• Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

Landing Top

Skip to content
Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

  • Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide

Torah

Posted inTorah

What do you covet? And what does that say about you?

Rabbi Corey Helfand by Rabbi Corey Helfand July 27, 2018July 30, 2018
Protesters at a Jewish rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in New York City demonstrate against the government’s border separation policy, June 21, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Ben Sales)
Posted inTorah

As we mourn on Tisha B’Av, look to Isaiah’s vision of a healed nation

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg July 19, 2018July 26, 2018
(Illustration/JTA-Charles Dunst-image via Wikimedia Commons and Twitter)
Posted inTisha B'Av

Why liberal Jews should embrace Tisha B’Av, this year more than ever

by Rabbi Diana Fersko July 17, 2018July 17, 2018
Claes Cornelisz Moeyaert, "Moses Ordering the Slaughter of the Midianites," 1650 (Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inTorah

What can we glean from the Bible’s disturbing passages?

Rabbi Adina Allen by Rabbi Adina Allen July 13, 2018July 13, 2018
Pinchas gets a little stabby in this week's Torah portion. But does the Torah say that's OK?
Posted inTorah

Does the Torah sanction acts of zealotry?

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon July 5, 2018July 5, 2018
Irena Sendler, a Polish woman who smuggled 2,500 children out of the Warsaw Ghetto
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

An ode to those who outwit tyrants

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan June 28, 2018
How much does the Bible really care about this red cow?
Posted inColumns

Does the Torah mean what it says literally?

Rabbi Joel Landau by Rabbi Joel Landau June 22, 2018June 25, 2018
a black and white woodcut of them tumbling into a huge ravine
Posted inColumns

What’s the answer when you feel dissed or insecure?

by Rabbi Rebecca Gutterman June 15, 2018June 14, 2018
From “The Grapes of Canaan” by James Tissot, circa 1900, showing a scene from Shelach, this week's Torah portion.
Posted inTorah

Forgive inadvertent wrongs, but watch out for willfulness

Rabbi Susan Leider by Rabbi Susan Leider June 8, 2018June 7, 2018
an antique drawing of a great cloud hovering over the mishkan with israelites worshipping
Posted inColumns

When clouds and fire carry us through trying times

Rabbi Corey Helfand by Rabbi Corey Helfand May 31, 2018May 31, 2018

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 … 39 40 41 42 43 … 51 Older posts

Get J.'s latest headlines sent to your inbox:

MOST POPULAR

As one of the first openly gay rabbis, he defied odds and broke barriers
Updated: 21 great Jewish podcasts — Israel, Torah and identity in depth
Despite budget pressure, California commits to $80M a year for synagogue, nonprofit security 
Organ donation: One heroic decision can save a life
A Muslim teen reacts to a Jewish leader’s memorial service
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

About

  • Mission
  • People
  • Policies
  • Financials
  • Careers

Ways to Give

  • Donate
  • Legacy giving
  • Donors

J. IN PRINT

  • Subscribe or renew
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Change of address
  • Archives

Connect

  • Free Newsletters
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Readers’ Choice Awards
  • Advertise

Submissions

  • Contact
  • News Tips
  • Calendar Events
  • Obituaries
  • Lifecyle Events
  • Letters to the Editor
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, see here: Privacy & Cookie Policy
  • © 2026 J.
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
Powered by Newspack