Ben Harris

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

From Ben Harris

Israel

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

By Ben Harris November 16, 2020

United States

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

By Ben Harris November 10, 2020

Jonathan Sacks

Obituaries

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

Lifestyle

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

By Ben Harris October 16, 2020

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

Global

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks says he is being treated for cancer

By Ben Harris October 15, 2020

United States

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

By Ben Harris September 30, 2020

United States

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

By Ben Harris September 30, 2020

United States

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

United States

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

By Ben Harris September 18, 2020

Lifestyle

‘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

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