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Articles by My Jewish Learning
All is Fleeting: The Book of Ecclesiastes
Join My Jewish Learning for this special Sukkot class on Kohelet, or Ecclesiastes, the biblical book that is chanted during ...
The 7 Most Unique Synagogues in Israel
There are approximately 10,500 synagogues in Israel, and most of them look more or less the same. There, however, are ...
The Book of Job: Whose Test is It? (Class 1)
Watch the recording of this session here: Job has it all – a large healthy family, friends, wealth, and religious ...
The Book of Job: Whose Test is It? (Class 2)
Watch the recording of this session here: Job has it all – a large healthy family, friends, wealth, and religious ...
The Book of Job: Whose Test is It? (Class 3)
Watch the recording of this class here: Job has it all – a large healthy family, friends, wealth, and religious ...
Sefarad: A Journey Through Time and Space
According to some traditions, Jewish life on the Iberian Peninsula began during the time of King Solomon, though modern scholars ...
Virtual Tour: The City of David
The City of David is often referred to as, “The place where it all began” – the first capital of ...
Tour of Prague and the Czech Jewish Community
Watch the recording of this session here: Join My Jewish Learning to explore the history and present-day life of the ...
Listen to the Shofar Blown Around the World
Shofar blowers from Paris to Los Angeles to New Zealand to a kibbutz in Israel blow the shofar to welcome ...
SVIVAH’s HerTorah: High Holiday Conversations
Watch one of the many conversations in this series here:You can watch more sessions from this series on SVIVAH’s YouTube ...