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Jew in the Pew

At a gathering earlier this year in New York, attendees brainstormed for a new Jewish holiday: Yom HaTzedek — Day of Justice. (Photo/Courtesy Andrew Mandel)
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He’s on a quest to create a new Jewish holiday — Yom HaTzedek, a Day of Justice

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 9, 2019July 9, 2019
Jewlia Eisenberg leads a song at the JeWitch Collective’s “Song of Songs Seder Celebrating Queer Sexuality” in the yurt at Urban Adamah in Berkeley, May 19. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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Magic, sex and blessings at an unconventional seder in Berkeley

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky June 12, 2019June 14, 2019
Through June 1, the recently renovated Oakland Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is open to the public for the first time in 55 years,  (Photo/Courtesy Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
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A journey into the Holy of Holies — in a Latter-day Saints temple

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 14, 2019October 30, 2024
Rabbi Jaymee Alpert leads a prayer during “Neshama Body & Soul” at Congregation Beth David in Saratoga on Dec. 16. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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Is it an exercise class or a prayer service? All I know is I’m very sore.

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky January 9, 2019January 9, 2019
The 10 adults who became b’nai mitzvah at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette on Dec. 8, along with Rabbi Alissa Miller (bottom left), Cantor Leigh Korn (top left) and Rabbi Jay LeVine (top right) (Photo/Michael Fox)
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Called to the Torah for the first time — as adults

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 19, 2018December 19, 2018
Rainbow-colored challah at Congregation Sha'ar Zahav's 2018 Pride Shabbat. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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Pride Shabbat is this LGBTQ synagogue’s highest holiday

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 6, 2018June 26, 2020
When the meal was over, Rabbi Ferris and others brought out guitars for a little post-Passover jam sesh. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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When Moshiach comes, men will help clear the table

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 2, 2018June 26, 2018
Rabbi Serena Eisenberg and Israel's then-Consul General Shlomi Kofman at the AJC Diplomats Seder at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, March 22, 2018. (Photo/AJC-Mariah Tiffany)
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22 international diplomats, 70 Jews, one Passover seder

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 29, 2018April 3, 2020
Homemade Fig Rum, among a number of other booze forms, flowed freely at Urban Adamah's 2018 Tu B'Shevat seder. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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An adults-only Tu B’Shevat seder — sobering, but hardly sober

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky January 31, 2018February 6, 2018
Rev. Amos C. Brown of Third Baptist Church delivers his annual MLK weekend sermon at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, Jan. 12, 2018. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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Swapping pulpits to honor MLK and build a better world

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky January 17, 2018January 17, 2018

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