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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
"Chad Godyo" illusration by El Lissitzky (Courtesy/The Magnes, UC Berkeley)
Posted inPassover

Rare early Soviet-era illustrations of ‘One Little Goat’ seder song at Magnes

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller August 22, 2019August 22, 2019
In the midst of the 1948 War of Independence, an IDF soldier and his best girl take a beach break to cool off from the August heat.
Posted inPhotography

For Tu B’Av, enjoy 9 sweet photos of Israelis in love

Rachel NeimanISRAEL21c logo by Rachel Neiman and ISRAEL21c August 16, 2019August 16, 2019
The prophet Isaiah by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

To see clearly, seek comfort in community

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan August 16, 2019August 15, 2019
Rabbi Amy Eilberg speaks at an Aug. 11 protest in front of Palo Alto City Hall. (Photo/Courtesy Bend the Arc)
Posted inLocal Voice

Why this rabbi protested U.S. immigration policy on Tisha B’Av

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg August 14, 2019August 14, 2019
Shulamit Rosner, organizer of “Tu B’Av: Jewish Evening of Love, a Senior Singles’ Gathering” (Photo/Rachel Raskin-Zrihen)
Posted inHolidays

Older? Seeking romance? Come to Vallejo for Tu B’Av

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen August 12, 2019August 12, 2019

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