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Rabbi Jeremy D. Sher

Rabbi Jeremy D. Sher

Rabbi Jeremy D. Sher is a staff chaplain at UCSF Health Mount Zion Campus. The opinions expressed are the author’s own and do not constitute the position of UCSF Health. Contact him at [email protected].

Rabbi Jeremy Sher (middle) of the San Francisco Night Ministry leads a street seder for unhoused people put on by and Congregations Ner Tamid, Sha’ar Zahav, Keneset Halev and Sherith Israel at the 16th Street BART plaza in San Francisco on April 26, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOpinion

The Supreme Court is enabling San Francisco’s sinful response to homelessness

Rabbi Jeremy D. Sher by Rabbi Jeremy D. Sher July 19, 2024July 19, 2024

Why do so many chapters of the Prophets begin like Ezekiel 16:2, “Proclaim Jerusalem’s abominations to her”? When I talk with people about prophecy, they mostly think of telling the […]

illustrative photo of rows of chairs in a synagogue
Posted inOpinion

Let’s make this the year we end paid High Holiday tickets

Rabbi Jeremy D. Sher by Rabbi Jeremy D. Sher October 11, 2022
A nurse works with a Covid patient in Fullerton, Dec. 25, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Francine Orr-Los Angeles Times-Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

Everybody comes to the hospital. With our Jewish healing center closing, who will be there for you when it’s your turn?

Rabbi Jeremy D. Sher by Rabbi Jeremy D. Sher June 16, 2022June 17, 2022
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

Reinventing the wheel: How Jewish Federations can remain useful

Rabbi Jeremy D. Sher by Rabbi Jeremy D. Sher July 23, 2017January 22, 2018

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