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Miriam Lowe (left) and Amy Midanik-Blum admire the Netivot Shalom Yizkor book. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inJewish Life

This first-of-its-kind memorial book brings an entire synagogue’s departed to life

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky September 22, 2017September 20, 2017
Chelm is a town known in European Jewish folklore as a community of holy fools. (Illustration/F. Halperin's "Khakme Khelm," Warsaw, 1926)
Posted inColumns

It’s hard to look back in regret with a stiff neck

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan September 22, 2017September 20, 2017
A depiction of kosher poultry slaughtering, Shalom Koboshvili, 1940
Posted inColumns

I am 10 years old. How can I get my family to keep kosher?

Jonathan Harris by Jonathan Harris September 18, 2017
Deuteronomy 30:11-12: "This commandment is not in heaven, that you should say: ‘Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it to us?’" (Photo/Pixabay CC0)
Posted inColumns

Making a change may seem herculean, but you can do it

by Rabbi Rebecca Gutterman September 15, 2017September 13, 2017
The Tufts University campus in Medford, Mass., pictured on Aug. 31, 2017 (Photo/JTA-Jonathan Wiggs-The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Does the misguided behavior of one group render an entire campus unsafe for Jews?

by Andrew Silow-Carroll September 12, 2017January 12, 2018
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Can I still be a Jew if I’ve been baptized?

Jonathan Harris by Jonathan Harris September 11, 2017September 14, 2017
Jewish NFL player Julian Edelman during the 2013 season (Photo/Wikimedia-Jeffrey Beall CC BY 3.0)
Posted inColumns

Without Julian Edelman, a lost NFL season for the Jews?

Larry RosenEric Goldbrener by Larry Rosen and Eric Goldbrener September 10, 2017September 8, 2017
"Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem" by Francesco Hayez, 1867
Posted inColumns

As the High Holy Days approach, we all live in ‘Sin City’

by Rabbi Sara Mason-Barkin September 8, 2017September 7, 2017
(Photo/Pixabay CC0)
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Your 12-year-old doesn’t believe in God? No big deal

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler September 8, 2017September 7, 2017
Judith Goleman and Sherwin Silverman (Photo/Gable Macarthur)
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As the years march on, couple finally ready to say ‘I do’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall September 7, 2017September 7, 2017

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