Ben Harris

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

From Ben Harris

Retired fighter pilot Eytan Stibbe to become 2nd Israeli in space — and he’s paying his own way

By Ben Harris November 16, 2020 3:03 pm

David Shneer, beloved professor of Jewish studies, dies at 48

By Ben Harris November 10, 2020 8:00 am

Jonathan Sacks

Jonathan Sacks, former UK chief rabbi and Jewish ‘intellectual giant,’ dies at 72

By Ben Harris and Cnaan Liphshiz and Gabe Friedman November 7, 2020 2:39 pm

Rabbi Art Green (still) believes Hasidic ideas are key to a vibrant modern Judaism

By Ben Harris October 16, 2020 3:43 pm

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks says he is being treated for cancer

By Ben Harris October 15, 2020 4:31 pm

‘It was terribly disheartening’: Tech firm’s outage on Yom Kippur eve leaves synagogues scrambling to stream services

By Ben Harris September 30, 2020 5:44 pm

Marilee Shapiro Asher, artist who survived global pandemics a century apart, dies at 107

By Ben Harris September 30, 2020 2:07 pm

A viral tweet said RBG dying on Rosh Hashanah made her a ‘tzaddik.’ Where does that idea come from?

By Ben Harris September 21, 2020 6:18 pm

How 1 Zoom employee saved High Holidays streaming for 300 synagogues, including his own

By Ben Harris September 18, 2020 1:27 pm

‘I miss you. And I love you’: What American rabbis are thinking as the Jewish new year dawns during the pandemic

By Ben Harris September 14, 2020 4:18 pm

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