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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
A Daughter’s Kaddish
To honor her beloved father Sarah Birnbach committed to reciting the Mourner’s Kaddish twice a day for eleven months — ...
Joey Weisenberg and the Hadar Ensemble, Live in Concert
After two years, Joey Weisenberg and the Hadar Ensemble are back in-person, performing live from B’nai Jeshurun on Manhattan’s Upper ...
Salonica and Sarajevo: Balkan Sephardi Metropolises
As Sephardi Jews settled in the Ottoman Empire, Salonica and Sarajevo became two of the most important centers of Jewish ...
Why Was Spinoza Excommunicated?
Discover the origins of philosopher Baruch Spinoza’s controversial excommunication from Judaism.
A Rabbi in the Vatican: Exploring Jewish Influences on the Sistine Chapel
With its famous Michelangelo ceiling, the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican is the crowning glory of Catholicism. But did you ...
A Very Jewish Christmas: Jesus and Shabbtai Zvi, from Heretic to Hero
In Jewish memory, Jesus and Shabbtai Zvi were heretics, false messiahs who rebelled against the rabbis and against normative Judaism. ...
The Hollywood Blacklist and the Whitewashing of American Culture
Ellie Gettinger, JTS director of Digital Learning and curator of the museum exhibit, “Blacklist: The Hollywood Red Scare,” will explore ...
Mechitza: Art and Women’s Resistance During the Holocaust
One aspect of Zuzanna Hertzberg’s practice is to recover the herstories of Jewish activism since the early 20th century. For ...
Jews in the Armed Forces
Presenters: Rabbi Yosef Zarnighian, Air Force Chaplain; Colonel Ret. Sherwood (Woody) Goldberg, Esq. Hear from Rabbi Yosef Zarnighian of Mikveh ...
Hanukkah for Heretics
This event will go over the history of Hanukkah – are the Maccabees really the “good guys”? Join Secular Synagogue ...