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In this welcoming Jewish community, God is not on the guest list

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At Mission Minyan, come for the singing, stay for the gender-osity

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Two vastly different Sukkot observances

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Yom Kippur shul-hopping

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Five shuls in two days — Happy Rosh Hashanah!

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