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That Time Segregationists Spied on BBYO

The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission was created in 1956 to fight against racial integration. An arm of Mississippi’s state government, ...

Ten Famous Americans with Greek or Turkish Jewish Heritage

These actors, designers, musicians, business leaders, and even a former member of Congress have all played a role in the American Jewish narrative.

Preparing to Relocate

Relocation from a Jewish perspective.

Legal Literature

Today, MyJewishLearning launched its first new subject area in two years: Halakhic Texts. The section — a collection of about ...

Roasted Winter Squash with Tahini Recipe

A sweet and savory side dish perfect all winter long.

10 Days to a Better You: Day 4

With Yom Kippur bearing down on us, and the promise that only “repentance, prayer, and charity can alter the severity ...

Are Nuns Too Forgiving?

I’m dying to see the new Meryl Streep movie, Doubt, about a nun with a bone to pick, but in ...

Creation Mysticism: Fashioning the World From Letters

An early group of Jewish mystics conceived of the Hebrew alphabet as the building blocks of creation.

Losing Their Religion

Thanks to FailedMessiah for pointing out a very interesting article in Biblical Archaeology Review in which Hershel Shanks interviews four ...

Absorbing the Exiles

Israel worked to absorb massive numbers of Jewish immigrants during the 1950s.

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