtual Tour of Jewish Barbados
Join the BZD and writer and historian Neal Rechtman for a fascinating tour visiting the restored Nidhe Israel synagogue (1654) ...
The Radical Responsibility of Rabbi Sacks: The Problem of Evil as Call To Action
How do we manage the dissonance between the world as it is and the world as it ought to be? ...
Abraham Joshua Heschel: Piety & Politics
Abraham Joshua Heschel was one of the most compelling Jewish theologians of the 20th century. Known for his beautiful prose, ...
Rosh Chodesh Racial Justice Review of: Selected Psalms
For the next four weeks, the Rosh Chodesh Racial Justice Book Review group will explore four select psalms and their ...
Interfaith Conversation on Climate, God, and Uncertainty: A Transcendental Naturalistic Approach to Bruno Latour
French thinker Bruno Latour (1947–2022), in his Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime ([2015] 2017), provides a ...
American Shtetl
Join Nomi M. Stolzenberg and David N. Myers as they talk to Shirli Gilbert about their recent work, American Shtetl: ...
The Educational Legacy of Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington
Working with African American intellectual Booker T. Washington, Jewish businessman and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald established challenge grants that lead to ...
How To Run A Tu Bishvat Seder
Join My Jewish Learning and Rahel Musleah for this class on how to run a Tu Bishvat seder, centering on ...
Unmasking Antisemitism: A Panel Discussion in Conjunction with the Exhibition #FakeImages at the United Nations
6:15 pm – Welcome Reception 7:00 pm – Panel Discussion Widely regarded as the “oldest hatred,” antisemitism is experiencing an ...