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Rose Hayes lights a rainbow of candles at a past Pride Seder at Congregation Sha'ar Zahav. 
Posted inReligion

‘Pride Seder,’ virtual this year, honors liberation history of LGBTQ Jews 

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky June 19, 2020June 22, 2020
Spiced Pomegranate Meringue Pie
Posted inRecipe

A pie and a sundae inspired by this week’s Torah portion

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer June 19, 2020
Giovanni Lanfranco's "Moses and the Messengers from Canaan"
Posted inColumns

Back then I did not, but today I stand up against prejudice and fear

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon June 18, 2020June 19, 2020
Miriam Nehama Ani and Brandon Waloff at their Zoom wedding, May 31, 2020. (Photo/Éli Zaturanski-Visage Studios)
Posted inUncategorized

Oakland couple was hesitant, but Zoom wedding proved to be ‘magical’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 15, 2020June 18, 2020
Left: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Joachim Prinz pictured, 1963. (Photo/JTA-American Jewish Historical Society via Wikimedia Commons). Right: A gathering to pay tribute to George Floyd, killed by police in Minneapolis, and Adama Traoré, killed by French police four years ago, Toulouse, France, June 10, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Alain Pitton-NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

3 Jewish takeaways as unrest from pandemic and George Floyd killing strikes America

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 12, 2020
"Blowing the Trumpet at the Feast of the New Moon," Holman Bible, 1890
Posted inReligion

Sound the trumpets of justice for all

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg June 12, 2020June 11, 2020
(Graphic/JTA-Kveller)
Posted inCulture

A Jewish anti-racist reading list for children of all ages

Lior Zaltzman by Lior Zaltzman and JTA June 11, 2020
Mayyim Hayyim, a community mikvah in Newton, Massachusetts, closed its doors to prevent coronavirus transmission. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Mayyim Hayyim)
Posted inMixed & Matched

‘I can’t finish my conversion because of Covid’

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler June 11, 2020
Campers at Camp Tawonga, a Jewish summer camp near Yosemite, in 2018. (Photo/Facebook-Camp Tawonga)
Posted inParenting

Jewish community has been a lifeline to me as a mother. It’s time to return the favor.

by Julie Levine June 10, 2020June 10, 2020
“Noah’s Ark on the Mount Ararat” by Simone de Myle, 1570
Posted inReligion

40 days and 40 nights: What the Bible can teach us about quarantine

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein June 10, 2020

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