Ben Harris

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

From Ben Harris

Bonds of Life

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

Culture

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

Bonds of Life

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

Flory Jagoda

Obituaries

Flory Jagoda, champion of Sephardic music, dies at 97

Obituaries

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

Arthur Waskow

United States

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

Culture

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

Bonds of Life

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

Obituaries

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

Health

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

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