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Rosh Hashanah

This week's Torah portion lists 74 laws, including the law of gleaning, which says that fallen crops must be left for widows and orphans, as seen in "Gleaners" by James Tissot.
Posted inColumns

As the new year approaches, we must turn away from indifference

Rabbi Corey Helfand by Rabbi Corey Helfand September 13, 2019September 12, 2019
Honey-Curry Popcorn with Apples and Nuts (Photo/Faith Kramer)
Posted inRecipe

Honey-Curry Popcorn and Honey-Plum Chicken: new dishes for the new year

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer September 12, 2019September 17, 2019
two men walk through bleak rows of small white tents
Posted inHigh Holidays

High Holidays are a time to help refugees — including the one inside of you

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel September 10, 2019September 9, 2019
Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco is one of many groups offering free or low-cost High Holiday services this year. (Photo/file)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Free and low-cost Yom Kippur services, 2019/5780

by J. Staff September 9, 2019October 2, 2019
a pile of wooden honeycombs that say "shanah tovah" on the handles
Posted inParenting

Apples and honey, back-to-school, and pressing reset

by Julie Levine September 9, 2019September 9, 2019
A structure on Mount Gerizim, a site associated with blessings in this week's Torah portion, seen in an 1881 illustration by Henry Fenn.
Posted inTorah

Judaism is tough, but I wouldn’t have it any other way

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein August 29, 2019
From the cover of “Jackie and Jesse and Joni and Jae”
Posted inRosh Hashanah

Cakes, elephants and magic carpets for kids this new year

by Penny Schwartz and JTA August 27, 2019
Posted inOpinion

A call for unified Jewish action on climate

by Jackie Garcia Mann August 5, 2019March 24, 2023
Marc Benioff in 2016 (Photo/Kimberly White-Getty Images for GLAAD)
Posted inNews

Tech mogul Marc Benioff blows shofar, buys Time magazine

by JTA September 21, 2018September 21, 2018
(Photo/Pixabay CC0)
Posted inFirst Person

In time of reflection, gratitude to my survivor grandparents

Daniel Klein by Daniel Klein September 18, 2018September 17, 2018

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