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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

Secret Chord Concert featuring the Andy Statman Trio

Episode 5 of this series features a performance by the Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist master of klezmer and bluegrass, Andy Statman, who ...

Artist Carol Neiger in Presentation and Conversation

Carol Neiger will join our interview show in presentation and conversation. She is a painter and printmaker primarily focused on ...

Hebrew Reading Crash Course Level Two

Level II is designed for a follow-up class for the “graduates” of the Level I Hebrew Reading Crash Course, who ...

Jerry Seinfeld in Conversation with Jim Gaffigan

In his streaming show, Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, Jerry Seinfeld has engaged with some of the funniest people in history in classic ...

When is Sigd 2022?

This Ethiopian Jewish holiday begins at sundown on Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022.

HerTorah: “To A Place You Do Not Know”

From the very beginning, the Jewish people are a nation of immigrants. Avraham and Sarah leave their homeland to journey ...

“VOICES” of the Holocaust: A World Premiere Concert

Join Central Synagogue for the world premiere of Michael Shapiro’s VOICES – a free public concert based on Sephardic poetry ...

Stories from the Narrow Bridge: Meeting People in their Time of Need

Sari Shernofsky is a trained multi-faith hospital chaplain and worked both in the hospitals and in hospice helping to meet ...

Addiction in the Jewish Community and Jewish-based Recovery

This online lecture with Rabbi Allan Finkel will explore recent changes in the field of addictions. The expanded definition of ...

Reading the Siddur as a Source of Wisdom

The Siddur (Jewish prayer book) is the result of more than 1800 years of evolution and development, and it continues ...