Diving into Elul

As we prepare for the High Holidays, we are reminded that the essence of faith lies in the power of imagination.

The Joy of Drawing Water

The ancient Sukkot ritual of the Simchat Beit Hashoevah is the joy of life itself.

The Redemptive Strangeness of Yom Kippur

For the ancient Israelites, the Yom Kippur rituals signified a world in which God brought moral order out of chaos.

The Pathos of Exodus: What Hollywood Blockbusters Have To Do With Ferguson and Giving Tuesday

My boys are getting psyched for the upcoming release of the blockbuster Exodus: Gods And Kings . Exodus promises to ...

International Women’s Day: Torah from the Margins

Torah teaches that ancient Israelite women refused to donate their jewelry to build the Golden Calf. Instead they donated their ...

Reappropriating the Taboo

Bringing new meaning to the status of a menstruating woman.

The New Jewish Internet

We here are MyJewishLearning are, rightfully so, excited about a just-released study by Professor Ari Kelman at UC Davis, conducted ...

Celebrating Passover During Coronavirus? Try Adding these Special Items to Your Seder Plate.

Adding unique foods to the seder plate can help us mark a Passover that is different from all other Passovers.

Sotah

An ancient and challenging ritual for a woman suspected of adultery.

External Texts

A bibliographical summary of Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha.