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

By Ben Harris September 8, 2020

Global

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

By Ben Harris August 20, 2020

Sumner Redstone

United States

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

By Ben Harris August 12, 2020

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

By Ben Harris August 7, 2020

United States

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

By Ben Harris July 28, 2020

Bonds of Life

Bertram Korn, 64, former editor of Philadelphia Jewish Exponent

By Ben Harris July 17, 2020

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

United States

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

By Ben Harris July 17, 2020

United States

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

By Ben Harris July 14, 2020

United States

Rabbi injured in Poway shooting pleads guilty to tax fraud

By Ben Harris July 14, 2020

Sports

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

By Ben Harris July 13, 2020

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