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"Moses Forbids the People to Follow Him" by James Tissot, ca. 1900 (The Jewish Museum)
Posted inTorah

Know where you came from — and what choices you made to get here

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf August 8, 2024August 8, 2024
"Joseph Maketh Himself Known to His Brethren" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inCulture

Why we use paintings by Catholic artist James Tissot with our Torah column

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 7, 2024August 7, 2024
A woman dumps a cutting board of tomatoes in a serving bowl
Posted inOrganic Epicure

With a brunch rivaling the best Israeli hotel, two expats raise money for Israel

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 5, 2024August 15, 2024
Janet Silver Ghent with a cake at a pre-nuptial surprise party in the former office of this publication in early 2000. (Courtesy)
Posted inAct Two

‘Such a Match’: J. editor Marc Klein changed my life in so many ways

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent August 5, 2024August 5, 2024
engraving of several women standing before moses, who is seated on a throne
Posted inTorah

The Daughters of Zelophehad remind us that progress is possible

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon August 2, 2024August 2, 2024
From an article in Elie Wiesel's return to San Francisco in our May 11, 2007 article. (Screenshot)
Posted inFrom the Archives

When Elie Wiesel was assaulted in San Francisco in 2007, it was DA Kamala Harris who charged his attacker with a hate crime

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 31, 2024August 1, 2024
“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

The Torah’s advice on leadership succession, political or otherwise

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen July 25, 2024July 25, 2024
Esther Selleck in the Emanu-El 
Residence Club in 1954. (Courtesy)
Posted inFrom the Archives

For decades, young Jewish women learned to live independently at Emanu-El Residence Club in S.F.

by Denise Selleck July 17, 2024July 24, 2024
Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur (Claude Truong-Ngoc/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inOff the Shelf

‘Living with Our Dead’: A French rabbi reflects on death in a powerful bestseller, now out in English

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman July 17, 2024July 31, 2024
"Moses Strikes the Rock" by Richard Andre, 1884
Posted inTorah

Our tradition’s ambivalence toward anger stands out in a world full of rage

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg July 11, 2024July 11, 2024

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