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Winona Ryder dressed in black with a "Stranger Things" sign behind her
Posted inCelebrity Jews

A reckoning for Mel Gibson; a film for the ‘fifth Beatle’; Kushner’s advice for Russell Crowe; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 8, 2020
(Graphic/JTA-illustration by Grace Yagel; photos by United Artists-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

We simply do not need another ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

by A.R. Vishny July 8, 2020
a boy in a talit reads from the Torah while a man in a talit stands next to him
Posted inMixed & Matched

Can we raise our child Jewish without a hard commitment?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler July 7, 2020
President Trump looms behind Pennsylvania, Georgia, Ohio, Florida and Michigan. ("I Voted" stickers photo by Shana Novak via Getty Images; Montage by Laura E. Adkins for JTA)
Posted inThe Tell

How and where Democrats and Republicans are trying to woo Jewish swing voters

by Ron Kampeas and JTA July 6, 2020July 6, 2020
Balaam is stopped by an angel while on his way to curse the Israelites, as in this week's Torah portion, from the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicles.
Posted inTorah

In this week’s Torah portion, the fine line between intention and action

Maharat Victoria Sutton by Maharat Victoria Sutton July 3, 2020July 2, 2020
an empty classroom with rows of desks
Posted inEducation

We love our kid’s school, but it perpetuates an unfair system

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein July 2, 2020July 2, 2020
two images: the cover of the book "I Am The Tree of Life: My Jewish Yoga Book," which features an illustration of a dark-skinned boy in a yoga tree pose; and a photo of the author, a smiling white woman with long dark hair standing in front her synagogue.
Posted inReligion

S.F. rabbi’s picture book brings kids to Torah by way of yoga

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 1, 2020July 8, 2020
a painting of Joseph standing before Pharaoh and his courtiers
Posted inTorah

Lessons from a Biblical leader who confronted climate change

Adam Cole by Adam Cole July 1, 2020July 1, 2020
a bowl of matzah ball soup
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

Scared I had Covid? You bet! But love has helped me heal.

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz June 30, 2020
Noam Sienna is the author of “A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969.”
Posted inPride

A treasure trove of LGBTQ texts from two millennia of Jewish history

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky June 29, 2020July 8, 2020

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