Ben Harris

is the managing editor of My Jewish Learning, where a version of this essay first appeared.

From Ben Harris

Stacey Zisook Robinson, 59, poet who was fulfilling a lifelong dream to become a rabbi

By Ben Harris March 9, 2021 5:11 pm

Transgender Jews are finding a safe haven in an unexpected place: the farm

By Ben Harris February 24, 2021 11:34 am

Jason Stein, 46, beloved coach at South Florida high school

By Ben Harris February 8, 2021 3:44 pm

Flory Jagoda

Flory Jagoda, champion of Sephardic music, dies at 97

By Ben Harris February 1, 2021 12:46 pm

Abraham Twerski, 90, Hasidic rabbi and psychiatrist who specialized in substance abuse

By Shira Hanau and Ben Harris January 31, 2021 3:04 pm

Arthur Waskow

At 87, activist rabbi Arthur Waskow is still protesting — and still getting arrested

By Ben Harris January 26, 2021 12:24 pm

At the northern tip of Maine, this artist fostered a Jewish community. It couldn’t help him escape a troubled past.

By Ben Harris January 8, 2021 11:30 am

Theodore Mann, 92, former chairman of Presidents Conference and early critic of Israeli occupation

By Ben Harris December 15, 2020 3:52 pm

Suzanne Belling, former JTA correspondent and South African Jewish leader, dies at 72

By Ben Harris November 24, 2020 3:42 pm

Meet Rick Doblin, the Jewish psychedelics advocate working to turn a club drug into legal medicine

By Ben Harris November 19, 2020 12:04 pm

Load More

Advertisement