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
Making of the Soviet Jew: Past, Present, Future
In his 2022 publication The Making of the Soviet Jew Sasha Senderovich showed how the critical events leading to the ...
ASL-interpreted Shabbat Morning Service
Town & Village Synagogue of New York City announces another sign-language-interpreted Shabbat Service — both in-person and on Zoom — ...
ShabbAsana
Experience Shabbat with ShabbAsana! Through a unique yoga practice, nourish bodies, minds, hearts, and souls. Discover the wisdom of your ...
The Other Oven In the Talmud
In this class you will consider a debate in the Talmud concerning the limits of responsibility for the deeds of ...
Zionism and Overcoming History
Israel is the place that allows the Jewish people to shape its own story and to heal from the traumas ...
The Multifaceted History and Culture of Bukharian Jews
The eclectic story of Central Asia’s ancient Jewish community—Bukharian Jews—is situated at the lesser-known intersection of Sephardic, Mizrahi and Russian-Speaking ...
How to Light the Hanukkah Menorah
The traditional blessings and procedures for lighting the Hanukkah candles.
Virtual Tour of Jewish Georgia
Join the BZD and tour guide Evgenia Kempinski, to travel to the Caucasus and visit beautiful Georgia! Snowy mountains, rivers ...
Jews of Iran: Not Just Purim and the Revolution
Iran’s Jewish community is one of the oldest in the world. But is there more to those 2700 years than ...
Learning About Learning: How Debbie Friedman (and CAJE) Gave Jewish Education a New Soundtrack
In conversation with Jon A. Levisohn (Brandeis University), Judah Cohen (Indiana University) will discuss his recent article on the crucial ...