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Ezra Miller as Barry Allen aka the Flash in a scene from "Justice League"
Posted inColumns

It’s official: The big-screen Flash is a Jew!

by Nate Bloom November 27, 2017March 23, 2018
From "Jacob's Ladder" by William Blake, 1805
Posted inColumns

Be present, persevere — and climb the long ladder

by Rabbi Aubrey Glazer November 23, 2017November 21, 2017
(Photo/Pixabay CC0)
Posted inColumns

My Jewish girlfriend doesn’t like Christmas. What am I doing wrong?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler November 23, 2017November 21, 2017
Police and rescue personnel following the shooting on the Las Vegas Strip at a country music festival that killed at least 50 and injured more than 400, Oct. 2, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Ethan Miller-Getty Images)
Posted inColumns

When the news is too awful to share with our kids

by Julie Levine November 22, 2017November 21, 2017
Daniel Kurzrock and Jennifer Capeloto first met at URJ Camp Newman in the summer of 2005. (Photo/Nataly Zigdon)
Posted inUnions

That ‘long-distance thing’ worked out for this summer camp couple

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 21, 2017November 20, 2017
From "Jonathan and David" by Gustave Doré
Posted inColumns

It’s Esau vs. David in a special episode of ‘Family Feud’

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan November 16, 2017November 16, 2017
(Photo/Wikimedia-Olaf.herfurth CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inColumns

Do I report a member of my Orthodox community for breaking Shabbat?

Jonathan Harris by Jonathan Harris November 15, 2017
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin addresses the 2017 General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America in his first major talk to a Jewish audience outside Israel (Photo/Jeffrey Brown-JFNA)
Posted inOpinion

Federations rally around pluralism — but wish they didn’t have to

by Andrew Silow-Carroll November 14, 2017January 12, 2018
Winemaker Michael Kaye uses a “wine thief” to sample the fermentation.
Posted inColumns

This ‘accidental’ vintner is crushing it with his homemade wines

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 14, 2017November 14, 2017
Ezra Miller as the Flash in "Justice League," which comes out Nov. 17, 2017
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The Jews of ‘Justice League’; Prodigy Alma Deutscher visits Bay Area; and more

by Nate Bloom November 12, 2017March 23, 2018

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