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

Olam Chesed Yibaneh: The World Is Built On Kindness

Please join Shomrei Torah for a musical concert to remember Cantor Snow on the date of his second yarzheit, with ...

Learning About Learning: Why Jewish Day Schools Should Teach Students to Read Torah

Jewish day schools expend significant time and energy in teaching Torah. But what are they trying to accomplish in this ...

What Makes Us Brave? Cultivating Courage on the Page and in the Arena

A special NLI USA event marking December 7th, National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, featuring Ambassador Michael Oren with Laura Blumenfeld. ...

Tour Global Jewish Life: Cape Town

Explore Jewish Cape Town, South Africa with the Director of Mother City Jewish Tours, Craig Nudelman. Together, we’ll open a ...

Stories Survive: Wendy Sandler

Rita Kaplan Lowenstein was born in Warsaw, Poland to Jewish parents Bernard and Rachel Kaplan. Her father owned chemical manufacturing ...

Shtetl: A Jewish Universe

Join the Baltimore Zionist District and tour guide, Evgenia Kempinski, for our 2-part series on Shtetls. Shtetl – A Jewish ...

Shtetl: A Jewish Universe

Join the Baltimore Zionist District and tour guide, Evgenia Kempinski, for our 2-part series on Shtetls. Shtetl – A Jewish ...

Israel’s First Spies

Join the Baltimore Zionist District and tour guide, Jacob Shoshan virtually on Giving Tuesday as he shares the story of ...

Judaism and Cancel Culture

Jewish tradition prizes a multiplicity of voices, but it also considers some ideas too dangerous to circulate freely.

Judaism and Pornography

Consumption of adult materials may run afoul of several principles in Jewish law.