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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
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 ...
Jewish Life in China: Tales from the Far East
For many people it is surprising to learn that there is a long and rich history of Jewish communities in ...
Beginning Hebrew Reading
This class is designed for students new to Hebrew decoding and a great refresher for people that want to review ...
The “Khazarian Myth”: The National Identity of the Crimean Karaites
The Crimean Karaites, also known as ‘Karaim’, are an ethnicity of Turkic-speaking adherents of Karaite Judaism in Central and Eastern ...
Jewish Miss Wyoming’s Fight Against Antisemitism
Since its inception in 1921, there has only been one Jewish woman to hold the crown of Miss America. Hazel ...
Recovering Memory: Art and Historic Silence
Vivian J. Prins Artistic Resident Zuzanna Hertzberg discusses her practice of recovering memory, mainly herstories of Jewish women, as a ...
“Will the Synagogue Survive?” with Ed Feinstein
It is said that the Jews are the “ever-dying people.” Certainly the synagogue is the “ever-dying institution.” But just like ...
The Law and The Child: Legal and Moral Discourse in Children’s Weeklies in Israel’s First Decade
The Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University invites you to a seminar with Dr. Talia Diskin. Join us ...
After the Midterms: Now What? And What’s the State of Our Democracy? with Jennifer Rubin and Robert Siegel
What do the midterm election results mean and what should we expect over the next two years? Join us for ...