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

By Ben Harris March 9, 2021

Culture

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

By Ben Harris February 24, 2021

Bonds of Life

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

By Ben Harris February 8, 2021

Flory Jagoda

Obituaries

Flory Jagoda, champion of Sephardic music, dies at 97

By Ben Harris February 1, 2021

Obituaries

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

By Shira Hanau and Ben Harris January 31, 2021

Arthur Waskow

United States

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

By Ben Harris January 26, 2021

Culture

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

Bonds of Life

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

By Ben Harris December 15, 2020

Obituaries

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

By Ben Harris November 24, 2020

Health

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

By Ben Harris November 19, 2020

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