Ben Harris

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

From Ben Harris

United States

Meet the 86-year-old Jewish volunteer running a food bank on the outskirts of America

Global

Homemade shofars and ‘passive’ Zooming: How some British synagogues are adapting this High Holiday season

Sumner Redstone

United States

Sumner Redstone, who built billion-dollar media empire that included CBS and Viacom, dies at 97

Rabbi Adin Even-Israel (Steinsaltz) inspects at his Jerusalem home an English-language translation of the Talmud based on his annotations on June 4, 2018. (Wikimedia Commons/SoInkleined)

Obituaries

Adin Steinsaltz, acclaimed scholar who made the Talmud more accessible, dies at 83

United States

Are families fleeing Jewish day schools? Far from it, but it’s complicated.

Bonds of Life

Bertram Korn, 64, former editor of Philadelphia Jewish Exponent

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

United States

Ruth Bader Ginsburg says cancer has returned, chemotherapy ‘yielding positive results’

United States

Want to pray with a synagogue minyan? Sign this COVID-19 waiver first.

United States

Rabbi injured in Poway shooting pleads guilty to tax fraud

Sports

NFL’s Redskins announce intention to change name after years of pressure, including from ADL

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