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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
The Richest Woman in the World: Doña Gracia Nasi
Doña Gracia Nasi made her mark throughout Europe as she traveled from place to place escaping the Inquisition. But her ...
Can Robots be Jewish? And Other Pressing Questions of Modern Life
Amy E. Schwartz, in conversation with New York Times best-selling author Laura Blumenfeld, discusses whether robots can be Jewish and ...
The Kompla Queen: Bouena Sarfatty Garfinkle
Bouena Sarfatty Garfinkle grew up in the historic Salonican Sephardic community where she was an active member, before and during ...
Exploring The Beilis Affair
Mendel Beilis was a Ukrainian Jew tried on charges of ritually murdering a young Christian boy in 1911. Like the ...
How Many Shabbat Candles Should Be Lit
While lighting two Shabbat candles is a widespread custom, Jewish law only requires one.
Glassware and Kashrut
Whether glassware can be rendered fit for kosher use depends on who you ask.
Esther Moyal, Emile Zola and Alfred Dreyfus: An Arab-Jewish Feminist on the Affair that Rocked the World
Sephardi Thought and Modernity Series: Continuity and Rupture. Session 2 with Lital Levy. Click the right hand button to watch.
Broken Promises: The Dismantling of the Spanish Law of Return
Following-up on the New York Times’ exposé, join the American Sephardi Federation for an exclusive briefing on the situation in ...
Tour of Jewish Australia
Join My Jewish Learning to learn about Jewish Australia. The roots of this community can be traced to the late ...